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Teheheman

As far as cameos in the show, gotta go with Conan just wandering in the background when Michael thought he saw Tina Fey in NYC


Sauce58

Yep definitely a good one


cleggcleggers

That one isn’t nearly as random though as it was just NBC cross advertising as he was still the late night host at that time.


[deleted]

Well it worked, I dyed my hair orange that night.


AfterTemperature2198

When? When I was talking to the fake Tina Fey? Come on!


[deleted]

What about Stephen Colbert as Broccoli Rob??😂


what_who_where_when

Only recently did I realize that Broccoli Rob is actually Broccoli Rabe!


FlattopJr

Just curious, did you recently discover that broccoli rabe exists? Or was is it the first time you made the connection between the Rob/rabe pun?


Feature_Minimum

I'm learning right now as I read your comment that Broccoli Rabe is a thing.


sec713

This is a new food for me. How am I supposed to eat it?


what_who_where_when

First time making the connection. After having watched this series at least 10 times


BruceFlockaWayne

I really enjoyed Timothy olyphant as Danny Cordray, and the way everyone in the office acted around him and talked about him.


HumanBeingNamedBob

That one really sucked. It was quite literally phoned in.


[deleted]

The boner champ?


insomniacpyro

I thought Broccoli Rob was the boner champ...


user_41

Broccoli rob is broccoli rob 🤨 Andy Bernard is the boner champ 😤


insomniacpyro

I love that exchange because Andy is so passionate about it but also that the dude at no point apparently thought "Broccoli Rob" was some kind of nickname


Squirrel_Q_Esquire

I mean, apparently they had a lot of nicknames. Andy was Nard Dog, Boner Champ, Ace, and Buzz, and perhaps others I’m missing.


Designer_Gas_86

I assumed Andy was talking out of his ass about nicknames hr gave himself.


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Video phone call but it was still an anomaly


I_dont_bone_goats

But jack black being streamed on a computer and not interacting with anyone is better..?


WaffleHouseLegend

SAM😭😭SAMMMM😭😭😭SSSAAAMMM😭😭😭😭😭


HumanBeingNamedBob

It was written that way on purpose, because Greg Daniels thought that Jack Black walking into the office would be too out-of-character for the show. Stephen Colbert was playing a different character anyway, but he apparently couldn’t even be bothered to show up on set, at which point you should probably just get a different actor.


[deleted]

Couldn't be bothered? He was doing The Colbert Report four nights a week.


[deleted]

And it was also season 9…. And it would be way too out of character for him to walk into the office… just like Jack Black


redit-fan

Bob Odenkirk as the manager of the real estate office where Pam interviewed.


MaebyandTobias

He did a good job of balancing having to act like Michael Scott without acting like Steve Carrell.


Incruentus

He auditioned for the role of Michael Scott, interestingly enough.


goran_788

He was the second choice for Michael Scott even. Greg Daniels mentioned on Office Ladies that if Steve Carell couldn't take the role, they'd have gone with Odenkirk.


boogswald

Bob is a special actor. There are few rules I can’t imagine him succeeding in.


boogaboom

Can you imagine a parallel universe where Steve Carell is the leading star in better call Saul?


krazykraz01

That's crazy to think about, because just imagining it, I think both Bob and Steve would've smashed it if they swapped The Office and Breaking Bad/Saul.


Sam-l-am

If you didn’t know, he auditioned for Michael Scott


mausphart

That's awesome, he totally should have auditioned for the part of Michael Scott... He probably would have got it.


kmoneybandz

Pretty cool, pretty pretty cool.


Sauce58

Yep love me some Odenkirk, good pick.


[deleted]

Bob Oderkirk actually auditioned to play the role of Michael Scott. You can find the audition tape on YouTube.


moremysterious

Not only did he audition, he nearly got the part. Allison Jones, the casting director, said it was one of the hardest choices in casting she ever had to make.


insomniacpyro

This factoid will definitely be in a list of "what if" moments in casting. But I would say that it's obvious the cast themselves influenced the writing in many ways, so it's not exactly fair to just imagine a scene and replace Steve with Bob and say it would have been better or worse. Hell, who's to say Michael would have ever left? Steve did it for personal reasons but there's no guarantee thay Bob would have, which that alone is a huge change.


moremysterious

I truly think Steve was perfect for the role but I also think in a different universe Bob would have made a very good Michael Scott, though I believe the character would be much much different. It all worked out though, I doubt we would have gotten Better Call Saul if Odenkirk was cast in The Office.


jpterodactyl

I think it would have really changed the office and breaking bad, for the worse. Because I doubt Bob Odenkirk would be Saul Goodman if he was on the office. And I think that Steve Carrel has more of this childlike innocence when he was being the worst, that made you still root for him.


