The Dundies

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"The Dundies"
Michael Scott hosts "The Dundies"
Episode No.	7
Prod. Code	203
Airdate	September 20 2005
Writer(s)	Mindy Kaling
Director	Greg Daniels
Guest star(s)	Trish Gates Craig Robinson Karly Rothenberg Beau Wirick
The Office Season 2 September 2005 - May 2006
The Dundies Sexual Harassment Office Olympics The Fire Halloween The Fight The Client Performance Review E-mail Surveillance Christmas Party Booze Cruise The Injury The Secret The Carpet Boys and Girls Valentine's Day Dwight's Speech Take Your Daughter to Work Day Michael's Birthday Drug Testing Conflict Resolution Casino Night
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"The Dundies" is the first episode of the second season of the television series The Office (U.S. version). It was written by Mindy Kaling and directed by Greg Daniels. It originally aired on September 20, 2005.

1 Synopsis
2 Music
3 Trivia
4 Dundie Award Winners
5 Quotes
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

It's time for "The Dundies", Michael's annual embarrassing awards show for the Dunder-Mifflin Scranton employees, which takes place at the local Chili's restaurant. He thinks they love the awards, but in fact, they're dreaded. He even has Pam go through the old Dundies footage for highlights. Jan tells Michael that corporate will not fund the party, which breaks his hopes of a drunken show. Meanwhile, Dwight tries to discover what negative comments were written about Michael in the ladies room. Michael invites friends and family to the show to quiet rumors.

The awards begin with Michael rapping. As everyone prepares to order, he then tells them they have to pay for their meals and drinks. He tries to tell jokes, but Dwight ruins them. Darryl and Roy, thinking the awards are lame, leave early, but Pam, after arguing with Roy, ends up staying as the awards begin.

After a beer and two margaritas, Pam starts getting drunk. As he sings another song, Michael gets heckled by some other customers and feels humiliated. He decides to wrap it up, but an intoxicated Pam (along with Jim) encourages him to finish the show, which he does. She braces herself for her annual "World's Longest Engagement" award, but is relieved to get the "Whitest Sneakers" award. Pam thanks Michael and God and, after celebrating, drunkenly kisses Jim on the lips. Most agree it was the best Dundies ever. As they're leaving, Pam goes to ask Jim a question, but stops herself when she notices the cameras. Angela drives her home and he smiles as he watches them leave.

[edit] Music

The following songs are featured in this episode. Michael sings many of these songs while they are playing on a stereo, but he changes the lyrics so they'll better fit the context of the ceremonies (a common event at award shows is for the host to sing a parody of a song that relates to the ceremony).

[edit] Trivia

The Dundies were first mentioned in the episode "The Alliance".
This episode starts the running gag of Michael having a "man-crush" on Ryan. He slaps him on the buttocks in this episode.
The movie Almost Famous uses the song "Tiny Dancer" in a pivotal scene as well. Rainn Wilson was also featured in the film as one of the editors of Rolling Stone magazine.
Devon, the employee fired in the Halloween episode, is first mentioned here.
The Chili's restaurant set was actually built in an empty abandoned building.^[1]
Originally, near the end of the episode, Pam was going to vomit and Dwight was to respond, "A woman has vomited!" On the first day of shooting, it turned out that Chili's hadn't read the script, and they didn't approve of associating their restaurant with vomiting. Chili's told them they wouldn't allow them to use the set but, after a few hours, a compromise was made: Pam falls off of her bar stool and Dwight responds, "A woman has had a seizure!"^[1]
Also cut from the original script, was how Pam was being overserved alcohol by the Chili's staff. Chili's didn't want this in the episode either, so writers were forced to change it so that Pam was stealing drinks off other peoples' tables.^[1]
The extras playing the waitstaff at Chili's are all actual Chili's workers.^[1]
This was one of six episodes that was submitted to Emmy voters for Best Comedy consideration, which they went on to win. The other five were "Booze Cruise," "Christmas Party," "The Injury," "The Secret" and "Valentine's Day."
John Mayer was recently given a Dundie in exchange for his song "Your Body is a Wonderland" to be used in an episode of The Office. It was the award for "Tallest Music Dude."

[edit] Dundie Award Winners

These are the announced winners of the 2005 Dundies:

Busiest Beaver Award - Phyllis (trophy lettering was misspelled as "Bushiest Beaver")
Hottest in the Office Award - Ryan (Staff questioned Michael's feeling for Ryan)
Tight Ass Award - Angela (refused to accept award)
Spicy Curry Award - Kelly (award was actually a bowling trophy; Michael explained that they "ran out of businessmen") (Kelly questioned the meaning of the award)
Don't Go In There After Me Award - Kevin (Michael once went in the bathroom after Kevin was finished, and it was "really smelly")
Fine Work Award - Stanley (Won the "Great Work" award the year before)
Whitest Sneakers Award - Pam (Previous 3 time "Longest Engagement Award" winner)

In 2006:

Jessica Simpson "Hit-n-run" Award - John Mayer--Given to John by the "Office workers" in admiration of his recent fling with the famous singer and also in exchange for permission to use the song "Your Body Is A Wonderland" as a karaoke song in an episode.)