To me, the lecture Michael gives at Nashua is one of the highlights of the series. It starts off great, it's basically the first time all his jokes landed and the audience seems to be really engaged, but then it very quickly dissolves into such a beautiful mess. Office Perfection. Then Pam has to continue it and she ends up becoming Michael the lecturer. I loved how she always saw him make a fool out of himself but now she has to try and do better and realizes it's not as easy as she might have thought. I guess this is a pivotal moment for both characters, as she finally understands what is like to be in his shoes (and that ends up making her value and admire him more - culminating in her quitting to join his new company later in the season) and he is confronted with the fact that he values love way more than anything else (his career, his love of public speaking/entertaining). I mean, finally there is an audience who vibes with his style but it doesn't matter anymore. I loved your analysis (as usual) but I was surprised that moment didn't even get a mention. I always saw it as the defining moment of the episode and one of the most humanizing moments for Michael.
Maybe I owe an apology to cat owners after this one? “RUclips Channel, Mulverine, apologizes to cat lovers. Some channels still know how business is done.”
I get that everyone thinks Scotts Tots is cringe, but man, that scene with Andy and the customer, oh, I can't watch that. That's way too much awkwardness for me!! Good catch on the copier being locked up, never noticed that in all my many rewatches!! lol
Yeah. Them losing the account was icing on the cake. I like to imagine Stanley knew they probably weren't getting it, and figured "Eh, ill give the kid a chance. End of the day, I'll be up two clients."
If this is true, if Mr. Wallace was just trying to be a nice guy and show Michael some appreciation because of his decisions regarding the Holly situation, this automatically means that my already gigantic respect for David has increased. He made a decision that was fit for him to make, after all he’s CFO, he’s one of the top responsible for a whole operation, he made a professional move he thought was best. He owes no professional explanation to Michael. But he felt, anyway, that he should make he’s employee feel appreciated. And, if you think about it, that makes even more sense, because he did the EXACT SAME THING back in season 3. He personally called Michael to invite him for interview for Jan’s position, even though he had no concrete intentions beyond the invite, or was even seriously considering him. He had no expectations, but he went out of his way to value an employee and not letting him out the circle. That’s a real classy move. Not to mention all that we already know about Wallace, about saying how Michael is a really nice guy, being ridiculously patience with him, but always speaking up when was needed. Also, he respected Michael’s opinion. It’s not just an act. He’s racional, he’s intelligent enough to know Michaels limitations, but he seriously takes into account what Michael thinks about Jim being promoted and all. I don’t know, man. I think David Wallace might be my favorite The Office character. I mean, he’s definitely my number one when it comes to supporting characters.
The Angela cleaning her cats part reminded me of The Take doing their video essay about Angela. The theme of it was "Angela is a Cat". That scene is the most literal example! Those ladies do a great job analyzing TV shows and characters.
This has zero to do with this clip but for the first time I have gone back to watch the first season, I could never bring myself too and don’t remember, I watched 1-9 probably 15 times. BUT THE PILOT JIM AND ROY’s acting is amazing the awkwardness and tense between them at Pam’s decks is the FINEST of acting... bravo 🙌🏼 men
You know, something that is never talked about enough is how these characters will probably struggle to adjust to a normal work environment. They went from Michael then Andy, with brief interludes of Will Ferrell, an office shooter, and "Hey, its Creed." We see a little bit of this when Jim first moves to the Stamford branch or Pam to the New York Office. The craziness has just become second nature.
Any other Spaceballs fans out there notice the “Pizza the Hut” reference from 6:45? Makes me wonder if any of Michael’s mnemonic devices were improvised.
My cat is my mental health rock. For people with extreme PTSD, depression, anxiety and so much more they are the best. Warm breathing furballs of love. Now you get cat ownership lol
I just realized: Creed says that he had an affair with Squeaky Fromme, who was one of the Manson family cultists. And Creed says that he's been in many cults. Is this implying he was in the Manson Family???
A bunch of headscratchers: Why weren't they going to Nashua anyway? How did Nashua know to be prepared for them? What was the fallback for skipping Rochester?
Sick catch with the copier being locked. I've seen this idk how many times & never saw that. I mean, technically it was the writing that drove Holly away, but their relationship wasn't that far removed from all of the nonsense that went on with Jan/Michael, which was partially to blame for her being fired. It's more than reasonable that Wallace didn't want to go through that again, especially with a bit of an unpredictable character in Michael and the HR rep. And he didn't disclose it. I think this is Andy hitting rock bottom; I wish he had learned something from it. Cat people are weird. Cats can make for some funny RUclips videos, but never, ever will I live with another cat. I think I'd rather have a snake as a pet.
