# Office Fans-set your DVRs now! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 31, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810 "2009-01-31T01:11:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/41 "2009-02-03T16:41:44Z")
Aside from the fact that Dwight wasn’t fired on the spot, I really liked this episode. One of my favorite lines, Angela’s confessional during her roast of Michael. “I don’t usually like to make people laugh.” _silence_ ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/42 "2009-02-03T16:47:53Z")
Had a better experience upon second viewing. They’re really ignoring the mess left after the Dwight, Angela, Andy… Andy was laughing at Angela’s jokes about Michael and clapped after her set. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/43 "2009-02-03T17:12:45Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > There was a reason for that: he wanted to steal all of the snacks. That was hilarious: the office is on fire, people are breaking glass, so Kevin’s response is to start _looting._ ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/44 "2009-02-03T17:16:11Z")
> [@](#): > > They’re really ignoring the mess left after the Dwight, Angela, Andy… Andy was laughing at Angela’s jokes about Michael and clapped after her set. This seemed like a fairly stand-alone episode to me, meant to pull in new viewers who have never watched the series before. My guess is that it was written as an episode that could have been dropped in anywhere, and the Pam’s dad/Jack Black movie stuff was added to fill out the long episode. I thought the opening was one of the funniest things they’ve ever done. I lost it when Angela threw Bandit up in the ceiling and he crashed down the other side, and again when Kevin smashed the vending machine. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/45 "2009-02-03T17:40:30Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > This seemed like a fairly stand-alone episode to me, meant to pull in new viewers who have never watched the series before. Yeah, I know. Just noting it like a Comic Book Guy geek. Was " Bandit" “Garbage”? I swear, I was thinking if I ever got a cat, (I’m a cat person and cat people rule), I would really consider naming it Garbage. If you can give a cat a name like “McWhiskers”, with it still living a full and happy life… why not Garbage? The cat doesn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/46 "2009-02-03T17:59:01Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > This seemed like a fairly stand-alone episode to me, meant to pull in new viewers who have never watched the series before. Well, it kind of worked for me. I loathed the British version, watched the first episode of this series and decided it wasn’t going to be much better, and this is the first time I’ve been back. I laughed out loud several times, and I can’t remember the last time I did that during a sitcom. The perfect couple annoyed me. You can’t just get all mushy at the end of a ridiculous episode like that. Or is that typical of the show? And does that guy always stare into the camera? (I think it was perfect couple guy, but I’m not sure.) Several people glanced at it occasionally in a while but that one guy more than once turned and stared pointedly at it as if to say “Something ridiculous just happened. I noticed it. Did you?” “Of course I noticed it,” I wanted to say back. “Stop staring at me.” ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/47 "2009-02-03T18:17:27Z")
It is generally believed that Bandit = Garbage. Yes, Jim often mugs the camera. Yes, it can be annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/48 "2009-02-03T18:54:45Z")
The best part of the whole thing was during the fire, when they kept ignoring the prominently placed fire extinguishers everywhere. Like when Jim and … Oscar? … grabbed the copier to use as a battering ram, there was a big extinguisher hanging right next to it. There were at least a half dozen shots like that. When Jim headed in that direction, I thought someone was finally going to do something intelligent, which made his battering ram idea even better. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/49 "2009-02-03T19:04:33Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > The best part of the whole thing was during the fire, when they kept ignoring the prominently placed fire extinguishers everywhere. Like when Jim and … Oscar? … grabbed the copier to use as a battering ram, there was a big extinguisher hanging right next to it. There were at least a half dozen shots like that. When Jim headed in that direction, I thought someone was finally going to do something intelligent, which made his battering ram idea even better. What were they going to do with the fire extinguisher? They hadn’t encountered any actual fire. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/50 "2009-02-03T19:35:17Z")
> [@acsenray](#): > > What were they going to do with the fire extinguisher? They hadn’t encountered any actual fire. They could have smashed something with it. Which reminds me, “The Simpsons” did the whole disastrous fire drill thing years ago. Still funny though. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/51 "2009-02-03T19:37:54Z")
So I’m the only one who would actually pay to see a romantic drama starring Jack Black and Cloris Leachman? I thought the bits from the movie were hilarious. And Andy’s reactions were really great. I love Ed Helms. Didn’t the last new episode have a talking head from Stanly where he mentioned he’s not going to get angry because he’s going to be calm now? I could have swore I saw that, which makes me think that this episode was aired slightly out of order, because Stanly would have no reason to focus on staying calm before the heart attack. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/52 "2009-02-03T21:32:26Z")
“I hope You Tube shows up to film it…” ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/53 "2009-02-03T22:28:08Z")
I loved the episode but That 70’s Show did the whole “biometer going off around someone who annoys you” thing a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/54 "2009-02-04T01:09:05Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I loved the episode but That 70’s Show did the whole “biometer going off around someone who annoys you” thing a couple of years ago. So what? I didn’t see it. Anyway, it’s about \*how \*you do a joke, not what jokes you do. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/55 "2009-02-04T01:46:56Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Didn’t the last new episode have a talking head from Stanly where he mentioned he’s not going to get angry because he’s going to be calm now? During the great Hilary Swank debate he said he was trying to take it easy in life and not go looking to find fault with things. > [@](#): > > \*I could have swore I saw that, which makes me think that this episode was aired slightly out of order, because Stanly would have no reason to focus on staying calm before the heart attack. \*He already knew he had a bad heart. I think he actually gave that previously as his reason for wanting to be more calm, because otherwise he was afraid he’d die. ETA: Thinking back, I probably would have enjoyed the Black/Leachman romantic movie as a stand-alone skit, but it really had nothing to do with this episode or the way the show usually operates. That whole subplot (as well as the Jim/Pam story) would have been better off left on the cutting room floor. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/56 "2009-02-04T01:49:03Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > My favorite Creed line: “What’s a text?” Nah. It was definitely, in reference to the dummy, “He doesn’t have a wallet. I checked.” -Joe ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/57 "2009-02-04T01:51:14Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I loved the episode but That 70’s Show did the whole “biometer going off around someone who annoys you” thing a couple of years ago. Sure. It’s an old joke. I recall that it was also on an episode of Barny Miller in the actual 70’s. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/58 "2009-02-04T03:34:24Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > So what’s the damage on the potential lawsuit meter? (In real life, it’s hard to see how Dwight would avoid being fired, criminally charged _and_ sued.) [$615,000.](http://employmentlawpost.com/thatswhatshesaid/2009/02/02/a-comeback-story/#more-398) $500,000 for Stanley, $100,000 for Meredith, and $15,000 for Oscar. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/59 "2009-02-04T03:51:11Z")
> [@MyFootsZZZ](#): > > Was " Bandit" “Garbage”? > [@Sigmagirl](#): > > It is generally believed that Bandit = Garbage. I’m not getting the Garbage reference. Can someone fill me in? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810/60 "2009-02-04T03:53:50Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I’m not getting the Garbage reference. Can someone fill me in? IIRC there was a cat loose near the office, and Dwight captured it and gave it to Angela as a present. Dwight called it ‘Garbage’. -Joe [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/office-fans-set-your-dvrs-now/483810.md?page=4)