Hey.
So we saw the new billboard.
- Yeah? Pretty cool, huh?
What better way to announce our new, slightly lower prices
than with an ad campaign?
And what better face for an ad campaign than
our new regional manager?
How'd it look?
- You've seen it, right? - No.
Andy, somebody defaced it.
- What? How?
[laughs]
Morning, Stanley.
[hysterical laugh]
There's this thing that
people tend to do with billboards.
How do I put this?
If there's an opportunity for a graffiti artist
to work in a... phallic shape,
interacting with the artwork, it'll happen.
And Andy... gave them that opportunity.
- Erin, how long did we order those billboards for?
- Six months. - Oh, God.
I need you to call the billboard company.
Great billboard!
Funny, edgy, right up to the line without crossing it.
Loved it.
- Which one did you see? - Washington Street.
The one with like 20 dongs on it.
- Okay, don't be gross. - What's going on?
- Somebody defaced the billboards we just put out
in an inappropriate way.
- [chuckle] Oh, that's funny.
Wait.
From the photo shoot with you and me?
Yeah, Dwight.
No. No.
No! No! No! No! No! No!
No! No! No! No! No!
No! No! No! No! No! No! No!
No!
[cheerful music]
* *
- Schrute Farms is very easy to find.
It's right in the middle of the root-vegetable district.
If the soil starts to get acidic,
you've probably gone too far.
- Just give us the address, we'll look it up online.
- It's simpler this way. - It's really not.
Just rip this into thirds.
The map's at the top. Invitation is in the middle.
Parking pass is at the bottom.
Put that on your dashboard, please.
- Now, stated arrival time is 3:00 p.m.
- I don't get the reason for this party.
Yeah, what's the reason?
- What's the reason, Andy? What's the reason?
- It's just a garden party. Sheesh!
You don't need a reason to throw a garden party
any more than you need a reason to throw a birthday party.
It's a garden party. You don't need a reason.
A few other super simple reminders.
No burping, no slurping,
when eating, take small bites and chew thoroughly
with your mouth closed.
Yes, Darryl?
- What happens when we're done chewing?
Do we spit it out on the floor or keep it in our mouths
the rest of the time?
- I get it. I'm being a little overbearing.
But I promise to be under-bearing for a week
if you guys just all...step it up.
- Andy, we understand basic table manners.
- We're not children. - Yeah, it's just a picnic.
- This is not a picnic, Phyllis. It's a garden party.
- There's a grill in the warehouse I could bring.
- Ugh, please don't. Not a barbecue.
It's better than a barbecue.
It's dignified, quieter, there are rules.
- How is that better than a barbecue?
- What is the dress code on this?
- I'm glad you asked. Connecticut casual.
- Any chance Connecticut casual is Pennsylvania business?
I.E., this is what I'm wearing to your party.
- Guys, my family just threw a garden party
to celebrate my brother's promotion.
It was a huge success.
Check it out. There's a video online.
Heart-warming impromptu father-son duet.
Oh, yeah.
- Yeah, Oscar, you've shown me this.
- I've seen this. That's not you.
- Yeah, whoa, who's the sausage?
It's my dad and my brother.
I would have joined in but this melody
doesn't really support another harmony part, so.
Check it out. That's my brother's boss.
Look how psyched he is. He's having an awesome time.
- Ah, and did Robert California get an invite to your party?
- Yeah, of course. Yeah.
I mean, yeah, I think he did.
- [all grumbling] - Why didn't you just say
this was to impress Robert California?
- I cannot believe that Andy is throwing a party like this
just to impress the CEO.
Classic Gabe move.
Hey, Andy, how about you don't steal my business strategies
and I won't dress like my life is just one long brunch?
- See you all there at 3:00 p.m., Connecticut casual,
remember your manners, and have a wonderful time.
And please refer to the map.
Stay off of the web. Thank you.
- So we've typed in the address.
