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The Nard Dog’s Dad Has Captained The Enterprise!!
Stephen Collins -- whose Will Decker character captained the Enterprise in the first Star Trek movie until Admiral James T. Kirk elbowed him out of the way -- will on “The Office” play Walter Bernard, father of Andy.
Collins is apparently shooting his role right now.
SPOILER. Showrunner Paul Leiberstein has indicated we’ll learn in the season premiere who succeeds Robert California as Scranton branch manager. Leiberstein earlier indicated that the character permanently inheriting Michael Scott’s old office will be an established character promoted from within.
My guess is Andy, who was originally named Walter Bernard Jr. until Andy’s younger brother was assigned that name, did not invite his dad to Scranton because he lost the branch manager gig to Daryl Philbin.
Dee Wallace ("E.T.") plays Andy's mom; Josh Groban ("Crazy Stupid Love") plays Andy's brother.
New episodes of “The Office” return to NBC Sept. 22.
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I know the show doesn't have much grounding it these days, so saying what I'm about to say is probably pointless. That said, given the show has established Andy as a horrible salesman, been sent to anger management after an office flip out, and cost the company severely by "whistleblowing" the printer issue that could have been fixed by a software update, Andy's being promoted feels like too much of a stretch.
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That's very true, unless California is the guy making the decision. In which case there's some time for him to see something in Andy and make it happen when he moves up. Conventional logic goes out the window with someone that confident in his business instincts. Or maybe the show will just be written any which way that serves the funny. I hope not. It needs to be grounded in at least a small sliver of reality.
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But not quite as funny!
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checking out that crewman's rack at :44 seconds... awesome!
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when he proposes to angela. it was not collins.
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...Dennis and Dee's father on Sunny.
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Anyone want to fill me in
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Pam's the new branch manager. There was a post on this site a few days ago that referred to Pam as the new manager.
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Pam's the new branch manager. There was a post on this site a few days ago that referred to Pam as the new manager.
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* California will challenge office manager Pam to double branch sales. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50811
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Ok, I thought I knew my Trek, what the fuck is this? :0
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of office manager or something. It means she's in charge of making sure they have enough staplers and such, not that she runs the branch.
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too bad she's dead
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Goodbye.
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What is this video?
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Star Trek Phase II (thanks Wiki) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Phase_II (learn something new everyday)
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Paramount, back in the 70's, was gonna launch a new network, with STAR TREK: PHASE II being its flagship show. Gene Roddenberry and company created sets, cast the show, hired actors (all but Leonard Nimoy, who didn't want to play Spock anymore), and scripts were commissioned. Then the Paramount network idea floundered, and STAR TREK: PHASE II was shot between the eyes, even though preliminary production work had begun. Instead of completely scrapping the idea for a STAR TREK relaunch, and in an effort to ride on the coat-tails of the original STAR WARS, Paramount Pictures commissioned STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE, so Roddenberry and company scrambled to piece together a movie at the last possible second by patch-working the pilot script "In Thy Image" by Harold Livingston, and then tacking on a bunch of extra bulky material that resulted in the bloated theatrical cut we're all familiar with. Someone, apparently, has recut that movie using the Livingston script, which shows how much lighter and better the pilot should have been. Looks pretty good, too, from what I've seen. And for the record, the Director's Cut of STMP is galaxies better than the theatrical version.
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I didnt wanna have to look that shit up.
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What about Uhuras? She got dem tet tets and dat ass pad, fo' sho' bitch!
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This video is different from ST:TMP though, right? This is pilot footage for the TV show, correct? Because it doesn't look like ST:TMP, but I haven't seen that one for ages because well it was one of the more boring Trek Movies, Classic, but boring. V'ger my ass...
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This IS ST:TMP? Like a fan-recut to look like the pilot episode or something? FUck this is confusing LOL
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Yeah; I'm extremely familiar with the film, and it's footage from the movie, not from the PHASE II archives. It's truncated footage, clearly. Edited extremely well, with modifications made from the original score. Whoever did it knew what they were doing but, yeah, it's from the original movie.
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They did the same thing with Pam's mom, itrainmonkeys. It'll be ok. They didn't play a significant role in that episode. But i do hope they keep the same idea of Walter looking like a stuck-up yachtsman. Pam is office administrator, btw. I'm not sure what that quote about her doubling sales means exactly, but at this point I'm interested in any of the established characters becoming the regional manager. Keep in mind everyone was only signed on for 7 seasons (as Carrell was). They signed for one additional...this season's more of an experiment than anything. Curious.
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Aug. 18, 2011, 11:05 a.m. CST
Pam needing to double sales makes more sense if she becomes manager...
by Chewtoy
Just saying.
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told ya.
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At first, I too thought, "Oh, Andy is celebrating with his dad. He must be the new manager." But it sounds just like Andy to mistakenly think he's the new manager, make a big deal of it - including inviting his parents to the branch - only to be embarrassed when someone else is announced as the manager.
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I give this show 2 more seasons. The last 2 seasons of SG-1 were equal to or better than anything in the previous 8 but some people just don't like change. I predict ratings will start going down and they will stop the show before it sinks too far.
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Aug. 18, 2011, 12:38 p.m. CST
Steve Collins was also the lead in TALES OF THE GOLD MONKEY
by Taillefer
Yes, I remember the first run of this short-lived ABC series. Never watched it but remember thinking "What a blatant rip-off of Indiana Jones." Yeah, so I'm old. Fuck you. T.
