The intro.
I am about as big a fan of The Office fan as there gets. Aside from the lunatics on the internet anyways. Since the day we got Netflix, I have watched The Office nonstop. My wife thinks I’m crazy to keep watching the same show over and over again. I have almost memorized all of Jim’s different camera stares (so much so that I practice them when I’m in the real world), all of Micheal Scott’s word mishaps, and Dwight’s insane idiosyncrasies.
I get a lot of ideas and most of them are terrible, so when I get a brilliant one, I have to blog about it. The other day, my daughter and I were talking. She loves drama. Not the real life kind(well, a little. She is a teenager after all), but the kind where she acts and sings and dances on stage.
My daughter can’t quote any of The Office, but she makes fun of me by singing the theme song whenever I have it on. Duh nuuuh, nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh, duh duh duh duh duh duh duh nuh….The Office’s theme song is probably more ingrained in my head than any of the Top 40 songs on the radio and they play those things 4 times an hour. The Office is a brilliant show, and it deserves more than to just be viewed on reruns forever. It needs to live on in a new form. I think you probably know where I am going with this. That’s right.
Michael singing the opening number.
The Office: The Musical. On Broadway. Written by me and my daughter. How amazing would it be to have the opening theme song played by a full scale, world renown orchestra. On the most brilliant stages across the county. Violins, Basses, Trumpets, Bassoons, and even Tuba’s. Then, the curtain is pulled open, and introducing…Micheal Scott(whispered like he does in Episode 45)….
The introduction would show Micheal giving Ryan the tour around the Office, Pam would be answering the phone, “Dunder Mifflin, this is Pam.” and Jim standing at the desk. Then the opening number, “Dunder Mifflin”.
The Office romances would be involved. Jim and Pam would dominate the stage, but Micheal’s botched attempts, Andy and his many fails, and even the Dwight and Angela full series arcs would be in play.
There will be the Micheal Scott saga of trying to fill his lonely void by making his employees his family, despite their many attempts not to return his affection. There will be the Michael-Toby rivalry. The Jim arc will happen as he attempts to work his hardest to not work hard, prank Dwight and not find himself in a career at Dunder Mifflin.
And there will be Dwight, with his endless attempts to get revenge against Jim, his most subtle and not obvious at all relationship with Angela, and his attempts to finally become the number 1 in the Office. And who would be more theatrical on stage than a guy who loves Battlestar Galactica and created Recyclops.
Recyclops Destroy!
Angela will be her most prudishly hypocritical self, Kevin will be the chilli spilling Cookie Monster, Oscar will be the office smart guy and most understood gay guy ever, Phyllis as the incompetent party planner and least self aware sex symbol, and Creed, well, he will just be Creed.
Pranks. They will be a part of it. From the FBI recruiting Dwight, to the stapler in the Jello, to the Identity Theft is not a joke Jim and Bears Beet Battlestar Galactica, to Dwight’s desk being wrapped in wrapping paper, to becoming part of Megadesk, to it being moved to the bathroom and beyond, pranks will be center stage.
Every meticulously mispronounced word will be uttered by Micheal Scott, from starting a Fire by mistake Guy Ryan to starting a fire on purpose Dwight, to fake firings by Michael Scott. To Christmas with two Santas to Christmas with two parties to Christmas in Morroco there will be Christmas.
There will be roads trips. From visiting Nashua to get Holly back, to visiting Utica to get Stanley back, to visiting the bowling alley to get Ryan back, to absorbing Stamford to get Jim back.
Just one of the millions of awkward moments.
Most of all there will be awkward moments. From Karen seeing Jim ducked down in the parking lot with a warehouse uniform on, to Michael’s wedding toast at Phyllis and Bob Vance’s wedding to his date to the Dawahli party dressing up as a cheerleader, to Michael imposing his photo in his girlfriends ski trip. There will be photos of Jan passed around the office to wedding proposals that are the worst. There will of course be Scott’s Tot’s and who could forget The Dinner Party.
Join us on Broadway coming next year. It will totally be ready then. It won’t be awkward at all when you spend all your money on the trip and accommodations and for the show and you don’t get what you expect, it will be awkward. But that is what the Office is all about. Awkward.
ARRRRGGGHHHHH
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Hey, I love The Office too. Too much. And, the theme against the Scranton shots is my go-to happy place. Can it be that? It just is! I have finally found someone on WordPress who loves it as much as I do 😀
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I also love it too much. I pretty much sprinkle something about it in every post. And the theme song is the greatest. I love it more than most every other song.
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The Office was definitely one of my favorites, up there with Seinfeld and The Good Wife.
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Yeah, but can you watch the Good Wife 6 times through and still laugh your head off at the absurdity of the Governer’s mustard colored shirts?
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Can’t argue with that, Bitter Ben.
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For once. People always want to argue with me for stuff.
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This may cause me to be banned from your blog, but I never saw the American version. I absolutely adored the British version – watched every episode. I couldn’t bear to potentially sully that.
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You are being banned as we speak. Which most people are thankful for. I would count my lucky stars.
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Can I play the role of Holly? Then I could do a quick romantic, goofball duet with Michael Scott, then exit stage right. And he loses his mojo until he finally chases after me, and we get married right there in the Office. Or something like that.
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If I write Holly into the scripts. I mean she is barely a part of the Office at all. All she does is make Micheal happy and marry him. And kick Toby out of the office.
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It’s an awesome show. I don’t think I missed an episode. 🙂
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I haven’t missed an episode. Because I keep watching them over and over again.
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It is repeat-worthy. 😀
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Yep, the more you watch it, the better it is. Because you can see all the layers beneath the characters. And get better at quoting all Micheal mishapped words.
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You should find a way to cast both Steve Carell and Ricky Gervais, then have them engage in a really socially awkward battle of witlessness.
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It would be epic. They did have that scene of them together in the Office briefly. I can imagine it would be a fun exchange for me.
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One of our new team members at Cyclelogical recently moved here FROM SCRANTON, PA…we can NOT get him to STOP quoting that show and talking about it!!!
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You probably don’t want to hang out with me then, cause I am always quoting it too. And usually do the looking at the non existent camera too.
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LOL…you and brad would most DEFINITELY get along as fast friends then!!!
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I think so. Brad and Ben bothering the rest of the Office, by talking about the Office all the time. Sounds magical.
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I’d like to audition for the role of Angela.
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You may come and read for it. Just know that it will be a while before it comes out and you might be a famous rock start by then.
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Aaaaaah. I would go to see this. I LOVE the Office.
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I don’t know how anyone doesn’t like the Office. Maybe there are some Angela’s in the world that wouldn’t, but I don’t know any of them.
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I agree. My husband prefers the British version, because he has a very dark sense of humour like that, but I say American version ALL the way.
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I tried watching the British version, and I got pretty bored. It has its moments, but not near enough of them. I prefer the American one too.
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I would absolutely go see The Office – The Musical! You better copyright this idea before somebody steals it!
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I know. Just pretend like you didn’t hear it from me for the next 7 years while I write it. And also don’t tell NBC I’m doing it.
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I love Broadway more than the next person but unless you get the original cast, there’s no way a musical could even come close to matching the sheer perfection of the show.
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I’ve already got the guy in the warehouse. You know that one that visits Darrell in his office from time to time? That should be good enough of a start right?
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