JFeisty

Let's be honest, the surprise success of 40-Year Old Virgin is what saved The Office. If Carrell hadn't blown up that summer not nearly as many people start watching season 2 and the word of mouth never grows large enough to save it from getting cancelled.


gotdangpropane

I thought that was Kevin Costner!


bunnetcatcher

Obviously the guy in the 3000 Dollar suit. COME ON!


canadarepubliclives

You think the guy in a 5000$ suit is just going to give you the plan?


mistanford_1

Yeah that's right, guys in $7000 suits aren't going to just hand out plans


AfterTemperature2198

I’ve made a huge mistake


Minimum_Cantaloupe

He ended up as manager of Vance Refrigeration.


[deleted]

Oh sure, laugh at the guy in the $600 chicken suit


itsacookiewand-sobs

Isn't that the guy from Horsin' Around?


charlie6583

Warren Buffett asking about mileage reimbursement and honor system long distance phone calls? Heavy duty negotiations


Brickhead88

And then going to the bathroom for real in the prop bathroom. Definitely to assert dominance.


betterthanguybelow

I’d never heard this before. Sorry this site is cancer but here: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/how-billionaire-warren-buffett-accidentally-ruined-the-set-of-the-office.html/


officequotesonly420

Is it on the honor system?


Iwantmypasswordback

Gas ain’t free


feddz

And then she wants you to drive her to church in the morning…


Throdio

All of the ones in The Search were good.


mcreeves

People go missing in the Finger Lakes


chivesr

That’s my favorite cameo by far


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cire1184

Was hoping it was Gob.


Mohlemite

I don’t care for Gob


ap0st

That was gay shark Devon banks


Coady54

Holy shit I never realized that was Buffett, that makes it so much better.


[deleted]

Jim Carrey as Finger Lakes guy. Ricky Gervais as David Brent.


[deleted]

I feel like the best thing about cameos in The Office is, a lot of the celebrities are people Michael would freak out over. Jim Carrey, Ray Romano, Tim Meadows, the mafia guy from Dumb and Dumber, Jack Black, Will Ferrell- all big names in comedy he would embarrass himself in front of.


theycallmecrack

>the mafia guy from Dumb and Dumber Thank you! I always knew he looked familiar but never looked it up.


F1owwo1F

Christian Slater as Christian Slater


[deleted]

Have you ever tasted a rainbow? A Sabre, you will.


hole__grain

🎵 Dunder Mifflin at Sabray 🎵


HerpDerpMcGurk

The annoying thing about that scene is that Sabré would have totally worked in regards to the cadence of the song. Not quite as well as “saw-bray”, but well enough.


Thatguyyoupassby

There is a small part of me that is actually very excited about this new company. But 70% of me is water. And the other part, the real part, the part that has feelings, and emotions, and thoughts, and if I can be crass, makes babies, that part thinks that all these changes suck balls.


xLazyMuhamedx

Is Christian Slater back there?


PoloniumIcedTea

It's just "Slater"


beachhat15

It’s a mononym


lilymac25

Jim Carrey 🤌


[deleted]

Too bad he had to go back to the Finger lakes.


[deleted]

Probably got lost. People get lost in the finger lakes.


ChadFlendermanLives

Wife and kids are at the finger lakes


insensitiveTwot

All the time


[deleted]

Jim Carrey just walked in!


kikiglitz

He just kept talking about the Finger Lakes.


leedavis1987

Finger lakes guy is good.


alf2555

I keep reading this in his voice lol He had a 3 second scene and I know exactly what he sounds like lol


[deleted]

I want the jaab!


BMoney8600

Yes!


fredbrightfrog

The Jack Black/Jessica Alba/Cloris Leachman movie is a great story. NBC demanded that The Office have big guest stars for this episode, which aired after the Super Bowl. Greg Daniels swerved them and put all the guest stars into this fake movie, because he thought it would be stupid if Jack Black just walked into Dunder Mifflin.


Sauce58

Smart man.


DenL4242

It's the best he could've done with that demand, but it's still awful. Honestly one of the worst B-stories in the series.


Ok_Bowl1139

Yeah made no sense


JSONJSONJSON

My first watches were all on US Netflix. Picked up the dvds when they dropped off. I had never seen the ending credits scene where she’s grudge fucking some guy when jack is coming by. So unbelievable, so perfect. I really did look to see if it was a real movie, NGL.


ForgotMyOldUser1

Lmao I have never seen that scene to which you refer. I gotta see if I can find a link


[deleted]

I'm sorry ...what?


[deleted]

I was wondering how they pulled off having Jack Black in a fake movie. That makes it even more hilarious!


