Among the standout episodes from the Emmy-winning season was the first ofThe Offices annual Christmas installments.
Paul Feig directed Halloween and it went really well.
It was really funny, and it was like, Oh, this feels like something.
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After years of his hopes being dashed, Jim finally draws Pam for Secret Santa.
So then, we were like, Okay, what should it really be?
And it kept being like, Well, I feel like teapot is the right move.
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Hes watched her, he knows that she likes to drink tea, so why not just a teapot?
This a good step forward for us, I dont want to ruin it.
But at the time, we obviously didnt know.
Again, I was long gone.
It was like, Of course.
It ended up being a perfect call back for a relationship you had watched for nine years.
Novak) a video iPod.
Theres always going to be a foul-up in his plan to slowly advance his relationship with Pam.
Everyone else has pretty much phoned it in.
And then the only question we had is why it would happen.
Why would you go from a regular Secret Santa gift exchange to a Yankee Swap?
And as soon as we had that, the whole story clicked into place.
Yankee Swap results in Pam getting the iPod and Dwight being in possession of the teapot.
Jim tries to trade with Dwight by offering a lucky Shamrock keychain.
Its very clear in Dwights mind that Billy Zane is the kind of hero of that movie.
So what happens if theres a kind of fun office party?
Weird stuff happens sometimes.
Michaels version of the party was coming true.
Greg just wrote, Vance Refrigeration as a random name.
I dont remember where that came from.
Thats the whole scene, its just, Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration.
Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration.
That was the really only thing that would make him feel like, I did it.
I threw a party good enough that Todd Packer would appear.
