Dunder Mifflin

The Office and Parks and Recreation are quite similar, but yet so different. Both of these TV shows are comedies. They also both take place in the workplace, specifically an office. The Office is set in Scranton, Pennsylvania at an office called Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. Parks and Recreation is set in Pawnee,Indiana in the City Hall building where the Parks and Recreation office is located. "You know what they say. Fool me once, strike one, but fool me twice… strike three." This was said by the

Pilot (The Office)). Despite its original negative reception, The Office went on to run nine successful seasons and has become a television favorite of individuals across America. The show focuses on the misadventures of the lost souls employed at Dunder-Mifflin Scranton, a branch of a paper-selling company located in Pennsylvania. Under the management of clueless Michael Scott, characters

Aristotle in Nicomachean Ethics argues that the secret to happiness is genuine, meaningful relationships. According to Aristotle, a “complete friendship” consists of two people who are “similar in virtue; for they wish goods in the same way to each other in so far as they are good, and they are good in themselves. [Hence they wish goods to each other for each other’s own sake.]” (Aristotle 212-213). In Aristotle’s eyes, a true friend is one who cherishes the other. Furthermore, the complete friendship

larger picture or reap the rewards from company mergers, new policies, or daily tasks. This is exemplified by the working relationships and attitudes present within the show “The Office”. In “The Office”, Michael Scott, the regional manager of Dunder Mifflin, encourages his employees to achieve excellence and sell reams of paper to the masses. The workers under his charge, do sell paper and are increasingly productive throughout the course of the show, continuously goof off and do not complete their

If I had to be trapped in a television show for a month I would choose the Office. I would want to be trapped in Dunder Mifflin with Jim, Pam, Michael, Dwight, and the rest of the crew. Out of all the shows I have persisitently watched on Netflix I would pick the office because the environment on the show is almost always energetic and enjoyable. Michael Scott, the regional manager of the Scranton branch, is always telling jokes that offend at least one person in the office or new drama between

The quirky show “The Office” shadows office workers of “Dunder-Mifflin Paper Company”, a fictional paper distributor in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Occasional one v. one discussions with the employee's, “raw” footage, and many humorously bizarre yet relatable plots that have made this series enormously popular. The show portrays some of life’s most awkward situations and not only does it make the audience laugh, but also delivers small dosages of life lessons. Michael Scott (the manager) is often

Stanley Hudson, played by Leslie David Baker in The Office, has the unwanted behavior of being the Nothing Person. Stanley is a Sales Representative for Dunder Mifflin and believes that as long as he makes enough sales to generate the money he needs for him and his family, he does not need to be involved in any other way. In several episodes Stanley will attend various types of meetings while solving a Sudoku or cross word puzzle and will not participate. In one particular scene, the manager Michael

On october 1st Murdoc Haize was continuing his daily routine with his half brother Joey Hanson. It was not quite cold yet but the leaves were turning and the grass slowly faded to an unpleasant green where there were almost no signs of life and no joy in the air. Murdoc did not like the season although joey loved it because he loved the cold but Murdoc has terrible allergies, and Joey was allergic to pollen so they always came to agreement that they would never vacation together. Murdoc was a

The Office (----) is a television comedy, staring Michael Scott as the Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin, a paper company in Scranton, PA. Michael’s personality is arrogant, lazy, and rude. He has an in-group that he favors because he wants to fit in with them because they are “cool.” He has an out-group that he makes fun of due to personal reasons and because they are not the people Michael would personally want to hang out with. They are not in the out-group due to their work activities, most

The piece of media I will be analyzing is the US version of a TV show called The Office. In order to prove that this is a piece of media, we need to first define what media actually is. In class, we defined media as a technology of communication. Our book defines media as the process of communicating a message from a sender to a receiver (Croteau & Hoynes, 2014). The Office falls under this description. NBC is the sender, The Office is the message, and the viewers of the show are the receivers.