The fact that they have a guy dressed as Ben Franklin and a stripper in the break room while everyone continues to work like a normal day is the funniest part to me
Funfact: The scene at the end of the episode where Dwight asks if Benjamin Franklin was near sighted or far sighted was improvised. Rainn Wilson ad libbed that line, as did Andrew Daly ( Benjamin Franklin) with his response. That scene was so good the cast and crew thought it was part of the script or rehearsed before
@@currahee How is it not? How is there anything bad about learning proper spelling and grammar? That's only a good thing. Knowledge lets you understand and appreciate life and do what's right, and increases your intelligence and wisdom allowing you to understand more things and things more easily.
Actually Austria was an archduchy at this time so it would be “who is the archduke of Austria” and Friedrich Wilhelm III wasn’t in power until 1797, the king of Prussia would be Friedrich the great.
This is all the funnier when you realize that the reason Dwight still holds a 1% chance that this could be the real Ben Franklin is because in season 8 (during the Tallahassee episodes) he says that his ancestors were time travellers 😂
The shot where Franklin flirts with Pam while the immediate following one reveals Michael talking with Franklin when we thought we knew he was somewhere else is genious comedy.
What is Ben Franklin talking about re: chocolate? According to Google, chocolate was first imported to the US (i.e., the original colonies) back in the 17th century, several decades before Franklin was born.
The writers bungled this one. The king of Prussia during Franklin's adult life would have been either Frederick the Great, who died in 1786, or his successor Frederick Wilhelm II, who ruled until 1797, when he was succeeded by Frederick Wilhelm III. Franklin died in 1790. In other, less surprising news, I do not have a girlfriend.
1:25 Chocolate came to the shores of Florida on Spanish ships in 1641. Over 60 years before Franklin was even born. The first American chocolate house opened in Boston in 1682. By the time of the revolution chocolate was enjoyed by people of all classes. This guy is a fraud and has no business impersonation one of the founding fathers.
Ben Franklin didn't do anything with electricity. All he did was prove that Lightning was a natural form of electricity. The phenomenon was already documented and had even been prior named by William Gilbert in 1600. This was 159 years before Ben Franklin would begin his experiment.
"Ben Franklin didn't do anything with electricity." That's not true at all. He had multiple experiments with electricity and built several electrical devices including a multiple plate capacitor and an electrical spit used to fry a turkey. He was also the first to discover the significance of positive and negative charges.
In reality, Ben Franklin's wife knew about his illegitimate son, William, because she raised him as her own child. And contrary to what he told the women, he did have several French mistresses... and several non-French mistresses... at various points in his life. So yeah, Michael's description of him as a "sleazebag" isn't far off.
I love how it's not shown but it's hinted that Jim tried tricking Dwight into thinking that's the real ben Franklin hence why Dwight's interrogating him😂
0:05 Pam spends an hour or more flirting with and making suggestive comments to this guy, then gets disappointed when he actually responds to them. Pretty accurate to real life 👌
In 1776, there was no "King of Austria," but an Archduke of Austria, who also happened to be Holy Roman Emperor, and it was, indeed, Joseph II, though till her death in 1780 his mother Empress Maria Theresia wielded actual power. The King of Prussia in 1776 would've been Friedrich II (Frederick the Great), not Friedrich Wilhelm III (he came to the throne in 1797).
Why did he say that he invented electricity, when he instead discovered that metal is a conductor for electricity by doing his famous kite experiment. He’s meant to be ben franklin yet he cannot recall what ben franklin really discovered
The 99% line is great but I think the best part is that Dwight asked about the Kings of Austria and Prussia first due to his families knowledge of Germany and Austria.
fake Ben Franklin : you know I invented electricity. Sheldon : you didn't invent electricity, you merely discovered that lightening "consists" of electricity.
You literally skipped the best part.
"Are you nearsighted, or farsighted?"
"Both, that's why I invented the bifocals."
"*GAHHHHHH!!!!!*"
literally why I'm here, just too funny
EXACTLY
Thank you!! That part was hilarious!
Are all you guys looking for this?
ruclips.net/video/NO91tO3iPAQ/видео.html
If so I found it and here’s the link.
@@kbflash101 you the real mvp
I like how he broke character immediately after Pam mentioned his syphilis. 😂
There's no comeback from syphillis apparently
Only 1800s kids will get this
Sy-Phillis
@@braydentaylor4639 Beavers also get STDs, including the bushiest ones.
@@nachoschg Thanks...
"Stripper, can I ask you a question?" 🤣😂
Her name is Charity
Her
devilpupbear09 why do you know that
Not the complete quote bro haha ;)
Bubbles because I along with other people have seen the actual episode
The perfect embodiment of Michaels personality is when he addresses the stripper, by starting off calling her “Stripper”
Jessec C yes that is “so” Michael
He said that just as I scrolled to this comment.
