An Interview with Calvin Tenner (Glenn from the Warehouse)

This week on Office Ladies 6.0, Jenna and Angela sit down with Calvin Tenner, aka Glenn from the warehouse, for a joyful conversation about his unforgettable path to The Office. Calvin shares how he went from working in a real warehouse, complete with forklift certification, to landing a background role on the show, before eventually becoming one of the warehouse crew’s most memorable faces. Plus, the ladies debate the great top sheet controversy, provide some of their top TV recommendations, and set the record straight on some misinformation. So straighten your name tag, don’t believe everything on the internet… and enjoy! Office Ladies Website - Submit a fan question for Around the Town, Chit Chat, The Paper & 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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  We were on The Office together.

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  And we're best friends.

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  And now we're doing the ultimate Office lovers podcast just for you. Each week, we will dive deeper into the world of The Office with exclusive interviews, behind the scenes details, and lots of BFF stories. We're the Office Ladies 6.0.

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  Hello.

• 0:26Speaker 01

  Hi.

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  How you doing?

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  I'm doing pretty good.

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  I was doing pretty good, and then I just got a text, and now I'm in grumps.

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  Oh.

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  Can I tell you what it is?

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  Yeah.

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  Because this is actually an opportunity for me to set something straight.

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  Okay.

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  Am I coming in hot?

• 0:42Speaker 01

  You're coming in a little spicy. What you got?

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  All right. Right before we got on mic, I'm checking my phone, and my mom has sent me this text. And she sent me this screenshot where she's like, "facts about famous actresses."

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  Oh, no.

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  I know.

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  Don't send me that.

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  She's like, "Jenna, I found this online. Is this true? Here's the fact about me. Jenna Fisher still owns the engagement ring her co-star John Krasinski gave her on The Office, and she has even been seen wearing it off-screen." Everyone, settle down. Not true. I do have Pam's rings, which were, by the way, given to Pam from Jim. Right?

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  Yeah.

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  I also have Pam's purse. I also have Pam's sweater. I have Pam's watch.

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  Who gave those items to you was the props department.

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  Phil Shea.

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  Phil Shea, who also gave me my cat earrings that Angela Martin wore.

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  Yes. Phil Shea put together a wonderful package when the show ended. Of all of these items, Pam's purse. I remember he gave John the satchel that Jim always carried.

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  The cross-body bag.

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  The cross-body bag. So he collected little items for us.

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  He gave me Dwight and Angela's wedding program.

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  Yes. You have the ring that Dwight gives Angela.

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  Right.

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  Yes. So, yes, I have this ring. I have it along with many other items that I have.

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  There's nothing attached to it, other than memorabilia from a show you were on that you loved.

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  Correct.

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  Correct.

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  And you know what ring I wear is my actual wedding ring from my actual husband

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  Actual real-life husband.

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  of 16 years, who I love with all my heart.

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  Yes.

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  Yes.

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  Sometimes it's just so hard, lady.

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  The internet's a whackadoodle place.

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  It is, and.

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  I've told you my crazy story.

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  Oh, my gosh.

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  You guys.

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  This is a crazy story.

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  This story is so crazy. Sam, you don't know this story, but it's bonkers. You gotta hear this. I told Jenna this the other day. Okay, so you guys know I did a charity tennis match with Steve Carell, his wife Nancy, and Rainn Wilson, and it was all to go towards supporting Rainn's amazing charity, Lidday Haiti. And after the tennis match, there was like a little meet and greet, and this man was there and he had sort of like an assistant person with him. He was lovely, by the way, but you could tell he was very excited that he had found different little pieces of trivia about us online.

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  Again, it's the trivia.

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  Mm-hmm, it's the trivia, which is probably just an AI bot that gets half the information, right? And then the rest is wrong. So like, I forget the information that he knew about Steve. It was something like, oh, maybe his parents, how they matter, something. I can't remember, right? And Steve was like, oh, yeah, that's correct. Because probably he talked about it in an interview somewhere, right? And then he turns to me and he goes, Angela, your family collects body parts?

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  Exactly. So I started laughing like that. I said, what? I thought it was a joke. I thought I was getting punked somehow. I was like, what? And then Steve literally was taking a sip of water and almost spit it all over me. He started laughing so hard. And we looked at each other and I was like, what are you talking about? He turns to his assistant like, and she goes, the foot? And he goes, there was a foot that you guys had, like you, like a foot? I was like, oh, my gosh. I said, you guys, you know how at Halloween, you can go into Spencer's Gifts in the mall?

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  Yeah, get like a foot that hangs out of the trunk.

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  Get a foot that hangs out of the trunk, ha, ha, ha. My mom got one of those, and instead of hanging it out of the trunk of the car, she put it by the bathroom door, by our back door, as like a prank. And we all were like, ah, and we were like, mom. And it was a story I told where they were like, who's the prankster in your family? I'm like, my mom is kind of a prankster. I told this one story. I'm like, oh my gosh, are there people somewhere in the world that think I have like a foot in a jar that we collect this crap? But now all I can think about is, oh my God, now I've told this story here. Now AI is going to take this. This is going to go into a transcript. The story is out there in a second way.

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  But I'm hoping, I want to set the record straight. AI, if you're listening, will you please stop telling this story about me? Because I've read this multiple times over the years, ever since I was on a talk show, and I gave a list of things that I kept from the show, and this was one of the things in the list. And somehow, the telephone game has turned this into something else.

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  Here's the thing I'm going to say. If you're going to have an AI bot get something horribly wrong, maybe the jewelry tidbit is better than the like collects body parts. Can we just say that?

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  It, it does make me feel a little better.

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  I haven't told my mom this story, you guys, but I feel like I need to, because I feel like there's going to be someone at church that comes up to her and is like, Birdie, what's up with you? What's with the feet?

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  Well, Angela, I do appreciate you telling that story because I had the grumps and now I'm laughing. So thank you.

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  You're welcome.

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  And I'm actually really excited about our episode today. I'm happy to be here. We get to talk with Calvin Tenner, who played Glenn in The Warehouse.

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  You guys, he is just an absolute joyful person, and I really can't wait for you all to get to know him better.

