- What? - We have to discuss
your youth beauty pageant.
- Oh yes.
- What was Angela's talent
when she was on the pageant cir?
- You know what, if I got to pi,
it would be that she would play the crystal glasses.
(Jenna and Angela laughing)
- That is so perfect.
- She would have a table of glasses and be like,
("Fur Elise")
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- I was really sick in this epi.
- You were so sick.
- Do you remember that?
- Not only do I remember that you were sick,
but I wrote down a quote that I read online.
It says-
- Where did you read this?
- On Wikipedia,
on "The Office Performance Review" Wikipedia.
It says, "Jenna Fischer came down with a cold.
"Instead of postponing, however,
"Fischer memorized and performed all her lines,
"resulting in fellow cast member Angela Kinsey
"calling her a trooper."
You were in this episode
'cause you were really, really .
But that's one thing I think yo,
I don't know if you guys know t,
but when you're on a set and yo,
you don't go home.
- No. - They literally prop you up
because so many people, like, what, 300 people,
their whole day revolves around that day's filming.
And so, it's-- - Yeah.
They can't shut down the filming
just 'cause you don't feel good.
- [Angela] Yeah, so a doctor will show up, give you a shot.
You stay at work.
- [Jenna] Oh yeah.
I mean, I seen them tape people,
they're like, oh, have you stopped vomiting for 30 minutes?
Let's get you on set and see what we can grab.
- Oh yeah. - Like that happens.
So I was really sick.
This was my first time ever having to perform this ill.
I took tons of Sudafed.
I had a sinus infection.
- [Angela] You were a little lo.
- [Jenna] I was super loopy.
Here's what's crazy.
At the end of the week, Greg Daniels called my manager
about my performance in this ep.
And my manager called me, I get this message,
"Jenna, please call me.
"Greg Daniels has called about your performance
"in this week's episode
"and I wanna speak with you abo"
- [Angela] Oh, shiitake mushroo.
- I thought I was being fired. - Yeah.
- I thought, oh my gosh, this i.
- That's it. - I don't know why.
I, as an actor, especially in the early days
and on early shows, I always felt like I could be fired
at any moment.
- Oh, me and Brian and Oscar were always like,
"Accounting's totally replaceab"
We could be fired at any time.
- Well, that's not true.
But yes, you have this feeling like I'm failing constantly.
- Yeah.
- So my manager says, "Jenna, we got this phone call,"
and she got all my agents on the phone too,
which you're like, oh my gosh,
they only do that if it's greats
or horrible news. - Or really bad news.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
So I'm like, and she's like,
"We received a phone call from Greg Daniels
"because he wanted all of us tow
"how outstanding you were in th,
"that it was some of your best .
"And to please say whatever it d
"to prepare for this episode, k"
- (laughs) Take Sudafed.
- I was like, I don't know what to do with this compliment.
Clearly I'm a- - Thank you?
- [Jenna] Fantastic actress on .
- [Angela] Yeah.
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- In this episode, we have a con
that is one of our most famous cold opens, the fitness orb.
- Yes.
- Well, everyone, it was not me.
First of all- - Oh Jenna,
Jenna, you look really excited.
Are you sitting on some info?
- I'm sitting on some info.
I traded messages with Phil She.
- [Jenna And Angela] Phil Shea: props master.
- [Jenna] Yes, he told me all about the fitness orbs.
So first of all, he bought 17.
- [Angela] 17 fitness orbs.
- [Jenna] Yes, and he practicedn
using three of them.
- [Angela] Phil Shea sat on them
and John like hit... (chuckles)
- [Jenna] Yes.
- [Angela] Phil Shea, talk about a trooper, Phil Shea.
- He's amazing.
So the idea was that John would stick the scissors
into the fitness orb and it would deflate very slowly.
(Angela whooshing)
And the camera would be in front of Dwight's desk
and you would just see him very slowly melt to the floor
as Jim very smugly-
- Looks on. - Yes.
That was what was in the script.
So, they practiced three times, it worked perfectly,
and they had 14 left for the sc.
And Phil said to John,
"As long as you don't hit the seam of the ball
"with the scissors,
"which would be like a one in a million chance
"that you could do it,
"the ball will slowly deflate and it will work as planned."
So- - It's also very hard
to see the seam.
- Oh yeah. - Yeah.
- I mean, yeah.
- You would have to hit it just.
- Yes, it would be basically impossible to do.
- Yeah.
- [Jenna] So they did 13 takes and it worked just right,
and everyone was happy and they were about to move on
and Phil said, "I have one more"
- [Angela] Yeah.
- [Jenna] So Paul Feig said, "Oh, what the heck.
"Let's just do one more."
- And in all the 13 takes, you ,
Rainn as Dwight slowly sunk to the ground, like (whooshing).
- Yeah. - Right?
- [Jenna] And it was perfect.
So, they have an extra ball.
They're like, "We'll just do on"
- [Angela] Let's do it.
- On that last take, John hit t.
- By accident.
- And you can see the shock on Rainn's face when he-
- [Angela] It exploded!