Now let's take a look at the street view.
- They don't warn you when the cameras are driving by.
Ah.
Why do you keep reading that garden party book?
I mean, how hard are finger sandwiches and tea?
- There's so much more to it than that.
I've been wanting Schrute Farms to break into
the high-end event-hosting industry for some time,
and this party is a great opportunity.
Plus, I've got a secret weapon.
Only one copy in the world...
and some sucker on the internet sold it to me for $2.
[chuckles]
- I'm actually really disappointed
in how poorly my book is doing.
I've only sold one copy.
- I cannot believe how condescending Andy's being.
- He gets condescending when he's nervous.
Or when he's excited or sleeping.
Not an easy person to be friends with.
- Well, I just hate being treated
like some bum with no class.
I'm a lady. I'm a mother. I'm a former boxer.
Hey, guys.
Getting excited for the party?
Ryan, can I count on you to wear an understated satirical outfit?
- Can't wait-- a faux-colonialist gathering
when unemployment's at 9%?
I wouldn't miss it for the world.
Awesome.
Stanley? What about you?
- I am really looking forward to it.
Is it all right to bring a plus-one?
Yeah! Now that's the spirit.
[laughs] That's what I'm talking about.
- I'm telling you, Stanley, don't bring her.
- I'm breaking up with my current girlfriend.
I like to break up with women in a public place,
like a restaurant.
But I also don't like to pay for a meal
that will not lead to sex,
so this party is a great opportunity.
- Is there anything you wish
you'd done differently to avoid cankles?
Nope.
- I've already gone up another cup size.
The senator is grossed out.
When do you start feeling it kick?
- Cece was around 22 weeks, but Philip was much earlier.
Philip?
Oh, oh, my gosh!
Yes, but don't say anything, okay?
It's after my grandfather.
- Philip is the name that we're using.
It's after my favorite cat.
- Oh, wow. Funny.
It's after my grandfather.
It's after my cat.
- Andrew, I've picked up two possible gifts
to bring this afternoon.
One, a pot of marmalade.
Oh, that sounds great.
- Well that--that is what you want then, the marmalade?
Sure.
- You don't want to hear the other one?
You love marmalade?
I'll hear the other one.
It's a basil plant!
- You know, the marmalade sounds great.
- [sigh] I also mentioned the marmalade to my sister
and she's very interested.
- Then, the basil will be fine.
- Well, you clearly want the marmalade.
Gretchen, I need another marmalade.
All right. [dial-tone]
Hey, where do I park?
- I'm the valet. You have to give me your car.
- You know what, I can probably park it myself.
- You have to give me your car.
- It's probably okay that I park it myself.
No, I think it's probably better that I--
- I'm the valet. You have to give me your car.
- It's a finicky car. - Get out of your car.
Get out.
Have a good time at the...thing.
It's a little tricky.
You might want to be careful-- [engine revs]
[tires screech]
[lounge music]
* *
Mr. Ryan Howard!
- "Chapter two, announcing guests as they enter
"is height of decorum.
"The more volume displayed,
the more honor is bestowed upon everyone present."
- Stanley Hudson, and his mistress Cynthia!
James, Pamela, and...
P.P. Halpert!
Oh, oh, oh, Kevin.
I am reminded of a lame but useful saying
I learned as a kid.
What is the difference between hors d'oeuvres
and the animals on Noah's Ark?
What?
- With the hors d'oeuvres, we only take one at a time.
Oh, okay.
What's the difference between a vacuum cleaner and a blonde?
Huh?
- How's it going over here, guys?
- Andy, stop hovering. You're being really annoying.
- Didn't mean to bother you, Mabel.
Mabel, Mabel, if you're able,
keep your elbows off the table.
- Mr. and Mrs. Walter and Ellen Bernard!
So you all work with Andy?
- Well... technically for Andy.
- Technically for Robert California.
He's our CEO.
I thought you were the CEO.
