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Michael handing out candy bars during his lectures is a reference to the [[The Office (U.S. season 3)|third season]] episode, "[[Business School (The Office)|Business School]]", in which Michael passed out chocolate bars during his speech to a business school classroom.<ref name="Sepinwall1" /> Michael expresses regret for insulting [[List of characters from The Office (US TV series)#Tony Gardner|Tony Gardner]], the heavyset man who briefly transferred from the Stamford branch of Dunder Mifflin to the Scranton branch, who Michael drives to quit by trying to lift onto a table for an orientation demonstration in the third-season episode, "[[The Merger (The Office)|The Merger]]".<ref name="ScrantonTimes2" /> Among the Dunder Mifflin branches Michael visits is [[Nashua, New Hampshire]], where Holly works,<ref name="NyMag1">{{Cite news |last=Leitch |first=Will |author-link=Will Leitch |title=''The Office'': Sets Up Amy Ryan's Return! |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=February 6, 2009 |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/02/the_office_sets_up_amy_ryans_r.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> and [[Utica, New York]], where Karen works. Michael said he can only prepare for his lectures by listening to "silence or [[Sam Kinison]]", an American stand-up comedian known for his extreme and vulgar sense of humor.<ref name="Sepinwall1" /> Michael said he learned the [[Pledge of Allegiance (United States)|Pledge of Allegiance]], the lyrical oath of loyalty to the [[Flag of the United States|United States flag]], by setting the lyrics to the rhythm of "[[Old McDonald Had a Farm]]", a children's song about the various animals on a farm.<ref name="EWeekly1">{{Cite magazine |last=Pastorek |first=Whitney |title="The Office" Recap: On the Road |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 6, 2009 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20257378,00.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> During one lecture, Michael and Pam both do impressions of the protagonist from ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', the 1994 film starring [[Tom Hanks]] as a mentally handicapped man.<ref name="Sepinwall2">{{Cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |title=The Office, "Lecture Circuit, Part Two": She'll be back |work=[[The Star-Ledger]] |date=February 12, 2009 |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/02/the_office_lecture_circuit_par_1.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> Michael also uses the title from the films ''[[Good Morning, Vietnam]]'' (at his Nashua lecture by saying "Good morning, Vietna...shua!")<ref name="ScrantonTimes2">{{Cite news |last=McAuliffe |first=Josh |title="Lecture Circuit, Part II" Recap |work=[[The Times-Tribune (Scranton)|The Times-Tribune]] |date=February 13, 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' and ''[[Jerry Maguire]]'' in his lectures.<ref name="EWeekly2">{{Cite magazine|last=Pastorek |first=Whitney |title="The Office" Recap: It's a celebration |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 13, 2009 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20258960,00.html |access-date=February 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214163424/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20258960%2C00.html |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Holly's computer has a [[screensaver]] with images of [[Ed Grimley]], the nerdy character with a cowlick played by comedian [[Martin Short]] in the comedy shows ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]'' and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref name="AVClub2">{{Cite news |last= Rabin |first=Nathan |title=The Office: Season 5: Episode 15: "Lecture Circuit Part 2" |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=February 12, 2009 |url=http://tv.avclub.com/the-office-lecture-circuit-part-2-1798205799 |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> |
Michael handing out candy bars during his lectures is a reference to the [[The Office (U.S. season 3)|third season]] episode, "[[Business School (The Office)|Business School]]", in which Michael passed out chocolate bars during his speech to a business school classroom.<ref name="Sepinwall1" /> Michael expresses regret for insulting [[List of characters from The Office (US TV series)#Tony Gardner|Tony Gardner]], the heavyset man who briefly transferred from the Stamford branch of Dunder Mifflin to the Scranton branch, who Michael drives to quit by trying to lift onto a table for an orientation demonstration in the third-season episode, "[[The Merger (The Office)|The Merger]]".