oh.
This is surreal.
This is crazy.
So surreal.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
It's like we're having lunch, but in front of everyone.
Hi, guys.
Yeah, I love it.
Hello.
[CHEERING]
I love acting like I was an original part of The Office,
even though I joined the fifth season.
You guys were so welcoming to me.
Oh.
I was nervous.
It was nerv-- I was a big fan of the show.
I got to be on the show.
And I felt like I knew you, because I'd
watched it for so long.
You guys were so nice to me.
Thank you.
You were such a cutie.
I remember the first time I met you.
We were in hair and makeup, and you were like, hi, how are you?
[INAUDIBLE]
Oh, my God.
I'm getting-- I was like, OK.
It's what?
What?
Wait.
Does someone speak Ellie?
I need a minute.
Not much has changed I think.
You were so excited.
I know, because literally, this is
a dream come true-- my favorite show on television,
and I got to be part of it.
And I'm very excited.
We all match.
I know.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
No.
Did not discuss.
No.
Did not discuss.
But it's Christmas, and we all love Christmas.
Yes.
You used to do something very fun around the holidays
on the show.
It was before I joined.
You made ornaments for every-
I did.
OK, so every year, for a while, I
would make an ornament of a picture of the cast.
And then I gave it out to everybody for Christmas.
And then around year five, I thought
maybe people were like, I have enough ornaments of us, Jenna.
Thank you again--
I love them.
--for another ornament.
I saved them.
I have them all on my tree.
I have a lot of photos of myself on the tree--
Thanks to me.
--thanks to you.
This is crazy-- I don't know if you're experiencing this--
how popular The Office is.
It's over, but it's gained a new popularity, especially
among younger people.
Oh.
Yes.
Oh.
Yes, yes.
[CHEERING]
Yes.
I feel like it's more popular now than when we were on--
I guarantee you that it is.
--before like for sure.
Yes.
100%.
I was at the airport, and there was a really cute gal
in a jumpsuit--
like, a big boxy jumpsuit, maybe.
I don't know.
It was sort of an odd fitting jumpsuit.
And she came up to me, and she was like, I love The Office.
Can we take a picture?
And I was like, sweet person in a big jumpsuit, yes.
And we took a selfie.
And then all of the sudden, my Instagram was going crazy,
because this girl named Billie Eilish posted a photo of me--
That's who it was.
--and her.
That's who it was.
Yes.
See, now, she has a hoodie on over her big orange jumpsuit.
But yes, and she was so sweet.
Did you know who she was?
I'm a dinosaur.
OK.
So--
You're not.
But I googled her, and she's fantastic.
She's a very talented young lady.
Yes.
Angela--
[LAUGHTER]
Angela told me, and I was like, who is she?
I said it's Billie Eilish.
And we're like two old ladies.
We're like, well, she's very popular with today's youth.
Yes.
Her music speaks to them.
Yes, and she's very fashion forward.
Yes.
She's fantastic.
[LAUGHS]
Yeah.
It is a combination of feeling very cool with the kids,
but also 89 years old--
Yes.
--which is fine.
I know.
Yeah.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
I've had young fans come up to me in stores,
and they'll say, you look like an older version of that girl
from Pam, from The Office.
No, no.
And I'll say, I am an older version of her.
It's literally me, 15 years later.
Well, I would argue, Jenna, it's a younger version of you.
Well, thank you so much.
Oh, Ellie, see.
There we go.
You're the sweetest.
You guys, I have been loving your podcast.
It's been doing-- just as a side note-- so well--
in the top 10--
Thank you.
--every week.
It's called Office Ladies.
You are going through each of the 201 episodes that you shot.
We don't say that number, because it
makes her have a panic attack.
I have some panics about it.
How many have you done so far?
Nine?
Nine.
OK.
But Jenna called me one night.
She was like, we have to do 201 of these.
Because I said it was episode seven.
The next day we were going in to record episode seven.
And I called Angela at 11 o'clock,
and I was like, I've run out of stories.
I have nothing else, and there's 200!
What will we say?
Well, but I said to her, I go remember
what Rainn used to say?
Because-- oh, my gosh.
I'm so southern right now.
Did you hear me?
Remember what Rainn used to say?
I was talking to my mom on the way here.
Anyway, so Rainn would say-- we would
talk all day at reception.
Then we would get in the car and talk to each other on the car
ride home.
And he turned to us one day and said,
what more could you possibly have to say to each other?
You're best friends.
See?
Yes.
We're best friends, right?
Yeah.
So we're not going to run out of anything to say.
OK.
You won't run out of any-- you've, I guess, 192.
Did the math really fast in--
Why, why, why?
I don't know why I'm obsessed with numbers.
I want to ask you, though, about ads, because you
have ads on the show.
And you told me you love reading them.
It's so--
What is so--
--much fun.
Why?
I don't know.
Well, here's something.
I'm from the Midwest, and I think
we both share these values--
just people of integrity.
We didn't want to suggest that people purchase products if we
hadn't tried them ourselves.
Right.
So any company that advertises with us,
they have to send us their product.
And then we use it.
Yeah.
OK, my house is filled with weirdest stuff now.
Yeah.
I have got a water flosser that I am in love with.
Yes.
I would have never known if it weren't for this podcast.
Now this can get your endorsement.
Correct, correct.
I love that you do your due diligence.
Not enough people like you out there.
A lot of people would just take the ads and read the copy.
But you are in the--
We're going to--
--trenches.
--do it!
Yes.
We try them out.
I'm sure you get this question all the time.
I get this question.
Will there be an Office reunion, a reboot, and would you do it?
Yeah, yeah.
[CHEERING]
I present a question to you.
Would you do an Office reboot?
I would not do an Office reboot, but I
would love to do a reunion special episode.
That would be fun.
Yeah.
I will--
I'd like to get us all together again.
I would do anything they called me to do.
I'm with you, Angela.
So if you want to call me, I'm around.
I would do-- whenever they ask that question they're like
and you know and John Krasinski said,
maybe not sequel maybe not--
I'm like, I will be there.
Ellie--
So Angela and I are rebooting The Office, right?
You do such a brilliant job portraying Angela Martin.
Angela Martin?
Yes, that's her name.
Oh, my gosh.
I literally was just like was th--
my brain just did a short circuit.
You do such a brilliant job portraying Angela Martin
that so many people think that you are that character.
I know.
Do you have to work harder to contradict that image?
Well, I think nine years--
can I say the B word on this show?
Yes.
I can?
[INAUDIBLE]
OK.
Nine years of having resting [BLEEP] face--
my face just goes there naturally.
So I was at Disneyland.
I was having the best time.
And I was walking.
I was like--
[LAUGHTER]
And people are like, are you OK?
And I was like, I'm having a great time!
And then I was like, oh, my God.
I just go like that.
That's it.
It just happens.
Yeah.
We're going to play a game like this.
Oh, sorry.
[LAUGHTER]
I'm not flaky at all.
You got this.
I got it.
Thank you, Angela.
We're going to play a little game when we come back.