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the cast
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Steve Carrell - Michael Scott
 
Rainn Wilson - Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski - Jim Halpert
 
Jenna Fischer - Pam Beesly
BJ Novak - Ryan Howard
 
Leslie David Barker - Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner - Kevin Malone
 
Angela Kinsey - Angela Martin
Phyllis Smith - Phyllis Lapin
 
Kate Flannery - Meredith Palmer
Mindy Kaling - Kelly Kapoor
 
Paul Lieberstein - Toby Flenderson
Creed Bratton - Creed
 
Oscar Nuņez - Oscar Martinez
Melora Hardin - Jan Levinson
 
David Denman - Roy Anderson
Ed Helms - Andy Bernard
 
Rashida Jones - Karen Filippelli
Craig Robinson - Darryl Philbin
 
Robert R. Shafer - Bob Vance
Karly Rothenberg - Madge
 
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Office Trivia
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  • First ever NBC comedy series on NBC to be presented in wide-screen to non-HDTV viewers, resulting in horizontal black bars. Previous NBC dramas have been presented in wide-screen to non-HDTV viewers, but no previous comedy.

  • Dwight has three bobble-heads on his desk. One is the "Dwight Schrutte Bobblhead" that was given to him by Angela. The other two are of Mike Lieberthal and John Kruk. Lieberthal played catcher for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RedBarons before being promoted to the Philadelphia Phillies and John Kruk was a Philadelphia Phillie before retirement.

  • Dwight has a "Froggy 101" bumper sticker on the filing cabinet next to his desk. Froggy 101 is the #1 rated country-western station in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the setting for the show.

  • Many of the famous insert shots from the original series such as the water cooler and copier machine are not used in the show. Instead they pay homage to those particular shots by placing them in the opening credits.

  • The exterior shot of the building the office is "in" in Scranton, Pennsylvania is across the street from a bar which is coincidentally named "The Office". Greg Daniels has said that he hopes this is a sign of good karma for the show. The Office (the bar) was actually condemned by the city a few years back.

  • The first season was filmed in actual office space located just above a sound-stage. The sound-stage is often used to replicate the Dunder-Mifflin warehouse, most notably in the "Basketball" episode. For the second season, an exact set replica of the original office was built on a sound-stage for further shooting.

  • Michael has a Union Jack Flag on his desk that appears in various shots as a homage to the original British series.

  • The computers on the Dunder-Mifflin office set are wired for the internet. Cast members have admitted that when they're in the background of scenes they are often checking email and surfing the net.

  • Four of the regularly appearing secondary characters have the same first name as the actress or actor that plays her or him: Angela (Angela Kinsey), Oscar ('Oscar Nunez' ), Phyllis (Phyllis Smith) and Creed (Creed Bratton).

  • The Office's address is 1725 Slough Road. Slough was the name of the town in which the original version of the show takes place. However, there is no Slough Road in Scranton.

  • The character of Ryan Howard was named after the then MVP of the Scranton/Wilkes Red Barons. Ryan Howard is now the All-Star 1st baseman of the Philadelphia Phillies.

  • Many main and supporting cast members have written episodes of the show. B.J. Novak (Ryan), Paul Lieberstein (Toby) and Mindy Kaling (Kelly) wrote 12 of the 28 episodes over the first and second seasons (albeit separately). One episode so far ("Casino Night", the second season finale) has been written by Steve Carell (Michael Scott). One episode (2.8, "Performance Review") was written by Larry Wilmore, who plays Mr. Brown, the diversity instructor. Michael Shur, a seasoned writer, plays Dwight's cousin Mose Schrute. Gene Stupinsky and Lee Eisenberg, two writing partners, play the delivery men in the Valentine's Day episode and others. Greg Daniels, the developer and show runner of the Office, played Michael's neighbor in "Office Olympics" but his scene was cut.

  • Four of the main cast members are originally from Massachusetts: Steve Carell (Michael Scott), John Krasinski (Jim Halpert), B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard) & Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor). Guest star Nancy Walls (Carol Stills), Steve Carell's real-life wife, is also from Massachusetts.

  • Both Brian Baumgartner (Kevin) and Ed Helms (Andy) graduated from The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • Some of the video used in the opening theme song specifically the exterior shot of the building was taken by John Krasinski and his friends in their Jeep. John had just gotten the part and was coming out for shooting.

  • Matt Walsh was in the final running for the Dwight role but was turned down. He later went on to appear in the show as another character.

  • Michael's birthday is March 15th.

  • The cast is frequently seen on-screen drinking cans of Crystal Club soda (various flavors, Jim seems to prefer their cola), which is made in Scranton by the Crystal Club Soda Water Company.

  • There is an actual lamp banner in Scranton, PA of the fictional company Dunder Mifflin on N. Washington Ave.

  • Pour Richards Pub, a bar the gang often refers to in the show, is an actual bar in South Scranton. It is actually in a bowling alley, South Side Lanes.

  • Steve Carell only watched a few minutes of the British version before permanently stopping such viewing because he did not want to copy Ricky Gervais' performance as the office manager. John Krasinski, on the other hand, was an avid viewer of the original.

  • Michael Scott has a "Certificate of Authenticity" on his wall that states he is the "Proud Owner of a Quality Seyko Timepiece."

  • There are some changes in the set between the first season and the subsequent ones. The exterior of the building is completely different in the first season than what's used after. Also, the wall in between Michael's office and the conference room (the one Andy punches a hole in) is much thinner in the first season.
 
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