Todd Packer (The Office)
"Todd Packer" is the eighteenth episode of the The Office (U.S. season 7), seventh season of the American comedy television program, television series ''The Office (U.S. TV series), The Office'', and the show's 144th episode overall. It originally aired on NBC on February 24, 2011. The episode was written by Amelie Gillette and directed by Randall Einhorn. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, traveling salesman Todd Packer (David Koechner) comes to Dunder Mifflin looking for a desk job in the office. However, the office is unsure if they want him to work there due to his previous behavior. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) and Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) eventually team up and develop a scheme that rids the office of Packer. Meanwhile, after dealing with computer problems, Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) confronts Pam Beesly, Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) about getting a n ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The Office (American TV Series)
''The Office'' is an American mockumentary sitcom television series that depicts the everyday work lives of office employees at the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. It aired on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013, spanning a total of nine seasons. Based on the 2001–2003 BBC series of the same name created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, it was adapted for American television by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for '' Saturday Night Live'', '' King of the Hill'', and ''The Simpsons''. It was co-produced by Daniels's Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions (later Shine America), in association with Universal Television. The original executive producers were Daniels, Gervais, Merchant, Howard Klein, and Ben Silverman, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons. Like its British counterpart, the series was filmed in a single-camera setup without a studio audience or a laugh track to simulate ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dwight Schrute
Dwight Kurt Schrute III () is a fictional character on ''The Office (American TV series), The Office (U.S.)'' and is portrayed by American actor Rainn Wilson, Rainn Wilson. Dwight's character was a salesman and the assistant to the regional manager, at the fictional paper distribution company, Dunder Mifflin, before his promotions in later seasons. He also ran a bed and breakfast at Schrute Farms, was a beet plantation owner, and, starting in Season 7, the owner of the business park in which Dunder Mifflin is located. He is known for his lack of social skills and common sense, but he is also known for his love of martial arts and the justice system. Throughout the series, Dwight repeatedly attempts to become regional manager of the Dunder Mifflin Scranton branch by serving dutifully under regional manager Michael Scott (The Office), Michael Scott. Occasionally, he rises to the position of acting branch manager for an episode at a time but usually served as third-in-command behind ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tallahassee, Florida
Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2020, the population was 196,169, making it the 8th-largest city in the U.S state of Florida, and the 126th-largest city in the United States. The population of the Tallahassee metropolitan area was 385,145 . Tallahassee is the largest city in the Florida Big Bend and Florida Panhandle region, and the main center for trade and agriculture in the Florida Big Bend and Southwest Georgia regions. With a student population exceeding 70,000, Tallahassee is a college town, home to Florida State University, ranked the nation's 19th-best public university by '' U.S. News & World Report;'' Florida A&M University, ranked the nation's best public historically black university by '' U.S. News & World Report''; and Tallahassee Community College, a large state coll ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steve Carell
Steven John Carell (; born August 16, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He played Michael Scott in '' The Office'' (2005–2011; 2013), NBC’s adaptation of the British series created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, where Carell also worked as an occasional producer, writer and director. Carell has received numerous accolades for his performances in both film and television, including the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his work on ''The Office''. He was recognized as "America's Funniest Man" by ''Life'' magazine. Carell gained recognition as a correspondent on ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' from 1999 to 2005. He went on to star in several comedy films, including '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' (2004) and its 2013 sequel, as well as '' The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005), '' Evan Almighty'' (2007), ''Get Smart'' (2008), '' Date Night'' (2010), '' Crazy, Stupid, Love'' (2011), and '' The Way, Way Ba ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Michael Scott (The Office)
Michael Gary Scott is a fictional character and the protagonist of the NBC sitcom, '' The Office'', portrayed by Steve Carell. Michael serves as the regional manager of the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of paper company, Dunder Mifflin Inc. However, he temporarily leaves the company to form his own paper company with Pam Beesly and Ryan Howard towards the end of the fifth season and shares a co-managerial position with Jim Halpert during a sixth season arc from " The Meeting" to " The Manager and the Salesman". Towards the end of the seventh season, he proposes to HR representative Holly Flax and moves to Colorado to take care of her aging parents, leaving the manager position to Deangelo Vickers in "Goodbye, Michael". Shortly after that, he gets a colonoscopy. (Andy Bernard assumes the job in season 8, after Vickers becomes brain dead; and ultimately Dwight Schrute becomes manager in season 9.) Michael's last appearance is in the finale where he is a surprise guest at Dwight� ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brian Baumgartner