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  And I've been reunited with him now over the last few years, working on the AT&T commercial campaign. So I'm just excited I get to see him again today because he just is wonderful.

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  Same. Jenna and I were really fortunate. We got to hang out and spend a lot of time with him over the past couple of years between fan conventions and AT&T. And you're going to see why we love him. You just wait.

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  But let's start with our fan chit chat question of the week. This is coming from Emily A. in Tucson, Arizona.

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  Hi, Angela and Jenna. This is Emily. I live in Tucson, Arizona, and I really enjoy your podcast. Thank you so much for all that you do. My Friday chit chat question is, I'm taking a poll on the use of a top sheet on the bed.

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  All of my children, even though I raised them using a top sheet, would just kick them to the end of the bed, even though I very crankily explained that the comforter and bedspread did not get washed that frequently. So it seems a younger generation thing that there's no top sheet. And I just wondered if you guys use a top sheet? If you have your kids use a top sheet? And just what is the deal with not using a top sheet? Thank you, and I look forward to your opinion on the matter.

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  Emily, everything about that message is wonderful.

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  The journey I went on listening to that message, I have so many strong feelings about it that I didn't even realize I knew I had.

• 7:54Speaker 00

  Well, you know, she also wrote us a letter that went with this audio clip. And I'd like you to know if she seems weary at all about this top sheet issue. She's talking about her kids, she raised 10, 10 kids.

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  Wow.

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  Yeah, so this is 10 beds of top sheets not being used.

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  Yeah.

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  Okay, just want to give it some perspective. Well, what are your thoughts, lady? How do you feel about a top sheet? Again, it's something that I didn't know I had an opinion on, but I actually do.

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  I have a very strong opinion on it. I'm all for a top sheet.

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  Same.

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  I love a top sheet. And here's the thing, I grew up with a top sheet. And then, of course, on Isabel's bed, I had a top sheet. You know, pull back the blanket in her top sheet, crawl in, tuck her in, you know, bedtime story. And then, when Josh and I got married and we blended our families, and the boys shared a room and they had bunk beds. And I would make their bed and I'd put a top sheet on.

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  Sure.

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  Under the comforter. And then I would go in to say goodnight to them. And they would either be lying on top of the top sheet and have not have pulled it back. Or the next morning, I would find the top sheet completely rolled in a ball at the foot of the bed.

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  Just like Emily is saying.

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  Just like Emily is saying. And this cycle went over and over and I would be like, guys, the top sheet. And they'd be like, I don't really need it. I don't really want it. This was like a battle. Josh was like, let it go. Let this one go. And so now it's like, I do have a top sheet on their beds. I still put it on. Sometimes they're under it. Sometimes they're on top of it. Sometimes it's at the foot of the bed. I've let it go, but I still put it on the bed.

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  I feel strongly about a top sheet for all the reasons Emily is saying, which is that I don't wash the comforter cover.

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  Yes.

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  But I'll wash the sheet. That's what the top sheet is for, that.

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  It's for, I mean.

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  The purpose of it.

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  Exactly. The comforter cover takes a lot more time to wash, to dry. So you do that every once in a while. But sheets, you wash more regularly.

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  Well, I think she's on to something because I do think this is a trend where the younger generation is abandoning the top sheet.

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  Because it's too much work.

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  Well, I don't even know, but I ordered.

• 10:09Speaker 02

  It might be a classic case of top sheets in this economy. Like this strikes me as one of those.

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  But they come together.

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  But this strikes me as one of those articles where it's like, are millennials ruining the diamond business? And you're like, who's buying diamonds?

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  No, I disagree.

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  Who out there has top sheet money in this economy?

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  Top sheet money.

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  Top sheet money.

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  They come together in a sheet set. And you can buy them separately, I guess, but like, they, they come in a bundle, except, and this is my point, because I think maybe people are wanting to drop the top sheet, is that I went to buy like a new comforter and sheets for my daughter's bed. And when they arrived, there was no top sheet. It was just a fitted sheet and then this cover that I put on her comforter. And I was grumpy about it because now I have to wash it all the time. And now I have to wrestle her duvet back into this top sheet slash comforter cover.

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  You know what's happened?

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  What?

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  The comforter cover people have come for the top sheet.

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  Oh, my God.

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  That's it. That's what's happened. We just cracked a case. Mom Detective High Five.

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  Yes. All right.

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  Emily, that got us going. Sam, I'm sorry, top sheet or no for you?

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  No.

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  No?

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  No top sheet.

• 11:22Speaker 02

  No top sheet. I can't afford a top sheet. I'm not.

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  You can't afford a top sheet.

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  I don't have a fainting couch in my living room.

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  Oh, my gosh.

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  Glass chandelier.

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  This is ridiculous. You go to Target and you get a fitted sheet, a top sheet, and two pillowcases in a bundle.

• 11:37Speaker 00

  Well, listen, we're not going to provide you with a top sheet today, but speaking of bedding, we've got a little something for you because your birthday was last week, which although, as y'all are listening to this, last month.

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  We celebrated off mic because we weren't recording that day.

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  But we have a late breaking gift that has come in.

• 11:57Speaker 02

  Oh, great.

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  Ready for you to have it.

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  You might remember when you opened your gifts from us.

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  I do remember.

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  We said there was something coming.

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  Yes.

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  Now I wish we would have bought him a dang top sheet to go with it, though. All right, here, I'm gonna go grab it. Come on in here, Sam.

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  Okay.

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  I love the bag.

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  Will you describe it?

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  It's a Star Wars bag. Specifically, the original series Star Wars.

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  Thank you.

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  Oh, my God, this is huge.

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  All right, just describe it. You have to describe it.

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  It is a entire me-sized blanket of my dog, Ramen. Oh, I love it.

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  It's a 50 by 60 blanket of your dog's face.

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  This is bigger than you are.

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  It is.

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  Thank you so much.

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  We kind of thought, like, what does Sam love more than anything? It's ramen.

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  And naps with ramen.

• 12:57Speaker 02

  Yeah, and naps with ramen.

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  And now you can snuggle ramen in ramen.

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  Yeah, thank you.

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  All right, well, listen, happy birthday, Sam.

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  We love you.

