Jan holds a "Women in the Workplace" seminar at Dunder-Mifflin for the paper company's female employees. Michael, feeling more than a bit left out, decides to have his own "seminar" when he takes the male workers down to the warehouse.
WAR
64.4
Wins Above Replacement
“Boys And Girls” ranks #6 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 89.5 — Elite. The episode packs 46 scored jokes at 2.1 per minute, averaging 7.3 on craft and 7.5 on impact, with Michael landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Meredith Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Meredith: In five years, I'd like to be five years sober.
Meredith Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Because I am collar-blind.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela: Jan aspires to be a whore.
Angela Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Warehouse worker: This here is a run-out-the-clock situation. Just like upstairs.
All Jokes — 46 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Pam: Michael's not allowed in. She said that about five times.
Pam Observational Character Comedy Michael: What is more important than quality? Equality.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: the Ally McBeal woman, as I call her
Michael Character Comedy Observational Michael: They ended up turning the break room into a lactation room, which is disgusting.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael: Oh, sorry. 'Women of the Workplace.'
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Michael: Clothes, me... Ick.
Dwight: They stay in there too long, they're gonna get on the same cycle. Wreak havoc on our plumbing.
Dwight Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael: Toby, come on over. You're a guy... too. Sort of.
Michael: Why does society force us to use urinals when sitting down is far more comfortable?
Jim: Remember on Lost, when they met the Others?
Jim Observational ★ Rewatch Michael: Sort of a BrAngelina thing.
Michael: It's a Ram. It's a Ram thing.
Michael Character Comedy Escalation Callback Michael: Because I am collar-blind.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Meredith: Hi, I'm Meredith, and I'm an al... Good at supplier relations.
Meredith Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Jan: You know, I've seen some of your spreadsheets. And I almost always...
Jan Reaction Beat Awkward Silence Pam: I guess the person I have the most in common with is... Jim.
Pam Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Roy: That way she's not all, 'Bah, bah, bah, bah,' you know, when she gets home.
Roy Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Michael: Michael doing exaggerated forklift moves and sound effects
Michael Physical/Slapstick Visual Gag Meredith: In five years, I'd like to be five years sober.
Meredith Dark/Subversive Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Meredith Escalation Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Callback Angela: I want an SUV with three rows of seats.
Angela Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Michael: Michael climbing on dangerous warehouse equipment
Michael Physical/Slapstick Escalation Callback Warehouse workers: We're the ones that gotta clean that up! Damn it, Michael!
Pam: Well, I have a job right now. So I can't really take time off.
Pam Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jan: There are always a million reasons not to do something.
Jan Observational Character Comedy Michael: Uh-uh, don't... don't shush me. I... that was just... That bothers me too. I was breathing.
Michael: That's a good question, Hasselhoff.
Michael Character Comedy Misdirection Angela: Jan aspires to be a whore.
Angela Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Warehouse worker: Like, gas ain't free!
Warehouse worker: No, you don't. You don't feel us. How can you? You... you know what? Not literally.
Warehouse workers: Mi-chael! Mi-chael! Mi-chael!
Michael · Jan: Don't get hysterical. I'm not. Part of my job is knowing how to talk to women.
Jan: Now who's getting hysterical?
Warehouse worker: This here is a run-out-the-clock situation. Just like upstairs.
Kelly: Below par means worse. Wait, that should mean better. That doesn't make sense.
Kelly: Like if Michael said he got to second base with you?
Kelly Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Jim · Pam: We watched a video about our changing bodies. Did you really? No. Oh. Almost.
Jim Pam Deadpan/Understatement Misdirection Michael: Cold front comin' in to the warehouse! Uh-oh! Better put on your ski boots!
Michael Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy Michael: How can someone so beautiful be so sad?
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Pam: Dreams are just that. They're dreams. They help get you through the day.
Pam Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim Reaction Beat Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: You gotta take a chance on something sometime, Pam.
Jim Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Do black people like pizza?
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: Sometimes, Jan... can be such a bitch. Hey, watch it. Watch it. We have a relationship.
Michael: You need to have that crazy sexual tension to keep things interesting.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Michael: Snow angel! Snow angel!
Michael Physical/Slapstick Character Comedy ⏩ The part you fast-forward
Our scorer flagged 16:00-17:00 as the stretch with the fewest or weakest comedic moments. Everything else lands harder.
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