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And Bring 'Em Back Alive starring Bruce Boxleitner as Frank Buck. Both were fun adventure series capitalizing on the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Also, the captain of the ship that got destroyed in the ship above was to be a half human/half Vulcan first officer on Star Trek: Phase II. So, not only did he lose his co-starring gig, but he died in the first 10 minutes of the movie. Poor guy. I think his character's name on Phase II was to be Tyvok, or something.
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He THINKS that Andy will be the new branch manager, but he KNOWS that Daryl will be? Huh?
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The majority of this article was incoherent.
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Yeah, will they digitally insert Collins into the syndication reruns of that episode? I'm just kidding, I'm not looking for them to do that. Be cool, though.
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His character just doesn't do it for me as anything other than getting the B-story in episodes. The character is just too grating for more than that. I really wish we had seen more of Creed as manager. But I think Daryl as the straight man leading an office full of crazies has good potential.
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because he is one of the few "movie" stars with the success of the Hangover series. have you noticed that he is one of a few actors that has his name in the opening titles of The Office?
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he is black and there is a pervasive, subtle racism that permeates our society, especially in Hollywood. "Martin marched so that Obama could run.... Obama ran so that our children can soar!"
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... so of course there's no way they will do it. Jim and Pam are too perfect-couple, and making Pam be Jim's boss (especially when he had a chance and blew it already) and letting her be more successful than he was could put some tension back into the relationship. Plus, I think Pam slowly becoming a dictator would be both hilarious and perfectly in character.
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Who the new boss will be, or who the hell Herc thinks it will be. I'm just glad Spader's on, that sold me.
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Robert California will be hired as Scranton branch manager, then be promoted in the season premiere to Sabre CEO. I believe Andy Bernard will in the same episode be promoted to replace California as Scranton branch manager. I believe Daryl will not get the promotion to Scranton branch manager. I believe this because they're hiring actors to play Andy's parents and they're not hiring actors to play Daryl's parents.
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Aug. 18, 2011, 7:30 p.m. CST
People still doubt that Daryl becomes branch manager?
by djangoilbastardo
And for silly reasons? It's been pretty well telegraphed, and not that subtly.
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He was commander of a ship refit. He never left drydock as Captain of the Enterprise. Abrams-verse George Kirk did more as Captain of the Kelvin in 12 minutes than Wil Decker managed in a couple of dozen months redressing the Big E. Weak!
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Aug. 18, 2011, 9:28 p.m. CST
There's only one possible reason to choose Andy over Darryl
by OutsideChance
...and that is because Ed Helms' movie career is currently doing better than Craig Robinson's.
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The part of Decker was not cast when Phase II was stopped and so Stephen Collins probably would not have played Decker on TV. He was cast by Robert Wise after it was a movie, and was the only major character cast by Wise. Everybody else including Persis Khambatta was there for the TV series. Leonard Nimoy would not have been on the TV series except as a special guest star, if that. David Gautreaux, who plays the space station distress signal guy in the movie, would have been Nimoy's replacement on the TV series playing a new Vulcan named Xon.
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Thank you! I could not remember the character's name: Xon. Thanks.
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It's far more likely because he'll be getting married soon.
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Aug. 19, 2011, 1:20 p.m. CST
It makes far LESS sense to promote Andy because of Helms' movie career taking off..
by djangoilbastardo
Why would they want to put all their eggs in Helm's basket when he might just decide to up and quit like Carrell did to pursue it? It ain't like they can't have a handful of Andy-centric episodes to cash in on his current name value without him getting promoted.
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Aug. 19, 2011, 11:45 p.m. CST
The dick from Brewster's Millions. They should do another remake of Brewster's Millions.
by Griefo
Does anyone else love Brewster's Millions as much as I do? Probably not.
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I cease to watch the show. Never liked the character and fast forwarded through his scenes the last two seasons. It will be nice to cut the strings on this show that has gone on far too long.
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Back then.
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Richard Pryor & John Candy onscreen together, along with such greats as Jerry Orbach & Hume Cronyn Directed by Walter Hill What's not to love?
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I like how you people are trying to use logic, saying he's the worst salesman. Who gives a fuck? He's not a salesman if he's running the branch. I think he'll get it because he's the only one in the office that apparently went to college, so he's "qualified" Also, anyone who thinks Craig Robinson should get it is out of their fucking mind. He's said about 3 funny things since he's been on the show. He absolutely cannot be manager. Ed Helms is hilarious on The Office. He's the obvious choice.
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Aug. 22, 2011, 4:12 a.m. CST
Pam is a SALESMAN. Thats why he wants her to double her awful sales...morons
by Mel
You're telling me that California tells Pam, the branch manager, that he want EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO DOUBLE THEIR SALES? Do you know how absurd that is? He wants Pam to double HER sales because she's a salesman now. Did you people stop watching after season 2? She's not a secretary anymore. She's an awful salesman.
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I don't think he's gonna be the manager... tho if he is they did a good job of making it look like he won't be. They could be casting parents because he THINKS he will be the manager and invites them to show off... then ISN'T. Makes for good comedy. Maybe he tries to convince the office to play along, who knows? Wouldn't be surprised with him getting married either. All I can say is I'm glad they're going to make one of the existing characters manager, although I would have loved Spader. Glad he's going to be in it so much.
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But Craig Robinson himself is not a safe bet for the producers. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't he semi-recently get in some serious legal trouble? And not like a little marijuana residue -- I think it was like meth or something. Are the showrunners confident their new star will be reliable enough to show up every day?
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Did you stop watching halfway through season 7? She's not a salesman any more. She was an awful salesman so she conned her way into the made-up job of Office Administrator.
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