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  We are gonna take a break, and when we come back, we are gonna chat with Calvin Tenner.

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  Who played Glenn from the warehouse.

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  Hello. Hi, everybody. We have someone pretty special in the studio with us today. It is Calvin Tenner.

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  Hey, everyone.

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  Welcome to Office, ladies.

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  It's nice to be here. Thank you, ladies, for having me.

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  You guys might know him as Glenn, but we love him as Calvin.

• 13:42Speaker 04

  Yes, and I also had two other name tags on the show, which was Calvin and Lester.

• 13:47Speaker 01

  That's right. That's a little Office trivia. I feel like they play this trivia game at bars and stuff, and that's a good one.

• 13:53Speaker 04

  They probably have, yeah.

• 13:54Speaker 00

  Yeah, so who did you start as? Lester and then Calvin and then Glenn? Or were you Glenn and then Calvin at one point again?

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  No, it was Lester first, then Calvin, then Glenn.

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  Okay.

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  Which was crazy. I was like, another name tag? I'm like, yes.

• 14:09Speaker 01

  No one's keeping track. Well, I did see in the episode, The Cover Up, that Daryl calls you Glenn.

• 14:15Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 14:16Speaker 01

  So your name is officially said in the series as Glenn.

• 14:20Speaker 04

  Correct.

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  Well, we always like to start by asking people the same question, which is, how did you get your job on The Office? And I read a tidbit that said it might have had something to do with the fact that you were certified to use a forklift in real life.

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  Correct.

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  Okay, tell us the story.

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  Yeah.

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  So I was a, pretty much, a background actor on Office, as you know. But the reason how I got there was because I had a certification to drive a forklift and stuff like that. So my background, I was a supervisor at a corrugation plant in San Jose, California. And one morning, I told my boss, I'm putting in my two weeks' notice. And that kind of ended right there that day, because he was kind of mad at me. He said, you can leave now. And I was like, ooh, okay.

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  Now, had you gotten the background job in The Office when you gave the two weeks' notice?

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  I was still in the Bay Area at this time.

• 15:16Speaker 00

  Okay, and then what made you want to get into putting yourself out there for acting at all?

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  So after I moved to LA, I was in 24-hour fitness.

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  Okay.

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  And a guy told me, he was like, you should be on TV.

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  You were just working out at the gym?

• 15:32Speaker 04

  Yeah, just working out. And the guy approached me and said, you should be on TV. And I was like, oh. Okay, so how do you do that? So I just did some research and that's how I became on the show, so.

• 15:45Speaker 01

  This is like an old Hollywood lore story where it's like Greta Garbo is like somewhere and they're like, "You should be in the movie."

• 15:51Speaker 04

  Yeah, I, I call it right place at the right time.

• 15:54Speaker 01

  Well, was The Office your first job then in the entertainment industry?

• 15:58Speaker 04

  The Office was actually my third.

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  Okay, what was your first job?

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  I was, um, doing other background stuff, so it was my first official booking.

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  Was The Office?

• 16:13Speaker 04

  Was The Office.

• 16:14Speaker 01

  Wow.

• 16:15Speaker 04

  Yes, that's what I said, wow.

• 16:19Speaker 01

  I mean, had you seen the show before?

• 16:21Speaker 04

  Never, never seen the show.

• 16:22Speaker 01

  Okay, so will you share with us, like, what was your first day like on set? What episode was it? Will you paint us a picture?

• 16:28Speaker 04

  Okay, I'm gonna take you guys way back.

• 16:30Speaker 01

  Okay.

• 16:31Speaker 04

  All right, so I remember back in, this is back in 2008, me and my wife were planning to get married. So what happened was I already, we got married in Florida, so we had booked our tickets. So I was called to work on an episode and I told them, I said, "Well, I'll leave to go to Florida tonight 'cause I'm getting married." I said, "But you know what? I'm gonna postpone that and just come shoot the episode."

• 17:00Speaker 01

  You postponed your wedding to come shoot the episode?

• 17:02Speaker 04

  Yeah, so I postponed it and I went and shot the episode and I was still background at this time on the show. And once we shot, I caught a red eye to Florida. And the day we got married was, we got married 8/8 at 8:08.

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  Aww.

• 17:22Speaker 04

  2008, so the next day I get a call from Rainn Wilson and he said, "We put together a little care package for you, for your wedding." And I was like, "What?" Like, I was very ecstatic, I was like, "You kidding me, right?" So I wanna say, they sent me like... Three grand.

• 17:43Speaker 00

  What?

• 17:43Speaker 04

  Exactly.

• 17:44Speaker 01

  You know what? You know what? I actually am now remembering.

• 17:47Speaker 04

  You remember?

• 17:48Speaker 01

  Here's the thing. This is very early on. I remember Rain was like, hey, you guys, one of the warehouse workers.

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  Is getting married?

• 17:56Speaker 01

  Is getting married. And now that you're saying this, I remember we all took up, like, everyone chipped in, cast and crew.

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  Yes.

• 18:03Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 18:04Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 18:04Speaker 04

  Correct. Cast and crew.

• 18:06Speaker 00

  Well, I remember we used to do that sometimes.

• 18:08Speaker 01

  We did. Actually, we did it quite often.

• 18:10Speaker 00

  Yeah.

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  For different occasions in people's lives.

• 18:12Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 18:12Speaker 01

  Graduations, baby showers, things like that. We would all chip in as cast and crew.

• 18:17Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 18:18Speaker 01

  Oh, my gosh. And Rain, I never knew how that got to you.

• 18:21Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 18:22Speaker 01

  That is wonderful.

• 18:23Speaker 04

  Rain sent that to me. And I was in tears in Florida on the beach because I didn't know that everyone cared like that.

• 18:32Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 18:33Speaker 04

  You know?

• 18:33Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 18:33Speaker 04

  So we got married. When me and my wife came back, I remember we went up to the office, went up to the set, and you guys were at lunchtime. And that's when I introduced my wife to everyone. I brought like a chocolate basket with the chocolate fruit.

• 18:47Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 18:47Speaker 04

  And I introduced my wife. And then we thanked you guys for that gift. And she was so embarrassed.

• 18:54Speaker 01

  Oh.

