Hank Kingsley

Oh, and Ed Helms has to stay on so I can get my weekly a capella fix.

Lazy Scranton/Scranton Witch Project was awesome. Kevin stole the first half of the episode, and the Dwight/Andy stuff ruled it. There isn't a new episode next week, is there?

You told him.

And even if the ratings were bad, the awards and critical praise would keep the show around. I don't NBC is as stupid as Fox (re: Arrested Development), and they would know not to drop their best shows.

iTunes is offering the episode "Blind Date" for free right now, so I checked it out. It's not bad, but probably not something I'd go out of my way to see. Being after Scrubs will probably help, though.

Fuck. I was hoping "Show Me What You Got" was just a poppy single amongst eleven other tight songs. I'll still probably check it out.

Well, shit. He might have to be special guest commentator.

TUNA, YES! Ed Helms is in this too. I read an article that said the film's budget is $175 mil, $250 with advertising, which would make it the most expensive comedy ever. That's insane. The producers think it's a "good bet" though, so we'll see.

The Superstar vs. Mister Warrior vs. The Masked Man vs. Big Poppa Poplex vs. Schaeffer vs. Undisputed in a Gimmick Elimination Chamber.

In addition to next week's episode being supersized, Greg Daniels said that the Christmas special will be an hour. I love it. Plus, he said at the time he was editing the Gervais/Merchant-penned episode, which is titled "The Convict." I can't wait to see that.

Oh my god, thank you so much. That is twenty times greater than I had pictured from reading the descriptions.

Whoa, I thought I dissected that cat in 9th grade.

I highly recommend checking out the online producer's cut. There's some great deleted scenes with Creed, Meredith, and Andy in there.

A bobblehead in your likeness.

The Producer's cut will be available at Midnight EST, if you want to relive it along with some extended/deleted scenes. Plus, Jenna Fischer is on Letterman in 20 minutes.

Ha. Greg Daniels has a live blog going right now on nbc's website. His latest update: Loves it.

And Jim being Dwight's superior. So awesome. Ryan/Kelly stuff ruled it, too.

Amazing cold opening, and it's Michael Schur, who did Christmas Party. I like where this is going already, especially Stanley being ecstatic.

Steve Carell > Jim Carrey

THAT'S it. I knew I had heard or seen the name "David Denman" before. Angel credits. Wow, that's neat.

This system has started to appeal to me in the last few months. Would a price drop be too far away to make a difference as to when I should get one?

It's just...a PPV quality show three days before a PPV.

I can't find the actual writing credits anywhere, but I would think Greg Daniels would take this one considering he's handled turning points like "Booze Cruise." Then again there's not a bad writer on the show, and as the DVD commentaries indicated, everyone contributes, so I think we have a winner on our hands either way.

Looks like it was Jenna who said that, and just got me ten times more excited: