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One of the biggest television sitcoms of all time had a pretty humble beginning. An American adaptation of a British television series about a mundane paper company aired in March 2005, and nobody really cared, with the first season stumbling by with disappointing ratings. Thankfully, NBC believed in the show and held on, and The Office bloomed into the absurdly popular series we know today.

And now here you are, probably avoiding the work you’re supposed to be doing at your actual office job, reading a bunch of fun facts about a television show set in a fictional office where people usually avoided their work. Season Two Jim would be proud — and then would do that thing where he looks at the camera and raises his eyebrows or whatever.

30 Dwight Has Seen 240 Movies

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Dwight Is No Movie Buff YOU MADE A BIG MISTAKE! The HUGE! Office In The Merger Dwight claims to know everything about film as he's seen over 240 of them. But in Season 7 Dwight has never heard of the movie Pretty Woman. PRETTY BASIC MOVIE DWIGHT. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

29 Dwight's Secret Nephew

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Dwight's Nephew The Office In WUPH.com in season 7, Dwight runs Hay Place for some quick money and interacts with a little boy, whom he apparently doesn't recognize as his nephew. In the Season 9 Episode The Farm, the same boy plays Dwight's sister's son. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

28 Graphic Design to IT

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Graphic Design To IT The Office In Season 4, Job Fair the job recruiter who tells Pam about Adobe for the first time, also plays Nick, the IT guy for Sabre, just 2 years later in Sabre. Things must have completely taken a turn for the worse in the graphic design game, Nick. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

27 Andy's Parents Recasting

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Andy's Double Parents The Office Andy's Parents are shown briefly in Goodbye Toby after Andy proposes to Angela. Their screen presence for those 2 seconds must not have been enough as they were replaced later in the series by Stephen Collins and Dee Wallace. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

26 Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant's Involvement

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Ricky Gervais And Stephen Merchant Helped The Office Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the original creators of the British Office, would stop by the set whenever they were in town and gave integral notes at the beginning of the American version. Merchant and Gervais even wrote the episode The Convict and Merchant directed the episode Customer Survey — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

25 A Whole Fake Gas Station

COMEDY NERD GRAGKED.COM The Gas Station At The Proposal Is Fake - iso black C adidas PRU SALUM The Office The crew built a fake rest stop for Jim and Pam's proposal scene with a race track circling it to give the look of an active highway. The shot cost $250,000 to produce which was the most expensive and elaborate shot the show had ever done up to that point. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

24 Jenna & Steve's Goodbye

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Jenna Really Gave Steve A Heartfelt Goodbye E CHOC em 213 The Office Jenna and Steve had a genuine goodbye in the airport on Michael's final episode. Production said, Just say whatever you would want to say to Steve. Just say goodbye and we'll tape it and when you're finished, just give each other a hug and go your separate ways. Fischer commented, Those were real tears and a real goodbye. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

23 Pam's Relationship with Volleyball

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Pam Skipped Her Favorite Sport UHME Rafe 12 صه omes.c m Pam The Office In the Season 4 episode Job Fair Pam reminisces about pretending to have PMS so didn't have to play volleyball. However, in Company Picnic Pam is a Volleyball master and says Maybe I played a little in Junior High, and High school, maybe a little in College, and went to Volleyball camp most summers. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

22 Can Michael Ride a Bike?

COMEDY NERD GRAGKED.COM Michael Can't Ride A Bike The Office On Benihana Christmas Michael rides his bike into the office to donate in the toy drive. However in the season 7 cold open for The Sting, Michael doesn't know how to ride a bike. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

21 Will Ferrell's Doppleganger

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Will Ferrell in The Office Universe No but MADE TOES THUS WED FRI SAT OF WBLI - - New KITA health CA Y - - VISION The Office In The Merger Michael pays a tribute to Night at the Roxbury with Andy. However, When Will Ferrell joins the cast in season 7, Mlchael doesn't recognize him at all. Do you think Michael Scott and DeAngelo Vickers have seen Anchorman? — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

20 Is that true, Kevin? Is it?

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Kevin's Librarian Fetish The Office Such Dod Kevin says to Pam All the girlfriends I've ever had have worn glasses when she is forced to wear an old pair. But in Season 2 at The Dundies Kevin's girlfriend Stacy doesn't wear glasses. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

19 The Office Meets The Wire

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM The Office Loved The Wire The Office Idris Elba, and Amy Ryan were both cast in the office due to the entire writing staff's love of The Wire. The question is why wasn't more of The Office cast featured in The Wire? — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

18 "The Farm" Starring Dwight Schrute

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM The Office Was Supposed to Spin-Off The Office After The Office ended, Dwight was supposed to get a spinoff called The Farm on NBC, but the network changed their minds in 2012. The pilot was restructured to fit into season 9 on the episode of the same name. I for one am happy we didn't have a spin-off of 9th season Dwight. #9thseasontheofficehategang — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

17 Jim's Wig

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Jim Is Wearing А Wig The Office Krasinski had to have a haircut for his film Leatherheads, so he wore a wig the last 6 episodes of season 3. Не even wore the wig without telling the crew at first, so that he could prove you couldn't tell it wasn't his real hair. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