<ref name="ScrantonTimes2" /> Among the Dunder Mifflin branches Michael visits is [[Nashua, New Hampshire]], where Holly works,<ref name="NyMag1">{{Cite news |last=Leitch |first=Will |author-link=Will Leitch |title=''The Office'': Sets Up Amy Ryan's Return! |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=February 6, 2009 |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/02/the_office_sets_up_amy_ryans_r.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> and [[Utica, New York]], where Karen works. Michael said he can only prepare for his lectures by listening to "silence or [[Sam Kinison]]", an American stand-up comedian known for his extreme and vulgar sense of humor.<ref name="Sepinwall1" /> Michael said he learned the [[Pledge of Allegiance (United States)|Pledge of Allegiance]], the lyrical oath of loyalty to the [[Flag of the United States|United States flag]], by setting the lyrics to the rhythm of "[[Old McDonald Had a Farm]]", a children's song about the various animals on a farm.<ref name="EWeekly1">{{Cite magazine |last=Pastorek |first=Whitney |title="The Office" Recap: On the Road |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 6, 2009 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20257378,00.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> During one lecture, Michael and Pam both do impressions of the protagonist from ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', the 1994 film starring [[Tom Hanks]] as a mentally handicapped man.<ref name="Sepinwall2">{{Cite news |last=Sepinwall |first=Alan |title=The Office, "Lecture Circuit, Part Two": She'll be back |work=[[The Star-Ledger]] |date=February 12, 2009 |url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/02/the_office_lecture_circuit_par_1.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> Michael also uses the title from the films ''[[Good Morning, Vietnam]]'' (at his Nashua lecture by saying "Good morning, Vietna...shua!")<ref name="ScrantonTimes2">{{Cite news |last=McAuliffe |first=Josh |title="Lecture Circuit, Part II" Recap |work=[[The Times-Tribune (Scranton)|The Times-Tribune]] |date=February 13, 2009}}</ref> ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' and ''[[Jerry Maguire]]'' in his lectures.<ref name="EWeekly2">{{Cite magazine|last=Pastorek |first=Whitney |title="The Office" Recap: It's a celebration |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=February 13, 2009 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20258960,00.html |access-date=February 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214163424/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C20258960%2C00.html |archive-date=February 14, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Holly's computer has a [[screensaver]] with images of [[Ed Grimley]], the nerdy character with a cowlick played by comedian [[Martin Short]] in the comedy shows ''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]'' and ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''.<ref name="AVClub2">{{Cite news |last= Rabin |first=Nathan |title=The Office: Season 5: Episode 15: "Lecture Circuit Part 2" |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=February 12, 2009 |url=http://tv.avclub.com/the-office-lecture-circuit-part-2-1798205799 |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> |
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Angela said she sold Andy's engagement ring on [[eBay]], an online auction website.<ref name="EWeekly2" /> Creed gives Andy romantic advice and says, "This is how I got [[Squeaky Fromme]]", a reference to the [[Charles Manson|Manson family]] member who tried to assassinate [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]]. A picture of President [[George W. Bush]] appears on a [[Fake denominations of United States currency#.243|fake three-dollar bill]] Creed gives Jim to pay for the party.<ref name="Sepinwall1" /> Creed suggests Kelly watch ''[[The Bonnie Hunt Show]]'', a syndicated talk show hosted by actress [[Bonnie Hunt]].<ref name="AVClub2" /> Andy puts [[Splenda]], an artificial sweetener, into Stanley's coffee because he has [[Diabetes mellitus type 2|adult onset diabetes]], a disorder characterized by high blood glucose.<ref name="AVClub1">{{Cite news |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |title=The Office: Season 5: Episode 14: "Lecture Circuit" |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=February 5, 2009 |url=http://tv.avclub.com/the-office-lecture-circuit-1798205735 |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> Andy sings Julia [[1234 (Feist song)|a song]] by [[Feist (singer)|Feist]], the [[Canada|Canadian]] singer and songwriter, after he spots a Feist CD in her car.