- I don't know how you got there.
- You said you were running the company.
- This branch. I'm the regional manager.
- Yes. - Oh, that makes more sense.
Are you all regional managers?
- Did I throw this party to impress my parents?
That's crazy.
Now, if they wanted a garden party,
they could throw one themselves.
Which, as a matter of fact, they did last week.
They threw one for my baby brother.
And it was totally amazing, but I couldn't care less.
- Can I introduce you around now?
- Uh, yeah, we don't have too long.
We have theater tickets.
What are you going to see?
Moneyball.
- Walter Jr.'s choice. - Oh, there he is.
- What? - Bronard.
- I didn't know you were going to be here.
I wouldn't have missed it.
Okay.
- Stanley. Cynthia is a delight.
We've been yacking it up like a couple of old hens.
How long has she been a physical therapist?
- Don't go making any ties. I want a clean break.
[crow cawing]
Ah!
- I'm Walter. I'm Andy's younger brother.
- Oh, hey, how you doing? I'm Jim.
- Tuna! Right? - [sighs]
- And this must be your lovely wife, Pam.
- No. - Hell no.
- She wishes. - No, no, no, no, no.
No.
- Sir, I need to be able to feed all of the guests.
- [mouth full] I understand.
Excuse me.
[chainsaw whirring]
- "Chapter seven, the host should always
present something spectacular to draw the eye of his guests."
- When all this is over, I'd love to actually go
to go one of Trickington's parties.
They sound like a blast.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I present to you...
the Alamo!
[scattered applause]
Little Cece asleep?
Yeah, she just went down.
- Such a precious little angel. - Aw.
- Cecilia. - Mm-hmm.
- And Philip. - Yes. After my grandfather.
Philip is wasted on you.
Jim is never gonna take the time to call him Philip!
"He doesn't even take the time to get a haircut.
And Phil! Ugh!
It's just something you do to a hole.
- Well, I'm having my baby first, so that's that.
- You know what? It could go either way.
My doctor said my hips are so dainty
that I'll almost definitely have a C-section,
so I could go early.
- You think your doctor's gonna give you
a C-section at six months?
- Yeah! If I request it, he will.
And that is that.
[harpsichord music]
* *
- "Chapter four, one of the host's most important duties
"is as dance master.
"A proper courtly dance sets the tone
for the entire afternoon."
* *
Ladies and gentlemen,
may I present...
R-R-Robert Califor-r-r-rnia!
Hello, Andy.
- Welcome. - Thank you.
- Hey, I want you to meet my first bosses, Mom and Dad.
- Yes, hello. Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too. - Pleasure.
- Andy, where shall I put your basil plant?
- Oh, I thought you were going to bring the marmalade.
- No, I'm certain you said, "basil."
- Andy's memory has always been a little shaky.
- Which reminds me, you did not send your brother
a gift for his birthday.
- Yeah, I-I recorded "Happy Birthday" in four parts
and emailed it to him.
Ooh, boy.
How much did that set you back there, big spender?
For my brother's birthday,
I took him to Cirque Du Soleil cirque spectacular "Love,"
which was great.
Not for everyone. You have to like the Beatles.
- Are you headed to the bar? - Always.
- Your brother--hint, hint-- is a Beatles fan.
- "So much depends upon a red wheelbarrow
glazed with rainwater beside the white chickens."
William Carlos Williams.
- This is not funny, man. Let me down.
- I think this thing is broken.
It's not broken, Kevin.
This is how it works.
[laughter]
- My parents are used to a certain type of class.
The people that I work with are a different type of class.
One is not better than the other...
Just maybe one is a little higher than the other.
It's so pretty today.
It's getting chilly.
We really should be leaving.
- Um, it'd be weird if the boss man
didn't make a toast, so hang on.
Everybody!
I just want to take this opportunity
to thank you all for coming,
and to raise a glass to my amazing staff.
Toasts are great.
