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Apr 10, 2008 · Dinner Party: Directed by Paul Feig. With Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer. Michael invites Jim and Pam and Andy and Angela to a couples-only dinner party, where they witness Michael and Jan's extremely dysfunctional home life. Dwight finds a way to invite himself, too.
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Paul Feig (/ f iː ɡ /; [1] born September 17, 1962) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is best known for directing films such as Bridesmaids (2011), The Heat (2013), Spy (2015), Ghostbusters (2016), A Simple Favor (2018), and Last Christmas (2019).
Written by the writing team of Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and directed by Paul Feig, the episode originally aired on NBC on April 10, 2008. Guest stars in the episode include Beth Grant, Steve Seagren, and Gary Weeks.
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Michael pretends that corporate has ordered the staff to work late on a Friday night, then pretends to call corporate to reverse their decision. Their Friday evening now free, Jim and Pam have no excuse for declining Michael's latest invitation to socialize - in this case, a dinner party at his condo. Although Dwight wants to attend, Michael explai...
Jim and Pam are welcomed by Michael and Jan, who give them a tour of the condo. One bedroom has been converted into Jan's office (which appears unused); another is her workspace where she makes candles for her home business: "Serenity by Jan." The aroma from the candles is overpowering. Jan then leads the guests into the master bedroom and playfull...
In a talking head interview, Michael lists his dream dinner guest list: "Jim, Pam, Ryan, the mayor, Barack Obama, Shiloh Jolie-Pitt (because at the end of the night, Brad and/or Angelina would have...In a talking head interview, Dwight lists his dream dinner guest list: "John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, Osama bin Laden, John Wayne Gacey, and Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer. Oh, hey guys, welcome to...Toby complains about having to work late, since he had Tom Petty tickets that night (implying that Michael deliberately chose this night to fake the after-hours assignment), and becomes quite frust...Jan serves appetizers. Andy brags about having studied in France and Angela brags about him having studied at Cornell. Michael emerges from the restroom. Michael confirms to Jan that he washed his...Since most of the action occurs in Michael's condo, this episode can be considered a bottle episode.B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard) is credited but does not appear in this episode.This episode is widely considered to be one of the series' best, mostly due to the cringe-inducing but hilarious Michael-Jan moments.This episode had been foreshadowed for several episodes. The writers inserted a reference into nearly every episode, but most of them ended up cut.As Michael explains to Dwight why he can't come to the party, people are beginning to leave for the day. After that, Dwight has a talking head interview talking about not being invited, and, in the...After Angela accuses Pam of holding faxes, the camera pans to Pam's face, and next to her you can see John Krasinskilaughing.When Jan throws the Dundie at Michael's TV, it appears to be smashed. However, when she later is shown gluing the Dundie back together, the TV is shown on and operating fine, albeit with fracture l...When Jim and Pam enter the house, both Jan and Michael hug Jim at the same time, but only Michael hugs Pam.Michael's pride in showing off his house contrasts with Jan's disparaging remarks about the condo.The "Serenity by Jan" logo is in the Papyrus font, a commonly used ornamental font that comes with Microsoft Word.In this episode, Jan has the entire bed to herself. In the previous episode, "The Deposition", Jan said that Michael keeps his diary "under my side of the mattress," suggesting that Michael's releg...The working title of the episode was "Who's Afraid of Jan Levinson Gould?", inspired by the Edward Albee play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?:03:48in which a middle-aged couple invite a younger cou...Writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky were assigned the episode before the summer hiatus in June 2007. Writers typically spend one week on an episode, but Eisenberg and Stupnitsky spent the ent...At the conclusion of the table read, the episode was met with prolonged applause. Greg Daniels said, "This script was perfect.":05:51NBC was apprehensive about the episode because the story was so dark, but Greg Daniels told them he was doing it, and they backed down.:07:40Casais Spanish for house.A plasma television is a television that uses a plasma display. At the time this episode aired, plasma displays had already been largely displaced by LCD displays. One of the selling points of plas...Main cast
1. Steve Carell as Michael Scott 2. Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute 3. John Krasinski as Jim Halpert 4. Jenna Fischer as Pam Beesly
Supporting cast
1. Ed Helms as Andy Bernard 2. Leslie David Baker as Stanley Hudson 3. Brian Baumgartner as Kevin Malone 4. Creed Bratton as Creed Bratton 5. Kate Flannery as Meredith Palmer 6. Melora Hardin as Jan Levinson 7. Mindy Kaling as Kelly Kapoor 8. Angela Kinsey as Angela Martin 9. Paul Lieberstein as Toby Flenderson 10. Oscar Nunez as Oscar Martinez 11. Phyllis Smith as Phyllis Vance
Guest cast
1. Beth Grant as Dwight's Babysitter 2. Frederik Pohliv as Neighbor 3. Gary Weeks as Cop #1 4. Steve Seagren as Cop #2
Mar 17, 2021 · On the latest episode of the Office Ladies podcast Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey chatted about the now beloved "Dinner Party" episode, and shared delightful sentiments from fellow cast members...
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Apr 7, 2018 · Paul Feig (director): My first episode was “Office Olympics,” which, ironically, involved finding Michael’s condo. It was fun making it look the way that it would look when he was buying it.
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Jun 6, 2020 · It's heralded as one of the best episodes of 'The Office' now, but director Paul Feig says that when season 4's 'Dinner Party' first debuted, it was not very well-liked by many viewers.
