594318 Sat Feb 07 17:30:57 -0800 2009 54 29 Not About Food 0 4396972 Kind of like the Seinfield thread... I am laid up sick on the couch today and have been watching episodes of this season's The Office. In light of the recent hair net thread, the Christmas episode where Angela is forced to wear a hair net cracked me up. There was another episode where Dwight and Michael were on their way to snoop on another paper company and got into a fight over IHOP and Denny's. Funny stuff!! Sat Feb 07 17:30:57 -0800 2009 73756 enbell 1 4397008 Jim and Pam's first 'date' on the roof with the grilled cheese sandwiches comes to mind first. Sat Feb 07 17:45:56 -0800 2009 4396972 135452 pollymerase 1 4397030 Jim encasing Dwight's stapler in Jello is a favorite of mine. Not that we've recreated that moment in my office, or anything like that. Nooooo. Sat Feb 07 17:54:37 -0800 2009 4396972 67610 Suzy Q 2 4437240 Absolutely with you on the jello prank. So brilliant in its simplicity. And one of those jokes that is miraculously just as funny in the remake as in the original. "He's put my stapler in jelly again." Fri Feb 20 15:33:06 -0800 2009 4397030 139230 Wahooty 1 4397071 The "ethics" episode where Holly, Toby's HR replacement, and Michael go to a seafood restaurant that's shaped like a lighthouse. Getting lobster at a Scranton seafood place cracked me up. Sat Feb 07 18:16:02 -0800 2009 4396972 15131 three of us 2 4399369 ...and Michael has a glass of red wine next to his big platter o' lobster. Sun Feb 08 18:25:47 -0800 2009 4397071 16030 Brennius 3 4422620 Oh, yes! You've a sharp eye for the details. Mon Feb 16 14:44:03 -0800 2009 4399369 15131 three of us 2 4435978 I love how he tosses out her lunch and then says that they'll go dutch "of course" Fri Feb 20 10:11:00 -0800 2009 4397071 12365 jessicheese 1 4397078 The episode at Benihana. They pick up the 2 girls, and bring them back to the Christmas party. Michael "marks" one of the girls to tell them apart. Sat Feb 07 18:21:01 -0800 2009 4396972 89250 catrn 2 4397140 Oh yes! They pick up the waitresses. Classic. My fave is when Michael is in NYC. He raves to the camera about how he's going to take in all the local specialties for which NY is famous. Then he heads into a Sbarro's. Sat Feb 07 18:54:40 -0800 2009 4397078 13853 Leonardo 2 4406257 As Michael says, Benihana is the Asian Hooters Wed Feb 11 00:21:30 -0800 2009 4397078 95577 yamalam 1 4397139 The Dundies award ceremony at Chilis is a good one. Another is when they kidnap the pizza delivery guy. Sat Feb 07 18:53:14 -0800 2009 4396972 264228 pumpkinweed 2 4426767 I was gonna say the kidnapping of the pizza guy. Effing hilarious Tue Feb 17 17:30:28 -0800 2009 4397139 242801 CoryKatherine 2 4435984 That reminds me of when he first hooks up with Jan- they take a client to Chilis and get totally rocked. Fri Feb 20 10:11:47 -0800 2009 4397139 12365 jessicheese 2 4483445 i totally refer to "second drink" now because of the dundies/chlis episode now! love it. Sat Mar 07 19:16:02 -0800 2009 4397139 202980 dinaofdoom 1 4397152 This season's Moroccan Christmas. Judging by the menu, perhaps Phyllis is a bit of a chowhound? I remember that Ramadan cookie sounding pretty good... Oh and another one where Angela spits out some culturally-offensive food is the Diwali episode. Hmmm... gonna hafta watch some reruns here to recall all the details. Sat Feb 07 19:02:10 -0800 2009 4396972 106932 Agent Orange 2 4397154 Ya know, I kind of wondered that myself :) Sat Feb 07 19:03:34 -0800 2009 4397152 73756 enbell 1 4397831 Kind of a stretch, but, When Jim puts Dwight's stuff in the vending machine, and someone (pam maybe?) buys his wallet right in front of him. Sun Feb 08 06:57:31 -0800 2009 4396972 111530 gordeaux 1 4397858 This show kills me...it is SO funny....how about the most recent episode where Dwight stages a fire drill (LOL, our office