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The Office (US)

The show's main title card.
The show's main title card.
The Office is an award-winning American television comedy that portrays the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Although fictional and scripted, the show takes the form of a documentary, with the presence of the camera openly acknowledged.

Based on the British series of the same name, it was adapted for U.S. audiences by executive producer Greg Daniels, a veteran writer of Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill and The Simpsons. Original series creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant have production credits on the show, and wrote an episode for the show's third season. Press Association, Ltd. It is co-produced by Greg Daniels' Deedle-Dee Productions and Reveille Productions, in association with NBC Universal Television Studios.

The show debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement on March 24, 2005 and is broadcast on that network in the United States and other television stations around the world. It will be available for syndication in late 2009. In fall 2007 TBS started broadcasting episodes once a week, and will begin broadcasting the series five days a week in Fall 2009. The Fox Television Stations group have also obtained syndication rights starting in late 2009.

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Michael stands on the roof during "Safety Training."
Michael stands on the roof during "Safety Training."
"Safety Training" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the US version of The Office. It aired on April 12, 2007. It was written by B.J. Novak and directed by Harold Ramis. Andy returns to the office after several weeks in anger management training, determined to make a fresh start with his co-workers. His attempts to go by the name Drew are unsuccessful, and Dwight decides to shun Andy for three years. Michael repeatedly disrupts Darryl's warehouse safety training session, and Lonny and Darryl mock the office workers' safety session in retaliation, claiming that office work does not entail physical danger. The office staff begins betting on various things, from counting the jelly beans in Pam's candy dish to whether Creed notices that his apple has been replaced with a potato. Karen loses every bet and realizes that she is still an outsider.
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Brian Baumgartner as Kevin Malone, from the US version of The Office.
Brian Baumgartner as Kevin Malone, from the US version of The Office.
Kevin Malone is a fictional character from the US television series, The Office. He is played by Brian Baumgartner. Kevin's counterpart in the UK series is Keith Bishop.

Kevin Malone is an accountant at the fictitious paper distributor Dunder Mifflin. Kevin is bald, overweight, and seems to have just two facial expressions: a scowl and an impish grin. He speaks in a slow, monotone voice, rarely expressing any emotion, although he is often prone to giggle at things that would typically amuse a child. Much of Kevin's humor derives from the incongruity between his deadpan personality and his juvenile sense of humor. Kevin is typically quite subdued with his hangdog face, although he is known for making blunt or offensive comments regarding the other employees. He hints toward unbecoming Internet habits, most likely pornography, as alluded to in the episodes "E-mail Surveillance" and "Take Your Daughter to Work Day". He is very concerned about the e-mail surveillance uncovering the contents of his hard drive and actually flees an interview with the cameras to ensure that his stepdaughter had not found the same content.

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Deputy Dwight sets up "Drug Testing"
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  • "Once I'm officially regional manager, my first order of business will be to demote Jim Halpert. So I will need a new number two. My ideal choice? Jack Bauer. But he is unavailable. Fictional. And overqualified." - Dwight Schrute
  • "I think it's great that the company's making a commercial. Because not very many people have heard of us. I mean, when I tell people that I work at Dunder Mifflin, they think that we sell mufflers. Or muffins. Or mittens. And frankly, all of those sound better than paper, so I let it slide." - Jim Halpert
  • "I wake up every morning in a bed that's too small, drive my daughter to a school that's too expensive, and then I go to work to a job for which I get paid too little. But on pretzel day? Well, I like pretzel day." - Stanley Hudson
  • "Sometimes I don't put Michael through until he's already said something. I look at it as a practice run for him. He usually does better on the second attempt." - Pam Beesley
  • "I never smile if I can help it. Showing one's teeth is a submission signal in primates. When someone smiles at me, all I see is a chimpanzee begging for its life." -Dwight Schrute
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