Season 2

The Dundies

In the season premiere episode, the Dunder Mifflin employees suffer through the annual office awards ceremony, "The Dundies," hosted by pompous boss Michael Scott (Steve Carell) at their local watering hole -- a Chili's restaurant. Jenna Fischer, John Krasinski, B.J. Novak and Rainn Wilson also star.

Memorable Quotes

Michael Scott: [at the Dundie awards] This year's "Busiest Beaver" award goes to Phyllis Lapin!
Phyllis: This says "Bushiest Beaver!"
Michael Scott: I told them "Busiest"...idiots.

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Michael Scott: I was on a hot date with a girl from HR, Dwight...
Dwight Schrute: Really? We don't have any girls in HR.
Michael Scott: You know for the sake of the story...and things were getting hot and heavy...
Dwight Schrute: Yeah!
Michael Scott: And I was about to take her bra off...
Dwight Schrute: Yeah!
Michael Scott: And she made me fill out six hours worth of paperwork.
Dwight Schrute: Like an AIDS test?
Michael Scott: No. God, Dwight...

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Michael Scott: This next award goes to someone who really lights up the office, somebody who I think a lot of us cannot keep from checking out, 'The Hottest in the Office Award', goes to...Ryan the Temp! YEAH! Hey HO! You sexy thing! Sexy thing you! Whoo! [slaps Ryan's butt]
[Cut to Ryan]
Ryan Howard: What am I going to do with the award? Nothing. I don't know what I'm going to do. That's the least of my concerns right now.

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Michael Scott: An employee will go home and ask his neighbor, "Hey, did you get an award?" "No man. I mean I slave all day and no one notices." Next thing you know, he smells something funny from his neighbor's house. Neighbor hanged himself due to lack of recognition.

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Pam: You know what they say about a car wreck, where it's so awful you can't look away? The Dundees are like a car wreck that you want to look away from but you have to stare at it because your boss is making you.