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Welcome to the Sound of Young America. I'm your host Jesse Thorn. This week on

the show The Great Jenna Fisher. She plays Pam on the NBC sitcom The Office, one of the best

comedies on television. In this scene, she's trying to convince her boss, Michael Scott,

to buy chairs instead of a new copy machine with an unexpected budget windfall.

Hey, have I told you you look really nice today? Oh, thank you.

Yeah, is that a new tie? Um, no. No, no, I got a TJ Maxx, four dollars.

That is amazing. You think that's good? Check out these pants.

Nine dollars. What? Nine dollars. Boys are bad. Look at the ass. Check out the ass.

Look at that. Oh, it's the Sound of Young America. I'm Jesse Thorn. My guest on the program

is the actress Jenna Fisher. She has started several movies and she's probably

best known for playing Pam Beasley on NBC's The Office. Jenna, welcome to the show.

Thank you very much. It's a it's a really great to have you. I'm so happy we could have

you on the show. Um, so you're originally from St. Louis,

Missouri. Did you, what point did you decide that you aspired to become an actress?

I wanted to be in Hollywood and in the movies and all the glamour from the time I was a little girl.

I think I was always really fascinated with it. And my mom always brought home old movies,

like Elizabeth Taylor movies or Grace Kelly. Um, and so I was introduced to the idea of Hollywood

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