February 13, 2012 08:54 AM PDT

Exclusive Office Video: Look Who's Baaack!

by Andy Patrick

Knowing that Catherine Tate would be returning to The Office this week as special projects manager Nellie Bertram, we anticipated a couple of ROFL moments. But what we didn’t imagine — and I’m not sure anyone could have — was that her comeback would include a moment that would be better described as ROFIP — rolling on the floor in pain.

Office Spoiler Alert: Meet Kelly’s New Boy Toy!

What the heck are we talking about? No, it isn’t what exec producer Paul Liberstein calls the newbie’s “far from professional” relationship with James Spader’s Robert.
Hit clickety-click on the link below and find out for yourself.

Tags: Catherine Tate, NBC, The Office

Comments (41)

i almost had a heart attack!! i tought it was Steve Carell!
Comment by popo – February 13, 2012 09:09 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I must say, she looks fabulous
Comment by Carly – February 13, 2012 09:16 AM PDT Reply To This Post
NBC vid not available in Canada… sux.
Comment by Nadine – February 13, 2012 10:05 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- Yup, it does suck, but they have no problem having us wait 10 seconds to see their advertisement
  Comment by Andrew – February 13, 2012 04:51 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Well, isn’t that great. British people can’t watch a British actress on a show that originated in Britain.
Copyright laws make no sense…
Comment by Kyle. S – February 13, 2012 10:08 AM PDT Reply To This Post
she looks so hot! I can’t wait for thursdayyyyy
Comment by valentina – February 13, 2012 10:17 AM PDT Reply To This Post
All of a sudden NBC videos are not available in Canada even though we get their channel. What’s caused the change? Couldn’t watch the SNL shorts, either. Dommage.
Comment by Carol C – February 13, 2012 10:52 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- Agreed, I don’t understand this. I’m Canadian and I watch NBC on TV. So why wouldn’t they make these clips available to Canadians? Is it not just free advertising for the show? I don’t get it..
  Comment by Mandy – February 14, 2012 08:50 AM PDT Reply To This Post
i feel pretty confident that ellie kemper broke, and giggled right before dwight fell.
Comment by cj – February 13, 2012 11:13 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I’m hoping that maybe she’ll be able to kick the office back into shape before it gets cancelled, it’s been really dire lately.
Comment by Louise – February 13, 2012 11:21 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I’m also hoping they get rid of that cathy/jim storyline and give pam something more to do.
Comment by Louise – February 13, 2012 11:23 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- are you serious? Pam is the absolute worst thing about this show. and the producers know it, that’s why they got her preg again and she’s been absent all season. No one can stand her. Pam 5 years ago, yes, the best thing on the show. Pam now? Well i don’t know what show you’ve been watching but is about to get a whole lot worse if she comes back into the picture. I hope you are happy. This is a comedy, and she is the only character on the show that has absolutely no comedic appeal. She was only on the show the first couple of season because she was the hot girl. Shes not hot anymore, and has never been funny. Take her looks away…and you have Phillis, but minus the poppin-fresh routine. So there you have it. You favorite character on a Comedy is the least funniest thing in the show. Hell, Angella’s funnier than her! It’s like your favorite character on Southpark is Kyle’s mom. Not funny. it makes no sense. This is going to rack my brain for weeks. Why in the hell do you want Pam back? You know this is and Office thread, right? I think you meant to post on the grey’s anatomy page.
  Comment by brand – February 13, 2012 04:59 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - Brand, Jenna fischer was taken off because she Nursing her child who she gave birth to at the end of September. Not because people don’t find her funny. You must be the only person who doesn’t find her funny. Chill out buddy, It’s just a TV show.
    Comment by Brandneedsachillpill – February 13, 2012 05:15 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - i agree with brand, she is the WORST.
      Comment by illcutyou – February 13, 2012 05:31 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - I’m sorry that i like to laugh when i watch a comedy. You’re right, i guess I am the only person in the world who wants that. Like I said, i’m sure there’s a greys anatomy page on the site somewhere that you could ball all over.
      Comment by Brand – February 14, 2012 03:50 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - Pam is the worst thing about this show? Pam is a key part of the show. Your an idiot for being so narrow-minded that you think every single character has to be hilarious. Kick rocks buddy you don’t know anything about the office if you think Pam is ruining the show. Just get rid of Dwight and Jim while your at it.
    Comment by Guy who hates brand – February 13, 2012 05:21 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - i think the only thing that pam did funnycute in all the seasons is when she talked about the office chair she wanted and made the voooot noise and slumped down.
      thats it.
      Comment by illcutyou – February 13, 2012 05:33 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - “Key parts” of the show dont just make up jobs to stay relevant, which is exactly what she did. Stop clinging to the cute 22 year old red head you fell in love with and realize she’s now a 30 something needy, annoying, lost all her looks, irrelevant piece of the puzzle. If youve ever worked in an office with someone who is married to a co-worker, uses her kids as an excuse to take days off, slacks and doesnt really do much to help the company then you’d prob understand better…that is if you could ever leave moms basement
      Comment by Brand – February 14, 2012 03:47 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - Hahaha, you complete dummy. You should feel embarrassed right now. No, that’s not why they “got her preg again”. She was “preg” in real life and was on maternity leave. Idiot.