She might as well be named stripper since those are the only parts this lady gets
@@mr.porkchop6377 yikes
2 top comments good job my man
I always lose it when Michael is having a dilemma and spilling out his feelings and then it just pans over to Ben Franklin sitting there listening
That is not the real Ben Franklin. I am 99 percent sure.
My name is Gordon...
Pam: *Oohh*
Supreme leader Kylo ren neither are you but I wasn’t gonna say anything
imposter
“I don’t care what Jim says, that is not the real Ben Franklin, I am *99* percent sure.”
So you’re telling me there’s a chance
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In a deleted scene he goes "I am 99% sure....98%" 😂
He got the questions right. I believe him.
YEAH!
I'm not going to like this comment because there are 666 likes
The fact that they have a guy dressed as Ben Franklin and a stripper in the break room while everyone continues to work like a normal day is the funniest part to me
The stripper gave Michael some really good advice
Terrible advice
I mean it was pretty OK advice.
@@tadstrange1465 Telling the truth all the time doesnt work
Cough*Cough*ChristineBlaseyFord*Cough*Cough
And it rhymed
Nobody gets “get out of jail” cards anymore. Those things cost thousands!!
Get out of free jail card!
Wrong video.
You’re paying way too much for worms, man. Who’s your worm guy?
Why do you comment so much?
Get out of free card jail!
I love how Michael addresses the woman as "stripper". Lmao
😂😂😂
I think Dwight does too in a different scene
She was also a stripper in Friends. For me, that confirms they're in the same universe
@@Art1_Sec8 wait what? What episode of Friends was she in?
Funfact: The scene at the end of the episode where Dwight asks if Benjamin Franklin was near sighted or far sighted was improvised. Rainn Wilson ad libbed that line, as did Andrew Daly ( Benjamin Franklin) with his response. That scene was so good the cast and crew thought it was part of the script or rehearsed before
"Fun fact" is two words.
@@Ranger1812 shut up
@@Ranger1812 well thats not a very fun fact
@@mariahyohannes How on Earth was that a bad thing? How on Earth is learning how to spell bad? You're a fucking idiot.
@@currahee How is it not? How is there anything bad about learning proper spelling and grammar? That's only a good thing. Knowledge lets you understand and appreciate life and do what's right, and increases your intelligence and wisdom allowing you to understand more things and things more easily.
*I am 99% sure that this is the BEST show ever!*
I am 100% sure that this is the BEST show ever!
@@moonduststarlight2959 That 1% is Parks and Recreation :P
CouchFerret makes Games 98...
I prefer Parks and Recreation
@@wheeler6768 By my power of this land, you are banished from this kingdom! JK. Both are exceptional pieces, but Office feels closer to my heart.
Dwight is a king!!
Dean Redmond agreed
Yes i am
You mean Hay King
Dean Redmond yes his is
You’re a king, mate, if anyone is…
Dwight: Are you near sighted or far sighted?
"Both, that's why invented the bifocal😏"
Dwight: AHHHHGGGGG!!!
That's the part that they never include! Such an unsatisfying ending.
MY FAVORITE PART
Kimberlee Green they already uploaded this with the end lol
@@megaman5125 You are correct; someone posted the link to the other one in this comment section. Thanks for letting me know! 🙂
Only one?
“Stripper could I ask you a question about women?”
I love how Ben Franklin just smirks when Michael calls him a sleazebag
The people who filmed this had the best job ever.
How do u not laugh
Secrets Secrets are no fun. Secrets Secrets hurt someone.
wow
Secret secrets
Makes zero sense but OK. Could go either way.
Grammatically this makes no sense
SecretsSecretsSecretsSecretsSecretsSecrets
“Yes...but I don’t. My name is Gordon.”
😂
*oOoHhHh.........*
The actor who plays Ben Franklin is hilarious.
Such an underrated comedic actor.
Actually Austria was an archduchy at this time so it would be “who is the archduke of Austria” and Friedrich Wilhelm III wasn’t in power until 1797, the king of Prussia would be Friedrich the great.
love u for this
nerd
so it's not me alone who caught this 😂
He was emporer of the Holy Roman Empire though. Which at that time was a mere honorary title
Even though Gordon was a bit heavy handed with the flirtation, I love the way he sits as Dwight interrogates him xD
"My name is Gordon"
And with those four words, the magic is completely gone
I'm sensing a little electricity right here
Didn't Ben Franklin have syphilis?
Yes.. but I don’t. My name is Gordon
oohhhh...
@@ElinorMahoney cut scene
Lol anyone else proud of Michael for callin Ben a sleez bad?
