What I remembered is that in 2010 Twitter accounts for some of the characters from The West Wing started, commenting on real-world events. The nice thing about continuing the characters in written form is that you don’t need to involve the actors.
Yeah, I know the conceit of “The Office” was that it was a documentary that was being filmed (just like the British original), but the poster said “his documentary catchphrase” which led me to believe that Andy had been involved in another documentary, his documentary, during one of the more recent seasons which, as I stated , I didn’t watch. And I don’t remember that chant from the earlier seasons which I did watch in full.
I loved the episode. It was the best series finale I’ve seen in a while, or expect to see in the near future. It had what I like: old characters returning, but not overshadowing the actors who remained, call-backs, running jokes, a time-skip so we’re not exactly where we left off in the penultimate episode, and it was genuinely funny. Most finales get caught up too much in making something gimmicky or memorable of something good.
Unfortunately, I had a hard time controlling myself today when a 92-year old man was having trouble putting money in a bill collector thing and said “I can’t get it in the hole!”. If I hadn’t seen Michael Scott last night (and it was a surprise because they actively denied it), I wouldn’t have wanted to shout “THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID!”
One thing I really liked about the Finale was when Dwight called Pam his best friend. The Dwight-Pam scenes over the years were some of my favorite moments of the show.
Pleasantly surprised. I’ve been losing interest in the show over the last few seasons but the finale was great. Just right.
It looks like Dwight’s brother and sister never really happened, or at least weren’t invited to the wedding. I thought it was interesting that they used the actress who played his sister on The Farm episode as the new employee (Dakota?)
Oh I never saw or heard about that special! Thanks for letting me know.
My take-away was Philly must be a sucky place while Austin must be great.
I didn’t like what they did with Toby. His character was such a sad sack, I was hoping he would do well.
I nu l must have missed it: Jim is now going to be a part of Athleap? Back to his old position?
Phyllis was obviously in on it; she was (very badly) pretending to act surprised when it happened. That’s why she felt guilty enough to literally carry Angela to the altar lick a pack mule.
That’s what I thought all this time, but then the in-show ads for the PBS documentary mentioned it was airing over only a few weeks. If the show literally is the documentary then there’s over a hundred hours of completed footage and PBS would need to devout it’s entire prime time schedule to air the whole thing in less than a year. Either that, or the DVDs set a new record for bonus features. 
I just assumed Dwight hired his sister.
re being the same actor that played Merideth’s son in a much earlier ep …
… I thought so too but haven’t seen it confirmed.
Merideth looked like she had lost a bunch of weight… must have been the yoga.
Sometimes I think that as well, but then you have to remember he’s one of the main writers of the show (on the showrunner for 4 seasons and the director). In fact, he’s said he prefers less airtime because the more airtime he has the less time he has to write. So all that ‘sad sack’ stuff…he put it there.
Whenever I see someone like that, or Carol O’Connor on All In The Family (not that I’m comparing the two) and I think “Man, if you’re gonna be all cranky, why are you even on the show, just quit acting and go home” then I remember, that, hey, that’s the character and they must be doing it right if they just did that good of a job convincing me.
Why can’t they be there, just not on camera?
And the new employee was played by actress Dakota Johnson. Dwight’s sister was played by Majandra Delfino.
Another thought, why would Athleap move to Austin? It’s a big city, but no “major league” level sports teams play there.
If Jim wants to chase AAA baseball players, he could have stayed in Scranton.
Are they chasing teams or individual players?
Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if Darryl wanted to move there for the music scene. But, if that was the case, Chicago would have made more sense for both the music and the sports.
They said something about a merger, as explanation for the move to Austin. Presumably the other company was already in Austin.
Earlier Athleap episodes showed them chasing players. But it doesn’t really matter because if there’s no “major league” level teams in Austin, it stands to reason that there aren’t going to be any players either.
Sorry, I meant to add that they may be trying to go where the players might live during the off season.
Is The Office unique for the cross-pollination between the cast and production staff? Paul Lieberstein (Toby) was showrunner, an executive producer, writer and director. B. J. Novak (Ryan) and Mindy Kaling (Kelly) were executive producers and writers. Phyllis Smith was a casting associate and later the role was created for her. (And not the same thing, but Angela Kinsey was married to Paul Lieberstein’s brother.) Other cast members directed episodes from time to time, but that’s more common.
Actually, I listened to an interview with Creed on a podcast, and most of what he was wanted for (dealing drugs & stealing LSD from the military) are exactly what he did. I don’t remember him saying anything about endangered animal meat, but he did spend a lot of time in Morrocco in the 60s, so anything’s possible. It was a great interview - if I can find out with who, I’ll post an update.
Found it! Kevin & Bean, April 2013. Sorry, can’t link or find the exact date from iPod.