• 18:54Speaker 04

  Because I had her standing next to me and I had to introduce her as my wife.

• 18:58Speaker 01

  Oh.

• 18:58Speaker 04

  It was so fun. It was amazing. And I think at that point in time, some of the writers didn't get a chance to add to it.

• 19:09Speaker 00

  They hadn't, yeah, the writers hadn't chipped in yet.

• 19:11Speaker 04

  Yeah. So I get a call maybe a week later and they wrote me an episode. So I was like, wait a minute.

• 19:21Speaker 04

  Is this the Hollywood dream about to come true? Really?

• 19:25Speaker 01

  This is something really special about The Office. I feel like it is a really special. You know, Jen and I talked about it for years now on this podcast, that it was a really special group of people.

• 19:35Speaker 00

  And when you became a part of The Office family, you were part of The Office family.

• 19:40Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 19:40Speaker 00

  And we wanted to celebrate your accomplishments. We wanted to be with you if you were in hard times.

• 19:45Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 19:46Speaker 00

  You know, because there are people, cast and crew, who went through hard times. And we rallied around them as well, you know, financially, emotionally. It was just a special place to work.

• 19:56Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 19:57Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 19:57Speaker 04

  It was amazing.

• 19:58Speaker 00

  Positive.

• 19:59Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 19:59Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 19:59Speaker 04

  Yes. Everyone is so amazing on that show.

• 20:03Speaker 00

  Well, when you first got your job and you're like, okay, I'm going to be a background player on this show.

• 20:08Speaker 04

  Uh-huh.

• 20:09Speaker 00

  First of all, did you know that would recur? Did they say you might be back? Okay, so you're like, this is a one-off that now you are getting a gift for your wedding and you're a part of it and they're writing you in more episodes.

• 20:21Speaker 04

  Exactly, exactly. They were like, you know, they could keep asking you to come back.

• 20:25Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 20:25Speaker 04

  So I was like, okay. And in my head, as long as I keep doing great work, they'll ask me to come back. So that's what kept happening. They asked me to come back, then they asked me to come back again. I didn't know that it was gonna be a reoccurring part. I just thought it was like a one and done.

• 20:43Speaker 00

  Yeah, yeah.

• 20:44Speaker 04

  Until my agent would call me, hey, they want you to come back. Hey, they want you to come back again.

• 20:50Speaker 01

  Well, in the warehouse, you're heavily featured. I mean, I was kind of going through your IMDb list of episodes. There's 16.

• 20:59Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 21:00Speaker 01

  So then I just started poking around and there were moments that I had forgotten about. And I have to ask you about one, okay? So obviously you have some great scenes between Glenn and Daryl, but I want to ask you about Fun Run Part Two. Michael crosses the finish line finally and he pukes. And you're the person standing right next to him. And I mean, I know that's like this gag that Steve Carell had to do, you know, like to make that all happen, but you're like the closest person to him. And I just, I have to know, like, what was that like? Do you have like a vivid memory of like times when you were on set that you were like, I will never forget that?

• 21:39Speaker 04

  Yes, the Fun Run was a great episode. You know, just to be out there on the streets, just running, cut. And then you go around the corner, run again, cut. You didn't meet up at the park, cut. But that was my first time just watching someone puke on camera constantly. You know, so I thought that was pretty funny.

• 21:59Speaker 01

  And you didn't break?

• 22:00Speaker 04

  No, no, no.

• 22:01Speaker 01

  Did you ever break in a scene?

• 22:04Speaker 04

  Did I ever? You know what? At that point in time, I was like, I want to keep coming back, so no.

• 22:09Speaker 01

  Right, right. I'm not gonna be the one, yeah.

• 22:12Speaker 00

  I have to ask, so you had never seen the show and now you're on the show. Like, what was your first impression of this crazy show that you were now on? Did anyone explain like this is a documentary or anything?

• 22:25Speaker 04

  No.

• 22:25Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 22:26Speaker 04

  No, I had to start watching it for myself. And then, I don't know if you ladies knew it, but... I always stood on set and watched you all do your thing. So it was like acting class for me, you know, just to watch you all go off of each other. And you guys were able to add certain things into it, too. And it was just so crazy to me because I thought you had to be on script, but some of it was off script as well. So I was like, oh, this is interesting. Like, hey, I want to do this, like.

• 22:58Speaker 01

  And so when we were in the warehouse, you were just taking your like mental notes.

• 23:02Speaker 04

  It was just spinning, spinning and spinning. And my head was just spinning. I was like, oh, my God.

• 23:08Speaker 01

  So what happens when they're like, OK, we're going to give you lines because you started off background.

• 23:14Speaker 04

  Correct, correct.

• 23:15Speaker 01

  So now, do you remember when they're like, we want, we have some words for you?

• 23:20Speaker 04

  I remember.

• 23:21Speaker 01

  Because, you know, Creed started off as background. Exactly. And then all of a sudden, they're like. Have this huge scene. Here's a scene.

• 23:27Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 23:28Speaker 01

  And he was like, oh, OK, I'm speaking now.

• 23:31Speaker 04

  And that's what I heard. And I was like, oh, great for Creed. I remember the episode, this when Michael Scott comes down. This is when he was talking about having a baby. And Craig was on the couch and I was sitting on the bench. And he said something to Craig. And I was like, I forgot the words that I, that I said. But and when I seen that episode on TV, I was like, yeah, we got to work on some things. Because at that point in time, I was still in the ah moment.

• 24:04Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 24:05Speaker 04

  And you could see it on my face. And I was just like, oh, my God, I'm speaking? Really? Like, and you could see that excitement on my face where it shouldn't have been that. So I had to work on some things. But after seeing that, I was like, OK, all right.

• 24:20Speaker 01

  Well, you had a great scene in the St. Patrick's Day episode.

• 24:24Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 24:24Speaker 01

  So you go up, you're in Daryl's office, right? Because now, basically, he has this pitch to Joe Bennett about how to like make the whole process of like delivering paper like better and more expedited. And so she's like, fine, you know what? You need to be up here in the main office. Take Jim's office. And then there's this great scene where you and the other warehouse guys, you're gonna go up to Daryl's new office and you're like, we're gonna bust you out of here. And then you kind of give him shade. You're like, dude, did you tuck your shirt in?