I felt sorta a bad because he was still in character and probably didn’t really have those views.
snuker doodle sleazebag*
Historically, Ben Franklin was a sleazebag. The actor seems like a nice guy, perhaps a bit eccentric.
Everyone is a sleazebag though. Only idiots expect people to be perfect, only retards believe it's even possible.
@@KandiKlover I hope you realize that there's a huge gap between sleazebag and perfect, which is where most people generally fit in.
One of the best guest stars ever. This episode kills me every time.
Scranton.
What?
The electric city.
They call it that cause of the
*Electricity*
But the compact cars go in the compact spot. Spot spot spot spot
What what what what
I live near Scranton. It's a shithole
The cities laid out from east to west, and our public parks and libraries are truly the best
@@SummeryMussel9 that's probably why they chose that setting
The fact that Dwight is so sure he's not Ben Franklin but he still has to test him lmfao
The real Ben Franklin would have known that chocolate has been in the US since 1641. 64 years before Franklin was born.
"Dwight vs Ben Franklin" is the best title ever
"Secrets secrets are no fun."
"Secrets secrets hurt someone."
b a r s
“Secrets secrets are no fun, secrets secrets hurt someone.” Is going to be my new insta bio
If it comes from a stripper it's so insightful but if it comes from Ben Franklin he's a sleeze bag
@@generalaone naw it’s the way it’s phrased lol
Pam's "ooooooh" was so on point haha
This is all the funnier when you realize that the reason Dwight still holds a 1% chance that this could be the real Ben Franklin is because in season 8 (during the Tallahassee episodes) he says that his ancestors were time travellers 😂
He must have learned that when Jim was faxing him messages from future Dwight.
The shot where Franklin flirts with Pam while the immediate following one reveals Michael talking with Franklin when we thought we knew he was somewhere else is genious comedy.
1:17 my favorite exchange in TV history
wHY tHe TyRaNt KiNg GeOrGe of COURSE
dwight is a multimillionaire so like to respect
Rebecca Metzgar what? You high?
@@MatterinoTV with the building and farm he owns its not a hard stretch tbh
dwights salary in his own fantasy is 80 grand i doubt he rich
@@MatterinoTV multimillionaire doesn't necessarily mean you make million dollars every year, but your net worth is more than a million.
Ben Franklin didn't discover electricity. He just tested to see if lightning was made of electricity.
Stay in school kids and learn your history
Andy Daly is a pretty good actor, he’s playing every role possible.
Frederick William III did not become king of Prussia until 7 years after Benjamin Franklin was already dead. C'MON, DWIGHT!!! You had him!!!
I watched the whole series and now I’m sad its over! Please do a new season!
a reboot would destroy the show. leave it as is
1:17 "Chocolate??!" The light in those eyes!! 🤣🤣🤣
The office is the best show ever
Agreed.
Agree very much.
“Secrets secrets, are no fun”
“Secrets secrets, hurt someone”
What is Ben Franklin talking about re: chocolate? According to Google, chocolate was first imported to the US (i.e., the original colonies) back in the 17th century, several decades before Franklin was born.
"Well I'm sensing a little electricity right here"
Imma steal that pickup line someday
I love how he breaks character in the most awkward way possible.
The writers bungled this one. The king of Prussia during Franklin's adult life would have been either Frederick the Great, who died in 1786, or his successor Frederick Wilhelm II, who ruled until 1797, when he was succeeded by Frederick Wilhelm III. Franklin died in 1790.
In other, less surprising news, I do not have a girlfriend.
“Wow. Ben Franklin, you’re really kind of a sleaze bag.”
1:25 Chocolate came to the shores of Florida on Spanish ships in 1641. Over 60 years before Franklin was even born.
The first American chocolate house opened in Boston in 1682. By the time of the revolution chocolate was enjoyed by people of all classes.
This guy is a fraud and has no business impersonation one of the founding fathers.
Didn't Ben Franklin have syphilis
*have
yes. but i don’t
@@mecca7069 my name's Gordon
Hudson Navarro oooooh...
You're on the way to get 69 likes
You should see how Ben Franklin's face lights up when dwight mentions chocolate
Dwight : Are you Near sighted or far sighted?
Ben : Both, that's why I invented the Bifocals
Dwight : GAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!
Love how Ben got one of the monarch questions wrong and Dwight didn’t notice.
Or did the writers mess up?
Where's the part when he calls Pam "saucy" and winks at her
Stripper impressed me not only did she give Michael good advice, she also said it in a way he would understand and actually listen to.
“I don’t care what jim says. That is NOT the real Ben Franklin” just randomly remembered that and looked it up
This show is long over yet somehow I keep seeing new clips popping up on RUclips and they are awesome !
He discovered electricity, he didn't invent it
he didn't do that either. he proved lightning was electrical.
Homeboy be flexin’ fam. It doesn’t work, but he tried.