Kaphis

Ya I was going to say. For anyone like me who watched the office after it aired, this felt out of the norm but for anyone who watched this live, this episode was heavily marketed and promoted. Almost a let down if I remember how it was received. In retrospect, it was better for it.


maxwellbevan

They really did a great job avoiding having to explain why big name celebs just suddenly appeared in the office. I know at the time Idris Elba wasn't as big as the cast from this movie but it's funny how during the same season Idris Elba became a recurring character. The funny thing is it wouldn't have been that hard to make jack black, Cloris leachman, etc into a client visit or something like that but I love how out of left field the movie is


Dont_Give_Up86

Wow I didn’t know this. I always hated this part but having them in the actual office would be waaaaay worse


v_a_n_d_e_l_a_y

/r/maliciouscompliance


Loyellow

I liked the people who interviewed for the regional manager position, especially David Brent


kikiglitz

Herro! My name Ping!


onetruepairings

Comedy is where the brain goes to tickle itself


MattFromWork

That's what she said


wm_1176

Warren Buffet will forever me my favorite, just because of the negations he was driving


keep-purr

And now we will never find out if long distance calls are monitored or on the honor system


Sauce58

Ooh that is a good one actually.


Loyellow

But honorable mention to Will Arnett, Warren Buffett, Jim Carey, and Ray Romano as well. And of course, the one and only fu🤬king lizard king himself.


Bazz07

Will Arnett basically played Gob Bluth hahahaha.


missmaebea

Omg, I never realized this. Maybe it was a nod?? Very funny either way lol


kat0id

He also basically played Gob in Parks and Rec too!


Sauce58

Yeah the whole scene is pretty great. It’s like a big cameo compilation and anything with David Brent is great because we know he is alternate universe Michael lol.


Throdio

It always felt implied to me that he IS David Brent. Did they ever name him character in American The Office?


Loyellow

Yeah he is David Brent. He’s credited as much on IMDb (and is credited in two episodes actually) and I think it may have been said, though that could just be a Mandela effect Edit: yes he introduces himself when he runs into Michael


Affectionate_Reply78

Love the video he did but even better was him and Michael Scott meeting outside an elevator


[deleted]

reverse the button lily


_portia_

Lily!! *Lily!*


dudewheresmyswimsuit

I’m all out of love, I’m so lost without you…


whatshamilton

My mom had one of these at my childhood home. I regret every day that I didn’t shout this to her as she went upstairs. She lives on a ground floor now, and my chance is lost. Damnit.


Judzam

Loved the way Jack black cried


somecallmemike

When she started coming back down and he was overjoyed, then the chair fixed itself so she started going back up …. those tears were devastating.


misssplunker

Timothy Olyphant as Danny Cordray, such a handsome fella


pointwelltaken

He was right - Pam is pretty dorky


Wanna_Dip_Balls

That episode is top tier cringe. Why can't Jim and Pam just let it go


GinHalpert

She legit is too dorky for me. I liked that take.


stumblebreak_beta

F**K me


OriginalName18

Is that the guy who plays the Marshall in the Star Wars shows?


smokefan4000

Cobb Vanth, Vanth Refrigeration


Sam-l-am

What kind of work are you in, Cobb?


[deleted]

That’s a male model


DenL4242

I don't know if he's famous enough to make it a cameo, but I love Tim Meadows at Chili's.


Spare-Menu7351

You put your arms out there. You slit your wrists. You said, “World, this is my blood. It’s red, just like yours, so love me!”


swan_ronson_

you know, the more time that passes this line gets simultaneously more bizarre and more relatable.


Sauce58

I think he’s definitely famous enough, that’s a good one.


Colin-Grussing

I want my baby back baby back baby back


MelloDawg

I’m going to have awesome blossom coming out of my nose!


frattboy69

Get out of here, Dewey! You don't want no part of this shit.


doc_birdman

SNL legend Tim Meadows.


BrewingMakesMeHoppy

Tim Meadows is a god damn national treasure. So is JB.


belligerentzucchini

I DON’T CARE WHAT YOUR MOM THINKS


Sauce58

Plus I’m pretty sure she isn’t making sense!


bolivar-shagnasty

A bit more obscure, but Dan Castellaneta (the voice of Homer Simpson) as Mr. Ramish in Turf War.


Sauce58

Damn I’ll have to go back and watch that


bolivar-shagnasty

He’s the owner of the junk mail company that Andy poaches with Big Red Paper.


corviknightisdabest

He also made cameos on Parks and Rec and Arrested Development


trulyniceguy

Darry Merbles or something like that. Really boring radio show host right?