I mean, you toast somebody, they toast you back.
It just goes round and round.
That's my favorite part about toasts.
The reciprocity.
Let's hear from you guys. Who do you want to toast?
Yeah, I'll say something.
I think we should be acknowledging our boss
because none of us would be here without him.
Robert California.
all: To Robert!
Yay, Robert!
- I cannot believe I didn't think of toasting Robert.
Get in the game, Gabriel.
Why are you talking to Stanley's mistress?
- I'd like to make a toast to my deskmate,
who makes every day just a little bit brighter.
To Devon. Stand up, Devon.
Where are you, buddy?
- Creed, Devon hasn't worked here in six years.
- I would like to toast someone who isn't here,
but who will be in just four short months.
Welcome to the world, Philip Lipton!
- I also would like to toast Philip Halpert...
who's due even sooner.
May he be a good namesake to my grandfather,
who I promised as a child,
long before tonight,
that I would one day name my son after.
[tears up] To Philip Halpert.
all: To Philip.
- She just always has to copy anything I do!
It's the Ford Taurus situation all over again.
- Hey, I just wanna give a toast
to the non-pregnant women.
[speaking indistinctly]
- Our personal issues, like, everybody's issues.
We just kinda keep it to ourselves
and don't bore people with, like,
what we're gonna name our baby.
'Cause nobody cares.
So to the non-pregnant women, thanks a lot.
- Whoo-hoo! - Hear, hear.
- I'd like to make a toast to the troops.
- Hear, hear. - Yes.
All the troops.
Both sides.
- I think we should toast--
- Ladies and gentlemen, The Last Supper.
- "Chapter nine, the tableau vivant is not only welcome,
but expected entertainment at any garden party."
- [plate clatters] - Stanley, I'm taking the car.
And I'm gonna call your wife and explain
why she needs to pick you up.
[bleep] you.
- [whispering] I told him it was a bad idea.
- Andy, I think that we should acknowledge the man
who has led us to such a profitable quarter.
To Robert California!
all: To Robert. [cheers]
- I would also like to toast Robert California.
Mr. California--
- You can't triple-toast somebody!
I mean, at least not until we've hit everyone once.
I'll say a few words,
if that's all right with you, Andy.
Yeah, yeah.
You people say I led you.
But it wasn't me.
You want to toast the man who led you to success.
But the boss is irrelevant.
Andy and I produce nothing.
We do nothing.
We sit in our offices and demand,
"I want this and that, right now,"
like petulant children.
You know the difference between a crying baby and a manager?
One day, the baby will grow up.
[laughter]
But without you, Andy and I would be sitting in our
dirty diapers, waiting for someone to change us, wipe us.
I should be toasting you, thanking you for allowing me
to have the easiest job in the universe.
Cheers. all: Cheers.
To Robert California.
From the moment you entered our building and our hearts--
- Some of you know that we have an internet star in our midst.
Mr. Walter Banes Bernard Sr., please report to the stage.
- I'm eating, Andy--
Aw, come on!
Okay.
- Yes! - What do you want to do?
- Well, how about one of our classic father-son duets?
- [plays "More Than Words"] - Oh, whoa, you sure?
Really? That's--
that's a little tricky. Okay.
- * Saying I love you, is not the words-- *
- It's too high. - Yeah? Right?
- It's high, but it's not that high.
Right, it feels strange.
Just take it down.
- * Saying I love-- *
- * Saying I love you-- * - You know, just give it--
- just give it to me. - Yeah.
Okay!
Uh, something like...
* Saying I love you *
both: * Is not the words-- *
You don't come in yet.
* I want to hear from you *
* It's not that I want you *
both: * Not to say but if you only knew *
* More than words *
* Is all you have to do to make it real *
- Is anyone filming this? Seriously?
Erin!
- Yeah, it's either taping or calling.
both: * What would you do *
* If my heart was torn in two *
- You know what? Walter Jr. Is here.