Ben Franklin didn't do anything with electricity. All he did was prove that Lightning was a natural form of electricity. The phenomenon was already documented and had even been prior named by William Gilbert in 1600. This was 159 years before Ben Franklin would begin his experiment.
I think he was just trying to set up that pickup line with Pam lol
"Ben Franklin didn't do anything with electricity." That's not true at all. He had multiple experiments with electricity and built several electrical devices including a multiple plate capacitor and an electrical spit used to fry a turkey. He was also the first to discover the significance of positive and negative charges.
“Ben Franklin you are really kind of a sleazebag” is one of my favourite parts of the whole show. ❤️
When Michael has to get advice from Ben Franklin
First mistake in under 3 seconds. He didn't invent electricity, he discovered it.
no he didn't
In reality, Ben Franklin's wife knew about his illegitimate son, William, because she raised him as her own child. And contrary to what he told the women, he did have several French mistresses... and several non-French mistresses... at various points in his life. So yeah, Michael's description of him as a "sleazebag" isn't far off.
Good job cutting the best scene
I love how it's not shown but it's hinted that Jim tried tricking Dwight into thinking that's the real ben Franklin hence why Dwight's interrogating him😂
This interaction was gold.
“Well, Ben Franklin, you are really kind of a sleazebag” THAT CAUGHT ME SO OFF GUARD 💀💀
The office is the only show where: Dwight vs Ben Franklin is a valid title
That means he’s 1% sure that’s Ben Franklin
Ben Franklin did not invent electricity, he discovered it.
Love the way he said "why the tyrant king George of course". As if the guy was still fighting the war 😂
To be fair, that tyrant outlives him another 30 years.
With this title I would have expected the full extended deleted scene.
They uploaded that clip already. I don't know why they did it again. ruclips.net/video/jw-VCKggKG0/видео.html
@@deeerek0756 Huh, you're right!
secret secrets are no fun secret secrets hurt someone ooOOooooo
Thank you
Yes❗️, another awesome vid.
He's 99% sure. There's still a 1% so the possibilities are endless. He could be the real Ben Fanklin.
Hahaha one of my favorite episodes, so underrated!!
Andy Daly is the best.
I waited for this clip for months.
0:05 Pam spends an hour or more flirting with and making suggestive comments to this guy, then gets disappointed when he actually responds to them. Pretty accurate to real life 👌
Michael getting counseling from Benjamin Franklin, then turning to the stripper for advice, is such a Michael moment 😆😆
Dwight is only 1% right. That 1% probably came from his brother which he absorbed before he was born
In 1776, there was no "King of Austria," but an Archduke of Austria, who also happened to be Holy Roman Emperor, and it was, indeed, Joseph II, though till her death in 1780 his mother Empress Maria Theresia wielded actual power. The King of Prussia in 1776 would've been Friedrich II (Frederick the Great), not Friedrich Wilhelm III (he came to the throne in 1797).
That whole episode made me lmao
Michael: “Ben Franklin, you’re really Kind of a sleeze bag” 😂
My favourite clip uploaded on my birthday, thank you RUclips
Plot Twist: This is actually Forrest MacNeil doing an elaborate review
The weirdest encounter with alien life form yet
Dwight Approves
Why did he say that he invented electricity, when he instead discovered that metal is a conductor for electricity by doing his famous kite experiment. He’s meant to be ben franklin yet he cannot recall what ben franklin really discovered
The 99% line is great but I think the best part is that Dwight asked about the Kings of Austria and Prussia first due to his families knowledge of Germany and Austria.
Omg i love the comment section Bc ppl like u find things like this that make the show so much better
Andy Daly is a wonderful gift to this world ❤️
thats not the full version!!!! the one where dwight loses to ben and throws the ball is the funniest part lol
They uploaded that clip already. I don't know why they did it again. ruclips.net/video/jw-VCKggKG0/видео.html
"Are you near-sighted or far-sighted?"
"Both, that's why I invented the bifocal."
"ARRGH!"
My name is Gordon
Fabio Alves Show Good to know.
No one speaking about how Dwight must be so well educated and intelligent to know all this about Benjamin Franklin. It has always impressed me 😮😅
Ben and Pam would have made a great couple....
SIKE!
fake Ben Franklin : you know I invented electricity.
Sheldon : you didn't invent electricity, you merely discovered that lightening "consists" of electricity.
Jim might be the most LIKABLE character... but Dwight is the BEST character.
Are you near sighted or far sighted?
Both. Which is why I invented the bifocals-
AARGHHHHHHHHHH
The real question is WHICH King George? There were 4 sequential King George's...
That’s also my question!
dude u r opposite of this show.what a fucknig idiot
What kind of Ben Franklin impersonator wouldn't know who the king of England is though?
Aye man Ben's trying to get some.