This is actually old news, but what the heck, until The Office tosses the fans something, some kind of bone, over the summer break, it’ll have to do. Brian Baumgartner was in Scranton over the Memorial Day weekend. He was the guest of honor at a fundraiser for the Albright Memorial Library. You can [ ... ] ...
The latest Office episode, “The Chump” has provided the Scranton Chamber Of Commerce with a memorable slogan that just might catch on: “The Paris of northeastern Pennysylvania.” I can see how this will grow in popularity, finally reaching a point where the city of Paris begins to refer to itself as… the “Scranton of [ ... ] ...
As a native of Scranton, I was glued to “The Office” for 5 seasons, marveling at ALL of the local references to my hometown. (Dunmore, my high school!) Imagine my excitement when I got the opportunity here at LITO to chronicle these local references for Season 6! This “golden ticket” just happened [ ... ] ...
When the gang from Dunder-Mifflin decided to hit a “Happy Hour,” they didn’t just go to a dinky, hole-in-the-wall pub like nearby Poor Richard’s; they also didn’t bother with trendy Farley’s in downtown Scranton. No, they went to a mythical, over-the-top extravaganza of an entertainment center: Sid & Dexter’s Sports Bar. This Taj Mahal [ ... ] ...
Searching for ANY Scranton references in “New Leads” has proved to be as challenging as searching for any “new leads” at the Scranton dump. I was about to give up, and not write anything this week. Then, I thought to myself: Hey… there are regular readers of Scrantonicity; I don’t want to disappoint either [ ... ] ...
For Secretary’s Day, Michael Scott takes Erin to a fancy restaurant in Scranton called Hayworth’s. Well, there is no Hayworth’s in Scranton, which by now is not surprising. If they had used a real Scranton restaurant, that would have made writing this “Scrantonicity” easy. The column practically would have written itself. But that’s OK; [ ... ] ...
Top o’ the Mornin’ to ya, LITO readers! Sure and begorra, it’s St. Patrick’s Day in Scranton. Michael comes into the office and gleefully grabs some green M&M’s from Erin’s festive reception desk. He exclaims, “Green M&M’s?! Nature’s viagra!” Everyone seems to be a good mood. The camera pans around the office to show [ ... ] ...
I was born in Scranton at the Community Medical Center. Years later, my mother got a job there, working as the nightshift switchboard operator. So… I was, uh… hoping that Pam and Jim would choose that fine establishment as the place to bring Cecelia into the world. But they opted instead for the Moses [ ... ] ...
In this week's episode of The Office , Sabre's CEO Jo Bennett comes to Dunder Mifflin Scranton and institutes some major changes, including naming only one manager. As Jim and Michael figure that one out, Andy accidentally makes Kelly believe he has a crush on her ... The episode opens on Michael Scott checking his Vancouver reservation for the Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, the hotel doesn't seem to have him on the books. Dwight tries to help him find it in his email ("You did get the evite