All About Oscar with Oscar Nuñez

This week on Office Ladies 6.0, Jenna and Angela dive into a fan-favorite “All About” episode, breaking down the one and only Oscar Martinez! The ladies kick things off with a deep look at Oscar’s character and share their favorite Oscar moments before welcoming the incredible Oscar Nuñez to answer fan questions and reflect on his time on The Office. They get to the bottom of important questions such as: who was the true head of the accounting clump? And, chairs or copier?! Plus, they chat with Oscar about taking his character to season two of The Paper and share some of his favorite behind-the-scenes moments. So grab your beret, check your spreadsheets... and enjoy! Office Ladies Website - Submit a fan question for Around the Town, Chit Chat, and Second Drink favorite moment:https://officeladies.com/submitaquestion Follow Us on Instagram:OfficeLadiesPod https://www.instagram.com/officeladiespod/ Follow Us on YouTube https://youtube.com/@officeladiespod?si=D0oKJwFJuK9txzFM Follow Us on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@officeladiespod?_t=ZT-8y1gqTrJyOs&_r=1

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  I'm Jenna Fisher.

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  And I'm Angela Kinsey.

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  Hello, hello.

• 0:26Speaker 01

  Hey.

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  Everyone, today, we are going to be talking all about Oscar Martinez. And we are really excited because we have Oscar Nunez in the studio today answering all of your questions about his character.

• 0:42Speaker 01

  I've been looking forward to this one.

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  Well, it turned out great. Spoiler alert, we had the best time with Oscar.

• 0:48Speaker 01

  Best time. So here's what we're going to chat about. He's going to answer questions about The Office and the paper, which has its season two debut on Peacock today, September 9. But first, we're going to share all about Oscar. Jenna, you're going to discuss the show Bible.

• 1:03Speaker 00

  Mm-hmm.

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  We're going to talk about Oscar favorite moments. I'm going to share three Oscar personality traits that fans say they love about him. It's good stuff, lady.

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  All right.

• 1:14Speaker 01

  Why don't you go first?

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  Sure. So I haven't been in the show Bible in a little while.

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  Mmm.

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  Because we haven't done one of these all abouts.

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  Was it dusty?

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  You know what? Can I tell you? I have been using my digital version of the show Bible. I found it in my digital clutter.

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  Look at you go, girl.

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  I know.

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  Look at you go, girl.

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  I thought you would be proud of me.

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  I'm proud. I said, is it dusty? Because that's something my mom would say, like, if you go into someone's house and their Bible's dusty.

• 1:43Speaker 00

  Oh, that is so funny.

• 1:46Speaker 01

  I haven't been to church in a bit.

• 1:48Speaker 00

  I like that. Okay, well, so first of all, every time you have a character name, it will also tell you their address. Now, if their address has been written or scripted as part of the show, they just have the address. But if their address has been made up by the art department, it says per the art department. So Oscar has a per the art department address.

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  Which means it was never used in the universe of the show on camera.

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  Right.

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  But he did have one.

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  He did. And also, what they would do, I had this, and we all had this, they would make us wallets, credit cards.

• 2:25Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm, driver's license.

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  Fakey driver's licenses. And they would put this address on those documents until they were told otherwise.

• 2:32Speaker 01

  I'm so curious if when Dwight is sneaking around spying on Oscar and Gil, if there was the address on the house.

• 2:42Speaker 00

  Oh, that's a good question. I bet the number on the house does not match this address per the art department.

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  Let's see, what was it?

• 2:50Speaker 00

  It lists his address as 1327 Pear Street.

• 2:55Speaker 01

  Oh, Pear Street.

• 2:57Speaker 00

  Mm-hmm. All right, I am looking up Oscar and Gil's house, and the numbers on the house say 5232.

• 3:07Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

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  So that is a deep cut fan catch right there.

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  Yep. And you know, that house was in Van Nuys. It's on a lot of people's drive and find office spots.

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  Yes.

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  So it was not 1327 Pear Street.

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  Was not. But if Oscar opened his wallet, that's what you'd see.

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  Mm-hmm.

• 3:28Speaker 00

  Oh, hey, everyone. By the way, Sam just found us the Google Maps for 1327 Pear Street in Scranton, and it looks like an abandoned something called Rush Hours.

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  Sam, did you say it looks like a bar?

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  Yeah, it looks like a bar.

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  Yeah, a former bar.

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  Yeah, it has no trespassing signs now.

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  A long time ago.

• 3:53Speaker 01

  Well, there you go. Did we just mom detective that?

• 3:55Speaker 00

  I think we did.

• 3:56Speaker 01

  Oh, my God.

• 3:57Speaker 00

  Well, we Sam detective'd it.

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  We did.

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  Thank you, Sam.

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  But in true mom detective form, there's no real answer, no real solution.

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  It is what it is.

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  It is what it is.

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  All right, well, digging into what the show Bible says about Oscar, there is not a lot about his family of origin, but we do know a few things. We know that his parents were both born in Mexico. They moved to the US a year before Oscar was born. So we know that Oscar was born and grew up in the United States. We know that he has a nephew. He also has an aunt that lives in Carbondale, and we know that his mother is now in a wheelchair. We know that Oscar speaks Spanish, but he is not good at doing accents. You know, when we're doing the murder mystery, he tries to do the accent. He's very, very bad.

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  Very bad.

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  We know that Oscar has a timeshare in Key West, and he drives an SUV. We also know that Oscar likes yoga, long lunches, and is one of the founding members of the Finer Things Club. He's pretty physically fit, since he can pull himself up into the ceiling during the fire drill, and he likes doing ab work.

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  Mm-hmm.

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  He is also a very good ice skater, and he hates posters of babies playing jazz. That's one of the things he very much disliked.

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  Very, very much not a fan.

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  When Oscar was younger, he wanted to be an actor in commercials. But as you know, he ends up in the accounting department at Dunder Mifflin. We don't really know how he got from aspirations of being an actor to becoming an accountant. And we do have a very fun conversation with him later about who exactly is the head accountant.

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  Or who he thought it was going into it.

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  Exactly. And in season four, he says he's been at Dunder Mifflin for nine years, but in season five, he says he's been at Dunder Mifflin for eight years.

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  Oscar, do the math, buddy.

• 5:45Speaker 00

  Mm-hmm. He also owns a little Dunder Mifflin stock, we come to find out. And his nickname in The Office is Actually. We know that Oscar is gay. He has a longtime boyfriend, Gil. And when they break up, he becomes interested in Matt from the warehouse, and then he eventually begins an affair with the senator who was married to Angela at the time.

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  State senator.

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  State senator.

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  And then Oscar announces he has plans to run for state senator, but we find out that instead, he ends up in the accounting department of a small Toledo newspaper.

• 6:20Speaker 01

  Nicely done, lady.

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  Mm-hmm.

• 6:22Speaker 01

  I love a good show Bible.

• 6:24Speaker 00

  Yeah, a nice overview of the character.

• 6:27Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 6:28Speaker 00

  Well, Ange, I'm curious to hear what these Oscar personality traits are that fans love.

• 6:33Speaker 01

  Okay, well, this all started with a letter from Alexandra A. in San Antonio, Texas. Alexandra said, "Hi, Office ladies. I have watched The Office all the way through three times, and each time I find new things to love about Oscar. In my opinion, he is the best at throwing shade. My BFF thinks it's Phyllis or Angela, but I say no, it's Oscar. And I have a favorite, or at least a favorite for right now. I'm sure it will change, but it's when Ryan is getting arrested in Goodbye, Toby." And then Alexandra typed out her favorite quote. But I think Alexandra, let's hear Oscar do it rather than me read it, because he's going to do it better.

• 7:15Speaker 02

  Well, this is what happened. Ryan's big project was the website, which wasn't doing so well. So Ryan, to give the impression of sales, recorded them twice, once his office sales and once his website sales, which is what we refer to in the business as misleading the shareholders. Another good term is fraud. The real crime, I think, was the beard.

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  I love that.

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  Alexandra goes on to say, "That gets me every time. Love you, ladies, and I'm so excited for this episode."

• 7:49Speaker 00

  I mean, that's a pretty classic Oscar throwing shade. The beard.

• 7:53Speaker 01

  The beard.

• 7:54Speaker 00

  Yeah, that's pretty great.

• 7:55Speaker 01

  So Alexandra, you weren't alone in loving the Oscar shade. And this led me to dig into the other personality traits that people chat about online about the character of Oscar. There are two more that get a lot of chatter.

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  Okay.

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  Okay. There is an overwhelming consensus online that he is also the voice of reason on the show.

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  Oh, we talk with him about that.

• 8:18Speaker 01

  Yeah, right? Listen, Oscar Martinez, the character, he knows it. He even calls it out in this talking head. Let's hear it.

• 8:26Speaker 02

  All right, who else is here? Pam and Jim are on their honeymoon, so there's not the usual balance between Sane and Others. Toby has mentally checked out since June. It's a very dangerous time. The coalition for reason is extremely weak.

• 8:43Speaker 01

  Sane versus Others really made me laugh.

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  That's a combo. That's being the voice of reason and shade.

• 8:52Speaker 01

  Oh, you're right. You're right.

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  It's a combo platter.

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  Combo platter. Okay, the third personality trait that everyone online talks about for the character Oscar is he is the Office know it all.

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  Mm, actually.

• 9:05Speaker 01

  Actually. And here's a fan favorite moment where he corrects Meredith.

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  Always with the friends, Oscar. Can't we just enjoy the new espresso machine?

