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Jim Halpert - Ahem, John Krasinski - Sang the "Original" Lyrics to The Office Theme Song on SNL

This was the original @theofficetv theme song. Don't ask questions. pic.twitter.com/GENJfBjGks - Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) January 31, 2021 Everyone knows the familiar melody of The Office 's instrumental theme song , and even though it's already iconic, John Krasinski decided to give it a bit more flair. In a sketch on the Jan. 30 episode of SNL, John - who was acting as host - remixed the theme song, adding a string of hilarious "lyrics" in the form of observations about the clips that appear in the show's opening credits. "Scranton, Scranton, Scranton, Scranton, Scranton, Scranton, Scranton, Scranton," he begins the song's "long-lost lyrics" to the rhythm of the music. "That's where we all live and work - that's a calculator. There's Dwight, he's the bad guy, and the hero's name is Jim!" There's more, and while it's extremely catchy, it's definitely better heard than read. ...

John Krasinski and Pete Davidson Kissed as Jim and "Pam" on SNL, and It Definitely Hit Different

John takes questions from the audience about The Office and…actually just The Office. pic.twitter.com/hhUs0Mcrqz - Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) January 31, 2021 John Krasinski kicked off being host of the Jan. 30 episode of Saturday Night Live with a, well, a kiss. In the actor's opening monologue, members of the cast sitting in the audience heckled Jim John, asking him why he was in such great shape when The Office 's Jim Halpert is supposed to be "soft," and where his wife Pam was. When he responded that his actual wife, fellow actor Emily Blunt, was in the UK, Kenan Thompson asked if Pete Davidson, who was standing next to John, was Pam. "I think they really need for someone to be Pam," Pete says. "I think we gotta give them what they want, Jim. Jim, you gotta kiss Pam ." And, dear reader, to the cheers of "Kiss Pam! Kiss Pam! Kiss Pam!" that's absolutely what he did. It definitely hit a little different, but we w...

Zoe Lister-Jones and Cailee Spaeny Found Freedom in an Apocalyptic Pandemic Comedy

"I have never been loved by anyone the way that you have loved me, and I am so sorry that I haven't known how to love you back." Zoe Lister-Jones utters this beautiful line with such emotion, you might expect it to be part of a dashing romantic monologue. The reality is much better and more heartwrenching. In How It Ends - which premiered at the virtual Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 29 - Lister-Jones's Liza explores her insecurities at the end of the world with her metaphysical younger self (played by Cailee Spaeny) by her side. "We were living it as we were performing it." Lister-Jones and her husband (and frequent creative partner), Daryl Wein, cooked up the apocalyptic project at the beginning of COVID-19 shelter-in-place. Although the film makes no mention of the pandemic, Lister-Jones told POPSUGAR the real-life parallels were intentional. "We were living it as we were performing it," she said. Inspired by their own therapy sessions, ...

HBO's 'Street Gang' will make you want to revisit classic 'Sesame Street'

Half a century in, Sesame Street has become one of the most reliable staples of childhood in America. You probably grew up with it; your parents probably did too, and your kids are probably growing up with it now. Which can make it easy to forget how radical the show seemed when it first aired. That, in part, is what Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street is here to fix.  The documentary takes a broad view of the first two decades of the show, digging into the heady days of its creation and introducing the visionaries who made it happen, while also serving up context about the world the show was being born into, and the impact it made on those first generations of viewers. It's a lot for one 107-minute movie to handle, and Street Gang tends to be more interested in offering praise than meaningful insight. But if any show's earned a victory lap, it's probably Sesame Street , and there's plenty of good feeling to be found here.  Read more... More about Sesame Stre...

The unexpected catharsis of watching COVID-19 TV episodes

In April 2020, when it became abundantly clear that the threat posed by COVID-19 wasn't going away any time soon I remember thinking to myself, "God, I hope television shows don't tackle this virus." In the early months of the pandemic, people were stress-watching Contagion , imagining how beloved characters from shows like The Office would handle COVID-19 , and asking writers like Tina Fey and Mike Schur how their coronavirus episode scripts would look . That was all well and good, because although there are parallels between Contagion and our coronavirus reality, the movie is ultimately a fictional account of a deadly outbreak. And while pandemic episodes of 30 Rock , Lost , Friday Night Lights , and other off-air TV favorites were being pondered, I was confident that they'd never make their way to screens. Read more... More about Television , Coronavirus , Entertainment , and Movies Tv Shows https://ift.tt/3oAVpUh