has 'safety officers' too and this is so hysterical! We were all in tears talking about this episode the next day!) and after Michael shouts "Every man for himself!" because they can't get out, Kevin smashes into the vending machine to loot it. OMG...great show!!! Here's the clip for anyone who missed it--I'm still wiping away tears from laughing at this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfISPXWmdck Sun Feb 08 07:08:18 -0800 2009 4396972 11983 Val 1 4397945 I am suprised no one came up with the episode where Michael gets out of bed and burns his foot on the grill he put on the floor so he could wake up to bacon cooking. Sun Feb 08 07:50:54 -0800 2009 4396972 89250 catrn 2 4406254 Lol, on the George Foreman grill! Wed Feb 11 00:18:48 -0800 2009 4397945 95577 yamalam 1 4398077 Pam comes back from art school to find someone has made a mess in the microwave. She won't clean it up, and neither will anyone else, so she leaves a note. I think this is also the episode where Michael and Dwight try to frame Toby with a bag of basil. I also like the dueling parties, is it Christmas parties? Angela's is a typical Angela party and Pam and Karen plan another party with better food, drink and entertainment. I would also include any visit to Schrute farms. Sun Feb 08 09:00:03 -0800 2009 4396972 11327 lizzy 2 4398097 Yes, the beet farm. And you can get married in the same barn where they slaughter the animals! Michael goes to the loading dock of a neighboring business to buy weed to frame Toby. He pays $200 for a small bag of basil. Sun Feb 08 09:10:20 -0800 2009 4398077 13853 Leonardo 2 4406261 <Pam comes back from art school to find someone has made a mess in the microwave. She won't clean it up, and neither will anyone else, so she leaves a note.> And Meredith makes the excuse that she doesn't have time to be a part time maid, between her job at Dunder Mifflin, her kids, and her job as a part time maid. Ha Wed Feb 11 00:28:04 -0800 2009 4398077 95577 yamalam 2 4412283 I am SO tempted to write that note and tape it to the micro in MY office! Thu Feb 12 16:13:07 -0800 2009 4398077 157998 Petrichor 1 4400841 Also- before the Season 2 Christmas episode, Dwight brings in the dead goose into the office (right on pam's desk!) and asks if they could cook it and Toby tells him to get rid of it. "Once I brought in a duck to prepare for lunch, and people got upset. Apparently they got attached to the duck and didn't want to see it killed." Dwight Schrute: He was already dead, and we Schrutes use every part of the goose. The meat has a delicious smoky rich flavor. Plus, you can use the molten goose grease and save it in the refrigerator, thus saving you a trip to the store for a can of expensive goose grease. Mon Feb 09 10:37:16 -0800 2009 4396972 122570 teamuse 1 4401094 I loved when Pam was trying to have her culture club meeting and Phyllis came in to microwave popcorn. Pam: Why don't you use the other microwave? Phyllis: I can't, it smells like popcorn. Mon Feb 09 11:35:17 -0800 2009 4396972 87282 lawgirl3278 2 4406557 Oh yes! How could I have forgotten the Finer Things Club. That was very chowish! Wed Feb 11 06:28:21 -0800 2009 4401094 135452 pollymerase 1 4401170 Mini Mounds bars!!! Mon Feb 09 11:55:22 -0800 2009 4396972 101727 brandywiner 2 4406265 Are those what Michael is always throwing at the audience during his guest lecture at Ryan's business class and his lecture circuit at Karen's branch? Wed Feb 11 00:30:48 -0800 2009 4401170 95577 yamalam 3 4406549 Yes, that's his presentation signature. Wed Feb 11 06:24:34 -0800 2009 4406265 13853 Leonardo 3 4409382 Mars bars. Wed Feb 11 20:13:50 -0800 2009 4406265 39085 tall sarah 4 4419106 Nope: definitely Mounds. I checked the video. (And how geeky does that make me?) Sun Feb 15 09:22:23 -0800 2009 4409382 101727 brandywiner 5 4432288 You need something to sell. Now