In the season two premiere ("The Dundies"), Michael hosted the Dundies, his annual awards show for his employees, at a Chili's. "The Office" had memorable episodes set at restaurants, including well-known chains Chili's and Hooters. Restaurants like Chili's and Hooters were featured on "The Office." Chili's manager and franchise owner John Bossert (left) even appeared in one episode.
When Krasinski appeared on the "Casino Night" episode of "Office Ladies," he revealed to Fischer and Kinsey that he currently owns the teapot prop. I'll never say exactly what John wrote, but I will say, just know it was perfect." " suggested to John that he write a personal message from himself to me just saying what our time together on 'The Office' meant to him, because we were wrapping up filming," she said. She began crying as she read it, telling the documentary crew, "Just know it was perfect." Audiences never learned what exactly Jim wrote in the teapot note, but Fischer revealed that the actual note was a message from Krasinksi to her. Much later, when Pam and Jim were having marriage troubles in season nine, Jim finally gave Pam the letter. In the season two episode, "Christmas," Jim got Pam in the office Secret Santa and gave her a teapot with a revealing, personalized note inside - however, he stole the note back before Pam could read it. Fischer chose a simpler diamond cluster as opposed to the nicer diamond solitaire ring that Jim eventually got for Pam, as "a symbol of his lack of effort and his lack of knowing her."
She continued to highlight the red flags in their engagement when the show's props department let her choose Pam's engagement ring from Roy. It's because the families are so conjoined." "So this is why and how she kind of can't get out of this relationship, even though now it's clear it's a mismatch. "Because he works there, the families became very meshed," Fischer continued.
He soon asked her out, and they began dating. In the actress's backstory for the character, Roy started working at an appliance store owned by Pam's family when they were both in high school. "I remember trying to justify, just as myself, why is Pam still engaged to Roy after three years? Because in this episode, you find out like they've been engaged for three years," Fischer said. Jenna Fischer and David Denman in "The Office."Ĭhris Haston/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Kaling and Novak both had acting experience, but this was Lieberstein's first onscreen role. "And made me feel safe like I could try things." This creative partnership," Kinsey added. "It made us a cohesive show between the two departments, the writers and actors. They got to see our improvisations that they would never see if they were just stuck up in the writers' rooms." "They really got to not just understand our jobs but they got to see us being our characters first hand. " believed that it would be a great idea for writers to have the experience of acting because it would give them a bigger appreciation of what an actor does," Fischer said. Novak (who played Ryan Howard), and Paul Lieberstein (who played Toby Flenderson), who co-wrote and starred in all nine seasons. Many of the actors who appeared on the sitcom were also part of its writer's room - particularly Mindy Kaling (who played Kelly Kapoor), B.J. Novak (Ryan), and Paul Lieberstein (Toby) were all writers on "The Office." "As awkward and cringey as he could be and really not aware of the things he said and how they affected people, they would give him one moment that was redeeming, one moment in the episode where you rooted for him or felt bad for him so that it wasn't just all like, 'Oh, that guy is such a jerk,'" Kinsey said. Instead of simply characterizing the main character as a buffoon, Carell and the writers portrayed Michael as more of a sympathetic misfit. So my one piece of advice is that Michael can be a buffoon, he can be silly, he can be irritating, but you should show glimpses of him actually being a good salesperson.'" "'In America, that's gonna frustrate people. "He said, 'In England, you can be really, really bad at your job for a long time, and you never get fired,'" Fischer recalled.
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Steve Carell as Michael Scott in "The Office."įischer shared that, during a lunch meeting with Ricky Gervais while they were filming the pilot, the original "Office" star advised the cast and crew on how to make the character of Michael Scott distinguishable from his British counterpart (played by Gervais).