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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
  1. The Dundies
  2. Sexual Harassment
  3. Office Olympics
  4. The Fire
  5. Halloween
  6. The Fight
  7. The Client
  8. Performance Review
  9. E-mail Surveillance
  10. Christmas Party
  11. Booze Cruise
  12. The Injury
  13. The Secret
  14. The Carpet
  15. Boys and Girls
  16. Valentine's Day
  17. Dwight's Speech
  18. Take Your Daughter to Work Day
  19. Michael's Birthday
  20. Drug Testing
  21. Conflict Resolution
  22. 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.

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[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 and his comedy act, but in fact, they're dreaded.

Phyllis, Pam, and Kelly chat and giggle by the water cooler. Dwight asks them what the joke is, and learns that somebody wrote something on the ladies' room wall about Michael. He demands to know what it is, but the women won't tell. Dwight's attempts to determine what is written on the wall are embarrassingly unsuccessful.

Jan tells Michael that corporate will not fund the party, which breaks his hopes of a drunken show. Michael invites friends and family to the show to quiet rumors.

Michael asks Pam to go through the old Dundies footage for highlights. From an earlier Dundies, we see Michael award Pam the "World's Longest Engagement" award. Jim tries to convince Michael to give Pam a different award this year.

The awards begin with Michael attempting to perform a rap, but he can't keep up with the lyrics. As everyone prepares to order, Michael tells them they have to pay for their meals and drinks. Michael's jokes fall flat; Dwight's contributions don't help matters any. Darryl and Roy, concluding that the awards are lame, leave early, taking Pam with them. In the parking lot, Pam and Roy have an argument, and Pam returns to the awards show, just in time for Michael's caricature of a Chinese man named Ping.

While Michael awards Dundies to various members of the office staff, Pam consumes a beer and two margaritas and shows signs of being drunk. As he sings another song, Michael gets heckled by some other customers. Humiliated, Michael decides to wrap it up, but an intoxicated Pam (along with Jim) encourages him to finish the show, which he does. Pam braces herself for her annual "World's Longest Engagement" award, but is relieved to get the "Whitest Sneakers" award. Pam thanks Michael and, after an emotional acceptance speech, drunkenly kisses Jim on the lips.

As Jim recaps the Dundies for the documentary camera, Pam drunkenly falls off her stool. Dwight springs into action, but his assistance is unwelcome. In a talking-head interview, the manager of the Chili's restaurant explains that Pam is no longer welcome at the restaurant chain due to her behavior.

While waiting for designated driver Angela to arrive, Pam admits to Jim that it was she who wrote the graffiti on the ladies' room wall. She also begins to ask Jim a question, but stops herself when she notices the cameras. Jim helps Pam into Angela's car and smiles as he watches them leave.

[edit] Deleted scenes

  • Extension of Michael's "TMI" talking-head interview.
  • In talking-head interviews:
    • Toby is glad that he hasn't won any Dundies.
    • Kelly describes having dinner with Toby at the Dundies.
    • Angela is annoyed at always being the designated driver.
    • Jim explains that Michael puts more effort into the Dundies than anything else.
    • Dwight describes being a whistleblower.
    • Kevin finds Ping funny.
    • Michael tries to guess what the letters O.P.P. stand for.
  • Dwight mocks the women as they chat by the water cooler.
  • Michael asks Jim for ideas for Kevin's Dundie. When Dwight informs Michael of the graffiti in the ladies' room, Michael instructs him to find out what it says.
  • Dwight tries to peek into the ladies' room without going in. (An alternate take of the scene in which Phyllis catches him in the ladies' room.)
  • Dwight interrogates Angela about the graffiti.
  • Kelly and Oscar ask Michael not to do his Ping impression. Michael is unrepentant.
  • Extension of the scene in which Phyllis catches Dwight in the ladies' room. Phyllis goes to Michael and demands that Dwight be disciplined.
  • Dwight abruptly shuts off the accounting department computers to get them to leave for the Dundies.
  • Michael prepares backstage at the Dundies.
  • Extension of the opening Dundies rap.
  • Kevin talks with Pam and Roy about the "Longest Engagement" award.
  • Michael presents the "Most creative writing on the ladies' room wall" Dundie.
  • Toby tells Michael that Ryan's Dundie was inappropriate.
  • Dwight tries to order drinks that Chili's doesn't serve.
  • Extension of Dwight tending to Pam after she falls off her stool.
  • The Chili's manager orders Michael to leave.

[edit] Trivia

For a list of songs featured in this episode, see List of songs featured on The Office (US TV series).
  • 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.
  • This marks the second time a song is played without the source (such as a boom box or computer) seen on screen.
  • In the spat between Roy and Pam, the actors were under the impression that the scene would be played silently, so they improvised an argument.[1]
  • They used the Chili's restaurant set in Burbank.[2]
  • 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!"[2]
  • 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.[2]
  • The extras playing the waitstaff at Chili's are all actual Chili's workers.[2]
  • Since Jenna Fischer doesn't drink much in real life, B. J. Novak took her out so she could get drunk while Novak described to her how she was behaving and how it didn't match her own perception. She drew upon this experience for her performance.[3]
  • 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 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."
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details about future episodes follow.
  • Devon, the employee fired in the Halloween episode, is first mentioned here.

[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, 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)
  • Grace Under Fire Award - Meredith
  • Show Me the Money Award - Oscar
  • Jim Halpert Award - Jim (Not shown in final cut; mentioned in DVD audio commentary)

[edit] References

  1. ^ commentary, "The Dundies", Season 2 DVD
  2. ^ a b c d Novak, B.J. (September 20, 2005). "Office Gossip's First Exclusive Blog!", TVGuide.com
  3. ^ Fischer, J. (April 12, 2006). "Return of The Dundies", TVGuide.com

[edit] External links

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