• 9:14Speaker 02

  Actually, it's pronounced espresso. Wait, that's what you said. I apologize, I just assumed you would mispronounce it, so.

• 9:24Speaker 01

  So I guess that's also know it all slash shade.

• 9:27Speaker 00

  Yes, exactly. I think everything is slash shade when it comes to Oscar. Well, listen, now it's time for us to share our favorite Oscar moments. Sam, do you want to go first?

• 9:39Speaker 02

  Sure. So I think Oscar plays drunk so well. It's my favorite thing he does on the show.

• 9:45Speaker 00

  We got so much mail about that. We talk with him about that.

• 9:48Speaker 02

  Yes. So all time in the ranking goes when him and Andy call Angela. But that's more of a visual gag, so this is a solid second for me.

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  Toby, I am Bockers God of Wine!

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  And I am Bockers' friend!

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  It's his laugh before it. It's completely unhinged.

• 10:06Speaker 00

  I know. Is that at the pool party?

• 10:08Speaker 02

  Yes, it is, yeah.

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  I am Bockers' God of Wine! So good. Okay, Jenna, what about you?

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  Well, I have a lot of favorite Oscar moments, but I love, for personal reasons as well, the Oscar-Pam-Angela dynamic in the cold open for season eight after hours. Here is the clip.

• 10:29Speaker 01

  Hey, Angela, you want to see a picture of Philip wearing those little booties you got us? So cute.

• 10:35Speaker 02

  Hey, you guys want to see a picture of Gerald wearing galoshes? He refused to go out in the rain until I bought these. Now going out in the rain is all he wants to do.

• 10:45Speaker 01

  Oscar thinks having a dog is just like having a baby. Newsflash, if you didn't carry it around in your belly for nine months, it isn't your kid. Exactly. Unless you adopt it, of course. That is where we disagree.

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  Hey, are your little dudes crawling yet?

• 11:00Speaker 01

  No. Three-month-old humans don't do that.

• 11:04Speaker 01

  My Philip is crawling.

• 11:07Speaker 00

  Angela is such a liar.

• 11:09Speaker 02

  It's maddening. Exactly. That's just like crate training. All night long, all night long.

• 11:16Speaker 00

  Well, count yourself lucky. Wait until you have two. That's two sleep schedules, two naps that don't coincide. I mean, you'll never sleep again.

• 11:24Speaker 01

  No one said you must have two.

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  Like her genes are so important. The world just needs more Pam Jim DNA. Thank you, no.

• 11:30Speaker 01

  No, thank you.

• 11:35Speaker 02

  Check this out. My brother just got a new sailboat. He has no idea what he just got himself into. There's nothing harder than taking care of a boat. Am I right?

• 11:45Speaker 00

  Unbelievable.

• 11:46Speaker 02

  Unbelievable.

• 11:49Speaker 00

  So there it is. I just love how we were all teamed up.

• 11:53Speaker 01

  Oh, yeah. And then being so catty.

• 11:55Speaker 00

  I know. So it's like we're having this like three-way conversation, but then we're pairing off to bitch about the other ones.

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  So much sidebar.

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  Yes. Matt, it's your turn.

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  I had to go with gay witch hunt. It's just the first thing that comes to mind. And it's just these seven words that Oscar says. I'll let the clip speak for itself.

• 12:16Speaker 02

  I was going to quit, but Jen offered me a three-month paid vacation and a company car. All I had to do was sign something saying I won't sue.

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  Gil and I are going to Europe. Kids, sometimes it pays to be gay.

• 12:33Speaker 00

  That's so great.

• 12:34Speaker 06

  I also just wanted to say, that episode, you both are so amazing. Angela, you're so mean to Oscar.

• 12:42Speaker 01

  I know.

• 12:43Speaker 06

  And Jenna, your face when Michael is trying to kiss Oscar is just amazing. You're both so great in that episode.

• 12:51Speaker 01

  I rewatched that scene in the conference room earlier today, and I fully saw Phyllis break.

• 12:58Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah. In the background.

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  There's no hiding it. She fully breaks.

• 13:03Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 13:03Speaker 01

  Yeah.

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  All right, Angela, what about you?

• 13:06Speaker 01

  Okay, well, I do love how many times Oscar gives people shade so much. I didn't pick any of them. I just have to go on record saying I love it. Anyway, just putting that out there. So the other thing I love is when people go to Oscar for advice, and we talked about that a little bit with him, are when Oscar gives unsolicited advice.

• 13:28Speaker 00

  Amazing.

• 13:29Speaker 01

  So I went with this moment from Garage Sale in season seven. It's just the perfect little Oscar moment to me. And to jog your memory, Pam, Ryan, and Jim, and Oscar are all in the conference room with Michael, and they're going to help him figure out how to propose to Holly, okay? And here's what Oscar says.

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  So we just, we want to help you plan the proposal so that it's safe and responsible and realistic and doable.

• 13:55Speaker 02

  I had a great idea until you ruined it. You want to know how to do it? Here's how you do it. Take her out to dinner, go down on one knee. If you are in costume, you did something wrong. If at any point you find yourself tying the ring to a dog's collar, stop and look at yourself.

• 14:12Speaker 01

  That made me laugh. I love Pam's setup and then Oscar just jumping in.

• 14:17Speaker 00

  Yes.

• 14:18Speaker 01

  He knew he would try to be a character.

• 14:20Speaker 00

  Yes.

• 14:21Speaker 01

  In costume.

• 14:22Speaker 00

  No.

• 14:25Speaker 00

  Well, listen, I don't want to wait any longer. I want you guys to hear this great conversation that we had with Oscar Nunez. So why don't we take a break and we will be back with Oscar in the studio.

• 14:34Speaker 01

  Yeah.

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  Oscar, thank you so much for joining us on the Office Ladies podcast here in studio.

• 14:50Speaker 02

  My pleasure. Here I am. I don't know, listeners, we're not being filmed. These ladies are in an old-timey, traditional, beautiful building on the corner, high up. I was in the elevator with Angela coming up, and she goes, you know what? Clark Gable played poker in the basement. What? That's where we are. Carry on.

• 15:10Speaker 01

  That's what this man told me.

• 15:11Speaker 02

  Yeah, I believe it.

• 15:12Speaker 01

  There's an older gentleman on the fifth floor who was telling me some history.

• 15:15Speaker 02

  This is very apropos. So surreal.

• 15:17Speaker 00

  And we're here, and we are going to talk to you all about your character, Oscar Martinez. You know, the name of this episode is All About Oscar.

• 15:26Speaker 02

  No, I think I knew that.

• 15:28Speaker 01

  You did, because we talked on the well. I told you.

• 15:31Speaker 00

  But first, we wanted to congratulate you on the success of the paper and on season two, which is coming out today.

• 15:39Speaker 02

  Okay, yes, thank you.

• 15:40Speaker 00

  The day this airs is the day season two is premiering on Peacock.

• 15:44Speaker 01

  Very exciting. And then for season one, you were nominated for a Critics' Choice Award. You personally.

• 15:50Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 15:50Speaker 02

  Thank you.

• 15:51Speaker 00

  Oscar Nunez.

• 15:52Speaker 02

  I appreciate that. I appreciate that.

• 15:53Speaker 00

  Yes. What has it been like to take this character from one series to another?

• 15:58Speaker 02

  You know what, Jenna? It's been seamless. It's been seamless. Because, as all the characters, it's a solid character. We're all so well-developed, the characters, every one of them.

• 16:10Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 16:11Speaker 02

  So it's been seamless. And I love playing the straight man. I mean, he's a gay guy, but he plays the straight guy, right?

• 16:17Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 16:18Speaker 02

  And I love that. I love reacting to things. I mean, don't get me wrong. If they're like Oscar, anyone on The Office, I'm like, all right, either Dwight or Steve, of course. But to play a straight person off these people is so fun. So, and I get to keep doing it now. So I get to keep, you know, and it's a whole crop of new people. I have friends and they're new, you know, Donald, who is so talented.

• 16:42Speaker 01

  So talented.

• 16:43Speaker 02

  Who worked with Steve.

• 16:44Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 16:44Speaker 02

  And Donald's in everything.

• 16:46Speaker 01

  Everything.

• 16:47Speaker 02

  He's like Emily Blunt. He's in everything, this kid. And Alex Edelman, my new favorite stand-up.

• 16:55Speaker 00

  He's so funny.

• 16:57Speaker 02

  Jenna.

• 16:58Speaker 00

  Is he cracking you up on set? Is he the funny one on set?

• 17:03Speaker 02

  He's very funny on set, but he's very smart. And he's a writer, so he's not joking around all the time.

• 17:09Speaker 00

  Right.

• 17:09Speaker 02

  But he's super smart. I mean, crazy. I'm so in love with him. Ursula's like, he's like your nephew. I'm like, you're right. I can't say enough about Alex. And we've gone to see him after, like, Just for Us. He did a show at the Ford, and he went and he did it with Ben Harper because he's a fan. And so they did a show together. He's more comfortable on stage than he is in Alex in real life. He's so good on stage and so funny. I can't say enough about him. Anyway, Alex, Chelsea is a new friend.

• 17:38Speaker 01

  Chelsea is so delightful. She's been in the studio here and chatted with us, and we just love her.

• 17:45Speaker 00

  Adore her.

• 17:45Speaker 02

  Yeah, she's very cool.

• 17:46Speaker 01

  Adore her.

• 17:47Speaker 02

  So you know what? Well, it's, you know, look, they all went through the Greg Daniels filter. They're all nice people. There's no bad, you know?

• 17:53Speaker 01

  That's right.

