To loyal Flonkertonians

Just wanted to post a quick message and apologize for the lack of updates to this site. I could make a bunch of excuses about how busy I am (hey, I am in a foreign country, which the IRS warrents as a reason to give me 2 extra months on taxes) but really I’m just bad at managing my time. It’s not because I’ve lost interest in the show; as soon as I can get a hold of the newest episodes I’m watching it and often re-watching it. I suppose you could call it a website-writer’s-block (I literally have dozens of drafts waiting to be finished and published). So, if any of you are fans of this site and want to see more, please, post messages in all caps and tell me to get my ass in gear. Or you can post ideas for posts, or awesome fanart/videos you’ve come across. Let’s bring Flonkerton back from this hiatus!

Sincerely, Lauren

Office Season 5 Schedule

This post is devoted to the schedule of Season 5 of The Office, and is updated regularly. Episode titles, synopsises, and official promotional items after the jump.

NEW! 11/22: Info for 12/4 and 12/11 Episodes

Health Care: Episode 1.03

“Health Care”
Season 1 Episode 3
Writer: Paul Lieberstein
Air Date: April 5, 2005
Summary: Michael puts Dwight in charge of picking a new (read: striped down) health care plan; a responsibility that quickly goes to Dwight’s head. Meanwhile, Michael struggles to arrange a “surprise” to hopefully offset the staff’s disappointment about the reduced health care benefits.

Diversity Day: Episode 1.02

“Diversity Day”
Season 1 Episode 2
Air Date: March 29, 2005
Writer: B.J. Novak
Summary: After the company sends a “sensitivity” trainer for a diversity seminar, Michael creates his own seminar complete with his special brand of insensitive sensitivity. Jim is constantly interrupted while trying to close his biggest sale of the year.

The Pilot: Episode 1.01

We have a little over 2 months until the premiere of Season 5 of The Office. If you’ve fallen behind, or are new to the show, now’s the time to catch up with an episode a day until the Sept. 25th premiere. Let’s recap from the very beginning, starting with the infamous Pilot.

“The Pilot”
Season 1 Episode 1
Air Date: March 24, 2005
Writer: Greg Daniels (original UK Office by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant)
Summary: A documentary crew arrives at Dunder-Mifflin Paper Inc in Scranton, Pennsylvania to begin filming the misadventures of Michael Scott. Among Michael’s employ are Dwight the eternally loyal Assistant (to the) Regional Manager, Ryan the bewildered temp, Jim the friendly but bored salesman, and Pam the plain, lonely receptionist.

Quiz Time!

In the last entry, I told you about the two Office Trivia board games that will be coming to a store near you soon. Here is a little quiz with sample questions from the game. Bonus points for naming the episode as well.

1. On his first day in Scranton Andy shows Angela his screensaver: a cat dressed in what kind of costume?
2. Kevin is telling the office that it’s important that everyone come hear his band, Scrantonicity II. Why does he need as many people to cheer him on as possible?
3. When Ryan appears onscreen during the launch party, Kelly does this.
4. Who said it about what?
“Oh no, it’s bad. It’s real bad. It’s like eating a hot circle of garbage.”
5. Ryan has five to one odds that Kelly will go two minutes explaining this to him.

Okay, now let’s see how much of a Dunderhead you are!

The Office Game

If you’ve been waiting for an organized way to show of your trivial knowledge of all things Office, wait no longer! This month, not one, but two Office boards games will be released. Here’s a description of the games, set for release on July 19th.

The Office Trivia Game
For 2 to 6 Adult Players; Suggested retail price: $25
Fans of NBC’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning-sitcom The Office can test their show knowledge with Pressman Toy’s The Office Trivia Game. Players move around the office walking cubicle to cubicle answering trivia questions and visiting favorite Dunder Mifflin characters’ cubes. They must beware of Scranton Regional Manager Michael Scott showing up on the game die and moving into their cubicle – players must answer a trivia question about the socially awkward boss before they can move on. The player who successfully gets through all the locations and collects the all-important “Support the Rabid” wristband wins.

The Office DVD Board Game
For 2-4 Adult Players; Suggested retail price: $30
The Office DVD Board Game from Pressman Toy combines video on DVD from America’s funniest television sitcom NBC’s The Office with a companion game board allowing fans to interact with their favorite characters and put their show knowledge to the test. Players go head-to-head answering trivia questions based on video clips, images and facts from The Office using their DVD remote control and moving around the game board. Trivia Spaces test players’ knowledge. Challenge spaces let players collect other players’ Schrute bucks. Clerical spaces test players’ speed, skill and resourcefulness. Michael Cards can help or hinder their path. The first player to collect $1.00 in Schrute bucks wins. Game play is different every time.

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Fanart Friday: 30% More Unpredictable

LiveJournal user mo_shmoe was featured before for her drawing of John Krasinski, and now she’s back with this adorable picture of (the fancy new) Pam.

I recommend you visit moshmoe’s deviantART gallery, lots of great celebrity portraits.

Dunder Mifflin Infinity: Episode 4.03-04

Dunder Mifflin Infinity
Season 4 Episode 3-4 (hour long)
Airdate: October 4, 2007
Writer: Michael Schur
Synopsis: New boss Ryan returns to try to bring the Scranton branch into the digital age with a fancy new website, but Michael resists and tries to win back customers with some old tactics. Dwight tries to console Angela over her dead cat.

Top Moments of Season 4

It’s Mid-May, which means it’s about that time to say good-bye to our favorite paper company for four months. It’s a little more bitter sweet than usual as the Writer’s strike shortened the season about half-a-dozen episodes, but we had a lot of big moments this season. So let’s look at Flonkerton’s favorite moments of this (woefully short) season.

FYI: This post was actually inspired by this completely awesome “Top 5″ picspam by opportunistice over at LiveJournal. For those that don’t know, a “picspam” is exactly what it sounds like, tons of pics being thrown at you as once, so people with slow connections have been warned.

Onward to the list! This is by no means a be-all-end-all list of Top S4 moments, just 10 of my favorite moments.