Hey everyone. So I'm a little nervous covering the office because probably some of you are super

fans who know way more about it than I do, which weirdly, Kellyn, I probably should have felt

when we covered advanced physics, but nope. So I'm going to try to be accurate because I know

otherwise an office fan will send a bomb to my house.

Today we cover The Office by Andy Green.

It's a history of the iconic American sitcom starring Steve Bouchemmy.

And this is The Book Pile, a comedy podcast about the best of books and the worst of books.

If you're new to the podcast, welcome. I'm Kellyn Erskine. I'm a comic,

a father, and Dave, I've never done this before, but right now, just for this, I'm wearing my

Dunder Mifflin T-shirt. I think the only other time I did something like this is when I had on my

1982 onesie. I think I only other time I did something like this is when I had on my 1982 onesy.

I think I'm missing the reference.

Oh, wait, 1984.

1982.

Oh, that's crazy.

That's incredible.

I put in my birth year.

That's what I thought. I was like, I'm pretty sure that's the year he was born. Yeah. Oh, man, what does that say about my own psychology? Like,

you know that very notable year? I always wanted a big brother. And I'm David Vance.

Cellen, every kid has that stage where they think being funny means quoting funny things.

And the office came out right in the middle of mine.

As I delivered that joke, I could hear you thinking in your mind, I never had that stage.

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