• 17:54Speaker 02

  So those are my new friends and more, but those are the ones that come to mind the most. And Bemmy, and yeah, they're all, I mean, yeah. It's, it's.

• 18:02Speaker 01

  I realize Jenna and I are now becoming the people that, when people would interview us, like, who's the prankster? Who's the jokester?

• 18:08Speaker 00

  Oh, my gosh, we're asking all the questions now that people used to ask us.

• 18:11Speaker 02

  That's crazy.

• 18:12Speaker 00

  It's kind of crazy.

• 18:13Speaker 01

  I know.

• 18:14Speaker 00

  Okay, we want to ask you questions about Oscar.

• 18:16Speaker 01

  Yeah, we have some, and fans wrote in.

• 18:18Speaker 02

  But you know the answers.

• 18:19Speaker 00

  I don't know the answers to some of these.

• 18:21Speaker 01

  These answers. And also, the fans wrote in, Oscar, and they're so thoughtful and they love your character. So we're excited to dive in.

• 18:28Speaker 00

  This first question, I did not know the answer to.

• 18:30Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 18:31Speaker 00

  Okay, so we know that aspects of Oscar's character, like all of our characters, got revealed over time, that the writers would write to us over time. And like you said, fully flesh us out.

• 18:44Speaker 02

  Yes, ma'am.

• 18:45Speaker 00

  But early on, in those early days, when we didn't have all of that to work with, did you create any backstory for the character of Oscar?

• 18:54Speaker 01

  Like where he was from, his family, anything like that?

• 18:57Speaker 00

  How he ended up at Dunder Mifflin?

• 18:59Speaker 02

  No, what happened, the way I approached it or whatever, I, it's, I got the job because of improv, because it was a good day for auditions for me. On that day, I had four auditions. So by the time I got to the office, I just didn't care. And that's the best way to go in.

• 19:13Speaker 00

  You were super loose.

• 19:14Speaker 02

  Super loose.

• 19:14Speaker 01

  It was your, your fourth audition in one day?

• 19:17Speaker 02

  Yeah, so it was a good actor's day. I'm like, I felt like an actor that day. Because you could go a week and not have one. You're like, what am I doing? So it was a good day, and then you go back more, and it's improv, and that's what we do. And I don't know why, but in my mind, I was like the boss of our clump, of Kevin, Angela, myself, because of where I was seated. And I thought, but then as we started improvising and going, Angela kind of, and I'm like, oh. And so I was thinking about that, and I was like, okay, now I have to, I'm going to adjust a little bit, you know?

• 19:49Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 19:50Speaker 02

  Because now she's at, I'm like, okay, so, so now we're like the parents of Kevin.

• 19:55Speaker 01

  That happened pretty, like, organically, because we started improvising over there in the clump. And I just sort of took high status because I was so prim and proper. And then you were just instantly annoyed with me. It was perfect.

• 20:08Speaker 02

  It was organic, and you did it, and you snapped at me because you demanded, because you're like, you're talking to him. What happened? What did he say? And I'm like, you saw me. And then that, and that was it.

• 20:17Speaker 01

  That was it.

• 20:18Speaker 02

  And the writers were like, what? They're really good improvisers. We're like, yeah, that's what we do. And then they started writing a little bit more for us.

• 20:24Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 20:25Speaker 02

  And Kevin said, what are you guys talking about? You're like, nothing, or shut up. You just shut him down.

• 20:30Speaker 01

  I said nothing, and you said almost the same thing at the same time. I go, nothing, and you went, eh.

• 20:35Speaker 02

  Yeah, like, don't worry about it. Like, just like, and he came in with that sweet, like, and the speed is like, what are you guys talking? And you're like, shh, shh, shh, no.

• 20:45Speaker 00

  Yeah. Well, I'm curious, right now, who was the head accountant of that clump?

• 20:51Speaker 02

  I don't think they had one. We did. We figured it out ourselves.

• 20:54Speaker 00

  But I mean, who would you say?

• 20:56Speaker 02

  Jenna, I think it was me, and she, and she just started.

• 20:58Speaker 00

  It was you, Angela?

• 20:59Speaker 01

  I think I had to schedule everything, and I had to make sure everything got done. And I feel like some of the invisible labor came down to Angela Martin.

• 21:08Speaker 00

  Oh, my God, I love this. I love this. So Oscar had the job, and you're like, but I'm doing all the work.

• 21:14Speaker 01

  But I get everything done. But who does Michael go to? Oscar. But who turned in the paperwork? Me.

• 21:21Speaker 02

  It works perfectly.

• 21:22Speaker 00

  Delicious.

• 21:23Speaker 02

  Because he's a misogynist, and he feels good that he's going to Latino. That makes him feel good. Look what I'm doing.

• 21:30Speaker 00

  Michael.

• 21:30Speaker 02

  Yes, as the character. He's like.

• 21:36Speaker 01

  Which would make Angela be resentful of Oscar, right? That she's doing some work.

• 21:41Speaker 02

  Yeah. Just another thing to be resent- but another thing of like, welcome to my world.

• 21:46Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 21:47Speaker 02

  Hello, ladies. We all, this is what women know.

• 21:49Speaker 01

  I guess this is what I have to do.

• 21:51Speaker 02

  This is the workplace.

• 21:53Speaker 01

  Well, I have a question for you, and a few fans wrote in with a similar question. They wanna know-

• 21:59Speaker 02

  I don't know if I answered the last one.

• 22:00Speaker 01

  You did. I think you did. I think you said in your mind, Oscar was in charge.

• 22:05Speaker 02

  Yeah, but in other words, I was in the moment. I wasn't like backstory, parents, none of that. I'm like, we're here, like, we did the pilot, and then that second script came in. And I've said this before, and I'm like, who wrote this?

• 22:16Speaker 01

  Diversity Day.

• 22:17Speaker 02

  Yeah. And they're like, that kid? And I'm like, the kid riding the skateboard? That teenager, the sullen kid from Harvard? I'm like, oh, we're in good hands, cuz this script wasn't good. It was really, really good. That was a killer script. I'm like, oh, my god, this show.

• 22:34Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 22:34Speaker 02

  Well, this is good. We didn't wanna jinx it, but I'm like, oh, this is gonna be good.

• 22:37Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 22:38Speaker 02

  Anyway.

• 22:39Speaker 01

  Oh, no, I think we all felt that way. It felt like, you know, lightning in a bottle.

• 22:42Speaker 02

  That was really good. And then the script was good, but then we were having fun cuz Mindy couldn't get through the scene when she's like, he's like, "Oh, put me on your ear, my ear, put you-" And she slaps him, but she's not, she didn't act as much as we did, so she's just laughing. And we're like, what's happening? Take 27. And she's like, I can't. And how could she not, when he's in her face, "My ear, put you be-"

• 23:03Speaker 01

  I know, I know. Okay, wait, so a bunch of people wrote in with the same question, which is, did you have a favorite Oscar storyline?

• 23:13Speaker 02

  Like, if there- Storyline?

• 23:14Speaker 01

  Yeah, if you look back on like those nine seasons. I know it's a really tough question.

• 23:18Speaker 02

  No, no, it's not a tough question, cuz the other day, or six months ago, I don't even know anymore, I was watching the episode where you're like, Oscar, and I have the drawer open, and I'm leaning on it, and you're like, I think the senator's having an affair on the-

• 23:33Speaker 01

  Yeah. And you drop the drawer and catch it.

• 23:36Speaker 02

  And then that scene is so good, Angela.

• 23:39Speaker 01

  It's so fun.

• 23:40Speaker 02

  Cuz at the beginning, I don't know, I'm like, what, what?

• 23:42Speaker 01

  Who's Blake? Yeah, who's Blake?

• 23:44Speaker 02

  Yeah, like, who's, what's with the yoga?

• 23:46Speaker 01

  I know, the yoga.

• 23:47Speaker 02

  No, relax, Angela. I'm like, relax.

• 23:48Speaker 01

  And then you're like, we need to go. And I'm like, no, I don't wanna go. No, we need to check it out.

• 23:53Speaker 02

  First, she was worried, and then I'm the one, and she's like, okay, whatever.

• 23:56Speaker 00

  It's brilliant. I love that.

• 23:58Speaker 02

  So messed up. And then we go to the thing, and we're spying on him, and the stupid telephone.

• 24:02Speaker 01

  And your phone rings.

• 24:03Speaker 02

  It's the stupidest joke in the world. Ugh.

• 24:06Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 24:06Speaker 02

  Terrible.

• 24:07Speaker 01

  Well, we got a lot of mail about that storyline.

• 24:09Speaker 02

  That's the writers, man. Those are the writers. If we can't make that funny, there's something wrong with us, cuz it's all there.

• 24:14Speaker 00

  People were really curious how you felt, I mean, we know that it was very funny, but they were like, were you surprised to see that Oscar Martinez would go behind Angela Martin's back like that?

• 24:26Speaker 02

  It's horrible. No one would do that. But it's a TV show. It's not real. So we stretch, and we pull, and we push the boundaries. It was horrible. Who would do that? And then he's, he's good, he's fine with it. I like Angela, but she can't keep her man, you know, it's just- But then I come back, and I'm like, hey, stay with me, you know?

• 24:44Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 24:45Speaker 02

  So it's a lot going on.

• 24:46Speaker 01

  Yeah. I was watching the scenes this morning where-

• 24:49Speaker 00

  Wait, were they the ones at the fundraiser?

• 24:52Speaker 01

  Yes. The fundraiser, Oscar, when you're just like, he's hitting on me, and then-

• 24:57Speaker 00

  The journey that you go on.

