![]() I hadn’t much heard of the British Office until I went in to audition. Mindy Kaling ( writer/Kelly Kapoor): I was 24. I believe it was BJ who said “Michael should definitely say ‘That’s what she said’, but earnestly, thinking it’s hilarious”. “That’s What She Said” was a joke dorky radio DJs made and thought they were funny. We thought he was crazy but it was the best decision anyone ever made. In our first meeting before season two, Greg said we need to take 20% of the Steve in The 40-Year-Old-Virgin and put it into Michael Scott. Then Steve Carell was in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which was this unexpected hit. ![]() The first six episodes were very true to the tone of the British show – every episode ends on a downbeat note and, that summer, we almost got cancelled. Schur: We added a more classic American sitcom formula and imposed a repeatable structure. ‘After the first season, we almost got cancelled’: Michael Schur.
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