Second Drink: Stress Relief Pt 1
6/15/20261 hr 21 min
This week we’re breaking down “Stress Relief”! To kick off this two-part episode, the ladies break down one of the most famous cold opens of “The Office”, featuring clips from Rainn Wilson, Oscar Nuñez, Brian Baumgartner and cinematographer, Randall Einhorn. When Dwight stages a fake fire, Stanley has a heart attack and Michael goes into overdrive to protect Stanley. The ladies reveal how much went into this episode that premiered right after SuperBowl XLIII, which includes Angela walking us through everything that went behind “Save Bandit!”. Jenna points out the use of a montage that was unusual for the show and we rock out to the Bee Gee’s “Stayin’ Alive”, which giving CPR to its beat actually saves lives. So keep away from Michael so you can be stress free and relaxed while you listen to this very epic episode. Office Ladies Website - Submit a fan question: https://officeladies.com/submitaquestion Follow Us on Instagram: OfficeLadiesPod Follow Us on YouTube Follow Us on TikTok To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsAngela Kinsey· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Your Second Drink of Stress Relief Part One. This episode has the famous fire drill cold open. We got so many wonderful tidbits from our crew on how that all went down. And you know what? I'm really proud of how we broke down this episode.
Jenna Fischer· Host0:18
Lady, it's one of my favorite podcast moments that we did- Aw ... because we really dug into it. We got so much good stuff. We got a message from Irina S. in Russia, who wrote us about the fire drill scene. Irina said, "This is one of my favorite episodes ever, naturally because of the funniest ever cold open. When I watched it the first time, I couldn't stop laughing. I think I even teared up. That's how funny I found it." Now, here is the amazing thing. Irina went on to say, "I work as an English tutor, and whenever I feel like my students need cheering up or we need to lighten the mood, I ask them, 'Have you seen The Office?'" [laughs] "And most of them say they haven't. And so I say, 'I'm gonna show you a little clip. Just watch.' And I turn on this cold open- [laughs] ... and they just lose it. It's my favorite thing ever. I see how they light up watching something with authentic language, and it's just hilarious. I keep count of how many people began watching the show after my lessons, and so far it's about five. So my point is, besides being one of the most iconic series ever, your show opens