• 24:59Speaker 01

  And then they're like, he gave me his card.

• 25:01Speaker 02

  The fundraiser.

• 25:01Speaker 00

  Jim's like, I think he gives everyone their card.

• 25:03Speaker 01

  Yeah, and then at the end, when he slides his hand down Oscar's sleeve, and then my favorite is you look to Kevin, and you, "Why does this keep happening to me?"

• 25:13Speaker 02

  That's good.

• 25:14Speaker 01

  And then you're like, oh, I feel so bad for Angela.

• 25:16Speaker 02

  I could not be happier. I could not be happier.

• 25:19Speaker 01

  I know.

• 25:19Speaker 02

  I could not be happier. And remember, here comes the wise one who we think doesn't know what's going on, and he defends us, Kevin, on the porch. He goes, these are two good people, and you suck, basically, right? There was a scene, we were leaving, and you and I are like, ooh, we're just like hand towels that you can use.

• 25:38Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 25:38Speaker 02

  And he's like, yeah, you kinda suck.

• 25:39Speaker 01

  You suck.

• 25:40Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was really cool.

• 25:41Speaker 01

  Great party. You suck.

• 25:45Speaker 00

  We have a follow-up fan question from Stephanie C. in Powder Springs, Georgia, who would like to know, after all of this has happened, and the Angela and Oscar storyline, do you think Oscar still keeps in touch with her?

• 26:01Speaker 02

  In the show?

• 26:02Speaker 00

  In the post-Dunder Mifflin world.

• 26:04Speaker 01

  Stephanie gives an example. She said, for example, would Oscar, even if it's just a Christmas card every year, do you think Angela and him exchange some kind of thing?

• 26:14Speaker 02

  Well, no, they do stay in touch, because remember, who's the godfather of the kid?

• 26:18Speaker 01

  Oscar, of Philip, yes.

• 26:20Speaker 02

  Rain reminded me that on his podcast. Someone asked the same question. I'm like, why would Rain hook? And then Rain's like, oh, wait, aren't you? And I'm like, oh, snap, sorry. And I had to apologize to the person who asked the question. I'm like, it wasn't a ridiculous question. I'm the godfather of their kid.

• 26:35Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 26:36Speaker 02

  So, yeah. He would have to show up sometime for something, some birthday or something.

• 26:40Speaker 01

  And also, Philip meant a lot to Oscar. If you look back on the finale, Oscar's holding Philip at the wedding, and then one of my favorite things is-

• 26:47Speaker 02

  And so did Angela. I think they do like stay in touch a little bit.

• 26:51Speaker 01

  Absolutely. I loved it when Angela's laying out Philip's outfit for the day, and Oscar comes in and goes-

• 26:57Speaker 02

  No, the best.

• 26:57Speaker 01

  "Those shoes, are you kidding me? No, not over my dead body, like little baby shoes." And like trades them out.

• 27:04Speaker 02

  Angela, I will call child protective-

• 27:06Speaker 01

  Child protective services.

• 27:07Speaker 02

  Best line.

• 27:08Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 27:08Speaker 02

  Saddles, denim, and saddle shoes, and there was a talking hat. I will call child protective.

• 27:12Speaker 01

  That's right, that's right.

• 27:13Speaker 02

  That's a good line.

• 27:14Speaker 01

  Yeah. Okay, we have some more fan questions for you.

• 27:17Speaker 02

  These are good questions.

• 27:18Speaker 01

  All right. So, folks are very aware that you almost never broke on the show, and there are actually a few Instagram accounts that feature the very few times that you did laugh. They're super funny, but we were curious, do you have a moment that you remember that was the hardest you ever laughed on set? Like, something that really got you?

• 27:40Speaker 00

  Even if you didn't break in the scene?

• 27:42Speaker 02

  Oh, even if I didn't break in the scene?

• 27:43Speaker 00

  Yes. Just like, what do you look back on?

• 27:47Speaker 01

  Like, the minute they yelled, "Cut," and you were just like, oh.

• 27:49Speaker 02

  Well, the Santa Claus.

• 27:52Speaker 01

  Oh, yes.

• 27:52Speaker 02

  Little boy, sit on my door, and, oh, god. You know?

• 27:59Speaker 01

  The one where Ed had to dive behind the wall, cuz he was laughing.

• 28:02Speaker 02

  We couldn't get through it. And the things they would say is like, he's like, little boy, what do you want? And he's like, I don't know. And he's like, what, do you then think of it? And then you think of it before you sat down, and no one's ever asked me to sit on their lap before, oh, god, what do you, you know? And he's just thinking about it, what's he's gonna get. But he asked for it. Little boy, sit on my lap. And then, one of the scenes that they couldn't use is he gets up and his legs asleep, and he starts banging it. And that's when Krasinski's just like, at his mercy, sitting there.

• 28:33Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 28:34Speaker 02

  But as far as cracking up, I think Steve cracked me a few times, but Ed Helms was, I think, cracked me up most consistently.

• 28:41Speaker 01

  Oh, yeah?

• 28:41Speaker 02

  With his mugs, his faces he would do, I thought were so good and so funny. I said this before, The Andy Griffith Show is an old TV show.

• 28:49Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 28:50Speaker 02

  In black and white. And in the town of Mayberry, there's a barber shop. It's Floyd's Barber Shop. And that character, you guys are too young, you're looking at me like, there's Floyd the barber? And that character reminds me of Andy. I don't know why.

• 29:03Speaker 01

  I wanna go back and find, I mean, you know, those episodes are out there. My grandparents watched that show. Your grandparents?

• 29:11Speaker 00

  Her grandparents watched it, Oscar.

• 29:13Speaker 01

  They did, they loved it.

• 29:14Speaker 00

  Did you watch it with her grandparents?

• 29:15Speaker 01

  No, no, no, come on. I just remember-

• 29:17Speaker 02

  I'm looking at my, I have to leave.

• 29:19Speaker 01

  Oh, no.

• 29:19Speaker 02

  My grandparents.

• 29:20Speaker 01

  No, no, I'm not saying that.

• 29:21Speaker 00

  My great-grandparents watched it.

• 29:23Speaker 01

  Oh, shut up.

• 29:24Speaker 02

  Yeah, I believe it.

• 29:25Speaker 00

  Most people who watched that, I think, have died.

• 29:28Speaker 02

  Most people.

• 29:29Speaker 00

  They're so, so old.

• 29:31Speaker 02

  I was really young. My only defense is I was really young when I watched it.

• 29:34Speaker 01

  You were three years old.

• 29:35Speaker 02

  Not really. I wasn't that young.

• 29:37Speaker 01

  Well, I do remember it, like, when I would go visit them in the summer, like, they would have it on. And I remember the beginning, cuz he whistled, right?

• 29:44Speaker 00

  Ron Howard is the little boy with the fishing pole.

• 29:47Speaker 01

  Yeah, yeah.

• 29:53Speaker 01

  We know it, yeah.

• 29:54Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 29:54Speaker 01

  Okay, but I can't remember Floyd, but I wanna go find him. But yeah, Ed gave really good face.

• 29:59Speaker 02

  Really good face, and he was well-written. It was a very extreme, funny, funny, funny character.

• 30:05Speaker 01

  But see, I didn't know that till today, that the character that consistently made you break was Andy.

• 30:12Speaker 02

  And he would get away with doing things- That Michael Wood, or he was a very extreme character, but anchored.

• 30:19Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 30:20Speaker 02

  And you're like, what is happening?

• 30:21Speaker 01

  Mm hmm.

• 30:22Speaker 02

  And he did something, he's like thinking of something, he went like this to think, and I'm like,

• 30:25Speaker 01

  Oh, I remember that.

• 30:26Speaker 02

  And he went like this, and I couldn't.

• 30:28Speaker 01

  He put his like fingers to his mouth.

• 30:29Speaker 02

  Yeah, like a steeple, and I'm like, no, I can't. And I started laughing.

• 30:34Speaker 02

  And then I remember he got dressed up as a cat, and he went prowling around John Krasinski, and he's like, who am I? And John's like, oh my god.

• 30:41Speaker 01

  I was watching the scene too, where, you know, a lot of people go to Oscar for advice. It's kind of interesting.

• 30:47Speaker 02

  I guess, yeah.

• 30:48Speaker 01

  If you re-watch The Office, Oscar's who a lot of people go to.

• 30:51Speaker 02

  Cause there's no one else, everyone, who else?

• 30:53Speaker 01

  I know, I know, cause he's the voice of reason, right?

• 30:56Speaker 02

  Jenna was smart and reasonable, but Jenna was in love, and she was in love, and she-

• 31:00Speaker 00

  I didn't have time to give Pam advice.

• 31:03Speaker 02

  Or the inclination, you're like a nice person. I would tell it to them like it is.

• 31:07Speaker 00

  You know what? I think that Pam, I'm not sure people wanted her advice, because she seemed a little bit, like she was a grounded person, but I don't think she had her shit together, right? Like she was engaged, and then she's with this other guy. A little messy. Is she going to our school?

• 31:24Speaker 02

  A little bit of a blade of grass, blowing the wind a little bit, a little bit.

• 31:27Speaker 00

  But Oscar-

• 31:29Speaker 02

  Was pretty anchored.

• 31:29Speaker 00

  Much more stable-

• 31:31Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 31:31Speaker 00

  -of a person.

• 31:33Speaker 01

  No, I was watching the scene where Andy goes to Oscar-

• 31:37Speaker 02

  No, it's the best.

