Office Ladies

I have read A Room with a View, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Angela's Ashes.

And the end of this episode is a flash forward to their next meeting, where they are discussing Angela's ashes.

We're soup snakes. BJ and I are soup snakes.

Soulmates is what you aim for, but soup snakes is what you get sometimes.

"We're soup snakes. BJ and I are soup snakes." And then she added, "Soulmates is what you aim for, but soup snakes is what you get sometimes."

The manager says, have you read Lee Iacocca's classic book? And Michael says, read it. I own it.

This is the second time Lee Iacocca's biography is mentioned on The Office.

It's because BJ Novak's dad co-authored that book.

He worked for Ford, but then he went on to work at Chrysler and he was just this huge automobile executive legend.

But here is a fun fact... Lee Iacocca wrote his autobiography with another writer, William Novak.

BJ Novak's dad... was the ghostwriter for Lee Iacocca's autobiography?

A friend of mine had given me Uta Hagen's book, A Challenge For The Actor, and I was lucky enough to take a workshop from Carol Rosenfeld at the acting school started by Uta Hagen herself, HB Studio.

The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx.

The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx.

And lastly, Toilet Paper Origami by Linda Wright.

And lastly, Toilet Paper Origami by Linda Wright.

It's published by Penguin Random House LLC and read by Mindy Kaling.

I tend to fight with Greg the most... Our fighting is legendary.

One time late at night our script coordinator Sean and our head writer Danny both brought in their dogs and upon seeing each other They got into a violent barking fight Paul Lieberstein glanced over and joked. Oh, I thought that was just Greg and Mindy.

What do we fight about? I wish I could say they were big smart philosophical issues about writing or comedy But sometimes they're as small as if we do that cold open where Kevin dumps a tureen of chili on himself I will quit the show... We did that cold oven by the way, and it was a hit and I'm still working at the show

I can get a little theatrical which makes sense because after all I came up through the theater... I will tell you about the worst fight we ever had In a very heated rewrite session for the season 3 episode grief counseling. I was arguing with Greg so much... He finally said in front of all 12 writers if you're gonna resist what I'm doing here. You can just go home

In Mindy Kaling's book, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, she writes a chapter about working on the office and being a writer and also being a performer.

It's published by Penguin Random House LLC and read by Mindy Kaling.

I tend to fight with Greg the most.

Our fighting is legendary. One time late at night, our script coordinator, Sean, and our head writer, Danny, both brought in their dogs. And upon seeing each other, they got into a violent barking fight. Paul Lieberstein glanced over and joked, oh, I thought that was just Greg and Mindy.

In a very heated rewrite session for the season three episode Grief Counseling, I was arguing with Greg so much he finally said in front of all 12 writers, if you're going to resist what I'm doing here, you can just go home, Mindy.

In flashbacks, we see them reading The House of Spirits, also known by its original title is La Casa de los Espritus. It's by Isabel Allende.

The only one I haven't read is The House of the Spirits, but I want to because I read a little bit about what it's about and I think it's really interesting. Should we read it together?

And what are we reading? Our first book will be The House of the Spirits.

Then they are reading Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.

I have read A Room with a View, Memoirs of a Geisha, and Angela's Ashes.

I've told this story in my book.

He also published Zylot and Other Important Rhymes.

That is a book of like, it's like whimsical poetry.

Have you seen those books? They're called Found and they're just snippets of maybe it's someone's grocery list or it's someone's receipt. I would love to see a Phil Shea list.

Twilight Thick Non-See-Through Shower Curtain.

There was actually a book called The Rules that women were supposed to follow in order to like nab a man.

And I was in Tom Stoppard's Acadia when I was like 16, I think 17.

And it was full nerdville I had the best time ever John

I read a movable feast because you told me how much you loved it and I've never told you that years ago

You were like oh a movable feast is so good so I went and got it and I never read it I still have the paperback on my nightstand like in my stack of favorite books and it's so amazing

Yes it's so good oh my god

fans might very well avoid this episode to avoid something painful that's hard to face in themselves