16 The Office Writer's Room

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM The Writer's Office Resembled The Set PRIMO The Office The writer's offices were modeled very similarly to the office on the set, leading showrunner Greg Daniels to have writers sit in certain character's spots while writing to get a better idea of their POV. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

15 Dwight and Illnesses

COMEDY NERD GRAGKED.COM Dwight Doesn't Get Sick The Office In Health Care Dwight claims to never get sick due to his perfect immune system. In Christmas Party he instead claims that he gets frequent sinus infections, and uses a neti pot. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

14 Michael Scott and Kids

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Michael Was Bad With Kids The Office In Take Your Daughter To Work Day Michael hates that kids are coming to the office and doesn't come around until halfway through the episode. In later episodes however, Michael says he's always loved kids and is seen playing with them whenever he can. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

13 Soft Teeth

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Michael's Soft Teeth YOU KNOW I HAVE SOFT TEETH. The Office HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT? In Dinner Party Michael has to dip his Osso Bucco into red wine because he has soft teeth. In Benihana Christmas he steals steak off of another guest's plate and eats it without dipping it into anything. Steak is chewier than something braised, that's some rapid tooth softening Michael. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

12 Pam's Mom Recasting

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Pam's Double Moms The Office In Season 1 Pam's mom is played by actress Shannon Cochran for a single scene. At Jim and Pam's wedding it appears Pam's mom has gone through extensive facial reconstruction surgery along with height removal surgery, as the new actress playing her is Linda Purl. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

11 Pam's Lactation Consultant

COMEDY NERD GRAGKED.COM Jenna's Real Husband Cameo 1 M Mous Taylor Beauty I The Office Pam's lactation consultant after she gives birth in The Delivery is actually Fischer's real-life husband, Lee Kirk. The producers thought it would be the most appropriate way to film the joke. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

10 Pam & Jim's First Kiss

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Jenna Was John's First Acting Kiss The Office Jim and Pam's first kiss was also Krasinski's first onscreen kiss EVER. That was my first acting kiss ever, said Krasinski. Now I say that I wonder whenever else I would have had the opportunity, but no college play kissing, no nothing. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

9 The Office Auditions

COMEDY NERD GRAGKED.COM The Casting Had Many Heavy Hitters The Office Other casting options for the show were for Seth Rogan as Dwight, Bob Odenkirk as Michael, Eric Stonestreet as Kevin, and both Adam Scott and John Cho as Jim. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

8 Mike Shur & Mose

COMEDY NERD GRAGKED.COM Mike Shur Hated Mose The Office Mike Shur, creator of The Good Place and writer for the office, hated playing Mose. Shur says The joke became with the writers because they knew how much I hated it. Greg Daniels even told Shur he had to grow the Mose beard himself because a prosthetic beard would look fake. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

7 Who Worked There First?

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Did Jim Or Pam Start Working First? The Office In season 2 Jim admits he had a crush on Pam when she first started. In season 4 Pam reveals that she warned Jim about Dwight when he first started. Who started first? — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

6 Jim Carrey's Doppleganger

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Jim Carrey in The Office Universe SUITE RUBEN'S WOOD ELEC. CONT. 100 G W.B. JONES CRESS HEATING & AIR 110 T AVAILABLE E G PHYLL 1400 120 DUNDER MIFFLIN INC. 200 VANCE REFRIGERATION 210 THE SCHRUTE BUILDING UNDER NEW The Office MANAGEMENT Michael loves Jim Carrey as is mentioned in several episodes, including Back from Vacation and New Boss. Yet no one recognized him when Jim Carrey shows up in Search Committee. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

5 The Cleaning Crew

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Dunder Mifflin Cleaning Crew LOWEEN The Office In Night Out the cleaning crew for the building speaks Spanish to Oscar, then later on in St.Patricks Day the cleaning crew is Russian and blasting music? And in Halloween it's another different cleaning guy with no music. — Source: 16 Plot Holes In 'The Office'

4 Weird Al & The Office Polka

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Weird AI Helped The Cast In А Pinch The Office At a The Office convention in 2007 Kate Flannery (Meredith) and Creed Bratton (Creed) played The Pennsylvania Polka with The Scrantones to kick off the event. The group rehearsed in LA before the event and Weird Al Yankovic stopped by to help them practice. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

3 Steve Carell's Number

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Steve Carell Had His Number Retired The Office Traditionally the largest star on the show is what's known as 'Number 1 on the call sheet'. When Carrell left the show after 7 seasons, the cast and crew immortalized him by never having another number 1 on the call sheet again. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

2 How Phyllis Got Her Job

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Phyllis Smith Cast The Office NETFLIA I RT II E OA The Office A Phyllis Smith was originally a casting director for the show and was pulled in to play Phyllis because the directors liked her so much. Thank you producers, I live off of the way Phyllis says Popkern. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

1 Michael's Evolving Style

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM Why Michael's Look Changes The Office Michael's drastic change in look between seasons 1 and 2 is due to Carell's role in The 40 Year Old Virgin where Apatow wanted him in great shape. This led to Michael finding his own look, separate from Gervais. — Source: 'The Office' 15 Now-You-Know Facts

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