<ref name="EWeekly1" /> Michael takes a document file from Holly's computer that was created with [[Microsoft Word]], the [[Microsoft]] word processing program.<ref name="NyMag2">{{Cite news |last=Leitch |first=Will |author-link=Will Leitch |title=''The Office'': The Cat Lady, Redefined |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=February 13, 2009 |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/02/the_office_the_cat_lady_redefi.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> Pam said she hates the notion of even [[Al-Qaeda]] hating her, a reference to the [[Islamism|Islamist]] terrorist organization that organized the [[September 11 attacks]] against [[New York City]].<ref name="EWeekly1" /> Kelly confesses she went to juvenile detention in [[Berks County]], [[Pennsylvania]],<ref name="ScrantonTimes1">{{Cite news |last=McAuliffe |first=Josh |title="Lecture Circuit" Recap |work=[[The Times-Tribune (Scranton)|The Times-Tribune]] |date=February 6, 2009}}</ref> at age 14 for doing something "like ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'', but with a boat", a reference to the 1991 [[road movie]] starring [[Geena Davis]] and [[Susan Sarandon]] on the run from their troubled, caged lives.<ref name="EWeekly">{{Cite magazine |last=Labrecque |first=Jeff |title="The Office" Recap: Love Hurts |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 6, 2009 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20263502,00.html |access-date=February 24, 2010 |
Angela said she sold Andy's engagement ring on [[eBay]], an online auction website.<ref name="EWeekly2" /> Creed gives Andy romantic advice and says, "This is how I got [[Squeaky Fromme]]", a reference to the [[Charles Manson|Manson family]] member who tried to assassinate [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford]]. A picture of President [[George W. Bush]] appears on a [[Fake denominations of United States currency#.243|fake three-dollar bill]] Creed gives Jim to pay for the party.<ref name="Sepinwall1" /> Creed suggests Kelly watch ''[[The Bonnie Hunt Show]]'', a syndicated talk show hosted by actress [[Bonnie Hunt]].<ref name="AVClub2" /> Andy puts [[Splenda]], an artificial sweetener, into Stanley's coffee because he has [[Diabetes mellitus type 2|adult onset diabetes]], a disorder characterized by high blood glucose.<ref name="AVClub1">{{Cite news |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |title=The Office: Season 5: Episode 14: "Lecture Circuit" |work=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=February 5, 2009 |url=http://tv.avclub.com/the-office-lecture-circuit-1798205735 |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> Andy sings Julia [[1234 (Feist song)|a song]] by [[Feist (singer)|Feist]], the [[Canada|Canadian]] singer and songwriter, after he spots a Feist CD in her car.<ref name="EWeekly1" /> Michael takes a document file from Holly's computer that was created with [[Microsoft Word]], the [[Microsoft]] word processing program.<ref name="NyMag2">{{Cite news |last=Leitch |first=Will |author-link=Will Leitch |title=''The Office'': The Cat Lady, Redefined |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=February 13, 2009 |url=http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/02/the_office_the_cat_lady_redefi.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> Pam said she hates the notion of even [[Al-Qaeda]] hating her, a reference to the [[Islamism|Islamist]] terrorist organization that organized the [[September 11 attacks]] against [[New York City]].<ref name="EWeekly1" /> Kelly confesses she went to juvenile detention in [[Berks County]], [[Pennsylvania]],<ref name="ScrantonTimes1">{{Cite news |last=McAuliffe |first=Josh |title="Lecture Circuit" Recap |work=[[The Times-Tribune (Scranton)|The Times-Tribune]] |date=February 6, 2009}}</ref> at age 14 for doing something "like ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'', but with a boat", a reference to the 1991 [[road movie]] starring [[Geena Davis]] and [[Susan Sarandon]] on the run from their troubled, caged lives.<ref name="EWeekly">{{Cite magazine |last=Labrecque |first=Jeff |title="The Office" Recap: Love Hurts |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=March 6, 2009 |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20263502,00.html |access-date=February 24, 2010}}</ref> Jim said during a birthday trip to a museum at age seven, his father bought him a plastic toy [[triceratops]], a three-horned [[dinosaur]] from the Late [[Cretaceous|Cretaceous Period]], which Dwight insists is not a good dinosaur.<ref name="EWeekly2" /> Pam remembers the name of one audience member by comparing her to [[k.d. lang]], the Canadian singer known for her extremely short hair.<ref name="ScrantonTimes2" /> |
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