Brian Baumgartner (born November 29, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Kevin Malone, a character in the NBC sitcom '' The Office'' (2005–2013). Early life and career Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Baumgartner attended Holy Innocents' Episcopal School. He attended and graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1991, one year before his co-star on ''The Office'' Ed Helms graduated. During his time at The Westminster School, Baumgartner competed in competitive speech events, drama, reaching the national finals his senior year. Between his junior and senior year of high school, Baumgartner also attended Northwestern University’s National High School Institute, where he focused on theater. He later attended Southern Methodist University, where he majored in theater and graduated in 1995. He later moved to Los Angeles and served as Artistic Director of Hidden Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he received multiple awards for artistic and acting excellence. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kevin Malone
Kevin Malone is a fictional character in the American television series ''The Office (US TV series), The Office''. He is portrayed by Brian Baumgartner. Kevin's counterpart in the The Office (UK TV series), UK TV series is Keith Bishop, who shares Kevin's lack of communication skills, musical interest, and obesity. In the series, Kevin is a part of the accounting department at the Scranton, Pennsylvania, Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin. Slate magazine, ''Slate'' magazine named the character as one of the reasons they were looking forward to the return of the show in late 2007. Storylines Seasons 1–2 Kevin is one of the more prominent supporting characters throughout the first season. In the episode "Basketball (The Office), Basketball", while making a basketball team for a game against the warehouse employees, Michael Scott (The Office), Michael ignores Kevin's plea to join the team. It is later revealed that Kevin is an excellent basketball player. In season two, Kevin be ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Amy Ryan
Amy Beth Dziewiontkowski, known professionally as Amy Ryan, is an American actress of stage and screen. A graduate of New York's High School of Performing Arts, she is an Academy Award nominee and two-time Tony Award nominee. Ryan began her professional stage career in 1987 and made her Broadway debut in 1993 as a replacement in the original production of '' The Sisters Rosensweig''. She was featured in season 1 episode 22 of Home Improvement as Jill’s sister going through a relationship spat during Tim’s poker game. She went on to receive Tony Award nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2000 revival of ''Uncle Vanya'' and the 2005 revival of ''A Streetcar Named Desire (play), A Streetcar Named Desire''. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Helene McCready in the 2007 film ''Gone Baby Gone''. The role also earned her a Golden Globe nomination and won her a Critics' Choice Movie Award, Critics' Choice Awa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Holly Flax
Hollis Partridge "Holly" Scott (''née'' Flax) is a fictional character from the US television series ''The Office'', played by Amy Ryan. She is an original character, and not based on any character from the British version of the show. Initially introduced in season 4, Holly served as a replacement HR Representative for the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin, and quickly developed a romantic relationship with Michael Scott, the regional manager. After facing numerous challenges in their relationship, Holly and Michael ultimately get engaged and move to Colorado towards the end of season 7. Character history Season 4 Holly arrives at Dunder Mifflin to serve as the replacement for Toby Flenderson, the previous HR Representative for the Scranton branch. Michael initially dislikes Holly because she is part of Human Resources, but quickly falls in love with her after she playfully makes a joke about Toby's dullness. Holly is subjected to hazing by co-worker Dwight Schrute, who ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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The A
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jenna Fischer
Regina Marie "Jenna" Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Pam Beesly on the NBC sitcom '' The Office'' (2005–2013), for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007. She was also a producer for the show's final season. Since then, Fischer has appeared in such films as '' Blades of Glory'' (2007), '' Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story'' (2007), '' The Promotion'' (2008), '' Hall Pass'' (2011), and ''The Giant Mechanical Man'' (2012), a film directed by her husband, Lee Kirk. She also appeared as Rhonda McNeil in the NBC comedy-drama series '' You, Me and the Apocalypse''. Fischer also starred in the ABC sitcom '' Splitting Up Together'' (2018–2019). She is currently the co-host of the podcast '' Office Ladies''. Fischer's first book, ''The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide'', was published in November 2017. Early life Fischer was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Pam Beesly
Pamela Morgan Halpert ( née Beesly) is a fictional character on the U.S. television sitcom '' The Office'', played by Jenna Fischer. Her counterpart in the original UK series of '' The Office'' is Dawn Tinsley. Pam begins the series as the receptionist at the paper distribution company Dunder Mifflin. She later becomes a saleswoman and, eventually, the office administrator, until she leaves in the series finale. Her character is at first shy and unsure, but grows increasingly assertive as the series progresses. She is artistically inclined throughout the series and attends art school. Pam shares a friendship, and then a romance, with Jim Halpert, with whom she begins dating in the fourth season, marries and starts a family. Casting and character development Pam's character was originally created to be very similar to her British counterpart, Dawn Tinsley. Even minute details, such as how Pam wore her hair each day, were considered by executive producer, Greg Daniels. "When ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |