The Office

Season 4

Fun Run

1. Angela Kinsey (Angela) was pregnant during the filming of most of season 4, that's why the cameras never show her stomach.
2. When Michael is seated on the grass near the end, you can see the 'No Parking' signs the real production crew attached to telephone poles and street lights to keep the parking spaces behind Michael free from cars.
3. In this episode, Creed reveals his age as being 81 years old. Implying that he was born November 1st, 1926.
4. Jim mentions mountain biking on Montage Mountain (now called Snö Mountain). Mountain biking is not permitted on the mountain.
5. Pam mentions going to the flea market at the drive-in. The drive-in/flea market she refers to is the Circle Drive-In on US Route 6 in Dickson City, PA. In late spring/summer it is in fact a real flea market that takes places on Sundays from 7am-4pm. It's also an actual operating drive-in movie theater in April to September that shows double features on Fri/Sat/Sun nights.

Dunder Mifflin Infinity

1. At one point Dwight says he has a grandfather 'still pottering around in Argentina'. It is often implied that Dwight's German ancestry were Nazis and upon the ending of World War II, many Nazis fled to Argentina. Dwight's grandfather living in Argentina could mean he was a high ranking Nazi officer.
2. Michael Scott (Steve Carell) calls Ryan (BJ Novak) a "Little Man" when he returns to the office. Little Man would be the same nickname that the nazi germans give to BJ Novak's character in Inglorious Basterds which would be released 2 years after this episode.

Launch Party

1. When Meredith asks Jim to sign her cast, 'John Krasinki', who plays Jim, actually signs his real name.
2. According to Jennifer Celotta, the idea for the first scene of the episode where the office workers are watching a logo bounce around a television screen, came when the writers were in a room watching the DVD logo bounce around the television screen, and were arguing about whether it would ever hit the corner.
3. Kevin McHale, who plays the delivery driver in the Launch Party episode, later goes on to act in Glee and portrays Artie Abrams. In the Viewing Party episode, Michael Scott identifies Artie Abrams as his favorite character in Glee, referring to him as "the invalid."
4. A real Scranton pizzeria, Alfredo's Pizza Cafe, was mentioned as a source of superb pizza by the staff; meanwhile, the similarly-named but fictional "Pizza by Alfredo" was also mentioned, as a source of terrible pizza.
5. At 23:16 while Andy is speaking to Dwight at his desk? He calls Dwight "crazy Rainn." Referring to the actor Rainn Wilson who plays Dwight K Schrute
6. The message with binary Dwight sends the computer "Why don't you 0111111011011" does not translate to anything as read. The meaning of the binary message depends on the character encoding that Dwight had in mind. It could not be encoded using 7-bit nor 8-bit patters of a ASCII Table which is the standard for computer encoding. As the code he sends is 13 bits long and is thus not divisible by 7 or 8.
7. The binary that Dwight types "011 1111 011 011" doesn't translate to anything as read on screen. However there is a fan theory that sending on how "Dwight" wanted the code to be read. That if you add back the zeros left out due to them not being needed and reverse the order. You get "01100110" and "01101111" which stand for the letters "F" and "O". So Dwight would be telling the computer "Why don't you F O"

Money

1. In the episode "Money", Creed states he has never declared bankruptcy and transfers his debt to William Charles Schneider, which is the actor Creed Bratton's birth name. The passport Creed holds up gives a birth date of February 8th, 1943, which is the actor's actual date of birth.
2. Michael quotes 'The Devil Wears Prada (2006)'. Lauren Weisberger, the author of the book from which the movie is based, is from Scranton, Pennsylvania.
3. When Angela lists her restaurant requirements to Andy she mentions "no vegetables." In previous episodes (Email Surveillance) Angela says she is a vegetarian.
4. When Dwight is saddened about Angela and her relationship with Andy, on his recorder he is playing "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Bon Jovi.
5. Michael quotes The Devil Wears Prada which Emily Blunt was in. John Krasinski later married Emily Blunt in 2010.
6. The cat named "Garbage" that Dwight got Angela to replace Sprinkles and then Andy used to get Angela to go out with him is female, although she was referred to as a "he" by Dwight. Female cats have three distinct colors, male cats only have two. On the very rare occasion that a male cat is born with three distinct colors of fur, he would be sterile and unable to reproduce.
7. Michael references his movie "Threat Level Midnight", which is shown in a later episode in season 7.
8. The TripAdvisor page for Schrute Farms that Jim and Pam read their review is an actual page on TripAdvisor. Although Schrute Farms is fictitious, fans of the show have added their own fake reviews over the years commenting on the establishment and on Dwight and Mose. There a disclaimer on the page stating that place doesn't really exist but that didn't stop a complaint from one person who wanted to book a room there.
9. In Dwights room, at Schrute Farms, he has a poster of Mötley Crüe on the wall. In the season 9 finale at Dwight and Angela's wedding, they dance to Mötley Crüe's song "Angela"

Local Ad

1. B.J. Novak's brother Jesse, a musician, contributed in writing the song that some of the characters sing in the episode.
2. Jim's "Second Life" avatar is a Sports Writer in Philadelphia. Pam then says "I want Phily Jim!" Later in season 9 of the series Jim helps start up a sports marketing company in Philadelphia. His working out of town puts a large strain on Jim and Pam's relationship.

Branch Wars

1. During the meeting of the Finer Things Club, the teapot on the table is the one Pam received from Jim in S2Ep10 "Christmas Party".

