Brian Wittle
Off The Beat with Brian Baumgartner
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4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 18 January 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
They say two Brians are better than one… Brian [Baumgartner] sits down with The Office boom operator Brian [Wittle] to talk about the soothing sounds of the show, the uncomfortable positions it took to get those sounds, and Brian Wittle’s namesake character with a bad rap for meddling in true love.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Brian Whittle and I was the BOOM operator and sometimes sound mixer and one |
| 0:10.2 | time actor on the office. |
| 0:20.1 | Well hello everybody and thank you for joining us once again here at the office deep dive. |
| 0:26.8 | As always I am your host Brian Baumgartner. |
| 0:30.6 | This week's guest this is cool. |
| 0:33.1 | Okay? |
| 0:34.1 | One he's the greatest. |
| 0:35.1 | Alright, in fact he is so great that the writers on the office actually named a character |
| 0:40.8 | after him. |
| 0:41.8 | Do you remember the BOOM operator in season 9? |
| 0:44.8 | That guy, the one who almost broke up, Jim and Pam? |
| 0:48.0 | Yep, that's our guy. |
| 0:49.8 | Well that's our guy's name. |
| 0:52.1 | Today's guest is Brian Whittle. |
| 0:54.9 | Now to be fair, although the real Brian was also the BOOM operator for the office, he |
| 1:01.0 | did anything but cause any workplace drama. |
| 1:04.8 | No Brian is a Jim and he's known as one of the best in the business. |
| 1:09.0 | He did an impossible thing for many. |
| 1:11.4 | He mastered the art of mockumentary sound dealing with the long takes on the office, dodging |
| 1:19.6 | crazy camera angles and he participated in the many sound on sound off debates on set. |
| 1:28.8 | Now BOOM operators are known for their ability to soak up all of the stories. |
| 1:33.6 | Remember they're hearing everything. |
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