Did anyone notice that on tonight's episode of The Office, a character named David Wallace, the CFO of Dunder-Mifflin, ends up playing a game of basketball with Jim, played by John Krasinski, who in real life is making his directorial debut with a movie based on David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men? Might have been a little more intriguing and a better connection with the character's namesake had the two played a game of tennis, but that would have seemed a little absurd, even by The Office's standards.
Consider this a Wallacian footnote to the best sitcom on TV.
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Posted by: Dan | February 22, 2007 at 11:22 PM
Wow, good catch. I was too busy intermittently laughing and cringing, as usual...
Posted by: erin | February 22, 2007 at 11:54 PM
damn you east coasters beating us cali-types to the punch.
Posted by: tito | February 23, 2007 at 12:45 AM
I think after last night's episode, I've finally settled on Jan as the most pathetic character on the show. Everyone else pretty much has an excuse.
Posted by: Geoff Young | February 23, 2007 at 10:35 AM
There was actually a reference from last season when Dwight and Steve Carell went to Connecticut to save the Scranton branch. I even edited the Wikipedia page, in the trivia section to say that this was possibly a reference to JK's love affair w/ DFW, but someone took it out about 30 seconds later. Stupid Wikipedians.
Posted by: anonymouse | February 23, 2007 at 02:34 PM
In The Office, what is the name of David Wallace's boss?
HUGE office fan, and the highest ranked person ive heard of is D.W., but who's above him? what is their name?
Posted by: Soft Cialis | February 04, 2010 at 10:29 AM