this could be anything. It could be a thingamajig. Or a whosi-whatsi. Or... [pulls out a Watchamacallit candy bar from his pocket] ...a "Whatchamacallit." [throws candy bar to the students. No one makes an effort to catch it and it lands on the floor.] Now, you need to sell those in order to have a "PayDay." [takes out a PayDay candy bar and throws it to the students. It lands on the floor again.] And, if you sell enough of them, you will make a "100 Grand." [takes out a 100 Grand candy bar and throws it to the students. It hits a student in the face.] Satisfied? [pulls out a Snickers candy bar] Thu Feb 19 09:43:08 -0800 2009 4419106 10283 Dax 6 4433749 Good one, Dax! Caught that episode this past Tuesday! Thu Feb 19 16:02:23 -0800 2009 4432288 11983 Val 7 4434403 Pricey but I bought one: http://www.80stees.com/products/II-The-Office-Dunder-Paper-T-shirt.asp Others http://www.80stees.com/pages/t-shirts/The-Office-t-shirts.asp Thu Feb 19 19:52:34 -0800 2009 4433749 10283 Dax 1 4406990 How about when Oscar brings an egg salad sandwich on the plane and Michael asks if "he could've brought something stinkier to bring on a plane" I do love the one where Michael is in Times Square and talks about how good food is in NYC and then proceeds to go to Sbarros. Lame Wed Feb 11 08:46:51 -0800 2009 4396972 24546 bitsubeats 2 4426778 lol I was gonna say the sandwich on the airplane too. great moment. Tue Feb 17 17:32:26 -0800 2009 4406990 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4416213 The comic concept that Dwight's family owns a BEET FARM is just fantastic. And, Pam needs to bring back the Finer Things Club. I kind of wanted to start one at work after I saw that... Also, I like the episode where Michael & Jan have the dinner party but don't start cooking their dinner until everyone gets there and it's going to take 3 hours. Fri Feb 13 20:17:17 -0800 2009 4396972 88683 stellamystar 2 4422716 Also in this episode- when Michael dips his meat in his red wine. Awful, and yet oddly tempting... Mon Feb 16 15:08:37 -0800 2009 4416213 220645 mjhals 2 4426370 LOL! Forgot about that one- Dwight shows up uninvited with his own food, and his old babysitter as a date. Tue Feb 17 15:38:28 -0800 2009 4416213 95577 yamalam 1 4420011 How about when they had the mexican theme party for Oscar and Michael told Phyllis to buy Stauffers frozen burritos! Sun Feb 15 16:19:43 -0800 2009 4396972 14329 AmblerGirl 1 4426248 The first time Jim and Andy meet, Jim is eating a tuna fish sandwich. From that moment on, Andy refers to Jim as "Big Tuna." Tue Feb 17 15:02:19 -0800 2009 4396972 82422 francescaNYC 2 4452283 Yes! There's a guy in my office that looks like Andy. And every time I see him in the hall, I think "Big Tuna!" Wed Feb 25 16:55:23 -0800 2009 4426248 224701 scout1222 1 4426389 What about the "Race for the Cure of Rabies Unawareness" (or whatever it ended up being) where Michael carbo-loads on fettucine alfredo and ends up passing out from cramps? LOL. I love the Office. Tue Feb 17 15:45:53 -0800 2009 4396972 95577 yamalam 1 4426815 This is more about lack of food than food, but in the Weight Loss episode, Kelly has so many amazing moments- first when she is doing the cleanse... "All I have to do is drink maple syrup, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and water for all three meals. Um, I just bought some bikinis online too so.. I'm gonna look ah-mazing." She looks like she's gonna die. It's priceless. Then Creed gives her a tapeworm, or a supposed tapeworm- "I swallowed a tapeworm last night. It's going to grow up to three feet inside of me, and eat all my food so that I don't get fat. And then, after three months I take some medicine and then I pass it. Creed sold it to me. It's from Mexico" LOL Tue Feb 17 17:39:41 -0800 2009 4396972 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4426849 hahahaha also