Why don't you come up and join us?
Nah, come up and do something with me.
- I don't know, pops. I'm just having a good time
getting to know Andy's friends here.
- Get up there and sing or I will cut your larynx
and you'll never be able to sing again.
Whoo! Come on!
[cheers and applause]
Come on.
- This old thing. Man, I don't even--
both: * May the good lord be with you *
* Down every road you roam *
* And may sunshine and happiness *
* Surround you when you're far from home *
* And may you grow to be proud *
* Dignified and true *
* And do unto others *
* As you'd have done to you *
- [claps] Cheers! All right!
- What are you doing there, buddy?
What's going on?
- Cheers, cheers, cheers. Get your own guitar.
[platter clanging]
- If you'd like to make a call...
- Sorry. - Please hang up and try aga--
[engine revs]
- [shivers] I am so cold.
- That's because you didn't bring a jacket.
- My first love is beet farming, but it's a young man's game.
Whoever heard of an old beet farmer?
Forget the beets.
Concentrate on the hosting.
I can spend a considerable amount of money
having my birthday party here.
Oh, really?
Well, we have a number of birthday packages.
The pewter package has the least amount of goats.
It's not no goats.
Still 10 to 12 goats
depending on the availability of the goats.
Now, the goat package obviously has the most goats.
What were you thinking?
- Of course I am not interested in goats.
Why would you spend so much time
going over the goats with me?
- [whispers] I can get you exotic meats.
Hippo steaks, giraffe burgers.
We'll talk.
It'll all be goat.
Hello, Cece Halpert?
This is Andrew Bernard.
I'd very much like to speak with you
about your paper supply needs.
[hangs up]
- That wasn't even my worst sales call.
[knock on door]
Hi.
What was that display?
- I don't know. I just thought...
if I could throw this great garden party
and show you how respected I am,
that you'd be proud of me.
- Andrew. - I know.
I know that you're proud of me.
- I'm not going to tell you how impressed I am
that you're a manager of some rinky-dink branch
of a paper company in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
How long are you going to go on needing my approval?
You're a grown man.
Don't act like a little boy who needs--[monitor clicks]
- I think if I had parents like that,
I'd be trying to convince everyone all the time
how great I was too.
- Guess we found Andy's Rosebud.
Rosebud?
- It's a reference to Citizen Kane.
It's something that explains
why a person became the way they are.
I know Citizen Kane.
Rosebud didn't explain why he was how he was.
It just represented what was important
to him as a child that he missed.
- That school of thought-- let's just agree to disagree.
- No. You're wrong.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
I'm too hot anyway.
- My body has somehow become acclimated to Southern Italy.
Isn't that strange? I've never been there.
[laughter]
- Oh! - Yeah.
- Ah, well...yes. That's nice.
Thank you. [chuckles]
It was a nice party.
Uh, setting was a little strange.
The food--
Sandwiches were dry.
- Just awful sandwiches. Uh...
people were colorful.
They're colorful people.
Yeah, colorful is the word.
It was very...Andy.
- Bye, Tuna! Bye, Pam!
[indistinct chatter]
- Hey, everybody. I'm going to leave.
And I just wanted to say I'm really sorry.
Cheeseburger or hamburger?
Um, cheeseburger?
- Nard-dog.
Thanks, Oscar.
[drum beats]
* *
What are they doing?
Closing ceremonies.
Nice touch.
- I think I left my wallet in your house.
Who cares?
Right here.
Mr. James Halpert!
- Keys, forgot my keys. - Stop forgetting things.
- I didn't forget them. They're right here.
That was stupid.
Mr. James Halpert!
- So sorry. I forgot that thing.
Idiot.
Whoo.
- Mis--
Mi-- what are you doing?
Hey, I have a question.
Who do you think is really
the best salesman in this office?
That's a stupid question.
Obviously m-- Mr. James Halpert!