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Off The Beat with Brian Baumgartner

David Rogers

Off The Beat with Brian Baumgartner

iHeartPodcasts

Tv & Film, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.83.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s episode, Brian brings in The Encyclopedia AKA the incredible editor David Rogers. David tells Brian all about his early days on The Office, from the 25 attempts it took to get the theme song right to his role in getting Meredith hit by a car - and landing her a spot on the Tonight Show.

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1:25.9

I am David Rogers. I was an editor, director and producer on the office.

1:46.4

Well, hello there. One and all. All of you, I'm talking to you there. Welcome to this week's episode

1:55.0

of the office deep dive. I am your host, Brian Baumgartner. Today, I am thrilled. I'm pleased as

2:04.1

punch, as they say, to bring on the man who worked, well, he worked tirelessly on the office.

2:11.2

I don't think he slept at home for 10 years. No, he worked to keep the show as fresh,

2:19.2

authentic and, well, hilarious is possible. And listen, his decisions, they actually changed the way

2:28.2

that one viewed the show because he was the person who would decide what would stay and what would go

2:36.8

and how we would see an experience at all. He was our ridiculously talented editor and later

2:45.8

our ridiculously talented producer and director, David Rogers. Or as I and everyone I know calls him

2:55.1

Dave. Now, Dave was actually the very first editor brought onto the office team and listen,

3:03.7

he was more than just a colleague, a coworker. He was actually a true fan of the show from day one.

3:11.2

He had, has and had an encyclopedic knowledge of the show. He remembered every moment from every

3:21.6

episode. I feel like he was the reason Dwight loved Battlestar Galactica. He helped Meredith

3:27.6

get hit by a car and he even had his own nicknames for the cast, like just guess who was called

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