Michael hates the changes that Dunder Mifflin's new owner is implementing, so he turns to David Wallace for advice. Jim and Pam find the perfect day care center, but Jim's mistake threatens to ruin the interview.
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“The Manager And The Salesman” ranks #166 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 70.8 — Solid. The episode packs 48 scored jokes at 2.2 per minute, averaging 6.7 on craft and 6.5 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
Kevin: Have you tried making everything smaller?
Kevin Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Jim: Due to circumstances beyond my control... Impulsivity and inattention to detail... Hey, hey.
Michael: You know what can't fit in a bottle are the 20 little trips I take to the cooler, and the 20 little scans I do of everybody to make sure everything's running smoothly, and the 20 little conversations that I have with Stanley.
Michael Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Too much change is not a good thing. Ask the climate.
Michael Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jerry · Jim: This coming from the guy who still uses a children's toilet. Why didn't you just lock the door, man? It doesn't lock for the children's safety. Anybody could have walked in. It was story time.
Jerry Jim Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 48 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Michael: Oh, yeah! I've got a big box, yes I do! I've got a big box, how about you?
Michael Physical/Slapstick Absurdist ★ Rewatch Jim: I think you don't know what you're saying.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Michael: I wonder what's inside. Scissor me.
Michael Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Michael: Although David Wallace said that we were the one branch that was actually working right, so we probably could've saved our own asses. We didn't need them touching our asses.
Michael Escalation Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Michael: This cord has Creed written all over it.
Michael Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Michael · Jim: Due to circumstances beyond my control... Impulsivity and inattention to detail... Hey, hey.
Dwight Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Impossible. He opened it like an ape.
Dwight Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Kevin: Have you tried making everything smaller?
Kevin Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Office: Oh, Michael! All right, relax. We can do it. We just did it. So, we can do this again. Erin, scissor me, please? No, don't!
Michael: This group of people, when they put their minds together, they can do something great
Michael Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy Jim · Michael: What do you want us to do? Why do I have to explain everything? Because we're usually not on the same page.
Michael: There he is. You can really see that he is okay taking a picture with me, even though I was there for disciplinary reasons.
Michael Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Jim: This is my protégé, Jim Halpert. Co-manager, actually. In training. Trained. Loving it. Good at it, so...
Gabe · Michael: It's Sabre. Oh. Of course. Sabre.
Andy · Gabe: Sabre. It's Sabre. Dunder Mifflin and Sabre So yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Dunder Mifflin is a part of Sah-bray
Andy Gabe Running Gag Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch Callback Pam: We found a great local daycare. It's rated really high by all the local parenting websites, but that means it's also really hard to get into. Turns out a lot of parents want the very best for their children. That's weird.
Pam Deadpan/Understatement Observational ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: But if not, there's always the Army. The infantry.
Jim Pam Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Christian Slater: Have you ever tasted a rainbow? At Sabre, you will.
Christian Slater: So, you've been shown a nonsensical video. You're probably wondering, 'What's going on?' Well, you're not alone.
Michael: No. Don't like that.
Michael Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Stanley: Talk about vacation days! We have a policy here at Sabre where we are allowed to take two weeks. But I banked six weeks. I already booked a Great Lakes cruise.
Stanley Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Michael: No. Don't like that.
Michael Running Gag Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Callback Gabe: They're two-ounce paper cups dipped in plastic. He goes through 20 a day.
Gabe Visual Gag Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: You know what can't fit in a bottle are the 20 little trips I take to the cooler, and the 20 little scans I do of everybody to make sure everything's running smoothly, and the 20 little conversations that I have with Stanley.
Michael Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: But 70% of me is water, and the other part, the real part, the part that has feelings and emotions and thoughts and makes decisions, and, if I can be crass, makes babies, that part thinks that all of these changes suck...
Michael: Too much change is not a good thing. Ask the climate.
Michael Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Jim: Am I too old to go here?
Jim Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: I walked in on someone in the bathroom. What? I just walked in on someone in the bathroom. Who? I don't know. The guy we're meeting with? I don't know. I don't know, I don't know.
Jim Pam Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Erin: Well, maybe they ran away 'cause the pizza was, like, 'Hey, get out of here, you stupid strawberries.'
Erin Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael · Jo: I think you have a great accent. Thank you. I've been working on it since I was a little girl.
Michael Jo Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jo: but the last time I saw a company as mismanaged as Dunder Mifflin was my grandson's snowball company
Jo Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Is Christian Slater back there? Because he knows... He'd know what to do.
Michael Callback Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Callback Pam · Jim: Okay, you've gotta pull it together. We should just go. He's really uncomfortable. He's uncomfortable because you're acting weird, so you have to stop acting weird. What if we just bring it up? We'll just put it out in the open? That's the weirdest possible solution to the problem.
Pam Jim Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Michael: Hey! Wow. That's very loud. Keep it up, son!
Michael Character Comedy Reaction Beat ★ Rewatch Pam · Jerry: Is this because Jim walked in on you going to the bathroom? What?
Pam Jerry Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Callback Jerry · Jim: This coming from the guy who still uses a children's toilet. Why didn't you just lock the door, man? It doesn't lock for the children's safety. Anybody could have walked in. It was story time.
Jerry Jim Escalation Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch David Wallace: So this is a vacuum. It's like a Shop-Vac type of thing. Teaches kids how to pick up their own toys. Right? Baseball gloves, Hacky Sacks, drumsticks... Picks it up.
Erin: That's as hard as I can hint.
Erin Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy David Wallace · Michael: Hey, you know, if you want, I'm sure I could get Arnie onboard, if you want to join us for Suck It. Work together again. The what? 'Suck It.' That's what it's called.
Michael: There are very few things that would make me not want to team up with David Wallace, and Suck It is one of them.
Michael Callback Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: That was some sort of weird creature that lives in David Wallace's house.
Michael Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Michael: That was some sort of weird creature that lives in David Wallace's house.
Michael Observational Character Comedy David Wallace: You know when people say getting fired was the best thing that ever happened to them? I feel sorry for those people. That? The best thing? Really?
Michael · Jim: I'm not really one for making speeches. Yes, you are. Since when? You make a lot.
Michael · Jim: Orange juice is in here, and like Sabre, it is from Florida, and it is good. Just 'cause you have liquid, that doesn't make it a toast.
Michael: Wow, that is metallicy. That's like drinking a battery. Really gets you in the fillings, doesn't it?
Michael Observational Physical/Slapstick ★ Rewatch David Wallace: Well, it's a mess, what a mess What you gonna do You're gonna take out your Suck It And you'll suck it, suck it
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