• 31:37Speaker 01

  And is like, let's say Brad Pitt hits on me.

• 31:42Speaker 02

  And then my talking is, it can't be my place, surely this can't be part of my, like, work description or something that I have to-

• 31:48Speaker 01

  Like, you have to like, like-

• 31:50Speaker 02

  Secure him, like make him securing his-

• 31:52Speaker 01

  His sexuality, like, yeah.

• 31:54Speaker 02

  That was a funny episode, and that's, again, at Helms.

• 31:58Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 31:59Speaker 00

  Is there a character you wish Oscar had more scenes with? Is it Andy?

• 32:03Speaker 02

  Oh, that's a good one, probably. I always say Steve, because he was so good and it was so fun, and I had some scenes with him.

• 32:10Speaker 00

  Oscar and Michael had a lot of great moments.

• 32:12Speaker 02

  We had a lot of great moments.

• 32:13Speaker 00

  A highlight is from the surplus, when you have to explain what a surplus is to him.

• 32:18Speaker 01

  Oh my goodness.

• 32:19Speaker 00

  The lemonade stand.

• 32:20Speaker 01

  I don't know how you kept a straight face, Oscar, because, you know, as your character, you're laying it out, like the math of it, and then you're like, and then next year,

• 32:31Speaker 01

  Steve is my, Michael goes, I'll be six. Like he's missing the point altogether.

• 32:38Speaker 02

  But he's on it, he answered quickly, he's on it. And was, you know, it just struck me too, that Oscar gets advice and all that, but when push comes to shove, he's such a know-it-all, but sometimes he gets put in a position where he fumbles the ball, which is very human. You know, like, I was in a room with like, men or something, CEOs, we might have gone on a trip, the three of us, Andy and, and I got a chance to like, speak your mind, and I fumbled it. And I was, you know, which happens.

• 33:06Speaker 00

  Shareholder meeting.

• 33:07Speaker 02

  Yes, which is very funny.

• 33:08Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 33:09Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 33:10Speaker 00

  Well, speaking of the surplus, that is one of my personal favorite Pam-Oscar storylines.

• 33:16Speaker 02

  Right.

• 33:16Speaker 00

  And I love it, because often, we were allies, because we were the reasonable people in the office.

• 33:24Speaker 02

  That's right.

• 33:24Speaker 00

  But now here, we were, we were like adversarial.

• 33:26Speaker 02

  Cause you wanted the chair, what did you want? You wanted the chair.

• 33:30Speaker 00

  You wanted copier. So I'm asking you now, Jenna, to Oscar Nunez, in real life, would you choose new chairs or new copier?

• 33:39Speaker 02

  Oh, Martinez says copier, Nunez, I think, says chairs.

• 33:43Speaker 00

  Thank you, chairs, chairs. We all know it's chairs.

• 33:46Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 33:47Speaker 00

  I feel as passionate about chairs as Jenna, as I did as Pam.

• 33:51Speaker 02

  Okay.

• 33:52Speaker 00

  I think it's chairs.

• 33:53Speaker 02

  Let me say, I've had real jobs, and I wasn't a good worker, because I would pick chairs over a copier. Martinez, the pragmatic thing would have been copiers, but here, I'm with you, chairs.

• 34:03Speaker 01

  Have you guys ever had to make a lot of copies?

• 34:06Speaker 00

  Yes.

• 34:06Speaker 01

  Cause I did, I worked in a mailroom, and like, having a shitty copier-

• 34:11Speaker 00

  Yes.

• 34:11Speaker 01

  Is a huge time suck on your day and extra work.

• 34:15Speaker 00

  Yes, I had to collate giant things using a copier, yes. I still pick chairs.

• 34:21Speaker 01

  There'd be paper jams, you'd have to open the whole thing up.

• 34:24Speaker 02

  But in Jenna's defense, am I imagining things, Jenna spent a lot of time in her chair, cause she's the receptionist, and she can't get up and mess around like the rest of us.

• 34:33Speaker 00

  As Pam.

• 34:34Speaker 02

  As Pam.

• 34:35Speaker 00

  Yes.

• 34:35Speaker 02

  That's right.

• 34:36Speaker 00

  As Jenna, I worked in offices, and I had to use copiers all the time, and I still would pick chair.

• 34:43Speaker 02

  Wow.

• 34:43Speaker 01

  Do you remember the one super shitty chair that was on set?

• 34:47Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 34:48Speaker 01

  And sometimes you would come to your desk, and it would be at your chair, and you'd be like, who the hell swapped, and then-

• 34:53Speaker 00

  It didn't have arms.

• 34:54Speaker 01

  It didn't have arms, and I would often get to set before Creed.

• 34:59Speaker 02

  And give it to Creed, who wouldn't be able to tell the difference?

• 35:01Speaker 01

  I would scoot it over to Creed.

• 35:04Speaker 02

  Of course you did.

• 35:04Speaker 01

  Sometimes I'd watch him sit down and kind of look around like, huh?

• 35:08Speaker 02

  Poor Creed. And you know what?

• 35:09Speaker 01

  It would come back, it would come back to accounting, someone would move it around.

• 35:12Speaker 02

  But there should be a shitty chair on the set.

• 35:15Speaker 01

  Once-

• 35:15Speaker 02

  There should be, yes.

• 35:16Speaker 01

  Yes, and no one tells you, you just all figure it out over the years.

• 35:20Speaker 02

  Just like an office, just like an office.

• 35:21Speaker 00

  That's right.

• 35:21Speaker 01

  Well, I have this fun question from Ramona K. in Ohio.

• 35:25Speaker 02

  I'll be the judge of that, Ramona.

• 35:27Speaker 01

  Ramona says, dear office ladies, my favorite Oscar scene is when he is waiting for Matt to come to the bar, and he gets a little tipsy. He then plays basketball very poorly, and it always makes me laugh so hard. Whenever Oscar plays drunk, it is hilarious. Thank you for making the best show and podcast ever. Oscar, did you love that scene? A follow-up is, did you have any tricks on playing drunk? It's not easy to play drunk.

• 35:51Speaker 02

  It's not easy, Ramona, thank you for that, I appreciate that, because it's not easy to play drunk.

• 35:57Speaker 00

  You also had to play drunk when you went on the business trip, where you guys call Angela.

• 36:02Speaker 01

  Also, you had to play drunk when you went to Robert California's house, when you got super drunk on wine.

• 36:08Speaker 02

  That was super drunk.

• 36:08Speaker 00

  Wait, what are we learning about the character of Oscar right now? You're drunk quite a bit.

• 36:13Speaker 01

  He likes to twist.

• 36:14Speaker 00

  Have you done drunk on the paper yet?

• 36:15Speaker 02

  No, not yet.

• 36:16Speaker 01

  Not yet.

• 36:16Speaker 02

  Within nine seasons.

• 36:17Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 36:18Speaker 02

  That's a lot. I liked the drunk that I was when I called you.

• 36:21Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 36:22Speaker 02

  But at Robert's house, I was really drunk.

• 36:24Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 36:25Speaker 02

  Yeah, that was a crazy episode.

• 36:26Speaker 00

  How do you do it?

• 36:27Speaker 01

  Yeah, the drunk, when Oscar and Andy call Angela, I thought that was like, the perfect kind of drunk.

• 36:34Speaker 02

  I did too, I agree.

• 36:35Speaker 01

  You still had some hills and valleys.

• 36:37Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah, yeah.

• 36:38Speaker 00

  Wait, are you saying that's the drunk you would want to be?

• 36:41Speaker 01

  No, no, no.

• 36:41Speaker 02

  It's good to play, acting wise, it's fun to play.

• 36:44Speaker 00

  I was like, that's a perfect drunk, when you're like, still a little happy or a little buzzy.

• 36:49Speaker 01

  But you're a little spicy, and you make really bad decisions.

• 36:52Speaker 00

  Yeah, I'm like, oh, I love this ranking of the drunks.

• 36:55Speaker 02

  You know what? It is good.

• 36:56Speaker 00

  The drunk you don't want to be is the Robert California house drunk. That's like, you're not feeling good the next day.

• 37:01Speaker 02

  Cause anything could happen, that's not good.

• 37:03Speaker 01

  Saying like, I feel like you still had different choices, you made at different times.

• 37:07Speaker 02

  That's right.

• 37:07Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 37:08Speaker 02

  And that's when it's fun. You think about being drunk, you think about when you've been drunk, and then pull it way back, pull it way back, cause if not, it gets weird, and you might not be able to pull it off. I have seen people who can't do good drunks, and you're like, oh no, and then I've seen people who play really good drunks. I can't think of any off the top of my head. Who else had to play drunk on our, just me?

• 37:30Speaker 01

  Oh, you know-

• 37:31Speaker 02

  Surely there was someone else.

• 37:32Speaker 00

  I had to do drunk at the Dundies.

• 37:33Speaker 01

  At the Dundies.

• 37:34Speaker 00

  I had to like fall off a stool and all that.

• 37:36Speaker 02

  Drunk, that drunk was the same drunk that called you.

• 37:39Speaker 01

  Yes, and also, John, as Jim had to play drunk, he drinks with Karen, he does shots.

• 37:44Speaker 00

  Yeah, and then he falls off his bike.

• 37:46Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 37:47Speaker 02

  That's right.

• 37:48Speaker 00

  He's trying to bike home.

• 37:49Speaker 02

  That's right. Yeah, John does that well, well, he's from Boston.

• 37:53Speaker 00

  And of course, I think, we had a lot of drunk Meredith.

• 37:57Speaker 01

  Oh, gosh.

