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Season 4 Opener: "Fun Run"
Kate Flannery, aka, Meredith, aka Dunder-Mifflin's drunken redhead here. And I am drunker and more redheaded than Season 3. It's true. My hair is so red I got a Happy Meal with my last salon visit. I thought I'd jazz it up a little this year.
I am thrilled to be back for Season 4 doing the Office blog for TVGuide.com. I mean it. I love you guys. I love you. And I say that, not like an emotional drunken mess on the verge of tears and screaming at the top of my lungs, "I frickin' love you, man!" Unless you prefer to think of me that way. There is so much that has happened in the last month and in the last week but I am going to keep the focus on two things: the season opener and not getting sick (too much partyin' at the Emmys).
As for the cast of The Office, we left work in April and we didn't get to see each other until June in NYC when NBC announced the new season at the upfronts. We all had a great time. And then Jenna fell at the NBC party and hurt her back. It was a nasty fall down these marble steps. Angela did not leave her side. She was laid up for several weeks there and she's had a pretty intense summer of recuperating, but I promise she is much better now. I know you've read about her. The whole thing was pretty scary. And no, she was not drunk.
I didn't get to see everyone together again until the Television Critics Awards. We won for best comedy. David Chase spoke for The Sopranos and Alec Baldwin talked about being shirtless while meeting David Chase in the men's room of a restaurant while he was drying his sweaty shirt 10 years ago. Greg Daniels' speech was hilarious and super-nerdy. He compared our cast to Harry Potter's. I love Greg. I frickin' love him, man!
Season 4 is about to begin airing and may I say, I am very excited about the season opener. Ryan the temp is now Michael's boss. Look out! And Jan has moved in with Michael. Duck! And Jim asked Pam to dinner. Don't breathe! I got to do some great scenes that I cannot talk about until next week. But I will say I had a few really fun scenes with Steve. And a fun scene with Rainn and the whole cast and no, it is not the booze talking. Greg Daniels wrote and directed this first episode.
All you frustrated Meredith fans can relax. Your cards and letters have worked, baby. Or if you just thought about writing, it helped. I attribute my fun storyline to a little thing called The Secret. I didn't catch that episode of Oprah, but The Secret is an interesting concept that's taking the greedy little world by storm. (Greed with a halo.) I've got the secret. I don't drink in public anymore. My drinking is the secret. My dirty little secret. So please don't tell anybody.
We've been back to work since the first week of August and it's been weird because we've been shooting these one-hour episodes since then. Long hours and catching up, the new TBS Tuesday night's reruns of The Office (how cool is that?) and then, of course, there were the Emmy Awards. In case you missed them, The Office didn't win best comedy. Greg Daniels won for writing "Gay Witch Hunt"! Thank god! I would have felt kicked in the stomach otherwise.
But there were other wins that night. A ton of support from celebs. (The father of Anna Nicole's baby is an Office fan! Go figure!) Rainn Wilson beat Kanye West. And Steve Carell was sort of given the Emmy he didn't officially win by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, one of the funniest moments in Emmy history in my opinion. If you haven't seen it, go to Officetally.com and watch the clip. He told me he actually said to his wife, Nancy, "I'm going up!" And so he did. He did the victory dance anyway, and all the Office fans can join him.
We have a great show even if we didn't win best comedy this year. I frickin' love it, man! Please watch The Office's Season 4 premiere episode, "Fun Run," this Thursday, Sept. 27 at 9 pm/ET on NBC. It's better for us if you actually watch instead of just TiVo. I'll give you all the dirty little secret details next week.
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Sep 21, 2007 11:06 AM
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Welcome back Kate  I am so glad that you are back blogging. It is always a hoot to read your adventures. And you are right the two best moments at the Emmys were Rainn's rap and the "hug out" with Stephen, Steve and Jon.
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Sep 21, 2007 2:36 PM
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Glad to see you back and blogging for season 4!! I've been checking every now and then for the past month to see if someone from the show was gonna blog here this season. It's nice to see that they got you to do it again!
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Sep 21, 2007 8:40 PM
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Meredith, I mean Kate, you're awesome! I saw Phyllis and Angela being interviewed on the red carpet by Ausiello, where were you? Getting your drink on?  Looking forward to seeing your redder than red hair.
I used to prioritize another show in another channel but they became annoying last season so I started watching The Office instead in real time. It has become one of my (few) must-see-live-TV. Just hearing the opening theme makes me smile. I wish I work in an office like The Office.
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Sep 23, 2007 10:13 AM
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Yay, you're back! I'm so excited for Thursday it's not even funny. I've been reading synopsises of upcoming episodes and they sound amazing. I kind of wish I'd get hit by a car, go into a comma, and not wake up until next Septemeber so I can watch them all at once on DVD. Uh oh, no, better not put that out into the universe or it could happen, according to The Secret.
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Sep 23, 2007 10:44 PM
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Thanks so much for the awesome blogs. I think my head might explode waiting for Thursday to roll around. Aaargh - how to turn the clock forward? I know I'll just drink myself into a four day stupor. Cheers!
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Sep 23, 2007 11:37 PM
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Yay! Glad you are back.
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Sep 24, 2007 2:49 AM
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Kate!
SO happy you are back blogging you crack me up.
I was dying to see your Emmy dress and was happy when i found some photos. You looked awesome. Sounds like you all had fun and let me say Emmy or no Emmy every single one of you did us proud.
Thanks for all your work.
UMMM where is the photo of your mchappy hair??
Hugs Claudia
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Sep 24, 2007 3:01 AM
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can't wait for the new season to start on thursday and i look forward to reading more insider information from you in the future.
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Sep 24, 2007 3:14 AM
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So glad to see the return of your tv guide blogs I am also super stoked about Thursdays return of The Office. Also...glad to hear we'll be seeing more Meredith. I missed her a lot last season (not that we didn't get to see her at all, just not as much). You looked fab at the Emmys, by the way. Thanks for blogging again :D
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Sep 24, 2007 5:39 AM
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YAY! Your blogs are back! This means that season 4 is really starting! This is so exciting!
I think a lot of the fans felt a little kicked in the stomach after that stupid Emmys, too. Still, Office people did provide pretty much the only funny moments that night, so there is that.
As for Greg Daniels's TCA speech, it made me feel a little weak at the knees. There is just something wonderful about knowing that the guy who makes your favorite TV show is as big a dork as you are.
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Sep 24, 2007 7:50 AM
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Told you I'd leave you a little something.  Can't wait until Thursday, and I'm looking forward to every second of the new season. Peace.
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Sep 24, 2007 8:36 AM
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I'm so excited! I've watched all of Season 3 again on dvd with all the deleted scenes and commentaries too! You had some great deleted scenes. I can't wait to see what happens this season!
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Sep 24, 2007 8:58 AM
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Glad to find your blog link from your myspace...i look forward to reading these! I need juicy first-hand gossip!
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Sep 24, 2007 10:20 AM
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Meredith + "The Secret" = comedy gold. I can't wait to see that story unfold. Ridiculous and awesome. It'll be exciting to see what you get to do with that. I noticed the hair at the Emmys and i thought it was such a rich and fun color! Happy thoughts to Jenna! I'm sure that was not an easy rehab... It was a genius move to put the reruns on TBS. Wonderful. Aaaand I am so excited to watch this Thursday. I will tell all my friends who are Office virgins to pick it up and start watching. Thanks for blogging!
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Sep 24, 2007 10:51 AM
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