I love the moment with Pam and Karen, and the moment in the diner with Michael and Pam. Other than that, I pretty much skip this episode. Oh, and I was today years old when I learned the Dwights babysitter from Dinner Party is the lady that gets blown up in Speed. Mind=blown.
To me, the lecture Michael gives at Nashua is one of the highlights of the series. It starts off great, it's basically the first time all his jokes landed and the audience seems to be really engaged, but then it very quickly dissolves into such a beautiful mess. Office Perfection. Then Pam has to continue it and she ends up becoming Michael the lecturer. I loved how she always saw him make a fool out of himself but now she has to try and do better and realizes it's not as easy as she might have thought. I guess this is a pivotal moment for both characters, as she finally understands what is like to be in his shoes (and that ends up making her value and admire him more - culminating in her quitting to join his new company later in the season) and he is confronted with the fact that he values love way more than anything else (his career, his love of public speaking/entertaining). I mean, finally there is an audience who vibes with his style but it doesn't matter anymore. I loved your analysis (as usual) but I was surprised that moment didn't even get a mention. I always saw it as the defining moment of the episode and one of the most humanizing moments for Michael.
I love that. The sequence when he cuts her sleeve is really impactful too.
i need your commentary to protect me from the cringe of directly watching this episode
Spf level midnight
Hey, you know what's even cooler than a triceratops?
*EVERY OTHER DINOSAUR THAT EVER EXISTED*
Maybe I owe an apology to cat owners after this one?
“RUclips Channel, Mulverine, apologizes to cat lovers. Some channels still know how business is done.”
I take umbrage with your cat ownership remark! We don’t own them. They own us. 😉
Haha it's okay, cats are assholes anyway but we still love them
YEAH!!! I thought of that after I said it. I knew there was a better term for it than 'ownership'. "Friends"?
We are just allowed the honor of serving our feline overlords.
I’m calling the Better channel Bereau
Most ridiculously underrated RUclips channel there is!
The very bad cat's name is Mr. Ash. Why Angela named her cat after the worst Pokemon trainer, I don't know.
I get that everyone thinks Scotts Tots is cringe, but man, that scene with Andy and the customer, oh, I can't watch that. That's way too much awkwardness for me!!
Good catch on the copier being locked up, never noticed that in all my many rewatches!! lol
Yeah. Them losing the account was icing on the cake.
I like to imagine Stanley knew they probably weren't getting it, and figured "Eh, ill give the kid a chance. End of the day, I'll be up two clients."
Mr. Ashe is the very bad cat!
My Birthday is in 5 days, and that exact banner will be hung in my house
If this is true, if Mr. Wallace was just trying to be a nice guy and show Michael some appreciation because of his decisions regarding the Holly situation, this automatically means that my already gigantic respect for David has increased. He made a decision that was fit for him to make, after all he’s CFO, he’s one of the top responsible for a whole operation, he made a professional move he thought was best. He owes no professional explanation to Michael. But he felt, anyway, that he should make he’s employee feel appreciated. And, if you think about it, that makes even more sense, because he did the EXACT SAME THING back in season 3. He personally called Michael to invite him for interview for Jan’s position, even though he had no concrete intentions beyond the invite, or was even seriously considering him. He had no expectations, but he went out of his way to value an employee and not letting him out the circle. That’s a real classy move. Not to mention all that we already know about Wallace, about saying how Michael is a really nice guy, being ridiculously patience with him, but always speaking up when was needed. Also, he respected Michael’s opinion. It’s not just an act. He’s racional, he’s intelligent enough to know Michaels limitations, but he seriously takes into account what Michael thinks about Jim being promoted and all. I don’t know, man. I think David Wallace might be my favorite The Office character. I mean, he’s definitely my number one when it comes to supporting characters.
The Angela cleaning her cats part reminded me of The Take doing their video essay about Angela. The theme of it was "Angela is a Cat". That scene is the most literal example! Those ladies do a great job analyzing TV shows and characters.
I watched a Pam video of theirs a while ago!
I really hate that Michael cut off Pam. We already heard how Jim felt when Pam was with Roy, and I really wanted to hear Pam's perspective.