• 24:55Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 24:55Speaker 01

  No, no, no, no. You have like some real laugh moments in that scene.

• 25:00Speaker 04

  Yeah, yeah. I always had fun working with Craig. We kind of developed a great friendship on that show. I mean, I had friends in L.A., but I didn't really have a friend like that in L.A. You know, we hung out outside the show.

• 25:12Speaker 01

  And you still hang out together and work together?

• 25:15Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 25:15Speaker 01

  Can you share a little bit about that with everyone?

• 25:17Speaker 04

  Yeah, so after the office, Craig was, I want to say he was about to shoot Mr. Robinson. And they didn't get a stunt guy for him. And I didn't have anything going on. So I approached the stunt coordinator and I told him, I said, hey, if you don't have Craig's stunt double yet, I said, I'll grow my hair out, grow my beard out, we're good to go. He was like, come see me in two months, when I came and seen him. He was like, oh, okay, you fit it, let's go. So, and then I started taking stunt classes and stuff like that, but me and him been rocking ever since.

• 25:53Speaker 01

  Yeah, you doubled for him a lot. We did that commercial for A T and T where you doubled for him. You're like covered in all the pillows. You have to like bust through a door.

• 26:05Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 26:05Speaker 01

  Yeah, that was you.

• 26:06Speaker 04

  So that was fun.

• 26:07Speaker 01

  We did a whole second round of Wake Up With Craig and you were on set every day. You worked all day. We were with you all day long.

• 26:14Speaker 04

  Correct. I did the drive-in scene on that one too as well. Yeah.

• 26:18Speaker 01

  Yeah. So there's a scene where we all pull up to the new office. And you drive in as Craig.

• 26:24Speaker 04

  Yeah.

• 26:25Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 26:25Speaker 04

  They were like, yeah, just drive this Mustang like 40 miles an hour down this alley.

• 26:30Speaker 01

  And then make a hard right into the parking spot.

• 26:34Speaker 01

  And you did it. And by the way, we're standing there. We're like, what, two feet from the car? Like, I'm like, I'm like, Calvin, you got this. You're like, yeah, I got it.

• 26:44Speaker 04

  Great moments, great moments.

• 26:46Speaker 01

  Well, there's a scene between Glenn and Daryl and also Hede. And it's from Free Family Portrait. Oh, my God, it's so funny. It's so funny. It's so good. I thought I could see you about to break. I thought, now, I know you didn't, but there's a little twinkle in your eye once you know you. And wait, can we hear it? Yes, let's listen to it.

• 27:09Speaker 04

  Let me get this straight. You lost all of it. All your winnings. A hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

• 27:17Speaker 05

  But to economy. But to investment.

• 27:20Speaker 04

  You mean to tell me no one wanted an energy drink for Asian homosexuals?

• 27:24Speaker 05

  They did not.

• 27:25Speaker 04

  And you got half a million of these?

• 27:32Speaker 04

  Well, I gotta try it.

• 27:33Speaker 05

  I wouldn't.

• 27:34Speaker 04

  Oh, come on. What's the harm?

• 27:41Speaker 04

  Flavor of that.

• 27:41Speaker 05

  Coconut penis.

• 27:44Speaker 04

  Coconut is pretty subtle.

• 27:48Speaker 00

  Your timing is so good.

• 27:50Speaker 01

  They did not.

• 27:51Speaker 04

  They did not.

• 27:52Speaker 01

  I wouldn't. And then also when he's like, the coconut is pretty subtle. It's like, this is so funny. But that's such a great storyline that the whole warehouse wins the lottery.

• 28:03Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 28:04Speaker 01

  And then.

• 28:05Speaker 00

  And quits.

• 28:05Speaker 01

  And quits and like moons everybody. Like you guys really like come up and like dance around and be like, F you, everyone.

• 28:11Speaker 00

  I have a question for you. When you guys quit, were you worried? Were you like, no, what is this storyline?

• 28:17Speaker 04

  Exactly, exactly.

• 28:19Speaker 00

  Come on.

• 28:19Speaker 04

  I was like, we win the Lotto and what happens after that? I was like, oh my God, just the end of us? And me and He Day were talking, I was like, hey, man, uh, we might not come back. So after we won the lottery. We left. And I was just watching episodes of The Office. I was just like, oh my God, are they gonna write us back in? What's gonna happen? So the last episode, my agent calls me and said, hey, they're bringing you back. I was like, oh my goodness. So the last episode of season eight, they brought us back. And that's where that scene came from. I was like, thank you.

• 28:56Speaker 01

  That scene is so great. I want you to know, I went down the rabbit hole looking for bloopers. I was positive that there was a blooper from that scene. I actually really want to reach out to Dave Rogers and be like, I know you guys look like you're about to lose it, but. If I find that blooper, I'm gonna send it to you.

• 29:12Speaker 04

  Yeah, He Day is so funny. And we're still friends to this day as well.

• 29:15Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 29:16Speaker 04

  Yeah, He Day is a good friend of mine.

• 29:17Speaker 01

  I had such a fun time hanging out with you guys at the Office fan convention.

• 29:21Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 29:22Speaker 01

  And just catching up. And He Day is the sweetest.

• 29:25Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 29:26Speaker 01

  The sweetest guy.

• 29:27Speaker 00

  He is. And I have a question, sort of in that vein. How has being on The Office changed your life? Because you're going to these fan conventions now. You must get recognized.

• 29:36Speaker 04

  Correct, correct. Funny story. Before I cut my hair and all of that stuff, I did recognize a lot. But now my twin brother gets recognized.

• 29:44Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah.

• 29:45Speaker 04

  As me on The Office, because he still looks like that.

• 29:48Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 29:49Speaker 04

  So it's amazing. And when he's out and about, and he calls me up, he said, hey. Or he'll text me first. Can I FaceTime you? Someone wants to say hi. They thought I was you. So I want to introduce him to the real you.

• 30:03Speaker 00

  But he was also on an episode.

• 30:05Speaker 04

  Yes, The Matrix.

• 30:06Speaker 01

  So Gemma's pranking Dwight.

• 30:08Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 30:08Speaker 01

  So that Dwight thinks he's in The Matrix.

