Yahoo

‘The Office’ writer Mike Schur reacts to the show’s reboot — and if he’d reprise Mose Schrute role

He’s not going back to Scranton. Mike Schur, who was a producer and writer on “The Office,” before he went on to co-create hit comedies like “Parks and Recreation” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” has ...
Yahoo

‘The Office’ writer says cringey Japanese parody on ‘SNL’ ‘rankled’ him: ‘It didn’t feel right’

A former writer on the US version of “The Office” says a “Saturday Night Live” parody of the workplace sitcom left him “a bit rankled.” Mike Schur, who wrote on “SNL” before he left the late night ...
The Cheat Sheet

‘The Office’ Writer and Actor Paul Lieberstein Says the Scranton Strangler Didn’t Strangle People to Death—’Sound[s] like Toby’

Though The Office premiered in 2005, it’s a show that fans relentlessly return to — particularly in times of boredom, stress, and indecision. Suffice to say, The Office came back in a big way this ...
Comicbook.com

The Office Writer Says The Sopranos Was Show’s Biggest Influence

The Office has become arguably the most popular workplace comedy to ever hit the airwaves. While it was plenty popular on its initial run on NBC, the series eventually found a massive second wind ...
The Cheat Sheet

‘The Office’ Writer Reveals The Hilarious Reason Angela Pursued Charles

If there’s one thing Charles Miner is aware of, it’s the effect he has on women. The Vice President of the Northeast Region of Dunder Mifflin certainly wasn’t the best judge of character. However, ...
The News International

‘The Office’ writer criticises ‘SNL’s’ The Japanese Office Parody with Steve Carell

Mike Schur, The Office writer broke silence on Saturday Night Live’s Japanese Office parody. The short, which has garnered 17 million views on YouTube, featured Office star Steve Carell during his SNL ...
The Independent

The Office writer says SNL parody sketch rankled him: ‘All actors are white people’

The Office writer Michael Schur has said the 2008 Saturday Night Live parody of the series, The Japanese Office, ended up leaving him “a little bit rankled”. Schur, a former SNL writer who left the ...
Variety

‘The Office’ Writer Says ‘SNL’s’ Japanese Office Parody With Steve Carell ‘Didn’t Feel Right’ and Left Him ‘Rankled’: ‘All the Actors Are White People’

“It didn’t scratch the itch of reflecting [‘The Office’] in the way that I was hoping the show would be reflected somehow,” Schur said. “I worked at ‘SNL,’ but you still feel like ‘SNL’ at some point ...