Brian Baumgartner
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1,181 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 7 Sep
Brian Baumgartner’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And that becomes like a part of your memory. Now that the bloopers reel with me sitting on Steve's lap has just like everywhere. So it's like keeps like it keeps that so fresh in my mind. And the thing that I've said to people, and I think this microphone will work really well, that, like, it was funny.
But, like, I had the, like, literal front row seat to him and the noise that he made when I sat down. I know. And he made it. And he knew he had the mic, but it was right in my ear. And as I would sit down, he did this. And I could – it was so difficult for me. I couldn't eat. And everyone else was laughing, but I was laughing too.
And the way, you know, his face was just so like pained and almost he manufactured sweat coming down the side of his face. And I remember pretty early on, I don't know, maybe after just one or two takes, and we probably did – I turned to him and I'm like, are you okay? Like, this is like, are you okay? And he was like, oh God, yeah, no, I'm totally fine. I mean, you know him.
He was just like, oh no, I'm totally fine. Like, I'm just literally putting this on, but yeah.
Oh, 100%.
Yeah.
He dives behind into the hallway. It's so ridiculous.
Yeah, you know, the only other time that I think that happened for me, this is not Christmas related, but I'll tell it. The only other time that I remember it happening for me was with Amy Ryan. That was, for me, that was my person. Like that one was difficult, the sitting on the- At the vending machine.
And the coins. Yeah. her earnest eyes looking into mine. So, I mean, and she just, Amy just stared right at you and her saying, this is a button I could not, like that she was really earnestly trying to tell me that. That one, if you go back and look, still like the last take, I think, and I think there was a conscious decision either by me or we were discussing it.
I was like, guys, I don't know how this is gonna go. And we knew that it was going to edit into that, like, I'm totally going to bang Holly thing. And so I was like, oh, I can smile. Kevin can smile. Because he thinks what's coming. Yeah, because he sees what's coming. But that one was, oh, no, that was really difficult.
Yes, I know. Some people say, and you can't see it if you're listening to us, that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I think the cover looks really good. So good. I want to be judged by the cover.
Well, part of the idea came from what fans have talked to me and I'm sure the two of you about, which is one of their family traditions at the holidays has been to binge watch The Office Christmas episodes. Yes.
That's become like a thing.
Yeah, and Frosty and the Grinch. Elf, Elf, sure. Yes, that people are watching the Christmas episodes. So that's sort of where it started. The idea for adapting the Night Before Christmas poem, you know, the night before Christmas.
The poem, the OG.
Not at Dunder Mifflin. That was, truthfully, the very first text I ever memorized. That was my first memorized performance in front of my family.
We had a giant, and no one can see my hands. Probably three feet tall, like a big illustrated version of The Night Before Christmas.
And it started by me reading it when I learned to read. What is that? Four, five, six-ish? You held up the big giant book, Brian? I would be holding the book and would read the thing. And that was one of our traditions.
And then one year I memorized it. And then I recited it for everybody as my sister turned the pages and I didn't look at it. That is so sweet. So that has a special connection to me. But in that book, one of the most important things is the illustrations.
And so when we started to have this idea and talk about adapting The Night Before Christmas and setting it here in the office, I had worked on this show, Trash Truck. that Glen Keane had executive produced. Now, Glen Keane is like literally a god in the animated world. So I called him, I called him about five times to say like, you have to, he's very busy.
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