Holy crap! That cameo was unexpected, but funny.
So how did they use David Brent?
He just randomly bumped into Michael when he was coming out of an elevator in the teaser, no context (although David did have a briefcase in his hand and later asked Michael if there were any jobs at D-M, which might mean he’s again a travelling salesman). Michael picked up on David’s accent and they talked about doing different accents and characters, with David leaving with a “That’s what she said!” zinger which Michael hugged him warmly for. David then went down the hallway as Michael pushed for the elevator again, saying “Like that guy!” David never showed up or was referred to again.
That was it. Cute. Check HuffPo or EW tomorrow if NBC blocks you for being un-American or something, it’ll be all over the net.
I about died when Michael revealed that his English character’s name is “Reginald Poofter.”
No, the best part of that was that David asked if there were any job openings, to which Michael said “Not yet!”
The cameo was good, but it being the high point of the episode is rather sad. I’ll admit I liked Michael & Holly pretending to be Greek too. They do have very good chemistry.
David Brent was okay, but I really counted just two laughs, “We call it ‘Home’”, and “where’s your jet pack, Zuckerberg?” Otherwise, it was just sad.
Hand me bendy metal piece you will.
It wasn’t a particularly good episode, but I did go “awwwwww” when Andy handed Erin the copy of Shrek 2. For him to have followed up a good day professionally with doing something (even unbeknownst to him) that shows how much better he gets Erin than Gabe does was sweet to me.
With the exception of the David Brent opener, that episode was horribly, painfully, embarrassingly, unfunny.
Could anyone read the details on the Andy’s flyer?
…this episode was bizarre in part because literally all of the main sales cast and half of the office support staff crossed a line from their normal questionable selves into outright scumbag grifters. Stanley, Phyllis and Dwight only dropped out because they didn’t think it would work. Jim dropped out because of his childhood friend… otherwise they all would have been fine taking money from people for nothing?
They were actively trying to scam people. I’m not even sure what Andy’s small business package was let alone why anyone would buy it.
I thought Oscar was funny in this episode.
It wasn’t a scam, really. It was a quid pro quo situation that all but the most naive would have seen: come for this free seminar giving you tips on running a small business, and in exchange you have to sit through a sales pitch for the package of products DM has put together for small business (presumably a printer/copier and enough paper to supply them for a year or whatever, maybe some custom letterhead and envelopes, and so on). If they’d had their original lineup and the people could understand Kelly’s “friend” over the phone, I’d say it was worth their while. As it was, they got some sandwiches, and in exchange had to spend 5 minutes listening to Andy sell to them. Not a bad deal (if Kevin hadn’t been there at least!)
I have to say I was surprised at how the subplot with Jim’s friend played out. I never expected that guy to actually harbor resentment for 20 years over such a mildly mean thing to say. I mean, Jim didn’t even personally insult the guy; just said his mom thought so.
I like Holly a lot.
What are you talking about? They were selling paper and office supplies, like they always do.
For some reason, Kevin’s scene was cracking me up. I was aware of how stupid it was while it was happening, but I was still laughing.
I totally did not get that at all in the episode. I thought it was a bogus business plan not an actual Dunder Mifflin product package. Did I just miss the part of the episode that explained this or was it just implied?
They are salesmen for a paper company, they were selling them paper. Why would they need to explain that at all?
I didn’t get the impression they were selling actual paper products either. More like some kind of scammy business advice package.
The one successful businessman in the group mentioned he wanted to learn how to handle his growing business, or something like that. You don’t do that with paper products.