• 37:58Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 37:59Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 38:00Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 38:00Speaker 01

  Kate's scene with Michael, when he's trying to get her to rehab, and he's tackling her in the parking lot, and she's like, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, just amazing.

• 38:09Speaker 02

  And the whole thing of like, taking a dog to the vet, and he's like, we're going to a bar, and she's like, you just passed it. And he's like, just a little-

• 38:18Speaker 02

  And finally, she gets it through her head. Oh, that's the best.

• 38:22Speaker 00

  Guys, I think we should take a quick break, and we're gonna come back. We have even more questions, Oscar, will you stay with us?

• 38:27Speaker 02

  Oh my lord, yes.

• 38:28Speaker 00

  Okay, great.

• 38:37Speaker 00

  All right, Oscar.

• 38:38Speaker 02

  Oh my gosh.

• 38:38Speaker 00

  We are back.

• 38:40Speaker 02

  Oh, wait a second, we didn't take a break? What a fake out, you guys.

• 38:44Speaker 00

  Do you want a break?

• 38:45Speaker 02

  The break was two seconds. I'm pulling the chair back, I'm like, time to stretch.

• 38:50Speaker 01

  We can, we can get up.

• 38:51Speaker 02

  No, it's okay.

• 38:52Speaker 00

  You can shake it out.

• 38:53Speaker 02

  Go ahead, keep going. Keep going.

• 38:56Speaker 00

  This has nothing to do with your character, but what do you do for fitness? You look fit.

• 39:00Speaker 02

  What do I do?

• 39:02Speaker 01

  I mean, you did hang upside down on-

• 39:05Speaker 02

  I did.

• 39:05Speaker 01

  On the office, like, people have asked if you really did that, and you really did that.

• 39:08Speaker 02

  I did, I take, I'm taking a little bit of martial arts, so just a little bit, which I like. I've always done it off and on my whole life, that's what I like.

• 39:15Speaker 00

  What is, what kind of martial arts?

• 39:17Speaker 02

  Right now, it happens to be hopkido.

• 39:19Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 39:19Speaker 02

  And yeah, I love it, I love it. And it's a little strange, because this particular thing is two hours classes, which I've never done before, it's usually one hour, but this guy does two hours. So that's what we do, and I did it yesterday, I'll go tomorrow.

• 39:33Speaker 01

  Are you so wiped after, like two, I mean, sometimes I play tennis for three hours.

• 39:37Speaker 02

  I'm a little wiped.

• 39:38Speaker 01

  That's a lot of, yeah.

• 39:39Speaker 02

  And also, I have a daughter, Jenna and Angela, and she's in the school, and they were doing the importance of being earnest, and so cute and adorable, and there was an intermission or whatever, it was over, and a dad walks in, this guy walks in, and his daughter's in the thing too, and he walks in, and he comes up to me, and he might be in his 40s, and he's sweating, and he's got like a backpack on, and he takes it off, and it, I can see, it's heavy, and I'm like, what are you doing? And he's like, I'm like, you're hiking? He's like, no, it's a rucksack, it's a rucksack, and it's like this camouflage backpack, and he says, it has weights in it, it comes, and you put weights in it, and you walk with it, you're like, how do you put the backpack on?

• 40:22Speaker 01

  It's like the women with the weighted vest, I see everywhere.

• 40:24Speaker 02

  It's a backpack.

• 40:25Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 40:25Speaker 02

  And- He proceeds to pitch this thing to me. He's very excited about it. By the way, it was 50 pounds. I can barely lift it. I'm like, what is going on? He's like, yep. And I like, hey, Meg. And I put my hand on his shoulder and he felt like a rock. And he proceeded to speak for 30 minutes straight about this thing he's doing. So we get home and I'm like, Ursula, order me a rucksack, 20 pounds to start. And I don't know why, but now I'm doing it, walking with this backpack. So people who are listening, they know it. And it's all, you know, bros do it. And men who are taking too much testosterone in their 60s. And they put this thing on and it's all camouflage and black and flags.

• 41:06Speaker 01

  Oscar, we buy everything.

• 41:07Speaker 02

  I bought it.

• 41:08Speaker 01

  We buy everything. I have the weighted vest. Jenna this morning.

• 41:11Speaker 00

  No, lady, this made me laugh so hard this morning.

• 41:15Speaker 01

  This is so funny.

• 41:16Speaker 00

  I was on the gram today and I got fed this thing. It is a neck massager that is supposedly gonna tighten my jaw and jowls.

• 41:27Speaker 01

  So I want to read our text exchange this morning. Okay?

• 41:30Speaker 00

  I just, this is my first text to Angela this morning.

• 41:32Speaker 02

  If you speak about it for 10 more minutes, I will buy it.

• 41:35Speaker 01

  She's, this is at 9:47 a.m. I just bought a neck massager off Instagram that is supposed to make your jawline look tighter without surgery. I, in my pajamas, pick it up because I've bought it, but she doesn't know. I take a selfie and I say, you mean this one that I bought last month?

• 41:52Speaker 02

  Fish in a barrel, ladies and gentlemen.

• 41:54Speaker 01

  Same, exactly.

• 41:55Speaker 02

  Send the office, ladies.

• 41:56Speaker 01

  Jenna says, oh my god.

• 41:58Speaker 02

  They'll buy it, they'll put it on their bodies. And me too, I shouldn't.

• 42:02Speaker 01

  Jenna goes, oh my god, did it work? I said, no, but you do get a very deep sort of shoulder massage. It's kind of painful for me. She goes, have you been doing it every day? I said, no. Also, it doesn't really fit my neck. Josh is able to get a great neck rub out of it, but my neck is too small. So instead, it just squeezes the shit out of my shoulders.

• 42:21Speaker 02

  But where, so how did you hear about this?

• 42:23Speaker 00

  It got fed to me on Instagram.

• 42:26Speaker 01

  Same with me. And I didn't tell you, but I had already bought it.

• 42:29Speaker 00

  I wish I texted you first, but I thought surely I'll be the first one to try it.

• 42:35Speaker 02

  You took a chance. You took a chance.

• 42:37Speaker 01

  Let's get back to some fan questions here.

• 42:39Speaker 00

  Oscar, you are a famous member of the Finer Things Club.

• 42:42Speaker 02

  So fun.

• 42:43Speaker 00

  The paper, you start making puzzles for the newspaper. I mean, you win a whole award. And the last episode for your puzzles. Are you into either of these things in real life, books or puzzles?

• 42:56Speaker 02

  I'm into books. I'm into puzzles too, but I'm more into books than puzzles.

• 43:00Speaker 01

  But the Finer Things Club, isn't it also art and the appreciation of art and music?

• 43:04Speaker 02

  It's a book club too.

• 43:05Speaker 00

  I feel like it's mainly a book club.

• 43:07Speaker 02

  I think so too, because we discussed the books.

• 43:09Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 43:10Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 43:10Speaker 00

  Yeah. What are some books that you are liking right now?

• 43:13Speaker 02

  I'm always.

• 43:14Speaker 00

  That you've liked recently?

• 43:16Speaker 02

  Oh, let me see. I'm reading, because I'm flying hither and thither. And I have David Sedaris's new book.

• 43:24Speaker 00

  You're speaking Angela's language with that.

• 43:26Speaker 01

  I love David Sedaris.

• 43:26Speaker 02

  He's very funny. And it's easy for flights and stuff.

• 43:29Speaker 01

  It is.

• 43:29Speaker 02

  Because it's short stories. We were in Limerick Island and I picked up an Agatha Christie book just because I was there.

• 43:35Speaker 01

  I love it.

• 43:36Speaker 02

  It's a murder mystery. It's very silly and funny. And I'll try to pass it on to August when I'm done with it.

• 43:43Speaker 01

  Well, we thought this was a really good question from Megan B. from Silver Springs, Maryland. This is kind of a thinking question, Oscar.

• 43:50Speaker 02

  I like Maryland.

• 43:51Speaker 01

  Megan says, why is Oscar at Dunder Mifflin for so long? Throughout the series, he seems to gain confidence and outspokenness and is clearly one of the more capable employees at the branch. So did Oscar have a backstory for staying?

• 44:06Speaker 02

  Oscar is unique and also the same as everyone else. Why do people stay where they are? They get complacent. They get comfortable. You have a job. Every year or so, you get a raise. Why take a chance? Why go somewhere else? Know the devil you're with, whatever that saying is. You know, he's got friends, he's established. He's not 20, he's not 19.

• 44:29Speaker 01

  Right.

• 44:30Speaker 02

  He's done.

• 44:30Speaker 01

  He's comfortable.

• 44:31Speaker 02

  Yeah. If he went hunting, if something horrible happened, he's like, I gotta get out of here. Then he'd get a resume and get a headhunter and do all that stuff that you have to do to find a good job somewhere else that's comparable. You don't want to go backwards.

• 44:42Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 44:43Speaker 02

  And also, in this day and age, you're gonna leave and go looking for a job and you're up against 20-year-olds and stuff?

• 44:49Speaker 01

  Yeah, at that age, that's very true.

• 44:51Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 44:52Speaker 01

  You sort of hit a plateau and you're like, well, I've got a good thing.

• 44:55Speaker 02

  Jobs aren't easy to come by.

• 44:56Speaker 01

  Mm-mm.

• 44:57Speaker 00

  We did have a fun fan catch from Savannah L. in Virginia, who said this. During Suit Warehouse, Oscar can be seen typing an email to the New York Post. I paused to read the email and it said, quote, "This would be the perfect job for me." So she spotted an instance of you maybe being interested in working at a paper before the paper.

