Will you be there when The Office Convention hits Scranton this weekend?
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- October
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So are you going this weekend? Are ya? Are ya?
The Office Convention takes over Scranton, Pa., tomorrow night for 48 hours of gelatin-engulfed staplers, apology videos and unchecked romantic workplace angst. And there will be bobble heads. Oh yes, countless bobble heads.
In the planning for the better part of this year, the city in which the NBC comedy is set will fully capitalize on the renewed renown Michael Scott & Co. have given it with a full slate of cast appearances, a downtown street festival, live music, parties, exhibits and replays of actual episodes on movie theater screens downtown.
Makes you wonder why Peekskill never got this idea when The Facts of Life was still on the air.
Al Roker kicks things off for The Today Show cameras tomorrow and events include an actual Office Olympics, a cast Q&A and a Writer’s Block forum with the scribes behind the show.
No, you won’t see Michael, Dwight, Jim or Pam walking down Lackawanna Avenue if you go, but pretty much the entire rest of the gang will be there. Confirmed cast members attending include Leslie David Baker (Stanley), Andy Buckley (David Wallace from Corporate), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin), Creed Bratton (Creed), Kate Flannery (Meredith), Melora Hardin (Jan), Ed Helms (Andy), Mindy Kaling (Kelly), Angela Kinsey (Angela), Paul Lieberstein (Toby), Oscar Nunez (Oscar), Craig Robinson (Darryl from the warehouse), Bobby Ray Shafer (Bob Vance – Vance Refrigeration) and Phyllis Smith (Phyllis).
And you might even see me, weather permitting. (I know, you’re ordering your tickets now, right?)
A weekend in Scranton wouldn’t usually top my to-do list, though it seems like exactly the kind of road trip I would have sprung for in college. Of course, Ryan Howard was probably in middle school back then and Ed Truck was the boss.
But a daytrip with my wife and son just two hours down I-84 with the chance to see Angela Kinsey up close or to ask Ed Helms how much it had to hurt to punch that hole in the wall, I can’t resist. Again, weather permitting.
Reportedly, 2,000 tickets have been sold, from the $25 “intern” pass—the one I’d probably spring for that gets you into practically nothing—to the $250 Corporate Pass that I think gets you a double room with a cast member and a year’s supply of offensively watermarked copy paper. I jest.
Hey, it costs nothing to stop in for a beer at Poor Richard’s and see where Roy trashed the bar in “Cocktails.” And Lake Wallempaupak, on which the “Booze Cruise” took place, is a free attraction too.
So if anyone out there in LoHud-land—Rockland, Westchester and Putnam county Office fans, this means you—is headed to Scranton this weekend, I’d love to share your photos and experiences here at Remote Access. Leave a comment or “e-mail me.”:mailto:bjhoward@lohud.com
Actually, the apology videos, staplers and angst are pure speculation.
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on Thursday, October 25th, 2007 at 4:54 pm by Brian Howard.
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If it was any other weekend than one filled with Halloween parades and costume parties for the kids, I would have dragged the wife west on I-84 to this. I’m pretty impressed they got all but the main 4 to appear. Al Roker was broadcasting live from there on Today. Maybe next year…