Ben Franklin (The Office episode)

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The Office (US)

"Ben Franklin" is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the US version of The Office. It aired on February 1, 2007. It was written by Mindy Kaling and directed by series cinematographer Randall Einhorn.^[1]

Synopsis

The office plays host to a bridal shower for Phyllis while the warehouse is the location of Bob Vance's bachelor party. Todd Packer convinces Michael that it's okay to hire a stripper for the bachelor party if he also gets a male stripper for the bridal shower. Jim is tired at work because he has been having many "late-night talks" with Karen after she learned that he still has feelings for Pam. Michael delegates the work of finding the two strippers to Dwight and Jim. While Dwight successfully locates a stripper for Bob Vance's party, Jim orders an educational Benjamin Franklin impersonator. Pam and Karen have fun gently heckling the impersonator. In the break room, they share an awkward conversation about Jim and Karen's relationship. At the bachelor party, Bob Vance refuses a lap dance, so Michael volunteers, but then brings the show to an abrupt close, unwilling to cheat on his girlfriend. Pam and Jim have an understated confrontation in the break room, which ends with Pam asking Ryan to set her up with some of his business-school buddies in front of a visibly shocked Jim.

Deleted scenes

The Season Three DVD contains a number of deleted scenes. Notable cut scenes include:

• Todd Packer obnoxiously hits on Pam, who avoids him by answering a pretend phone call.
• Michael explains that throwing a bachelor party is one of the things that every man should know how to do.
• Michael sends Toby home.
• Extension of the "gray area" scene with Ben Franklin.
• Michael presses Darryl to promise that he'll have the warehouse ready in time for the stripper.
• Extension of the scene in which Dwight tries to determine whether Ben Franklin is real or not.

Trivia

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• Oscar does not appear in this episode, despite returning in the previous episode, "The Return". Also absent are Andy, who is in anger management training,^[2] and Toby, who is "sent home by Michael" so that he wouldn't know about the strippers.
• The blouse worn by the stripper during the party is a previous "Pam shirt", according to Jenna Fischer's MySpace blog.^[3] It appears to be the one that Pam wore in "Basketball".
• Roy claims not to enjoy strippers in his talking head, although in a season 2 episode, Pam claims that she is handling most of the wedding preparations because Roy is focusing on his bachelor party.
• Dwight disrupts Michael's video in the same way that he disrupts Michael's Diversity Tomorrow video in "Diversity Day".
• Elizabeth, the stripper, tries to give Michael a lap dance while playing Bad Company's "Feel Like Makin' Love".

References

1. ^ *NBC (2007-01-12). "NBC PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAY, JAN 28 2007 - SATURDAY, FEB 3 2007". Press release.
2. ^ Weisman, Jon. Online 'Office' enriches viewer experience. Variety.com. Reed Elsevier Inc. Retrieved on 2007-02-02.
3. ^ blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=27753303&blogID=226493575

External links

• Ben Franklin at NBC.com
• Memorable Quotes From "Ben Franklin" at QuotesFromTheOffice.com