    Comment by Jeff – February 14, 2012 02:35 PM PDT Reply To This Post
    - glad you stalked her enough clear that up for me. Thank god there’s people like you in the world.
      Comment by Brand – February 14, 2012 03:25 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- I hate the Jim/Cathy storyline and I hope they kill it fast. Pam was great when Michael was on the show, but I agree, she needs something else to do. I like the whole Jim/Pam bit but she needs something…
  Comment by saywhat? – February 13, 2012 06:54 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Dear NBC, you have every right to block your clip from non-US viewers. But it sure is pointless, counter-productive and childish.
Comment by Johon – February 13, 2012 01:42 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Love catherine tate so much! can’t wait!
Comment by Jess – February 13, 2012 02:00 PM PDT Reply To This Post
The british version sucks dude,nobody but you brits watch it.the american version is funny to all who watch it,unlike the british version.wich is only funny to you guys and your incredibly bland boring sense of humor.
Comment by usa pumpin through my veins brother" – February 13, 2012 04:50 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Is that…. is that you, Hogan?
  Comment by Rich – February 13, 2012 05:00 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- speaking as an american, the british show was amazing. it’s an entirely different animal than the american office, so it’s not really a fair comparison beyond the first season.
  Comment by tootles – February 13, 2012 05:22 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- I watched the UK version and Steve Carrell was just so much more likable than Gervais. The US version is better because the characters are more likable.
  Comment by saywhat? – February 13, 2012 06:56 PM PDT Reply To This Post
“Don’t yack on me, this shirt is Van Huesen”
ROFL
Comment by andy – February 13, 2012 04:52 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Bwahahaahah….Ellie K. is totally losing it the entire time they’re making the pyramid and when Dwight is heaving, she’s audibly laughing…great stuff.
  Comment by Deb Katz – February 13, 2012 09:00 PM PDT Reply To This Post
So did I! Kinda let down lol
Comment by Jose – February 13, 2012 04:53 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Catherine Tate! I love her in Doctor Who and The Catherine Tate Show! I’m excited to see she’s returning to The Office. It was a nice surprise to see her in it before. She’s a lovely comedian, I’m sure this episode will be funny!
Comment by Kati – February 13, 2012 04:55 PM PDT Reply To This Post
What happened? I could only pay attention to what was happening underneath Erin’s skirt.
Comment by Michael M. – February 13, 2012 04:58 PM PDT Reply To This Post
whats with all the fricking NBC videos not being able to play in Australia, its the WORLD WIDE WEB get it together NBC!!!!!!
Comment by Natalie – February 13, 2012 05:00 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Ok this goes to brand, first it’s not a single person’s comedic Appeal that makes this show funny, if that were true it would just be a stand up comedy act. It’s everyone acting together that makes this show what it is, so you take out one and the show downgrades a little bit. Pam is a big part of the show and though she may not be as funny as others on the show, everyone has a different style of funny. And we don’t see you on tv so before you go judging people on their acting why don’t you land an acting career yourself first.
Comment by Cameron – February 13, 2012 05:19 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- wow there’s actually someone smart on this page. I agree with your synopsis, it is a combined effort that makes this show great. I’m not saying shes a bad actress i’m just saying she doesn’t belong in this show anymore, and it has been like that for a while. I’m just bitter i guess because of how much she has changed over the years. Most of the characters stay the same but with Pam it’s always something new…a key sign that her character isn’t working and the writers are constantly having to reinvent her. Since you know so much about acting why dont you move to LA and become an actor. Let me guess, you already are…
  Comment by Brand – February 14, 2012 04:04 PM PDT Reply To This Post
uh, what? ‘that’s why they got her preg again’. no. the actress, jenna fischer, was pregnant, and had to take maternity leave for real in the middle of filming.
i think pam is great. she’s really come into her own and matured before the camera. i’m a 20 something, and i got married about the time jim and pam did, and the stages of their life together are similar to ours, and it is pretty cool to see this reflected so realistically in a tv show.
Comment by tootles – February 13, 2012 05:20 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- please, tell me more! jk too bad for your husband
  Comment by Brand – February 15, 2012 09:56 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Well that was certainly over hyped.
Comment by Whatevs – February 13, 2012 07:43 PM PDT Reply To This Post
It would be awesome if her Office character spontaneously remembered a character like the Doctor and her head just exploded out of nowhere. Dwight would think it was his “Sith Lord” powers gone out of control.
Comment by Edward – February 13, 2012 07:53 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Meh.
I like “The Office”, I just don’t get this British Tate lady. She’s just not funny.
Comment by topoopon – February 14, 2012 04:18 PM PDT Reply To This Post
I have read that Jim maybe leaving the show at the end of the season. Is that what is driving this whole plot thread with Jim and the new girl? I cringe when I see it! Jim has always been so true to Pam as “the one” and now we have to write him out by having him suddenly succumb to an office affair and somehow inject some humor into this sad betrayal. The poor writers having to deal with Michael Scott’s departure. It seemed like things started to get a little better on the show for a couple of episodes and then we have Dwight leaving for a spin off show and Jim leaving to make movies?
Comment by Gary – February 16, 2012 05:10 AM PDT Reply To This Post

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