Michael sees it as a chance to let everyone show their creativity, but unfortunately, corporate is just going to have a cookie-cutter ad with 5 seconds of Scranton color. Andy suggests a catchy jingle, then proceeds not to remember the last line of the Kit Kat candy bar jingle (break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar!) You see, apparently not everyone knows about Dunder-Mifflin’s great paper prices.
But for what? Why, apparently, the head office of Dunder-Mifflin has taken out some local air time to advertise the various branches of the company to their local market. We open with a meeting, where everyone seems to be willing to offer up crazy suggestions. It’s comedy gold.The Office is back! Well, okay technically, it’s been back for four episodes now, but now it’s back in its intended half-hour format, which means these reviews won’t run so long now! I know you’re all excited about that, so let’s cut the chatter and jump right into the story, much like The Office jumps right into the story.
At times, it’s excruciating to watch, but you can’t look away. Jim sums things up perfectly when he says, “Michael and Jan seem to be playing their own separate game and it’s called ‘Let’s see how uncomfortable we can make our guests’ and they’re both winning.” The performances of Steve Carell and Melora Hardin (as Jan Levinson) are award-worthy in an episode whose twists and turns are fantastic. “Dinner Party” also pushes the boundaries of how “The Office” could make you feel uncomfortable, even when you can’t stop laughing. As you can imagine, it wasn’t an easy sell – removing the main characters from the office and excluding most of the supporting cast from the episode (save for the cold open) entirely. “Dinner Party” is unlike any other episode of “The Office,” so much in fact that it requires its own (amazing) oral history.
The greatest episode of “The Office,” quite possibly the best episode of comedic television that’s ever existed and the peak of cringe comedy TV shows.
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