Chapter 1: What is Kate Flannery's journey to becoming Meredith Palmer?
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I was actually up for SNL, and I always say I didn't get it. One of my best friends at the time got it, and I always say it only took 13 short years to get the office. It was a long 13 short years. It was a long 13 short years. Did you audition for Lauren? You know what? Lauren came to see a show I did. I had lunch with Lauren. I had interviews with Lauren.
I didn't get to do the final round, but I was in consideration, and I was just at the SNL 50th at the concert at Radio City, and... It was so great. Obviously, I've had a lot of therapy because I just had a great time.
The next episode of The Commercial Break starts now. Oh yeah, cats and kittens, welcome back to the commercial break. I'm Brian Green, this is my dear friend and the co-host of this show, Kristen Joy Holdley. Best to you, Kristen. Best to you, Brian. And best to you out there in the podcast universe. How the hell are you? Thanks for joining us.
It's TCB Infomercial Tuesday with Kate Flannery from The Office is joining us. We have reached the pinnacle of success, Chrissy. There is no... Greater hill to climb than having one of the, I'd say one of the main characters. Oh, yeah. From one of the best television shows that has ever been, ever, and ever will be. I think we can all agree that The Office is hilarious in so many ways.
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Chapter 2: How did Kate Flannery's early career shape her role in The Office?
I think it was ten seasons.
I think it's eight, but...
How many seasons are in The Office? Nine and some bonus episodes. Okay, so anyway, so there you go. Kate Flannery, who plays Meredith on The Office, is going to be with us in just a few minutes. And I'm really excited about this because this is one of my favorite television shows of all time. And I don't know too many people whose it isn't. So many people I know.
Literally watch The Office on rerun all the time. You know how I have my favorite shows that I watch at night? The Office isn't in rotation, but I do watch Office episodes pretty often. If I see them on live TV. Oh, me too. I was watching one the other day. I think it was a parkour episode with one of my kids. And he's like, what's parkour? Yeah.
And I was like, well, let me show you what parkour is. And then we went to a park this weekend and I showed him park work parkour because, you know, parkour. I'm a parkour master, Chrissy. I don't know if you know that.
I did not know that.
With my bad hip and my bad back and my bad heart. I just run around doing parkour all the time. So many quotable lines, and Meredith owns a few of those throughout the season. So anyway, we'll talk to her all about that. Celebrating their 20th season, The Office is available on Peacock for rewatch. Yeah, it's 20th year. Wow.
And lest you think that Kate only did The Office, she has done many other things in her career. We'll talk to her about some of that. But one of the things I think you got excited about was the Jane Lynch interview.
christmas variety show that they do they go out and sing and they do it with a big band and uh coming to a town near you during christmas season so we're we're only you know nine short months away from that but it'll be here soon enough it'll be here soon enough all right so i have a little let's do a little game before that game but let's talk about it a little bit okay before we have kate in here what is your favorite line from the what is your most quotable line from the office
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Chapter 3: What memorable quotes from The Office does Kate Flannery share?
You want to mean Dwight?
Of course. Yeah, yeah. The Dunder Mifflin stock symbol is DMI. Do you know what that stands for? Dummies, morons, and idiots. Because that's what you'd have to be to own it. And as one of those idiots, I believe the board owes me answers. Oscar. That's great. Oscar. Oh, here's one from a lesser known character. Oh, I don't think it's blackmail. Angela just does what I ask her to do.
So I won't tell everyone that she's cheating on Andy with Dwight. I think for me, for it to be blackmail, I would have to put it in a formal letter.
that's phyllis phyllis phyllis phyllis yes okay here's a little interesting like tie-in i believe that phyllis and oh now i can't remember his name the bigger guy in the office like kind of the bald-headed one um do you know who i'm talking about what was his name in the in the office i can't remember uh now i can't why can't i remember Office characters.
Chapter 4: How does Kate Flannery feel about her character's impact on the show?