- And he fell to the floor.
We were all completely shocked.
We're like, "Oh my god."
And you can totally see John br.
You could see his shoulders, and he very quickly...
Oh, he's such a pro.
He turns his back and his face
to the camera. - He like dives
out of the scene. - Yeah,
he just like leaves.
- [Angela] Phyllis was really surprised too.
- They were like, "Oh my gosh, we're so sorry, Rainn.
"Are you all right?"
We were laughing so hard.
And when they went into edit th,
they put in what was scripted.
They put in the slow deflate.
And it was Larry Wilmore, the w,
who said, "You have to put the blooper one in.
"You have to put the fast pop i"
- [Angela] Yeah, he fought for .
- He fought for that, and he wa.
That is an amazing moment.
That is an example of just a perfect cold open.
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Okay, I have something.
At 9 minutes, 16 seconds, there's another scene
between Jim and Dwight at their.
This is when Jim is on the phone
and you can see that Michael's door is open
and Steve is in the background.
- This is like Steve's door's open, Steve's door's closed.
- This is gonna be my thing. - Yeah.
- I'm just gonna be like-
- You're in charge of the door,.
- Okay, great.
- Okay. - I'll be door.
I'm on door.
- Hordor. Oh, you don't watch "Game of Thrones," ugh!
- I don't.
What is it? What door?
- Hordor. - Hordor?!
Like a- - Is it Hodor?
Oh, sorry. I said it wrong. (la)
- Hodor? - It's Hodor.
- Hodor. - Hodor.
- [Jenna] All that's coming to mind for me is prostitution.
What is this door? - No!
Jenna, it's not about- - What happens with the door?
Just tell me.
- Well, it's not about prostitu?
- Well, what is it?
- It's a person. Hodor is a per.
- Oh, it's not a door?
- No, but a door is involved la.
I don't wanna ruin it for you.
It's my hope that someday you'll watch "Game of Thrones."
- I'm never gonna watch it, Ang.
I'm sorry to tell you. - Come on! Hodor.
- It's not my genre.
- What?
- Fantasy is not my genre.
- So you don't like "Lord of th?
- I've never seen it.
- I'm out. I'm out!
- No, you know this about me.
I mean, I sort of knew it, but come on, "Lord of the Rings."
- It's just, you know what it i?
I'm not a fan of having to learn all new rules
about different new planets
or mythical creatures- - Wait. Wait.
Wait. - And their powers.
- Hold up. - What?
- I don't, I can't even...
I almost can't say this out lou.
- What?
What?
- Do you not like "Star Wars"?
(laughs) Oh no!
- I'm afraid to speak right now.
- No, Jenna! Are you kidding?
You don't like "Star Wars"?
- I have not
(tense music)
ever- - What?!
- Seen- - No.
- The "Star Wars" movies.
- No!
- [Jenna] Except, I think as a ,
I saw "The Empire Strikes Back."
- Oh my god.
- I have an appreciation for "S"
as a cultural phenomenon.
- Oh my god, this sounds like you're a politician.
- (laughs) I know.
- Oh my god.
- When I was a child, I went to "Star Wars"
and I fell asleep during it.
And then as an adult I thought, "What is wrong with me?
"I need to see 'Star Wars.'"
- [Angela] And then you were li,
"But then I have to learn rules about a new planet."
- No, I fell asleep again. - Oh my god.
- And then I thought that's a s.
I mean, in multiple generations,
or like in different decades.
Here's the thing though,
I was obsessed with Princess Le.
Like as a kid, I wore the buns
and I did the light saber fight.
- [Angela] But you didn't know ?
- No, I don't know any of the t.
I don't know where Chewbacca is.
- Kashyyyk. - But then likewise,
I love your Baby Yoda.
You have a knitted Baby Yoda-
- I do. - In your she shed office.
And I love it, I want one.
But, so I guess I'm attracted to parts of "Star Wars"
but not the actual story or any of the rules.
- Wow. Whew.
- I'm afraid that I've said thi.
I am afraid. - No, don't be afraid.
- I am afraid to have admitted .
This feels like a little bit like I'm telling a secret.
- I think you need to revisit
the "Star Wars." - Oh god, no.
- I think you have to.
Maybe, okay-
- Angela- - "The Mandalorian."
It's so good. - What is that?
- Oh god. It's got Baby Yoda in.
- I...
Please don't make me watch all these fantasy shows.
- Oh my god, wow.
- Listen to me. - What?
- Will you come to my house with me this year
and watch my annual viewing of ?
And in exchange, I'll watch something of your fantasy stuff.
- Yes, but if I have to watch a man fight a bear.
- Uh-huh. - Like, the bear's eating him
and he's fighting him off. - Uh-huh.
- [Angela] I'm gonna need a gla.
- [Jenna] You can have a glass .
- It's gonna stress me the hell.
- Well, Angela, what one man has done, another can do.
- Oh my god, there it is.
Okay, fine.
I have spoken.
Yes! Yes!
"Mandalorian!" Yes!
- I don't know what that refere.
- I know. I know.
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