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Nights and Daze at The Office
Hey, it's your favorite drunken redhead here, from the corner of the office. What an interesting time for our show. We have had another great week of pretending to work in a paper factory. And when I say "We" I mean ME!
The scripts just get funnier and funnier. This past week we' worked with Jeff Blitz directing. Jeff directed the "Convict" episode from last season, remember? He is an Academy Award winner for a short film he did in 2007. We have the best directors. Our show's exec producer, Greg Daniels, said he should submit this new episode for an Academy Award. Now, we all know you can't submit a TV show for an Academy Award. (Creed just explained that to me at the water cooler.) Awards are weird. We have the fans to tell us how important we are. I have two SAG Awards on my mantle, for Best Ensemble. The show won an Emmy for Best Comedy last year. The producers are the only ones that get to keep the Emmy. Steve Carrell has won a Golden Globe for playing Michael Scott, but he hasn't won an Emmy for it yet. He is so talented. It is baffling.
What a great week I have had. I am not just saying that because I am drunk. My bf and I just celebrated two years! Can you believe it? I may have to tear up my Spinster's Club card. We celebrated by going dancing to surf music at this Tiki Club. I am living the life! (BTW, "bf" is short for boyfriend and "BTW" is short for "by the way".)
This week at The Office has been nights these days (and by "days" I mean daze). That means all the cast and crew and our internal clocks are screwy. John Krasinski gets super giddy. He hasn't slept much promoting his new movie with George Clooney, Leatherheads. I am very excited for John. He is so talented and he's handling all this with a lot of grace. That guy is going places. We were all getting pretty giddy shooting late this week. Angela [Kinsey] is a trouper. She's acting for two, ya know. Those late hours are pretty intense for that unborn child. Come to think of it, it's intense for me, too. It's hard to believe I was once an unborn child. Good thing my mother wasn't afraid to have a drink or two and smoke those Kent 100's in the soft pack or I wouldn't be who I am today. (BTW, Jenna [Fischer] is throwing a baby shower for Angela this weekend and I am going to party!)
Also this weekend I presented at the Genesis Awards for the prevention of animal cruelty. (Last year Phyllis and I presented together.) I am very patient with animals. I was awakened the other night by the sound of a crazy loud TV in my building. I knocked on the door to ask them to turn it down. I knocked and I knocked, but all I heard was the barking dog. Turns out that no one was home and the great Dane had sat on the remote. Yup! I am very patient with animals. The Genesis Awards will air on Animal Planet sometime this spring. I'll let you know.
If you didn't catch my appearance on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on March 17th, you can go to www.OfficeTally.com . I am also going to be on The Florence Henderson Show soon but I don't know when. She has a website, so go check it out. I was a little nervous with Florence since I replaced Jane Lynch as Carol Brady in the stage show The Real Live Brady Bunch. Flo was a very good sport. I explained to Florence that at that point in the tour we were playing 3,000-seat houses so the makeup, wig and the pant suits had to be "over the top" when they showed a picture of me as Carol and I looked like a drag queen. Check it out if you get a chance.
I am living the life and I have been having a great time. And by "I" I mean we! You are, of course, included in that we. Thanks for listening and watching. The Office is on Thursdays on NBC and Tuesdays on TBS. Cheers!
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Apr 1, 2008 7:07 PM
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Oh boy, I am counting the minutes until April 10. Makes me want to move back east so I can shave three hours off my wait until the new episode.
I might be able to hit the Lampshades show on Saturday... always a good night.
Wish Angela the best at her party. She makes a darling incubator.
Thanks for sharing your view with the world.
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Apr 2, 2008 6:34 PM
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Great blog, Kate. I am getting so excited for April 10th!
I couldn't agree more about your uber-talented coworker/friend Steve Carell! He never ceases to amaze me, both as an actor and as a person. His Emmy will come...it HAS to!
Congrats on your anniversary. The two of you seem so happy together.  Don't rip up that Spinsters' Club card, though. You can pass it on to me. 
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Apr 3, 2008 12:38 AM
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Hi Kate!
What a great blog! I love the comment on how your mom had drinks and smoked Kent 100's. HILARIOUS! It's hard to miss your shows now because I have to stay in Temecula and pack up the house. Next week when your first show airs on NBC I will be in my minni van lovingly named, " The Meredith Palmer, " trucking to Northern Minnesota. I will have to be texting with my K.B.F. the whole time for updates! Congrats on your two year mark with your B.F. He's such a great guy and you are an amazing gal!! Thanks for being so wonderful.
Jen M.
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Apr 3, 2008 3:38 PM
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Happy Anniversary to you and your beloved! I love your updates! Thanks for all the great news. I'm jumping out of my skin with excitement over seeing everyone's return to Thursday nights (and so is pretty much everyone else I know! The Office Finally Returns Party Planning Committees everywhere are hard at work preparing for the 10th!) My husband and I saw a tiny clip of the Dinner Party on Leno last night (Steve is so wonderful) and we just about fell apart laughing.
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Apr 3, 2008 8:47 PM
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Hi Kate,
You write the best blogs! I am very happy for you and your boyfriend. You have been looking very fabu at the latest awards shows. I am soo looking forward to the new office this week...!
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Apr 7, 2008 5:41 PM
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There's now less than 72 hours until the first new episode of The Office in almost 5 months airs. I can't wait!
Congrats on your 2 year anniversary!
I agree that awards are weird. I think everyone involved with the show - both in front of and behind the camera - is incredibly talented. When you guys win an award, then I attribute it to confirmation of this, and that the people who vote on the awards made the correct decision. When you guys don't win an award you were nominated for, or I thought should have been nominated for, then I question the competency of the voters and wonder how they could have gotten it so wrong. Win or lose, you guys are the best!
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Apr 7, 2008 11:04 PM
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