Talk:Dinner Party (The Office episode)

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[edit] Easy on the notes people!

I removed the following notes from the article:

  • Ryan did not appear in this episode.
  • Jan did not invite Dwight to the party as she dislikes him as shown in previous episodes such as Health Care and The Coup.
  • Jan continues to suspect Pam of being interested in Michael, she first expressed this concern in the Season 4 Premiere Fun Run.
  • In the middle of an argument with Jan, Michael yells his favorite joke "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!"
  • According to Jan, Michael ran through the sliding-glass door because he heard an ice cream truck; Michael does not deny that he loves ice cream. In Season 1 episode Health Care, Michael's "big surprise" for the staff was his purchase of ice-cream sandwiches for the entire office.
  • Pam shows surprise that Jan has both an office and a "workspace." In Season 1 episode Health Care, Dwight was allowed to use the conference room to choose a new health care plan only on the condition he called it a "workspace" instead of an office. Otherwise, if Dwight called the conference room his office, it would be bigger than Michael's adjacent office.
  • When playing the celebrities game, Andy states that Helena is the capital of Montana. In Season 3 episode The Job, he demonstrates prior knowledge of obscure state capitals, such as citing Montpelier as the capital of Vermont during his interview with Dwight for the job of new Assistant to the Regional Manager.
  • When the police come to the condo, we can briefly see two people standing outside the condo adjacent to Michael's. In a deleted scene in Season 2 episode Office Olympics, Michael met his prospective neighbor, who was a yarn salesman. The man was played by series showrunner Greg Daniels.

Mrtea (talk) 17:56, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Really?

Taken from the article: "During an awkward game of charades, Jan plays a CD recorded by her former assistant, Hunter, which seems to indicate that he lost his virginity to her." Am I in the minority in thinking that's a little too presumptuous? Maybe it could be implying she had sex with him, but how does one know that she took his virginity? Just because he looked young? Was it in the lyrics, perhaps? If there are clues I simply overlooked then I'd be curious to know, otherwise I would suggest removing that little detail.Larphenflorp (talk) 02:02, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Didn't the song say "You took my hand, you made me a man". Made me a man generally refers to a man losing his virginity to an older women. Also, they played the song before they started playing charades, not during the game of charades. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.213.192.116 (talk) 02:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I have to agree with the thought that Hunter's song is about Jan. I also believe that the actress was revealed to be homeless when it showed her standing on a corner next to a homeless man. I'll wait for a consensus before adding that though. --DeviantCharles (talk) 08:07, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Uhh, despite what some people might might think one can't just put two and two together and call that fact. It's something to think about, but there's nothing explicitly indicated in the episode and no source that indicated Hunter and Jan have had an intimate relationship. Keep that in mind. Mrtea (talk) 18:48, 12 April 2008 (UTC)
Come on guys, this is a sitcom gag, not evidence for a court case. It's fairly obvious that the joke was supposed to be that Hunter had an intimate relation with Jan and that's what the song is about. This is evidenced by Jim and Pam's startled stares at each other as "it's made me a man" played, Michael's discontent at the song, Jan's later using of the song as an argument tool, etc. 18.96.2.6 (talk) 23:58, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dwight's "date"

I'll accept that as evidence, though I don't know if it should be included in the article, but again if I'm in the minority then so be it.

Also, regarding the guest actress Beth Grant: wasn't she revealed to be a homeless person, and not in fact Dwight's former babysitter? It was at the very end, she was seen on the street next to someone who appeared to be homeless, which sort of solidified (for me) the fact that she too was just some homeless woman. This would mean Dwight picked up a supposedly random homeless person so he could join the dinner party. Anyone agree/disagree?Larphenflorp (talk) 02:14, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

She was waiting at a bus stop. The joke was that Dwight pretended not to notice her so he would not have to offer her a ride. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.3.114.57 (talk) 14:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup

This episode needs MAJOR cleanup, referencing, and just a ton of work. If anyone would like to give me a hand, in the next couple of days I'm going to try to convert it to look like Diversity Day. Mastrchf91 (t/c) 15:05, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

I added a cleanup tag to the article.. I'm afraid I think that's the best I can do to help while I'm studying for exams. Eep! Good luck. Mrtea (talk) 18:52, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Putting Notes into Show_Hide Box

Ive put the Notes of this episode into a Show_Hide box to help tidy up this section, if anyone has any objections to this please post here before chaning as this allows more notes to be contributed to the page because some of the notes deleted were good notes on the episode.

--177mswg (talk) 21:29, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

First of all, the box shouldn't be used here. It does tidy it up, but it isn't applicable here. In actuality, the notes section shouldn't be used, and those notes should be converted into prose, which I will be doing. Mastrchf91 (t/c) 21:42, 12 April 2008 (UTC)


Ive put the notes into a more suitable drop down box which blends in better with the page and looks acceptable, also I made some minor changes to the notes section, links, repition of links deleted etc..

177mswg (talk) 08:57, 14 April 2008 (UTC)