just thought of Michael's potato salad that he lets sit in the car all day before going to David Wallace's cocktail party. Tue Feb 17 17:49:59 -0800 2009 4396972 242801 CoryKatherine 1 4449773 As a surprise to my kids and after a day long plane ride to Philly from Alberta on the way to Reading, I stopped for the night in Scranton. I preloaded a "tour" into my GPS with all the The Office locations in Scranton (which a real fan had set up for download) . We went to every one of the food places mention in the series. Had a really good hot dog at Coney Island in Scranton. My kids are huge fans of the show...I am a little less entranced, but seeing the places on the menus in the lunch room for the show or where critical events took place was kinda fun. It was like reliving all of the food moments of the show. But BOY is that town UGLY! Tue Feb 24 20:58:20 -0800 2009 4396972 74367 foodiesnorth 2 4452409 uhm...sorry?!? That the town is so ugly??? No reflection on the ancestors I assure you. The rural area around is a different story, beautiful as was Reading and Lancaster County. Scranton, the town, though meets the visitor with a series of boarded up old long dead industrial buildings, none of which I expect would have met the ancestors approval. As this is a food board, I can reiterate that Coney Island was great. I had never found a chili dog before that I liked and their's called for a seconds (which I and my kids duly ordered). The sushi place in Clark's Summit is to be avoided at all costs. Wed Feb 25 17:46:18 -0800 2009 4452362 74367 foodiesnorth 1 4480917 Michael’s birthday, season 2. He orders “birthday party subs” for the office: eight foot-long baloney, tomato, and ketchup sandwiches that nobody will eat. Includes Dwight’s own philosophy on tipping, after he painstakingly counts out exactly $39.60 to pay the delivery guy: “Why tip someone for a job I’m capable of doing myself? I can deliver food. I can drive a taxi. I can, and do, cut my own hair. I did, however, tip my urologist, because I am unable to pulverize my own kidney stones.” I also like how Pam and Roy froze all the food from their cancelled wedding. And when Michael asked for Splenda to put in his single malt. And Kevin’s m&m eating contest. And Creed’s desk-drawer “smell like death” mung beans. And Jim’s pavlovian breath mint prank on Dwight. And Dwight asking for Michael’s man meat. And Jan telling Pam that her wine gift will be “great to cook with.” And pretzel day! Fri Mar 06 16:06:25 -0800 2009 4396972 48555 roundfigure 2 4481382 Ah yes...Jan's infamous dinner party...that is the crowning food moment of the show! Fri Mar 06 19:32:45 -0800 2009 4480917 13853 Leonardo 1 5104979 I have to revive this thread for the most recent episode where Dwight is eating the largest breakfast known to man beacuse he's "ravenous" from his night of "lovemaking". Hilarious!! Thu Oct 15 07:44:46 -0700 2009 4396972 12365 jessicheese 2 5105258 LOL, I saw that one...I saw a re-run of Dwight dropping a watermelon off the top of the Dunder Mifflin building onto a trampoline...it ricocheted off and splattered all over Stanley's car. Oh, dear...I lost it...my son was like "Mom! Are you okay?" He was laughing pretty hard too. That show is insane!!!! Sorry, can't help it...here's the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ0CVYUp-gE Thu Oct 15 09:23:23 -0700 2009 5104979 11983 Val 2 5105348 OK, another one.... at the casino night, when Ryan goes up to the bar with a dejected look on his face and orders a manhattan, "extra cherries with sugar on the rim". Jim looks at him- "so that's still going on, huh?". Thu Oct 15 09:53:47 -0700 2009 5104979 12365 jessicheese 3 5108646 Not food related but I wonder if anyone else thinks the episode where Phyllis gets flashed is the funniest sitcom episode they ever saw? Fri Oct 16 12:50:54 -0700 2009 5105348 107198 LRunkle