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| "The Injury" | |
 Michael and "The Injury", or his burned, packaged foot |
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| Episode No. | 18 |
| Prod. Code | 02011 |
| Airdate | January 12, 2006 |
| Writer(s) | Mindy Kaling |
| Director | Bryan Gordon |
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Synopsis
Michael burns his foot while grilling bacon on his George Foreman grill. Michael Gary Scott (born March 15, 1964) is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Steve Carell The George Foreman Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine, commonly known as the George Foreman Grill, is an indoor electrically-heated grill manufactured by While Dwight is coming to "rescue" him, he crashes his car and suffers a concussion, which makes him more likeable and much nicer to his co-workers, particularly Pam. Dwight Kurt Schrute III is a Fictional character on NBC 's The Office portrayed by Rainn Wilson. Pamela "Pam" Morgan Beesly is a Fictional character on the U Michael is upset with the staff's lack of compassion towards his "disability". Jim and Michael take Dwight to the hospital where Michael insists that his burned foot is a more serious injury than Dwight's blunt force trauma. Jim Halpert is a Fictional character in the United States version of the television sitcom The Office, played by John Before they go, Pam bids "goodbye" to the concussed Dwight, aware that she will probably never see the good-natured version of Dwight Schrute ever again.
Deleted scenes
The Season Two DVD contains a number of deleted scenes from this episode. Notable cut scenes include:
- Jim explains that he doesn't use his grill as a pillow.
- Michael admits to enjoying popping bubble wrap.
- Michael describes the powers of dark meat chicken.
- Dwight behaves incoherently.
- Dwight gets scared at the hospital.
When the episode was rebroadcast on March 29, 2007 as part of an "HR Nightmares" marathon, a brief interview with Toby was added as an epilogue. Events 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Toby Flenderson is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. In it, Toby explains that Michael invented a safer version of the George Foreman grill. "He called it the 'Magic No-Ouchie Meat Machine. ' It's actually a George Foreman grill in a bunny cage. " This segment is included on the Season 3 DVD set in a bonus material section of wraparound interviews with Toby.
Notes
- According to an interview at the Office Convention, Mindy Kaling notes how she wrote Michael's explanation as an elaborate story. However Steve Carell just read it fast and unapologetic like a list. Kaling notes how she was surprised at how different the reading was from the way she imagined it. However she liked how Carell did it better.
- When fans were asked in the summer of 2006 to vote on NBC. com for their favorite episode, "The Injury" was selected and aired again on August 17.
- This episode is B.J. Novak's favorite of the first three seasons because it started with a crazy idea in the writers' room and "spun out of control" into absurdity. Benjamin Joseph Manaly Novak (born July 31, 1979) better known as B [1]
- Michael's interview at the beginning of the episode is Jenna Fischer's favorite of the series so far. Jenna Fischer (born March 7, 1974) is an Emmy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her role as Pam Beesly in the [2]
- This is the sole episode Rainn Wilson and Steve Carell submitted for Emmy consideration in the acting category for 2006.
- Several versions of the Dwight-Angela scene were filmed, including Dwight spanking her, swatting her, trying to kiss her, and picking her up by her butt. After many takes, actress Angela Kinsey ended up with a big bruise on her butt. Angela Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an Emmy Award -winning American actress [3] In the end, "spanking her" was used.
- The disabled icons Michael uses for his presentation are Helen Keller, Larry Flynt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Tom Hanks (in Forrest Gump), and Tom Hanks again (in Big). Helen Adams Keller (June 27 1880 – June 1 1968 was an American Author, Activist and lecturer Larry Claxton Flynt Jr (born November 1, 1942) is an American Publisher and the head of Larry Flynt Publications (LFP Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Forrest Gump is a 1994 Comedy film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and the name of the title character Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks (born July 9 1956 is an two-time Academy award and Emmy winning American Film actor, director Big is a 1988 fantasy - Comedy film about a boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged
- This is the introduction of Billy Merchant, the building supervisor.
- One small bit in the Billy Merchant scene was cut out. At one point in the scene, Michael asks the employees, "Do you notice anything different about Billy?" and they all stare in horror. Cut from the scene is when, after they don't react, Michael grabs one of the wheels on Billy's wheelchair and begins to roll him back and forth and asks, "Still don't notice anything different?"[3]
- When Billy Merchant apologizes for being late, he explains that someone parked in the disabled parking spot. From Michael's reaction, it's clear that Michael told Dwight to park there.
- Producer Greg Daniels loves the scene when Michael tries to get Pam to put butter (Country Crock) on his foot. Greg Daniels is an American television comedy writer producer and director Says Daniels, "It's one thing she won't do. "[4]
- Kinsey is caught "out of character" in the opening moments of this episode. While Oscar talks about The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, Brian Baumgartner and Kinsey can be seen in the background laughing. Oscar Martinez is a Fictional character from the US Television series The Office. The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 Brian Baumgartner (born November 29, 1972) is an Emmy Award -winning American film and television actor who plays Kevin Malone on She admitted in her MySpace blog: "We were just being ourselves goofing around and didn't realize they had already started rolling the camera!"[5]
- This was one of six episodes that was submitted to Emmy voters for Best Comedy consideration, which they went on to win. The other five were "The Dundies", "Booze Cruise", "Christmas Party", "The Secret" and "Valentine's Day".
- In naming the folder, Dwight types his name at least 146 times. When naming a folder, one can use as many as 255 letters or symbols.
- Angela selects a Gertrude Hawk chocolate bar from the vending machine. Gertrude Hawk Chocolates are made locally, in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. Dunmore is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, adjoining Scranton. The wrapper colors indicate the flavor; the brown wrapper of the bar she selected indicates that it is milk chocolate.
- Dwight's doctor orders a CAT scan and the exam room is labeled as such, but Michael is ordered to remove all metal from his person as if it were an MRI. Computed tomography (CT is a Medical imaging method employing Tomography.
- Kelly mentions an episode of Grey's Anatomy involving a Lifeguard. . . there is no such episode.
- Dwight and Pam make reference to the mp3 player that Roy purchased for Pam as the fictional Prism Durosport. When the mp3 player is shown, it is a Creative Zen Micro. The Creative ZEN (formerly known as Creative NOMAD Jukebox Zen) is a range of Digital audio players (DAPs and Portable media players (PMPs made by
References
- ^ B.J. Novak at Duquesne University
- ^ Fischer, Jenna (January 12, 2006). "The Office Blog Is Back, and It's Pam-tastic!" TVGuide. com
- ^ a b Kinsey, Angela (January 19, 2006). blog. myspace. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=blog. view&friendID=32799810&blogID=79163195&Mytoken=507B6F37-ABD0-44C0-A3AB58977CE87C7C120561765 "The Secret", MySpace. com
- ^ Ryan, Maureen (February 23, 2006). 'Office' promotions pay off in a big way, Chicago Tribune
- ^ Kinsey, Angela (July 3, 2006). The Chicago Tribune is a major daily Newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, and owned by the Tribune Company blog. myspace. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=blog. view&friendID=32799810&blogID=140411177&MyToken=e5ada2da-d51f-4c30-89c6-e6648719c5fb "Happy 4th, FAQ's and some tidbits", MySpace. com
External links
- "The Injury" at NBC. com
- "The Injury" at NorthernAttack. com.
- Jenna Fischer's Blog on "The Injury" at TVGuide.com
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