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A new Chili's near Scranton will be a throwback to 'The Office,' 'awesome blossom' and all
A new Chili's will open in Scranton, Pennsylvania, as an homage to "The Office."
It has been nearly two decades since the workplace mockumentary "The Office" first set an episode inside a Chili's, where Michael Scott handed out Dundie awards to his ever-tolerant employees, including trophies for the whitest sneakers and for stinking up the bathroom. Two Office actors are appearing in commercials for the restaurant: Brian Baumgartner, who played the dimwitted accountant Kevin Malone; and Kate Flannery, whose character Meredith Palmer was a party-loving divorced mother working in supplier relations. The Rust Belt town had its heyday generations earlier with anthracite coal mining and steam trains.The show wound up celebrating Scranton and the characters, not poking fun at them, Baumgartner said.Flannery, who is from Philadelphia, said she's happy "The Office" helped to reinforce local pride in the city.
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