“The Dundies”
The Office episode
Michael Scott hosts "The Dundies"
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 1
Written by	Mindy Kaling
Directed by	Greg Daniels
Production no. Vera Chokalingam (known professionally as Mindy Kaling, born June 24 1979 is an American actress and writer who stars as Kelly Kapoor on the NBC Greg Daniels is an American television comedy writer producer and director	02003
Original airdate	September 20, 2005
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In the episode, Michael hosts "The Dundies" (a play on the company name Dunder Mifflin), the annual awards show in which he presents awards to various members of the office. Dunder Mifflin Paper Company Inc is a fictional Paper company featured in the United States television series ''The Office''. But the night does not turn out as he plans, and Michael ends up angering or humiliating the majority of the office staff. Meanwhile, after Pam argues with her fiancée and becomes obviously intoxicated, she kisses Jim.

Plot

Phyllis receives a Dundie Award from Michael. Phyllis Vance (née Lapin) is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office.

Michael Scott (Steve Carell) is the only person who looks forward to "The Dundies", his annual awards show at the local Chili's restaurant. Michael Gary Scott (born March 15, 1964) is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Steve Carell Steven John "Steve" Carell (born August 16, 1962) is a Golden Globe - and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American Chili's Grill & Bar is a restaurant chain founded by Larry Lavine Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) tries to dissuade Michael from once again awarding Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) the "World's Longest Engagement" award. Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American Actor, Film director and Writer. Pamela "Pam" Morgan Beesly is a Fictional character on the U Jenna Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her role as Pam Beesly in the Meanwhile, Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) learns that there is graffiti about Michael on the ladies' room wall, and his attempts to investigate are embarrassingly unsuccessful. Dwight Kurt Schrute III is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Rainn Wilson. Rainn Dietrich Wilson (born January 20 1966) is an Emmy -nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning American actor

At the awards show, Michael's performance as MC falls flat. Pam's fiancée Roy Anderson (David Denman) and Darryl Philbin (Craig Robinson) leave, taking Pam with them. Roy Anderson is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office, portrayed by David Denman. David Denman (born July 25, 1973) is an American actor whose feature film credits include Out Cold and Big Fish. Darryl Philbin is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. Craig Robinson is the name of Craig Robinson (actor, actor and stand-up comedian Craig Robinson (basketball coach, Oregon State basketball In the parking lot, Roy and Pam argue, and Pam returns alone to the restaurant, where she begins drinking beer and margaritas. Heckled by other customers, Michael decides to end the show, but an intoxicated Pam leads the office in encouraging him to continue. Relieved upon winning the Dundie for "Whitest Sneakers", Pam gives a belligerent acceptance speech and kisses Jim on the lips.

As Jim recaps the Dundies for the camera, Pam falls off her stool, and Dwight springs to her rescue. In the parking lot, Pam admits to Jim that it was she who wrote the graffiti. She begins to ask Jim a question, but stops when she notices the camera. Jim helps Pam into Angela Martin's (Angela Kinsey) car and smiles as they leave. Angela Noelle Martin is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. Angela Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an Emmy Award -winning American actress

Production

This episode was the second episode of the series directed by Greg Daniels. Greg Daniels is an American television comedy writer producer and director Daniels had previously directed the first season episode "Basketball". "The Dundies" was written by Mindy Kaling, who also acts for the show as customer service representative Kelly Kapoor. Kelly Kapoor is a Fictional character from the US Television series, The Office. ^[1] At Chili's, many parts of the script were changed so the restaurant would allow filming. In the original script, Pam vomits at Chili's and Dwight responds, "A woman has vomited!" The completed script was not available to Chili's until shooting had already started, and they objected to a customer vomiting in their restaurant. Chili's withdrew its permission to shoot, but, after a few hours, Steve Carell developed a compromise: Pam falls off her bar stool and Dwight responds, "A woman has had a seizure!"^[2] Pam was also to be over served alcohol by the Chili's staff. Chili's did not want this in the episode either, so the writers had Pam steal drinks off other tables. ^[2] Since Jenna Fischer does not drink much in real life, B. J. Novak took her out so she could get drunk while Novak described to her how she was behaving and how it did not match her own perception. She drew upon this experience for her performance. ^[3]

Reception

"The Dundies" received 4. 3/10 in the ages 18–49 demographic in the Nielsen Ratings. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television This means that 4. 3% of all households with an 18 to 49 year old living in it watched the episode, and 10% had their television tuned to the channel at any point. The episode was watched by 9. 0 million viewers. ^[4]

In its "The Top 10 Moments from The Office", IGN ranked Pam's drunken scene at Chili's as number five. IGN (abbreviated and formerly known as I magine G ames N etwork is a multimedia news and reviews Website that focuses heavily on Video ^[5] Michael Sciannamea of TV Squad stated that "This season's first episode showed a marked improvement over the final episode from last season", and went on to praise the episode's expansion of supporting characters as one of the main reasons for the improvement. ^[6] Seb Patrick of Noise to Signal, while comparing the American version of The Office favorably to its UK counterpart, writes that the series "could be finding its feet again over the course of its opening couple of episodes. This article is about the original version of The Office For the US version see The Office (US TV series, and for a comparison of the various versions from around the "^[7]

References

External links

• Official Dundie Award
• "The Dundies" at NBC. com