Hello, oh, I am so excited. Welcome to a very special episode of The Office Deep Dive.

I am your host, Brian Baumgartner. Listen, even though we put out our usual Tuesday episode

yesterday with Mr. Ben Silverman, I am coming at you today with this bonus episode because

16 years ago today on Thursday, March the 24th, 2005 at 9.30 pm local time, the American

office premiered on NBC. That's right. The office turns 16 today. Happy sweet 16, everybody.

Wow, this is exciting. Now, I checked weirdly. This is not recognized as a national holiday,

right? Weird. But in honor of the special occasion, I am throwing you our fans a sweet 16

party. This episode is for you, the wonderful fans who love the show and have been showing

so much love for this podcast. I'm going to answer some of the fantastic questions that

you sent in and tell even more behind the scenes stories that we didn't get to on the

podcast. And I'm going to respond to some of your comments about the podcast itself.

I seriously love hearing from you guys. So I am very excited to respond to some of your

burning questions. But first, because this is our special fan episode, I am going to

have a chat with one well lucky fan. This guy is an office super fan. I met him. Wow,

13 years ago. Then he started like stalking me on social media. And then one day I show

up to set and this guy's on set, like talking to all of the other actors. And then he

ended up making an appearance in one episode of the show, the series finale. No less. And

he also happens to be the NFL's 2020 MVP and for 16 years, the quarterback of the green

bay Packers, that's right. Please give a warm welcome to my friend, Aaron Rogers. Aaron,

how's it going? That's a nice intro there, buddy. I mean, if you're looking for someone

eventually for the Hall of Fame, I might be available if you're interested. You get the

perfect face for radio. My friend, like I've always told you, Aaron, when 13 years, though,

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