• 30:09Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 30:10Speaker 01

  And so the glitch in The Matrix, where you see the, like, carbon footprint of yourself, and you know there's a glitch, you know, like how the cat crosses the road twice? It's you and your twin are the glitch in The Matrix.

• 30:22Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 30:23Speaker 01

  That's amazing.

• 30:24Speaker 00

  Well, so when people run into him and ask him if he's on The Office, he's like, technically, yes.

• 30:28Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 30:29Speaker 00

  But I think the person you want to talk to is my brother.

• 30:31Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 30:31Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 30:32Speaker 04

  Correct. It's funny. To me, it's funny and so great at the same time.

• 30:36Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 30:37Speaker 04

  The Office is like one of them shows that most people wish they were a part of. I mean, I didn't know what I was getting into. I'm pretty sure you ladies didn't either.

• 30:45Speaker 01

  Oh, no way. Yeah.

• 30:47Speaker 04

  This thing is like, it's still out there just making new fans.

• 30:52Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 30:52Speaker 04

  You know?

• 30:53Speaker 01

  It's pretty wild, right?

• 30:54Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 30:55Speaker 01

  Yeah. And the people that love it know it so well. They will know that your character had three names. Like, they know all those details, you know?

• 31:03Speaker 04

  Correct. I mean, there was a woman at the convention, and she has the Holy Grail tattooed on her calf.

• 31:11Speaker 00

  That is crazy. That you dip your donut into your character?

• 31:15Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 31:15Speaker 00

  Oh, my gosh.

• 31:16Speaker 04

  So I was like, she was like, I want to show you something. So she has Michael Scott tattooed on her arm or something like that. So she has everyone tattooed on her body. And I was like, oh my God. So the fans, the fans are amazing.

• 31:30Speaker 01

  They are. They're a wonderful community. I'm so thankful for them. I am so curious. We ask anyone, you know, that we've had on here that's been on The Office, if they had a favorite scene or episode or just what is your fan moment from being on The Office? The episode you love?

• 31:49Speaker 04

  Oh, man, there's so many.

• 31:51Speaker 01

  I know. It's hard, right? We get asked this question all the time.

• 31:55Speaker 04

  You know what? I love all your episodes with Rain. The interaction between you guys is so comical. And your love story with Jim, it's like, couldn't get any better than that, you know? Like I said, I was just a person in the backfield watching you guys work. So every part of that show I loved, you know? There's not just one episode that I loved. I loved it all. I'm like, let's go back and do it again. Not to shoot what we already shot, let's go back and do it again. You know what I mean?

• 32:27Speaker 01

  It'd be really cool. I, you know, we've talked about that. If we could go back to one episode or one moment and do it again. And I feel like we always say like, just a one big ensemble scene where we're all together.

• 32:42Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 32:42Speaker 01

  You know, I was watching Weight Loss where we're all in the warehouse. We're all standing on that and like Andy sort of like spits, thinks he's gonna lose weight by spitting. And you give him such a like, oh my God, terrifying. Like scary look, but we were all in this little, you know, room or we'd be in a conference room scene. Those kind of moments where we were all together was really special moments.

• 33:07Speaker 04

  Yes, it was all special. Yes.

• 33:09Speaker 00

  Well, before we let you go, is there anything about your time on The Office that you haven't shared with us? Any behind the scenes stories or memories?

• 33:18Speaker 04

  We spent so much time on that show. I think every moment that I spent on the show was a great memory for me. There's not one that stood out because I was just so excited to get there.

• 33:31Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 33:31Speaker 04

  You know, whenever I was working, just to see you all, you know, and be a part of it. So, yeah, just being there.

• 33:42Speaker 04

  Every time I had a chance to be there was a great memory for me.

• 33:45Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 33:45Speaker 04

  It was great people, great food.

• 33:48Speaker 01

  Always great food.

• 33:49Speaker 04

  Great comedy.

• 33:50Speaker 00

  But also, like, how crazy is it that this thing that we did so long ago, it's still being watched? It's still beloved and

• 34:01Speaker 04

  Correct.

• 34:01Speaker 00

  You know, it's endured, you're part of that. You know, you're part of this wonderful thing.

• 34:07Speaker 04

  I tell some of my family members, I'm like, it's the gift that keeps giving. Because it's not going anywhere. It's right there in front of your face. You turn on the TV, it's right there. You don't really have to search that hard for it, just go through the channels, The Office.

• 34:24Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 34:24Speaker 04

  The Office.

• 34:25Speaker 01

  Oh, my gosh, have you been on a plane and watched someone watch The Office?

• 34:29Speaker 04

  I have, I have, I have.

• 34:33Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 34:33Speaker 04

  And a part of me wanna say, hey, I was in that.

• 34:38Speaker 00

  They totally love it.

• 34:39Speaker 04

  I have yet to see someone watch an episode I was on. But I've seen people watch it, you know, so that's amazing.

• 34:48Speaker 00

  And what does your family think? Are you the first actor in the family? The first person to work in the entertainment industry?

• 34:54Speaker 04

  Yes.

• 34:54Speaker 00

  So what is that like for them?

• 34:56Speaker 04

  My mom thinks it's hilarious.

• 34:57Speaker 00

  Okay.

• 34:57Speaker 04

  You know, she's like, so what are you working on now? Like, what are you doing today? Like, so, and she knows, like, I'm always on set doing something because I'm pretty sure you all already know me, my, well, my wife owns, she owns House of Talent, a commercial casting company, TV and film, stuff like that, so. And we're always on set. So it's amazing.

• 35:23Speaker 01

  You know, I have to say something, all those years we were working together and we'd be on the set and sometimes there'd be really long shoot days, especially for some reason when we were in the warehouse in particular. I feel like there were really big plot lines or big stories over there.

• 35:37Speaker 00

  Well, it was very cavernous and so they would spend more time figuring out where to put the cameras sometimes because it was a very big space.

• 35:47Speaker 01

  Very big space.

• 35:48Speaker 00

  So we did, we, there was a lot of coverage down there.

• 35:51Speaker 01

  And my memory of you on those long days is just looking over at you and you would always have the biggest smile on your face, like, zero complaints, so happy to be here.

