Did You Catch Those Funny Office Spots Last Night?  3/31/06

DID YOU CATCH THOSE FUNNY "OFFICE" SPOTS LAST NIGHT?

DID YOU CATCH THOSE FUNNY PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS ON NBC LAST NIGHT? THE NETWORK GOT A JUMP ON APRIL FOOL'S DAY PRANKS AS "THE OFFICE" STAFF SHARED THEIR WIT AND WISDOM IN FIVE ABSURD PSAS

THE SPOTS SPOOFED NBC'S EMMY AWARD-WINNING "THE MORE YOU KNOW" CAMPAIGN

ALL OF THE BROADCAST SPOTS FROM THE GANG AT DUNDER MIFFLIN - AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL SPOTS - ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON NBC.COM

BURBANK - March 31, 2006 - Last night, fans of NBC's hit comedy "The Office" were treated to an early April Fool's Day prank as the network aired five uniquely "Office" styled PSAs featuring the Dunder Mifflin employees in a send-up of the network's Emmy Award-winning public service campaign "The More You Know." The silly spots aired throughout the evening peppered throughout the Thursday night comedy block (8-10PM, ET/PT) and are currently posted - along with a number of exclusive, unaired spots - online at NBC.com. (http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/).

Among the salient topics addressed last night by the Dunder Mifflin bunch were "Wedding Invitations" from Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer), "Short" by Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak), "Boys" from Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling), "Relationships in the Office" from Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) and Kelly Kapoor (Mindy Kaling), and "Bears" from world-renowned survivalist Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson). In addition, the gang addresses an array of random topics online.

"The idea for the spots came out of how some people sing, 'The more you know,' when they hear weird pieces of information," said executive producer Greg Daniels, "Kind of the way (Dunder Mifflin boss) Michael Scott says, 'That's what she said,' whenever he can work it in. The tagline of those PSAs is so catchy that it has entered the culture as a conversational game. So we decided to produce these as if NBC went directly to the characters and asked for their advice, and then we're putting them online as a little fun extra for the fans. Hopefully, by further popularizing the phrase 'The More You Know,' we will help make addressing the camera in front of a concrete wall the only acceptable way of transmitting information in the future."

"The Office" takes a painfully funny look at the interactions of the cubicle jockeys at Dunder Mifflin paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Steve Carell ("The 40-Year Old Virgin") stars as unctuous regional manager Michael Scott who hosts the documentary crew on a tour of the workplace. Jenna Fischer ("Slither"), John Krasinski ("Jarhead," "Kinsey"), Rainn Wilson ("Six Feet Under"), and B.J. Novak ("Punk'd") star as the employees who tolerate Michael's inappropriate behavior only because he signs their paychecks.

From Reveille and NBC Universal Television Studio, "The Office" is executive-produced by Greg Daniels, who developed the series for American audiences, Ben Silverman, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Howard Klein.

Source: NBC Press Release