The Office in Scranton, Roller Coasters and an On-Air Oopsy

Close Shave in Philly: You gotta love the dummies they hire to chat on morning TV. They concentrate so hard on taking fake sips of fake coffee to create a fake sense of coziness; they have no energy left to focus on what comes out of their word-holes. Here’s a little video of some ditzy broad using a naughty word and not knowing it, it’s fairly tame and fairly fun watching her squirm.

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Destination: Scranton! I went to college with a couple people who hailed from Scranton and their intense love of their hometown bordered on Stepford Wives scary. I’ve never been to the mighty Mecca of Northeastern PA, but have always been intrigued and now I think there is finally a valid reason to fill up the gas tank and leave the Philly area. The Office Convention will take place on October 26-28 and will actually have many of the cast members and writers from the show in attendance.

Among others, Creed, Kevin, Toby and Kelly will be there, that’s a solid draw. They better stay in character the entire time. I don’t want the actor who plays the lovably moronic Kevin to quote Satre or Wittgenstein while I’m bugging him to sign my Dunder Mifflin tote bag.

Speaking of “The Office,” last week’s bankruptcy episode was very enjoyable — funny and touching — with the budding Kelly/Darryl romance justly stealing the spotlight from the main players. Anyone notice Jim’s Hair looks like someone vomited in it? I know it’s cool to have messy hair, but downright filthy is just a bit silly. It’s still better than Jim’s bad wig from last season.