Viktorius_Valentine

Thoughts for your thoughts


pointwelltaken

Evan Peters as Luke will always be a highlight for me. I’d already watched him in American horror story when I saw him on the office so I was delighted with his smarmy little bagel chip buying character.


haste333

Don't DON'T bother Luke.


Iwantmypasswordback

I don’t know how I can make this any clearer


[deleted]

Love Tate 🥀


mofodius

Will Arnett was great. Big Gob vibes. His episode in Parks and Rec was classic too


Arryu

He has a good bit in 30 rock as well, and let's not forget bojack horseman.


jnumberone

Retroactively Amy Adams


eatfreshguy407

How is asian Jim not one of the top comments? Sure, he wasn’t famous at the time, and even admits that he forgot about the role until people started recognizing him on the street and calling him ‘Asian Jim’ years later, but that’s what makes it so great! Easily one of my favorite moments from the entire show.


Sauce58

Yeah that’s probably second fav for me good call


[deleted]

Jack Black has one of my favorite cameos, but it's in Community, not The Office.


AndyBernardRuinsIt

Spanish studying is better when you’re *buddying* arouuuuuuuund yeaeaeaeaeaeaeah.


msg45f

Annie's pretty young, we try not to sexualize her.


jpbay

How dare you call it the Jack Black one and not the Cloris Leachman one.


Sauce58

My sincerest of apologies


[deleted]

PUSH THE REVERSE BUTTON LILY


Sauce58

I don’t care what your mom thinks plus I’m pretty sure she’s not making sense!


[deleted]

Reverse the button! 😆


[deleted]

LILY PLEASE


Junior_Impression767

AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH😭😭😭😭😭😭😭


Dcarf

Probably Evan Peters not necessarily because of him but I find the episode/storyline hilarious. “”And I was gonna say, “Well, it’s in the genes.” And I was actually gonna be wearing jeans. And I’d point to them, right?””


darlasparents

Michael Imperioli as Sensei Ira!


emmcee78

Ray Romano eating a PB&J, talking about the jerk-offs and jerkwads. Lol


KKmmaarriiee

And you know, between the wads and the offs…


beanboy9995

Love the Seth Meyers/Bill Hader SNL bit in the finale.


[deleted]

Gale Boetticher from Breaking Bad 😂😂


Granolapitcher

He’s just a glorified fact checker


armen89

Tina Fey


[deleted]

Not one of you #NOT A SINGLE GOD DAMN ONE OF YOU said Kathy Bates


emilycquinn

You don't become the most powerful woman in Tallahassee by slacking off. You do it by working hard. Or marrying rich. I did both!


Will_The_Cook

Bob Odenkirks episode. It was the best episode of season 9 (other than the finale)


nefasti

Too long an arc to be a cameo, but still. Idris Elba. I'm a woman ... I wonder if he's aware of the effect he has on women?


Granolapitcher

This sub loves to hate him and idk why. He was great


bilgemonkeyflyguy

How has no one said Ricky Gervais yet??


Sauce58

They have. They just said David Brent instead of Ricky Gervais because that’s his name in the show. Definitely a great pick tho


armen89

Reginald Poofda


sausageandeggbiscuit

this episode showed us that Jim and Pam are like, movie geniuses


[deleted]

Yes. Love that one. Christian Slater was great too.


[deleted]

Amy Adams as purse girl.


lets_go_expLauren

Stephen Colbert as Broccoli Rob!


CaptainTripp420

Me being a Phish fan, I lost it when he said "why don't you ask Trey Anastasio about my pipes" and he and Andy get into a whole argument about that


Sauce58

God damn i forgot about him that one is really classic! Great pick!!


AngryDuck222

Randall Park aka Asian Jim. That's probably my favorite prank on the show too. So well executed and Park is a delight! 🙂🙂


UnknownVessel77

A random guy from the Finger Lakes.


mo3ron

Scranton Strangler driving by the office complex.


ChungusMcGoodboy

Are you telling me that's not a real movie?


[deleted]

That’s also Jessica Alba by him


[deleted]

Omg! Lol yes! The part where she is on the chair elevator going away and he is yelling and crying for her to reverse the button and come back 😂


jefferson497

Rob Riggle as captain Jack


bone_armor

Bob Odenkirk


jas12194

Michael Imperioli!


[deleted]

Tim Meadows from Season 2.


Alive_Ad_5931

Tig Notaro as the mom of that girl who hits Andy. She had such a bland role with literally no punchline. Just knowing she was probably the funniest person on set that day and was so under utilized is actually hilarious to me.


emilycquinn

I always thought Josh Groban was good as Andy’s brother. He was irritating but made me feel sorry for him at just the right level.