Great point as Pam seeing Karen and Jim was so hard for her and it is similar to what Michael is going through. She could have given him great advice!
You spoil us mulverine!
The cat was mister ash!
This has zero to do with this clip but for the first time I have gone back to watch the first season, I could never bring myself too and don’t remember, I watched 1-9 probably 15 times.
BUT THE PILOT JIM AND ROY’s acting is amazing the awkwardness and tense between them at Pam’s decks is the FINEST of acting... bravo 🙌🏼 men
Man i love these. thanks for the amazing videos!
You know, something that is never talked about enough is how these characters will probably struggle to adjust to a normal work environment. They went from Michael then Andy, with brief interludes of Will Ferrell, an office shooter, and "Hey, its Creed."
We see a little bit of this when Jim first moves to the Stamford branch or Pam to the New York Office. The craziness has just become second nature.
I think cold opening was a total 5/5
Just rewatched it to make sure
The cat is Mr. Ash
Are you trying to hurt my feelings? Because if so you are succeeding.
I loved that. It was so genuine
Any other Spaceballs fans out there notice the “Pizza the Hut” reference from 6:45? Makes me wonder if any of Michael’s mnemonic devices were improvised.
I always took Karen showing her new bf to further push him was her type. Tall and goofy
The OFFICE LADIES podcast is FULL of extra tidbits, I havnt heard you mention it just wanted to check.
Ah yeah! I'm recutting my Season 1 videos in the next few weeks. I have a little blurb in there about it.
My cat is my mental health rock. For people with extreme PTSD, depression, anxiety and so much more they are the best. Warm breathing furballs of love. Now you get cat ownership lol
Video 1 of asking Mulverine to make a Michaelism compilation
Mr. Ash is a VERY bad cat!!! lol 😆
I just realized: Creed says that he had an affair with Squeaky Fromme, who was one of the Manson family cultists. And Creed says that he's been in many cults. Is this implying he was in the Manson Family???
A bunch of headscratchers: Why weren't they going to Nashua anyway? How did Nashua know to be prepared for them? What was the fallback for skipping Rochester?
Sick catch with the copier being locked. I've seen this idk how many times & never saw that.
I mean, technically it was the writing that drove Holly away, but their relationship wasn't that far removed from all of the nonsense that went on with Jan/Michael, which was partially to blame for her being fired. It's more than reasonable that Wallace didn't want to go through that again, especially with a bit of an unpredictable character in Michael and the HR rep. And he didn't disclose it.
I think this is Andy hitting rock bottom; I wish he had learned something from it.
Cat people are weird. Cats can make for some funny RUclips videos, but never, ever will I live with another cat. I think I'd rather have a snake as a pet.
watching this remind me how crazy michael is
How dare you cats are amazing
Chris, also wondering if you'd start using integers in your rating perhaps? Like 2.5 & 3.5, 2.25, 3.75etc
Ahh! I'm redoing Season 1, and I address that in the Pilot. Should be coming out soon!
@@Mulverine thank you, looking forward to it :D
Calling a chainsaw a weapon makes me laugh.
it IS my birthday!
I love the moment with Pam and Karen, and the moment in the diner with Michael and Pam. Other than that, I pretty much skip this episode. Oh, and I was today years old when I learned the Dwights babysitter from Dinner Party is the lady that gets blown up in Speed. Mind=blown.
That scene traumatized me as a kid!
Hey, Mulverine, you forgot to say the winner of the emoji sequence for this episode.
Yes! I think I screwed up and uploaded an older version of the video. I might have to slip in a reuploaded version at some point.
@@Mulverine Yeah, just making sure you knew man, keep up the great work.
Bandit is the cat
Yes it’s her cat in the office but the one who is the “bad cat” who humped princess lady is mr. ash I think
@@patc2828 oh ye sry lol
Dude you forgot who one the emoji sequence from stress relief
Yeah, there was an oversight with that. I uploaded a previous version of this video. :/
Justified!
HUZZAH! the next episode is out!
Hey my dude you left out the emoji sequence at the beginning of the video I think
oh no, I hope I didn't upload the wrong version. :/
CREED!!!
you owe us the letter's content...
The duel is blocked in the US
I'm currently having a duel over this topic right now. They just took Stress Relief from us also. I've disputed, and I'm hoping we'll be back up soon.
The Duel is back up!
Mr Ash 😾
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Wow
This has to be the cringiest/hardest to watch for me. Even worse than the weddings and Scott’s Tots.
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