• 36:04Speaker 04

  Whenever you feel welcome, you're happy. So you guys welcomed me into a family. And I was like, oh, man. Okay, all right. So that's all I can do is smile and be happy and appreciate it. You know, so I appreciate my time on that show and everything I've done after that. So I appreciate all of it because every day is a great day. You know, there's no bad days, at least in my book, you know?

• 36:29Speaker 01

  Oh, my gosh, Calvin, we need more of you in this world. I'm telling you right now.

• 36:35Speaker 04

  Oh, well, thank you for coming in today.

• 36:38Speaker 01

  Come on, Calvin. You just absolute ray of sunshine of a human. Thanks so much for being here.

• 36:44Speaker 04

  Thank you, ladies, for having me. It's been a pleasure. We're still friends.

• 36:48Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 36:49Speaker 04

  It's crazy.

• 36:50Speaker 01

  It's crazy.

• 36:50Speaker 04

  It's crazy. It's crazy.

• 36:52Speaker 01

  Well, thank you so much. Stay in touch. We love you.

• 36:56Speaker 04

  Love you. Love you both.

• 37:03Speaker 00

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• 37:15Speaker 01

  So chic.

• 37:16Speaker 00

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• 37:25Speaker 01

  Well, guess what? I have decided this is my season of the cardigan.

• 37:29Speaker 00

  Oh, okay.

• 37:30Speaker 01

  So I got the 100% organic cotton cropped cardigan. I got it in the camel color. It is so stinking cute and it was $49.90. Look at that.

• 37:42Speaker 00

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• 37:43Speaker 00

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• 39:10Speaker 01

  Well, how delightful is that? Love him. I know. He's just good people.

• 39:15Speaker 00

  It's like seeing like your cousin. You're like, oh, my God, how are you?

• 39:18Speaker 01

  It really is true. It's that office family is forever. And every time any of us see each other, it's just a joyous occasion.

• 39:26Speaker 00

  Yeah. All right, well, should we get to a little around-the-town lady?

• 39:30Speaker 01

  Let's do it. Our first around-the-town is from Alexandra L. in Correville, Iowa. Alexandra said, "Every May, the town holds a citywide garage sale weekend, followed by a swap weekend, where everyone can bring their unwanted stuff to the city hall parking lot and take whatever they want for free. Items not claimed are donated to a nonprofit. After that comes Mayor's Cleanup Week, where everyone puts the remaining unwanted items on the curb for trash pickup. People all over town then drive around and pick out treasures before the trash pickup happens. It's amazing what you can find in good shape. We always enjoy searching for treasures three weeks in a row. We've ended up with a playset, kiddie pool, cat tree, patio set,

• 40:15Speaker 01

  tons of kids' clothes, and so much else from these events. I've never lived anywhere so dedicated to reusing unwanted items." How fantastic is that?

• 40:25Speaker 00

  The whole town is spring cleaning at the same time.

• 40:28Speaker 01

  I love it.

• 40:29Speaker 00

  It's so smart.

• 40:31Speaker 01

  It's so smart. I love a garage sale. I love everything about this, and then the swap, and then the things for free. Come on. I got very worked up about that one. Sorry, I was very excited.

• 40:41Speaker 00

  It's very cool. All right. Mine is from Margaret C. in Massillon, Ohio, who said, "Our thriving, quote, 'City of champions' of 32,000 Massillonians is celebrating its 200th birthday this year. Massillon's history includes providing a safe haven of the Underground Railroad, being a historic shipping town on the Ohio and Erie Canal, and later, a hub for steel and heavy industry. Some of our towns, many noted citizens include silent film stars Lilian and Dorothy Gish, Browns and Bengals coach Paul Brown, and actors David Canary, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Matt Lantner,

• 41:23Speaker 00

  and singer Jeff Timmons. Our Massillon Tigers High School football team also has an elite history with 25 state championships. We are really so proud of our Northeast Ohio City and invite everyone to celebrate at our many patriotic events this year."

• 41:40Speaker 01

  Massillon, Ohio is crushing it.

• 41:43Speaker 00

  Happy birthday.

• 41:44Speaker 01

  Happy birthday. 25 state wins. Wow.

• 41:48Speaker 00

  Well done.

• 41:49Speaker 01

  Our next one is from Sam C. in Gainesville, Florida. Sam says, "At age 21, I just released my first album. I make music under the name Sam Cone. So to celebrate, I threw a Cone-themed listening party. My friends and I snacked on Pop Cone, Coneoli, ice cream cones, chips con queso, and Bugles."

• 42:12Speaker 00

  Oh, because Bugles are in the shape of a cone, lady.

• 42:15Speaker 01

  While we listened to the album titled "Wistaway." Drinks included vodka Cone Berries and Pina Cone Lattas. We had a blast.

• 42:24Speaker 00

  Aw, Sam, congratulations.

• 42:26Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 42:27Speaker 00

  At 21?

• 42:28Speaker 01

  21, Sam Cone. Way to go.

• 42:30Speaker 00

  Wow. I don't know what I was doing at 21, but I hadn't just finished a whole album, I'll tell you that.

• 42:36Speaker 01

  I know where I was when I turned 21.

• 42:39Speaker 00

  Had you finished something like an album?

• 42:41Speaker 01

  I was writing a term paper.

• 42:43Speaker 00

  Oh.

• 42:44Speaker 01

  At my desk.

• 42:44Speaker 00

  Mm-hmm.

• 42:45Speaker 01

  And I didn't go out and celebrate, but I did go to the gas station. My dad had given me a gas card.

• 42:52Speaker 00

  Mm-hmm.

• 42:53Speaker 01

  Just for gas, but I would buy groceries on it. And I went in proudly and I bought myself a Coronita, which is a mini bottle of beer.

• 43:02Speaker 00

  To celebrate your 21st birthday?

• 43:04Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 43:04Speaker 00

  Because you were in the middle of a term paper.

• 43:06Speaker 01

  Yes. But it wasn't an album, Sam Cohn. It was just a term paper. Well, let's move on to our Office question of the week.

• 43:14Speaker 00

  Yeah, this one is coming from Ella M. in Louisiana, who says, "Hi, Office ladies. Do you have a favorite show with a similar vibe as The Office? What other shows should Office fans watch?" Well, my family just did a re-watch of Modern Family.