Let's see here.
Well, I mean, Stanley...
No, but it's not Stanley characters. I'm going to find this out because I don't want to get it wrong. Kevin. Oh, Kevin. Yeah, Kevin. Okay, so Phyllis and Kevin went to a local high school here in Atlanta. That's right. And they went to school with a couple of people that I know. And by all accounts, were very lovely people. And so just thought I'd share that.
I forgot I knew that Kevin was from here. I did not know Phyllis.
I believe that's I believe it was Phyllis and Kevin that was here. I know Kevin for sure. And I believe Phyllis also. I think they went to the same high school, if I'm not mistaken. I might be. But that was the story that rolled around the bars for a long time. And I knew a couple of people who knew a specific more specifically talked about Kevin being a real.
I say, Kevin, his name is Brian, actually. Kevin and Brian, that's that's me and my brother's names. Yes.
uh talked about him specifically being a very nice guy so there you go if you wanted to know in real life let's find out if kate is a really nice person too why don't we do this she is i bet she is i we haven't we've had a good streak i'd say of the 110 guests we've had 108 of them have been pretty good and one of them wasn't their fault i would have been a dick to us too
All right, let's do this. Let's take a break. And when we get back through the magic of telepodcasting, we'll have Kate Flannery, Meredith from The Office, celebrating 20 years of The Office. Yeah, let's do that. What do you think? I think we should do it. Okay, we'll be back.
Hey, it's Rachel, your new voice of God here on TCB. And just like you, I'm wondering just how much longer this podcast can continue. Let's all rejoice that another episode has made it to your ears, and I'll rejoice that my check is in the mail. Speaking of mail, get your free TCB sticker in the mail by going to tcbpodcast.com and visiting the Contact Us page.
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Chapter 5: What insights does Kate provide about improvisation in The Office?
Kate, you're the best. Text me. I'll have my people call your people and we'll talk to Greg and see if we can't get another 10 episode run on Netflix or something like that. You are.
Sounds good.
Yeah, go ahead.
You guys are awesome. I meant to mention I'm on a new episode of Night Court. Oh, Night Court. With the great John Larroquette and Melissa Rush. Those guys are so awesome. I love that they're doing it. It's so fun. It was so fun. So fun to be a part of that.
Oh, yeah. What a great icon.
Wendy Malek is in the cast now, too. It's, yeah, it's, it's. And I feel like I've gotten to do some really, really super fun shows. So I feel super, super.
Congratulations.
So I just wanted to get that out there.
Is a reboot that I thought, oh, my God, how are they going to reboot Night Court? Because, you know, how do you do that? But honestly, it's a good show. It's a good show. They made it work.
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Chapter 6: How does Kate Flannery reflect on the legacy of The Office?
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Bye. Bye-bye.
See, Brian? That really wasn't that difficult, now was it? You're welcome.
I was so happy to talk to Kate. What a pleasure. I know. You know, when I was thinking about this this morning in my shower, my 15-hour shower, when I was thinking about having Kate here, I thought, could I have imagined 15 or 20 years ago when I first started watching The Office? And I watched it from the beginning.
Oh, yeah.
And that doesn't make me special or anything. I'm not like that guy who says, you know, oh, I saw it before they were cool. I just watched it from the beginning, and it was my kind of comedy, and I really enjoyed what they were doing. Didn't understand, like, the first episode a little confused as to how it was all going down, but I loved what they were attempting.
I loved where they were going with it. And, I mean, I could never have imagined sitting here talking to Meredith from The Office when I was watching The Office. So this is one of those childhood dreams come true, Chrissy. They really do. All you have to do...
I know. I was wondering, too, a thought that crossed my mind, too, was thinking about how, you know, the office culture has changed so much now after the pandemic. Would people still be able to, like – I mean, the comedy itself is so funny. But, you know, I think working in that environment – Which everybody did.
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