Michael decides to open a cafe-disco in his old office. Pam and Jim are planning a secret trip.
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“Cafe Disco” ranks #129 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.2 — Great. The episode packs 56 scored jokes at 2.9 per minute, averaging 6.6 on craft and 6.3 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
Dwight: My grandfather was told that Diamond Dancer would never race again. They were wrong. He came in ninth in the Apple Creek Derby. And his jerky came in third the following year. A majestic beast. So fast, so tender.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Michael: Now I know what the founders of Philip Morris felt like. You just want to give people a smooth, fun way to relax. And suddenly you're just some terrible monster.
Michael Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Angela: I just don't like the general spirit of music.
Angela Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Michael · Jim: We are office drones. We are office drones. All we do is work... is work... if you don't take out his battery, He just keeps going all day
Michael Jim Physical/Slapstick Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Michael: If these walls could talk, they would say, 'This is a magical place. You are safe here. We are talking walls. We're not going to eat you.'
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 56 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Unknown: Oh, my god! I can't believe it! I just won an art contest. Aah!
Jim · Dwight: I got her! Ooohhh... not cool, dwight. Not cool, man.
Michael: Tiptoeing around corporate, it is a ballet. When I am breaking all the rules, I'm break dancing.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Guys, I'm scared. I'm really scared. I think I'm growing into a giant, because look at this normal-size coffee cup. Looks so tiny in my giant hand now.
Michael Absurdist Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Michael · Andy · Pam: I do. - Okay, how about a woman? Pam?
Michael: At dunder mifflin, there is a very strict No-Lunch-With-The-Boss policy. And I don't know who instituted it. I think it started right after my predecessor stepped down.
Ryan: I don't do lunch. I'm doing five small meals a day now. Now that I'm back to doing the job of a temp again, I find that food is one thing I can control.
Ryan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Callback Michael: I am accounting on you to go to lunch with me.
Michael · Jim: We are office drones. We are office drones. All we do is work... is work... if you don't take out his battery, He just keeps going all day
Michael Jim Physical/Slapstick Meta/Self-Referential ★ Rewatch Michael: Oh, no, your battery fell out. I was just learning to love.
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Oscar · Erin: Erin, how many times do I have to tell you? It is not necessary for you to ask how we are doing every time you interact with us.
Erin: You're right. I'm sorry. Now, how can I help you?
Erin Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Dwight: I will take your silence to mean that you're all hiding something.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Dwight: There's only a handful of reasons why someone would ever go to a courthouse in ohio, and not be charged with a crime. To claim an inheritance from a deceased relative. To obtain a learner's permit at age 14 1/2 instead of 15.
Dwight Absurdist Character Comedy Dwight: Erin, let me see your birth certificate.
Kelly · Ryan: You know what I want to do today? I want to marry you. I had just woken up. I didn't look cute.
Kelly: That's how I knew he meant it.
Kelly Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Michael: No work! No work! No work! I come in here to relieve frustration. Ooh, ahh, ahh, ooh!
Michael Physical/Slapstick Cringe/Discomfort Michael: Lock's broken, so...
Michael Visual Gag Deadpan/Understatement Michael: Gotta keep yourself dehydrated - That's rule number one.
Michael: When I was in charge, this place was like Dave & Buster's. People just hanging out, having fun, eatin' apps. I don't know, it's like... Dave died or something.
Michael Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Michael · Jim: Daddy's here, and daddy's gonna take care of you. Please don't refer to yourself as our daddy. I am your big daddy...
Michael · Andy: Widdle Andy is afwaid. Andy's afwaid? Yes. Are you all afwaid?
Michael: A place where unattractive and attractive people can get together to meet, to greet, to see the ones that you love, to love the ones that you see.
Michael · Oscar: Why don't you get over lunch, Oscar? Everybody else is past it.
Creed · Michael · Dwight: This is like a haunted coffeehouse? No, Dwight is confusing you. It's more of a disco. A haunted disco!
Michael · Jim: It is a daytime disco on the ground floor of an industrial office building. It's a cafe disco. So, like, a disco cafe. No, no. Not even close.
Michael: This is a no-work zone. Please respect the lei.
Michael · Angela · Kevin: Kevin, stay. Kevin, come. Kevin, stay. Kevin, come! Stay, stay. Come on, right now. Cookie, Kevin. Cookie.
Kevin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Michael: Now I know what the founders of Philip Morris felt like. You just want to give people a smooth, fun way to relax. And suddenly you're just some terrible monster.
Michael Absurdist Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael: Tell him I'm going dancing downstairs in the storage closet between the bathrooms that used to be a utility shower, and he should join me there.
Michael · Phyllis: Oh, *** god! Oh, no, no, no. Oh, wow! What did you do?
Andy · Michael: Who's Philip? No, no, no. Who tipped you over? Was it Philip?
Dwight · Michael: Back injuries are common. Not as common as knee injuries, but more common than wrist injuries. I don't need a history lesson, okay? What do you think history is?
Michael: But most importantly, we need to get her some medical attention ASAP. Stat. Rrroar! Ramming speed.
Dwight: If you want to get sick, you go to a hospital.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Michael: Okay, fine. Phyllis did injure herself. But she injured herself having fun. And I don't think she would trade that memory for anything.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Michael: You all took a life here today. You did. The life of the party.
Michael Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Creed: Cafe disco. More like crapped disco.
Kevin · Andy: There's girls in there. Where? The other room. Down the hall. There's girls in there? What'd I just say? You get me my sandwich? Forget the sandwich. Girls. Girls!
Michael: I guess they got what they want. I am eating alone. Might as well be dinner.
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: This shirt wasn't doing you any favors.
Dwight Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Oscar: Like children singing Christmas carols.
Oscar Character Comedy Observational Dwight: My grandfather was told that Diamond Dancer would never race again. They were wrong. He came in ninth in the Apple Creek Derby. And his jerky came in third the following year. A majestic beast. So fast, so tender.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Angela: I just don't like the general spirit of music.
Angela Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Michael: If these walls could talk, they would say, 'This is a magical place. You are safe here. We are talking walls. We're not going to eat you.'
Michael Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: This is oil from the gland of an otter. It keeps their fur water-resistant as well as traps heat.
Dwight Character Comedy Absurdist Creed · Michael: Boss, this used to hang from my windshield, but it belongs in here. Hey, thank you, Creed. You really get this place. No problem. I'll just have no idea who's driving behind me now.
Phyllis: I find the rattle soothing. Puts me to sleep.
Phyllis: I think Bob's gonna cheat on me with his new secretary. What's so funny? When I say it out loud, it's so silly.
Phyllis Character Comedy Awkward Silence Angela · Michael: You are forcing me to be down here. Am I not allowed to have some fun? No cleaning up.
Dwight: You can't steal what is legally your property.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Jim: What dance competition? I was just dancing casually with my friends, ya!
Jim Character Comedy Escalation Andy · Dwight: Are you sure that's not the gay ear? Are you 12 years old?
Andy · Dwight: Ow, son of a bitch! Andy, that was just the ice.
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