• 45:23Speaker 02

  What's her name? Who is it?

• 45:24Speaker 00

  Savannah. Savannah from Virginia.

• 45:26Speaker 02

  Savannah, you should be a P.I. I don't know what is happening. You have proof of me typing for another job?

• 45:36Speaker 00

  Yes, that this would be the perfect job for me. And what I love about this is that there are always these moments. In our re-watch of watching The Office, there would be some little thing that is background, that is like nothing of significance that the writers wrote or that you see on our desk. And then later, there's a whole storyline and fans will write in and say, was that foreshadowing? Did they know five years before that Jim was gonna play guitar or whatever it was? And the answer is no, but I think somewhere the answer is yes.

• 46:08Speaker 02

  We have to get.

• 46:09Speaker 00

  Somewhere.

• 46:10Speaker 02

  We have to get the Savannas of this country and the world together and throw them a parade. Because this is insane.

• 46:16Speaker 00

  Isn't that amazing?

• 46:16Speaker 02

  They take a picture and they're like, this happened. Savannah, good for you. I don't know. I don't even remember this.

• 46:21Speaker 01

  I think there is something about this creative group mind. How sometimes you put something in the universe or in the universe of the show, whether it be writers or crew or performers, and without you even realizing it, it starts to inform you. Like, I remember.

• 46:36Speaker 02

  I agree.

• 46:36Speaker 01

  Rain as Dwight opening up his desk drawer and setting up his desk for the day. And he's doing Little Drummer Boy. Remember?

• 46:45Speaker 00

  Yes.

• 46:46Speaker 01

  And then all those years later, then Angela sings that particular song at the Christmas party. So it's just those little moments.

• 46:53Speaker 00

  Yeah, but that wasn't like consciously in the writers' heads at all.

• 46:57Speaker 02

  No.

• 46:58Speaker 00

  But it seeps in, right? Like somewhere, someone had this idea that Oscar might like to work at a paper.

• 47:04Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 47:04Speaker 00

  And they created this prop for you. And now here you are on the paper, which brings me to this question. Rachel Y. in Spring Lake, Michigan said, what do you think happened to Oscar in between the finale of The Office and the pilot of the paper? If my math is correct, there is an approximately 12-year gap. Rachel would like to believe that you were just an involved godfather to Philip for most of the intervening years. And then also, Kristen C. from Somerville, South Carolina said, what is your story for how you ended up at the paper? Like, how'd you get to Toledo?

• 47:38Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 47:39Speaker 02

  Rachel, I think it's 12 years, but I think in the paper, they made it four? I think. Am I wrong?

• 47:44Speaker 00

  So you stayed working at Dunder Mifflin after the finale, even though you were gonna become a state senator? You think that didn't happen?

• 47:50Speaker 02

  I think he lost. He must have lost the election.

• 47:52Speaker 00

  So he stayed at Dunder Mifflin.

• 47:54Speaker 02

  And then got scooped up.

• 47:56Speaker 01

  Oh, right.

• 47:57Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 47:57Speaker 01

  When the company was bought out.

• 47:59Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 47:59Speaker 01

  And he just continued that same desk job and followed it to Toledo.

• 48:03Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 48:04Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 48:04Speaker 02

  That's what happened. I think they probably got offered more money. He's like, Toledo, Scranton, eh? And he went to Toledo. I mean, he's kind of a workaholic and for all his whatever, whatever, he plays it pretty safe.

• 48:19Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 48:19Speaker 02

  He's a pretty conservative guy. There's people like that. I have a cousin like that. Very by the book, very smart, a doctorate, but will not bend a rule if you paid her a billion dollars.

• 48:31Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 48:31Speaker 02

  And he's kind of like that.

• 48:33Speaker 01

  He's comfortable with that company.

• 48:34Speaker 02

  Yeah, he's a little boring too. He thinks of himself as sophisticated and whatever, but kind of a little boring. Right? He is. He's very conservative, isn't he?

• 48:43Speaker 01

  He is very conservative. Yeah. He's not a big risk taker, especially in his career.

• 48:47Speaker 02

  He's not a big risk taker. Finer Things Club, that's the risk. Look at us, wearing berets. Yeah, wearing berets and whatever.

• 48:55Speaker 01

  Okay, we have this question from Caitlin P. in Wakeman, Ohio. And Caitlin wants you to know that's an hour east of Toledo.

• 49:02Speaker 02

  I thought so.

• 49:03Speaker 01

  And she says, this is not so much a question, but my office-loving heart needs to let Oscar know how much I love his reaction to Michael's sad scarecrow that he gives him before he leaves and how Michael then loses his mind because he knows it's terrible. So it made my heart extremely happy when I saw that Oscar still has it on his desk at the paper. Why do you think Oscar brought it with him?

• 49:27Speaker 02

  Because that's from his boss. And, you know, let's face it. All the people at Dunder Mifflin, they're friends. And Michael drives them crazy or whatever, but they'd be the first to be there if he gets a broken leg and is at the hospital. Guess who's gonna visit him? His coworkers. Yeah.

• 49:45Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 49:45Speaker 02

  Oscar and everyone. Even Toby would show up. I bought you this thing. I don't like it, Toby. I'm allergic to daisies or whatever. And then he'd say something weirdly nice about him after he left. They're like family.

• 49:57Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 49:57Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 49:58Speaker 01

  Yeah. I think so.

• 50:00Speaker 02

  That's why he has it there.

• 50:01Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 50:01Speaker 02

  They have my old boss.

• 50:03Speaker 00

  Shelby B. from St. Charles, Missouri, said, Oscar has such a distinctive dance style. He shows it off at Jim and Pam's wedding and also during the dance the whole office does to Boogie Wonderland in season nine. It's sort of like a robot, but with more flair. I was just wondering, where did the idea for this dance style come from? And how did Oscar think it fit in with his character's backstory?

• 50:26Speaker 02

  Well, he's gay.

• 50:28Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 50:29Speaker 02

  And he's that age. And for those fellas, there's only one, and her name is Madonna.

• 50:35Speaker 01

  Oh, he's doing Vogue.

• 50:38Speaker 02

  Voguing.

• 50:39Speaker 01

  Voguing.

• 50:40Speaker 02

  He's voguing.

• 50:40Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 50:41Speaker 02

  Come on and vog.

• 50:42Speaker 01

  Yes, that's exactly what he's doing.

• 50:44Speaker 02

  And that video is badass in black and white with those gay Puerto Ricans voguing with the wind in their hair and they got the attitude.

• 50:51Speaker 01

  Yeah, and she has that great hair.

• 50:52Speaker 02

  That's badass. Yeah, man, it's the best.

• 50:54Speaker 00

  You are so right.

• 50:55Speaker 02

  That's his version.

• 50:57Speaker 00

  He's not great at it.

• 50:58Speaker 02

  No, he's not at 20 years old anymore.

• 51:00Speaker 00

  But he.

• 51:01Speaker 02

  He remembers.

• 51:02Speaker 00

  All into it.

• 51:04Speaker 02

  He remembers.

• 51:05Speaker 01

  He's putting his whole heart.

• 51:05Speaker 00

  He's doing the same thing from the video.

• 51:07Speaker 02

  That's right.

• 51:08Speaker 01

  We've talked about this before on the podcast, but the three of us have been known to close down a dance floor.

• 51:14Speaker 00

  Well, one particular dance.

• 51:17Speaker 01

  This is true.

• 51:18Speaker 02

  About the off.

• 51:18Speaker 01

  Beyonce.

• 51:19Speaker 02

  Beyonce.

• 51:20Speaker 01

  All the single ladies.

• 51:22Speaker 02

  That's a long time ago. Yeah, that's how long we've been.

• 51:25Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 51:26Speaker 02

  You guys.

• 51:26Speaker 00

  And you are a very, very good dancer.

• 51:28Speaker 02

  I literally was in Studio 54. I was, I went to Studio 54. At 17 years of age.

• 51:36Speaker 00

  The Studio 54?

• 51:37Speaker 02

  Not a lot. I got in once or twice.

• 51:40Speaker 00

  That's amazing.

• 51:41Speaker 02

  I would have to go in with Eddie, my cousin. I couldn't go in by myself. I'd be out there waiting like an idiot all night. I wouldn't get in.

• 51:46Speaker 00

  And would you dance?

• 51:47Speaker 02

  Oh, yeah, Studio 54?

• 51:49Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 51:49Speaker 02

  Yeah, but I only went once or twice. Yeah. We used to go to the Limelight or Infinity. We can get into there. The only way I got into Studio 54 was if Eddie was with me, my older cousin.

• 52:00Speaker 00

  Well, when we do Beyonce's All the Single Ladies, we should mention that you do take the lead. You are the center.

• 52:07Speaker 01

  You are the center and we follow you. Now Jenna's a really good dancer.

• 52:10Speaker 02

  As it should be. We all are, you guys. Let's not fight.

• 52:12Speaker 01

  No, I am, listen, I'm not, I, you guys are actually good dancers. I have to follow you and like kind of count in my head. But I, you know what?

• 52:20Speaker 02

  Jen and I are looking at each other and not.

• 52:22Speaker 00

  I'm not saying that we have to do this, but I feel like maybe before we leave, we should video ourselves.

• 52:31Speaker 02

  This could be horrible.

• 52:32Speaker 00

  It might be bad. Maybe it will never see the light of day, but for old times sake.

• 52:37Speaker 01

  Maybe for one, I mean, who knows when the three of us will get a chance to do Beyonce, All the Single Ladies.

• 52:41Speaker 02

  No, we will at a party.