Survivor Man

1. When Michael surprises Phyllis in her car, you can see Phyllis laughing. She even smiles before Michael says anything.
2. This is the first episode that you actually see a camera man who is filming the documentary. While in the woods, after cooking some eggs, Dwight is going through moving branches and you can see the camera man's hand reach out to move some branches to get through.
3. When Dwight is driving Michael to the, "wilderness" you can see the camera man's forearm in the rear view mirror

The Deposition

1. The scene where Michael pushes Toby's lunch tray off the table was not scripted. The crew was doing one last take of the scene and actor Paul Lieberstein suggested that Steve Carell push his food off the table.
2. The ping pong game between Dwight and Mose was made using Computer-generated imagery. Rainn Wilson and Michael Schur mimed the actions of a ping pong game, and during the stages of editing and post-production the ping pong ball was added in as an effect.
3. During the deposition when they are reading Michael's diary, the question comes up of another lover named 'Ryan' causing Toby to crack up. This is in reference to Michael's man crush on Ryan Howard from prior seasons.

Dinner Party

1. This was said, by the cast members of the dinner party, to be the hardest episode to film, due to laughter.

Chair Model

1. The telephone number of W.B. Jones Heating and Air, one of the "Five Families" mentioned by Kevin, is (800) 984-3672. If you had called the number you would get a prerecorded message encouraging you to keep your thermostat set at 67 degrees in the wintertime and 76 degrees in the summer to stay comfortable and decrease your carbon footprint. The message concluded with an invitation to wait for the next available customer service representative, but disconnected after about 30 seconds of elevator music. The number no longer works.
2. In the scene with the "Five Families", one of the actors, Paul Faust was the only first-time actor. Faust is the cousin of writer Paul Lieberstein, and had been on a tour of the set and talked to many of the writers. He made a good impression and so the character of "Cool Guy Paul" was based on him. The day before they were scheduled to shoot, the show still had not cast anyone for the role, so they called Paul in New York City and had him read the lines into a camera and e-mail to them. In less than an hour, Faust had landed the part and was flown out to Los Angeles.
3. Although B.J. Novak wrote the majority of the episode, Jennifer Celotta and Paul Lieberstein were actually the ones that came up with the graveyard scene in the end.
4. Originally, Novak wrote for Jim to put Dwight through a "phony management training," but NBC pointed out that it felt like the writers had done it before even though they had not. As a group, the writers tried to think of a new idea for the plot; they considered having Pam move in with Jim, but they thought that first the two should be engaged.
5. When Michael asks the office to set him up with one of their friends, Jim jokingly tells Pam that he is going to set up Michael with Pam's mom. Later in the series, Michael does start dating Pam's mom.

Night Out

1. The lullaby Dwight briefly sings to Ryan is not made-up, but in fact a well-known German lullaby called "Schlaf, Kindlein, schlaf" ("Sleep, little child, sleep").
2. After Ryan makes a confession to Michael about "his friend Troy's" drug problem, Michael suggests Ryan put a wire on him and flip him. Michael then says, "Been watching The Wire recently. I don't understand a word of it." Shortly thereafter, two actors from The Wire (2002) have made appearances on "The Office" - Amy Ryan (Holly Flax) who played Officer Beadie Russell on "The Wire" and Idris Elba (Charles Minor) who played Stringer Bell on "The Wire".

Did I Stutter?

1. Dwight reveals a graph similar to a family tree format with all of the employees working at Dunder Mifflin. Creed Bratton's name is in quotation marks, suggesting an alias or fake name due to his disingenuous personality.
2. Pam's full name is Pamela Morgan Beesly.
3. Angela Kinsey was pregnant during the filming of this episode, her weight gain is noticeable from face shots.

Job Fair

1. At the end of "Job Fair", when Pam is inquiring about the art program, the guy she is talking to is Nick who is the I.T. Guy for Sabre in season 6 & so on.

Goodbye, Toby

1. The voice of the woman that Phyllis talks to on the phone about the anti-gravity machine is Amy Ryan (who also plays Holly Flax).
2. Angela Kinsey is pregnant in the last few episodes of the fourth season. It is noticeable some of the time, especially in her face but there is always either something blocking her stomach or she is behind a desk or table. The only partial shot on her body was when the Office employee opened the ground floor door to the carnival party at the parking lot.
3. This episode was Steve Carell's submission for Emmy consideration.
4. In the Season 4 finale, when the office workers are watching the YouTube video of Ryan's arrest, you can see the the video was added on April 16, 2008; giving a clue to when the finale was filmed, and also slightly upsetting continuity (the episode was set in May instead of April).
5. This is the 14th and final episode of the fourth season, which was shortened considerably by the Writers' Guild of America strike.
6. Holly asks Creed what he does in Dunder Mifflin, he later on asks the camera crew what he does and says some gibberish words trying to remember his job. In {Product Recall (#3.20)}, Michael says Creed's job is "Quality Assurance".
7. When Andy proposes to Angela in season 4, his parents are shown. These actors are recast later on in the show when Andy hosts a party for Robert California at Schrute farms.
8. In the cold open, Jim talks to Dwight's mother on the phone and tells her that he's become married. However, in season 4 episode 1 Fun Run, Dwight tells Angela that Sprinkles can be buried next to his mother, meaning Dwight's mother is actually deceased.
9. On Toby's last day Michael Scott states, "I have a feeling that today is one of those days that you remember for the rest of your life." With this being the day that he met his future wife and mother of his children, Holly Flax, I would imagine that his feeling was absolutely spot on.