Thu, 4 December 2008
We mentioned it quite a while ago, but NBC officially confirmed today that The Office will indeed air a special one hour episode immediately following the Super Bowl on February 1st.  Originally, the "Office Spinoff" was supposed to fill that second half hour slot, and then when THAT disappeared the Poehler show was supposed to find a home. Alas. With both shows MIA, it's up to The Office to fill the hour. I brought this up a few months ago, but I think it'd be brilliant to see Jim throw a big Super Bowl party at his new house as part of the plot. Shades of "Email Surveillance" and "Dinner Party" perhaps, but it'd definitely be topical and would give us a glimpse of the cast in a new situation (Kevin with a huge bet riding on the game, Pam & Jim trying to entertain as a couple, etc.). If any of the writing staff is looking for more ideas, you have my email address :) EDIT: Yes, I am aware that the details of the episode are already wandering around on the internets. I just refuse to be spoiled-- so there! :) It's more fun my way.
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-- posted at: 10:49pm EDT
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Just out of curiosity: how could they film a superbowl party at Jim\'s house if the episode was to air immediately following the superbowl itself? They would have had to predict the outcome of the game if they wanted to film the episode in advance, would\'nt they?
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More on that...... Jessica Alba Comes to The Office! By Kristin Dos Santos Tue Dec 16, 1:07 PM PST Oh, it\'s a good day indeed to be a nerdy Office fan/writer/watcher. Acolytes of Dwight Schrute, bow to your goddess: Jessica Alba, the hottest chick you\'ll never sleep with, is coming to The Office Like Jack Black, whose appearance was announced yesterday, Alba will be guesting on the special hour-long episode of The Office is scheduled to air on Feb., 1, after the Super Bowl. Black and Alba will play movie stars in a bootlegged movie that the Dunder Mifflinites are trying to download on the sly during a slow workday. And guess which Dancing With the Stars star is also making an appearance? According to our pal Korbi at Zap2it.com, Cloris Leachman will come onboard for the same Super episode. Yep, The Office has officially entered bizarro world! The episode is titled \"Stress Relief\" and is scheduled to run in the 10:30 to 11:30 p.m. ET time slot. Which other major movie stars should stop by The Office after the big game? How about the Iron Man himself, Robert Downey Jr.? Or maybe Sandra Bullock, just because her Proposal trailer is awesome? Oooh! Can we have Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling? Those two are concentrated, vitamin-enriched happiness juice. http://tv.yahoo.com/news/article/urn:newsml:eonlinekristen.com:20081216:TV-ab17e2db0f3e2a22f531ec5df9531406__ER:1;
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Great ideas, Matt. But that\'s not the plot of the episode. I won\'t say what it is is, for the people trying to avoid spoilers, but I will say the premise is rock rock rock solid. And it could be on the best episodes ever -- if they don\'t screw up the casting.
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