• 43:31Speaker 01

  Hmm.

• 43:32Speaker 00

  Which has that same sort of like, cutting away to talking heads to like, interview segments. I think the comedy is really good. I would recommend that. But you know what they don't do, like we do, is break the fourth wall.

• 43:46Speaker 01

  Hmm.

• 43:46Speaker 00

  So there's none of that looking to camera. It's not documentary style, but it's sort of documentary style. But I think that's pretty close.

• 43:54Speaker 01

  Yeah. I mean, this is a great question. I really liked it. So I was thinking, you know, my family and I are watching right now. It's the first time for the kids seeing it, but we're watching Arrested Development.

• 44:06Speaker 00

  Oh, yeah.

• 44:07Speaker 01

  Yeah. And it's got that very single camera. You kind of feel like you're watching, like, getting a peek inside some family's life.

• 44:16Speaker 00

  Yeah.

• 44:16Speaker 01

  It's very quirky. It's very funny. And then I was always a fan of Reno 911.

• 44:21Speaker 00

  Oh, that's a great answer.

• 44:23Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 44:23Speaker 00

  Because that is very much in the same style. And I think if I were thinking of like, New shows, like Shows Today.

• 44:30Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 44:31Speaker 00

  I would say Jury Duty.

• 44:32Speaker 01

  Yes.

• 44:33Speaker 00

  Written by Leigh and Jean.

• 44:34Speaker 01

  For sure.

• 44:34Speaker 00

  So good. I would say St. Dennis Medical.

• 44:37Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 44:38Speaker 00

  And Animal Control.

• 44:39Speaker 01

  Yeah. And also, you know, the show Superstore, created by Justin Spitzer.

• 44:44Speaker 00

  Oh, yes.

• 44:44Speaker 01

  Has that similar vibe.

• 44:46Speaker 00

  It does. It's a good comedy.

• 44:48Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 44:48Speaker 00

  You know, for me, this idea of a fake documentary TV show goes back to The Larry Sanders Show.

• 44:55Speaker 01

  I loved that show.

• 44:57Speaker 00

  So good. And if you haven't seen it, it's just fantastic. It's behind the scenes

• 45:02Speaker 01

  Of a late-

• 45:03Speaker 00

  of a talk show.

• 45:03Speaker 01

  Yeah, of a late night talk show.

• 45:05Speaker 00

  In fact, the DP that shot The Office pilot, shot The Larry Sanders Show. He was just with us for that one episode, the pilot. Peter Smokler is his name. But, you know, you're gonna see that same kind of style. But again, they don't break the fourth wall. And they don't do talking heads.

• 45:22Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 45:22Speaker 00

  It's more like caught-on-the-fly documentary.

• 45:25Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 45:26Speaker 00

  Sort of thing.

• 45:26Speaker 01

  You know what I was thinking about, as far as breaking the fourth wall, in a really, really cool inventive way, was Fleabagged.

• 45:34Speaker 00

  Oh, yes.

• 45:35Speaker 01

  Because the scene plays out, and then she'll look straight to camera and have this aside. Not to a documentary crew. It's like her inner thoughts to herself.

• 45:43Speaker 00

  Yes. And then if I could give a shameless plug.

• 45:46Speaker 01

  Oh, yeah, do it.

• 45:47Speaker 00

  I have become a recurring character on The Chit Show, which is a group of Groundlings folks. And it's a digital series. And it's so fun and funny. And it's in an office.

• 46:00Speaker 01

  Mm-hmm.

• 46:01Speaker 00

  And there's all the camera whips, and there's breaking the fourth wall. It's really taking me back. Like, I love this group of people. And it's just been my absolute pleasure. I was so honored that they asked me. I was so flattered that they asked me. So I play Bitsy, who is the auditor from Corporate, who's come down. And so every once in a while, I show up. And, um-

• 46:26Speaker 01

  No one likes-

• 46:26Speaker 00

  I'm real tough.

• 46:27Speaker 01

  No one's happy to see an auditor, right?

• 46:29Speaker 00

  No, no. And Bitsy's really grouchy because she has a rash that goes from her knee to her neck.

• 46:34Speaker 01

  I love the name Bitsy, by the way.

• 46:36Speaker 00

  She's having to deal with this rash all the time. And it just puts her in a- she's in a sour mood a lot. Yeah.

• 46:42Speaker 01

  Go check that out. It's really fun to see Jenna in this role.

• 46:46Speaker 00

  And Angela, you've got a plug before we go.

• 46:48Speaker 01

  Oh, gosh. I don't know. It's not so much a plug. It's just like, hey, if you guys are in Raleigh, North Carolina, July 25 through the 26th, Rainn Wilson and I are going to be there at GalaxyCon. And, you know, I love meeting Office fans. I love chatting with people. So come say hi.

• 47:05Speaker 00

  Well, there you have it, folks. I think this was a fun episode.

• 47:08Speaker 01

  Yeah.

• 47:08Speaker 00

  We set the record straight on some things. We got to talk to Calvin. We learned about this incredible, I kind of want to go next May to Iowa.

• 47:18Speaker 01

  Garage sale. I know.

• 47:19Speaker 00

  I mean, I'd like to see that.

• 47:22Speaker 01

  Lady, you know, I want a road trip with you.

• 47:24Speaker 00

  I know.

• 47:24Speaker 01

  And a road trip to a garage sale with my best friend.

• 47:27Speaker 00

  I know.

• 47:27Speaker 01

  Get out. I'm in.

• 47:29Speaker 00

  All right, everybody. Have a great week. We'll see you next week.

• 47:32Speaker 01

  See you then.

• 47:36Speaker 00

  Thank you for listening to Office Ladies.

• 47:38Speaker 01

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

• 47:43Speaker 00

  Our senior producer is Matt Beagle. And our audio engineer is Sam Pfeifer.

• 47:48Speaker 01

  Odyssey's executive producer is Leah Reese Dennis.

• 47:51Speaker 00

  Office Ladies was mixed and mastered by Bill Schulz.

• 47:54Speaker 01

  Our theme song is Rubber Tree by Creed Bratton.