The Office: The Accountants

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Television series
Original title The Office: The Accountants
Country of production United States
original language English
year 2006
Production
company		 NBC Studios
length 2-3 minutes
Episodes 10 in 1 season
genre Mockumentary , comedy , web series
First broadcast July 13, 2006 (USA) on NBC .com
occupation

The Office: The Accountants is an American web series and a spin-off from Das Büro . It shows the accountant in the department in Scranton , Pennsylvania of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, as they try to Budget missing three thousand dollars recover. The webisodes could be viewed from the USA on the official website of the station NBC and were later available as an extra on the DVD of the second season.

The web series was announced in March 2006 and was produced within two days in Van Nuys , Los Angeles by the same crew as the television series. It won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2007 for Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy .

Production and publication

During the broadcast of The Office's second season in March 2006, NBC announced its intention to produce ten web episodes. The filming of the ten web episodes lasted only two days and took place in Van Nuys, a district of Los Angeles. The crew consisted of the same as those of the television series, so the staged The Bureau - Director Randall Einhorn each Webepisode. The The Bureau - actor and producer Paul Lieberstein and Michael Schur wrote together every ten screenplays for the series. Michael Zurer acted as editor . Many actors from the original series appear in The Accountants . Brian Baumgartner plays Kevin Malone , Oscar Núñez played Oscar Martinez and Angela Kinsey portrays Angela Martin , the uptight accounting manager. In addition, Melora Hardin , Phyllis Smith , Kate Flannery , Leslie David Baker , David Denman and Rainn Wilson appeared in their old roles as guest actors.

Between July 13th and September 7th, 2006, a new web episode was uploaded to the broadcaster's website every Thursday. All ten episodes were also included as an extra part of the DVD of the second season of Das Büro , which was released in the USA in the second half of 2006.

Episode list

Code screenwriter Paul Lieberstein
No. German title Original title First broadcast in the USA German language first broadcast (-) Director script
1 - The Books Don't Balance July 13, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
The accountants inform Jan that the books are unbalanced and are about $ 3,000 missing. You decide to interview the other employees. But Oscar is sure it took Michael.
2 - Phyllis July 13, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
The accountants question Phyllis and she confesses that she borrowed $ 14 and forgot to report it.
3 - Meredith July 20, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
Meredith is the next employee to be interviewed. She claims she wasn't at work that day and doesn't risk being arrested because she has a son to look after. She also reports that she has already lost custody of her other child, a daughter.
4th - Stanley July 27, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
Now the accountants are talking to Stanley, who thinks whoever it was is smart enough to steal so much.
5 - Someone in the warehouse Aug 3, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
Kevin says Angela has her eye on Roy. The accountants question him immediately, but he doesn't even know how to take three thousand US dollars in cash from the postage.
6th - The memo Aug 10, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
Kevin types a memo for the thief to report. He also reports that Angela is ordering around and makes a fake note for himself.
7th - Things Are Getting Tense Aug 17, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
With new knowledge, the accountants are now suspicious of each other.
8th - You're mean Aug 24, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
The accountants wait for Michael to leave his office so they can check if he stole the money.
9 - Michael's Office Aug 31, 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
The accountants check Michael's office for evidence of the money, but when they find nothing but cheap, useless things, Oscar and Kevin unanimously decide that they need to talk to Angela again.
10 - The Best Day of My Life Sep 7 2006 - Randall unicorn Michael Schur & Paul Lieberstein
Dwight confronts Angela about her decision to accuse Michael of stealing the money. Kevin and Oscar discover that the missing funds are only due to a calculation mistake by Angela. Finally, Kevin explains that "this day is the best of his life".

reception

The web series won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Broadband Program - Comedy at the 34th Daytime Emmy Awards in 2007 . Entertainment Weekly's Tim Stack rated the series "A-", writing, "While we miss Jim and Pam (not to mention Steve Carell ), these short episodes prove that spending time with their extremely cumbersome staff can be just as sweet" .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Office: The Accountants . NBC.com . Archived from the original on December 30, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b 34th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Emmy Awards . EmmyOnline.com . June 14, 2007. Archived from the original on December 9, 2007. Retrieved December 31, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b Brian Zoromski: Exclusive Interview: The Office Webisode Writers . IGN.com . July 12, 2006. Accessed December 31, 2011.
  4. ↑ Note : This is the first time it was published on NBC.com
  5. ^ Tim Stack: The Office: Webisodes . Entertainment Weekly . August 18, 2006. Retrieved January 1, 2012.