• 52:42Speaker 01

  Oh, let's do it.

• 52:43Speaker 02

  In private. I don't know if we should put it out there. Go ahead, you wanted to film it, go ahead and see what it looks like.

• 52:48Speaker 00

  I don't know. One day, one day we're gonna do it again.

• 52:51Speaker 02

  We should go, we should have a party somewhere.

• 52:53Speaker 01

  Let's be glammed up.

• 52:54Speaker 00

  Well, speaking of your dancing, many people also wrote in saying how much they love you in The Proposal. This is another dance scene.

• 53:02Speaker 02

  20 years ago.

• 53:03Speaker 00

  Oscar.

• 53:04Speaker 02

  People would say, do that now? I'm like, no, I'm not gonna do that now.

• 53:07Speaker 00

  Oscar, you're so funny in that movie.

• 53:08Speaker 02

  20 years ago.

• 53:09Speaker 01

  I want you to know, we got a lot of mail for you for this episode. People were very excited that you're coming on the podcast. 50% of it was about The Proposal.

• 53:19Speaker 00

  She's not kidding.

• 53:20Speaker 02

  It was a great role. It's a good rom-com.

• 53:22Speaker 01

  People want us to watch it on Office Lady 6.0 and break it down and then have you back on to tell us the behind the scenes stories.

• 53:31Speaker 02

  Sure, sure.

• 53:32Speaker 00

  Oh, great.

• 53:33Speaker 01

  That's a date.

• 53:34Speaker 02

  By the way, for those, for those of you who, probably everyone knows this, but I'm not saying anything, but as talented as Sandra Bullock is, that's how nice a person she is.

• 53:43Speaker 01

  Aww.

• 53:43Speaker 02

  I can't speak enough of her. She's a wonderful.

• 53:46Speaker 01

  Oh.

• 53:46Speaker 02

  Wonderful kid.

• 53:47Speaker 01

  Well, you'll have to come back, because I haven't seen that movie since it came out.

• 53:52Speaker 00

  I have watched it since because it is one of my favorite rom-coms.

• 53:56Speaker 02

  Oh, and man, we went to see Steve in 40 Year Old Virgin and you guys came out to see me in The Proposal. Those were heady times. That was fun. While we were on The Office.

• 54:06Speaker 01

  And the thing is, you didn't tell us, and well, wait, wait, we'll wait until you come back on to break it down with us, because there was a moment when we were all at the premiere that I just remember being like, ah!

• 54:16Speaker 02

  And Laura was really, she kept looking at me like, Oscar. I'm like, that's what I do. I don't know what you thought I was.

• 54:24Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 54:25Speaker 02

  I was in the Groundlings.

• 54:26Speaker 01

  I knew that side of you.

• 54:27Speaker 02

  You knew me. You knew that part of me, but a lot of people didn't.

• 54:30Speaker 00

  Well, that's the cool thing about you as a performer, Oscar. And I know you were saying that you love doing The Paper because you play the straight man, but you do also play the funny guy.

• 54:40Speaker 02

  Oh, I love it.

• 54:40Speaker 00

  You can do both things really well, which is unusual.

• 54:45Speaker 02

  Thank you. Yeah, I love comedy.

• 54:46Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 54:47Speaker 02

  I love it, love it.

• 54:48Speaker 00

  Well, before we go, can you tell us a little bit about what we can expect on season two of The Paper?

• 54:52Speaker 02

  Oh, I think it's funnier than season one, but the relationships keep changing and we have some really funny guest guy who comes on and he's in an office somewhere else. I don't know if I'm allowed to say who he is, but.

• 55:05Speaker 01

  That's fun.

• 55:06Speaker 00

  I like that.

• 55:07Speaker 02

  Yeah, yeah, yeah. You'll find out who he is soon enough. And it's really good. I liked the first season. I think the second season is funnier. And Jenna just informed me it's coming out today.

• 55:16Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 55:17Speaker 00

  So in the finale, your character, he wins this award at the Ohio Journalism Awards. And when you accept your award, you dedicate it to the documentary film crew, who up until this point you have been annoyed with. You're annoyed that they showed up at this new place. So is your character more open to participating in season two?

• 55:36Speaker 02

  I think, yeah. I mean, you can't hit that note forever about, I don't want to be filmed. You kind of, but at some point.

• 55:42Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 55:43Speaker 02

  At some point, right? You're like, I have to be okay with this. You're gonna give yourself an ulcer as the character.

• 55:49Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 55:49Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 55:49Speaker 01

  But I like that they showed a little passage of time there where he got used to it.

• 55:53Speaker 02

  Of course.

• 55:54Speaker 01

  Because then as the audience, now I believe it. I'm on board. I get why he's softening.

• 55:58Speaker 02

  And it's funny to be like, oh, no, where are you guys, you know, all that stuff.

• 56:01Speaker 00

  Oh, my gosh, if you had been followed for nine years and you finally shook that and then you saw them walk in the door again, what other reaction could you have?

• 56:09Speaker 02

  You're like, what is happening?

• 56:10Speaker 01

  Yes, yeah.

• 56:12Speaker 00

  Amazing.

• 56:13Speaker 01

  Oscar, this is just so fun seeing you.

• 56:15Speaker 02

  It's so fun.

• 56:15Speaker 01

  Because we just love you. And, you know, I was recently asked a fan question, what was some of my most meaningful scenes to do on The Office? And the most fun I had and my favorite scene partner? And I said, obviously, I loved working with everyone on The Office, but my favorite scene partner was getting to do all of those scenes with Oscar and us, just the journey our two characters went on. And I'm so proud of that.

• 56:45Speaker 02

  Thank you.

• 56:46Speaker 01

  That relationship. And you're so good. And I think the only reason that I was able to do that is because of you, what you gave me as a scene partner. And you are one of the reasons I think Angela Martin didn't just stay one note. You know, your character storyline brought so much out of my character and helped me discover new things about my character. And you're just so talented.

• 57:10Speaker 02

  Thank you. Right back at you. And again, the writers gave us that opportunity, making those stories. But, I mean, seeing you on the set, people don't know, we've known each other, like you were working at a 1-800 thing and I was away and we were doing.

• 57:25Speaker 01

  We were in our twenties, yeah.

• 57:26Speaker 02

  Improv, you guys, we had the theater, like here in LA, wearing stupid wigs and stuff. And then to be on the same set and not know it.

• 57:34Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 57:34Speaker 02

  That's like, and then on top of that, Ed and Brian going to the same high school and many people were at the same university, but you and I knew each other here working. And to meet there is pretty magical.

• 57:46Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 57:46Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 57:47Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 57:48Speaker 02

  And we still know each other.

• 57:49Speaker 01

  And we still know each other.

• 57:50Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 57:50Speaker 00

  That's one of my favorite storylines. And, you know, people ask us a lot, what was it like when Steve left? And your storyline is an example of, I think, something that we got, maybe because the character of Michael Scott left and they went to our deep bench of talent.

• 58:09Speaker 02

  Yeah.

• 58:10Speaker 00

  And they wrote really great storylines for characters that before, when we had this very much lead character, those second two seasons of The Office, there wasn't like a single lead of the show anymore like there had been before. And I actually thought that was a really smart way. To handle it. But instead, we got these really cool storylines that, I mean, it gives me chills, some of your scenes together. I just absolutely love it. And I think it's one of the highlights of those later seasons.

• 58:44Speaker 01

  Aw, thanks, lady.

• 58:46Speaker 02

  And the thing that was done, for all the hilarity of the show, when you have scenes like us, like, like, you know, hey, come live with me and Jenna saying bye to Steve at the airport, and we don't hear what they're saying, those are really cool moments. That's really, really beautiful, deep stuff.

• 59:05Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 59:06Speaker 02

  You know, and Craig and Amy and Steve driving to wherever, Colorado in the truck when he's going with her, those are really emotional.

• 59:14Speaker 01

  Michael's helping Holly move, yeah, amazing.

• 59:15Speaker 02

  These are beautiful things and you're like, wow.

• 59:18Speaker 00

  Oscar, thank you so much for coming.

• 59:19Speaker 02

  You're welcome.

• 59:20Speaker 00

  Thank you, Oscar. Going down memory lane with us.

• 59:23Speaker 02

  It was wonderful. I don't know the specific, what's the fee for, what's the payment? What do I, I didn't get any.

• 59:30Speaker 00

  We will send it.

• 59:32Speaker 02

  Seriously, I love you guys. This was so much fun. I'll come back anytime. It was great.

• 59:36Speaker 00

  Thanks, Oscar.

• 59:36Speaker 01

  Love you.

• 59:40Speaker 01

  Well, thank you so much to Oscar for coming in the studio with us and hanging out. You know, we have talked to him before on the podcast, but it was over Zoom. So having him here was just so special.

• 59:50Speaker 00

  Really special. And everyone, be sure to check out The Paper, season two, which is now streaming on Peacock.

• 59:56Speaker 01

  We'll see you next week.

• 59:57Speaker 00

  See you then.

• 1:00:01Speaker 00

  Thank you for listening to Office Ladies.

• 1:00:03Speaker 01

  Office Ladies is a presentation of Odyssey and is produced by Jenna Fisher and Angela Kinsey.

• 1:00:08Speaker 00

  Our senior producer is Matt Beagle and our audio engineer is Sam Kiefer.

• 1:00:13Speaker 01

  Odyssey's executive producer is Leah Reese Dennis.

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  Office Ladies was mixed and mastered by Bill Schultz.

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  Our theme song is Rubber Tree by Creed Bratton.