Hey everyone.

Due to technical difficulties and one wardrobe malfunction,

we'll be releasing this week's episode tomorrow, Tuesday, October 3rd.

We're covering the book The Office by Andy Green,

who interviewed 90 members of the cast and crew who worked on the NBC sitcom through all nine seasons. Dave and I are both fans of that show. Dave introduced me to the book, and I loved it, so we had a lot to discuss, and it might just be the longest episode we've ever done.

For contrast, compared to other episodes that we've done, it's going to be like two The Shining's, or three on writings.

I measure things in Stephen King's.

Again, sorry about the delay, but here was a lightning round of some of my own random facts about the office that I wasn't able to include in the official episode.

So you won't hear these tomorrow. Again, and these are all from the book.

Creed Bratton, who plays Creed on the show. He's a musician in real life, and he wrote two albums during his time, just sitting

in the background shots at his computer on the show. And one time in the 1960s, as a member of

the band, The Grassroots, he once played guitar alongside Jimmy Hendrix. James Spader, who plays a major role in the eighth season, and I was a big fan, by the way,

though it turns out most of the cast and crew weren't.

He took the role on the show because he needed the money.

He says so in the interview for the book.

And it just reminded me of about 15 years ago when I was opening for Sinbad at a comedy club in San Jose, California.

And he told me that he had to perform because he needed the money.

And I told him that I did too, but that we were probably on different levels.

Henry Sane, a graphic designer hired by the producer of the office, he says in the book, quote, I had to unlearn everything I knew about graphic design. Instead of Photoshop, I used Microsoft Paint. When I created the Dunder

Mifflin logo, I worked really hard on eight of them. Then at the last minute, I made a ninth

where the words weren't even lined up right. And that's the one they picked. And that's just

amazing to me with that logo that is now iconic.

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