Welcome to Dunder Mifflin : the ultimate oral history of The Office / Brian Baumgartner and Ben Silverman ; foreword by Greg Daniels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baumgartner, Brian, author.

Silverman, Benjamin, 1970- author.

Contributor:

Daniels, Greg, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Situation comedies (Television programs)--United States--History and criticism.

Situation comedies (Television programs).

Television remakes--United States--History and criticism.

Television remakes.

Television actors and actresses--United States--Interviews.

Television actors and actresses.

Office (Television program : U.S.).

United States.

Genre:

Interviews.

interviews.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xviii, 444 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Custom House, [2021]

Summary:

"The official oral history book of The Office, featuring exclusive interviews with every major player and never-before-seen photos, pulling back the curtain on the absurdity and genius that went in to creating this unstoppable force in American popular culture and why it continues to resonate with audiences today"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. "Okay, Here's the Pitch": The Office Travels Across the Atlantic

2. "Scranton Hot" Casting the Lovable Misfits of Dunder Mifflin

3. "Everything That Makes It Harder Makes It Better" Filming the Pilot

4. "Let Me Tell You Why This Isn't Going to Work" Season One

5. "The Office Needed a Billion Things to Go Right" The Emotional Roller Coaster of Season Two

6. "John and I Are Not a Couple" The Office Love Stories

7. "Inheritors of the History of Comedy" The Comedy Tropes That Inspired and Shaped The Office: Season Three

8. "I Don't Care, Fire Me!" Inside the Office Writers' Room and the Writers Strike That Nearly Ended the Show: Season Four

9. "The Moment That My Life Changed" A Wedding, New Hires (and Losses), and Other Shake-ups: Seasons Five and Six

10. "Losing the Captain of Our Ship" The Long Goodbye for Michael Scott (and Steve Carell): Season Seven

11. "Who Should Be the Boss?" The Search for a New Dunder Mifflin Regional Manager: Seasons Eight and Nine

12. "It's a Wrap" The Series Finale

13. "Beauty in Ordinary Things" The Legacy of The Office.

Notes:

"As told by the actors, writers, producers, directors, and crew" -- Cover.

Other Format:

Online version: Baumgartner, Brian. Welcome to Dunder Mifflin.

ISBN:

9780063082199

0063082195

9780063217065

0063217066

9780063217041

006321704X

9780063217058

0063217058

9780063082205

0063082209

OCLC:

1260170366

Publisher Number:

99992324557