When the sales staff lets Sabre's new "sales is king" policy get to their heads, Michael hides their new, prized leads.
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“Happy Hour” ranks #132 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 75.1 — Great. The episode packs 48 scored jokes at 2.4 per minute, averaging 6.9 on craft and 6.6 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
Michael: Hi, I'm Date Mike. Nice to meet me. How do you like your eggs in the morning?
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Dwight: Angela versus Isabel. Height, advantage Isabel. Birthing hips, advantage Isabel. Remaining childbearing years, advantage Isabel. Legal obligation, advantage Angela.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Phyllis: I love going to bars with Bob. I tend to wear something low-cut, get men to flirt with me, and Bob beats them up.
Phyllis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela: Dwight recently entered into a contract with me, establishing intent to conceive and raise a child with me. Did he not tell you that?
Angela Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Bar Manager · Michael: We got a problem? Yes. Homelessness.
All Jokes — 48 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Michael · Unknown Employee: Not counting the last one, 25. Count the last one. Okay, 25 and one girl pushup. Oh, new record!
Michael: Anyone who does more than 25 pushups... And one girl pushup. ...gets to go home.
Michael Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Michael: I say 'dance,' they say 'how high?'
Michael Character Comedy Observational ★ Rewatch Jim · Pam: I had a really hard workout this morning. Oh, wow! That is adorable!
Jim Pam Cringe/Discomfort Irony/Sarcasm Jim: Essentially what we have here is one of those stories where a mother lifts a car to save her baby.
Jim Observational Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Well, it's not exactly fair. He's got all this weight that's helping him go down.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Character Comedy Jim: All right, Papa Bear.
Jim Character Comedy Reaction Beat Oscar · Matt: Hey, are you doing anything later tonight? I don't know. I'm free. If you hear of anything going on, let me know.
Oscar · Matt: No. I always come in at 7:00. No you don't. Well...
Oscar: Yeah, we talked this morning, and we talked at Christmas, so a little momentum there.
Oscar Observational Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Oscar · Darryl: Has that ever happened? Ever? Didn't we? I think we did.
Darryl: You can be gay with Matt, just be straight with me.
Darryl Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Phyllis: I love going to bars with Bob. I tend to wear something low-cut, get men to flirt with me, and Bob beats them up.
Phyllis Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: I gotta tell you, this baby is amazing. She gets me out of everything. And I love her. I also love her very much.
Jim Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Pam: It's been so long since I've been with adults. I'm so excited to see everybody. Creed, Ryan. Oh, my God, Stanley!
Pam Irony/Sarcasm Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela: Talk to me that way again and I'll cut your face off.
Angela Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Andy · Erin: But we're kind of keeping it quiet for now, 'cause it's still kind of a new thing, it's a little delicate, and we just don't want all the drama.
Kevin: Well, when a new mom hears a baby cry, her you-know-whats fill up with you know what, and then her shirt gets, you know... That would be funny.
Kevin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Stanley: It's not a birthday, it's not a goodbye party.
Stanley Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: That would be sublime.
Dwight Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Darryl: I'll call this a deck if it'll make you happy, but this is just a porch without a roof.
Darryl Observational Character Comedy Michael: Oh, no, no. Pam and Jim work for me, and if they win, they are fired. Not really. Not really. But they better not win.
Michael Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael · Isabel: See, I didn't think you could teach that. I thought that was something you were born with. What am I thinking right now? Are you thinking that I said ESP? Yes. I feel like an idiot.
Isabel: I was a little nervous when Pam told me he was her boss, but he doesn't act like a boss at all. If I had a boss like that, we'd never get anything done.
Isabel Observational Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dwight: Well, apparently Michael Scott is on a date, and that... That, my friend, changes everything.
Dwight Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael: Hi, I'm Date Mike. Nice to meet me. How do you like your eggs in the morning?
Michael Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Isabel · Pam: Do you want to just make a run for it? Maybe.
Isabel Pam Reaction Beat Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Andy · Erin: Wow! Can you imagine what people would say if they saw us dancing together? Oh, I know. They'd be like, 'What's up with those two?' 'Hey, guys, get a bedroom already.' 'Did we miss the wedding?'
Andy Erin Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Dwight: Angela versus Isabel. Height, advantage Isabel. Birthing hips, advantage Isabel. Remaining childbearing years, advantage Isabel. Legal obligation, advantage Angela.
Dwight Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael: I would say I kind of have an unfair advantage, because I watch reality dating shows like a hawk. And I learn. I absorb information from the strategies of the winners and the losers. Actually, I probably learn more from the losers.
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Dwight: No, no, no, no, no. I want a big family. Tall, thick. A big, physically big family.
Dwight Character Comedy Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Bar Manager · Michael: You want to pay 400 bucks to re-felt this table? Yeah! Why don't you send the bill to 23 I Don't Care Lane, Scranton, Pennsylvania?
Jim: Maybe it should come from a note. With flowers. Tomorrow.
Jim Escalation Deadpan/Understatement Bar Manager · Michael: We got a problem? Yes. Homelessness.
Michael: Well, it just so happens that I'm a manager, too, and the way I manage people is that I touch their hearts and souls with humor, with love and maybe a dash of razzle-dazzle, and I don't see that from you.
Michael Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch Michael: I've written all of it. In my head.
Michael Character Comedy Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Michael: Read it? I own it. But no, I have not read it.
Michael Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Andy · Erin: I don't normally do this, but... Do what? Go, go. Just sit down next to a beautiful woman and start talking to myself to confuse other people.
Andy Erin Meta/Self-Referential Cringe/Discomfort Erin · Andy: Hey, big boy. Do you like it when I do that? What are you doing? What we said to do. We didn't say we were gonna, like, start groping strangers.
Erin Andy Cringe/Discomfort Escalation ★ Rewatch Andy: What movie? Black Snake Moan?
Andy Observational Character Comedy Bar Manager · Michael: Stanley Hudson? No. No. Whoa! A lot of Stanley Hudsons in here. No, it's Michael Scott.
Michael · bartender: Stanley Hudson? No. No. Whoa! A lot of Stanley Hudsons in here. No, it's Michael Scott.
Pam · Julie: He's more just... Like... You can go. Yeah.
Darryl · Oscar: I saw you talking to Hide. Did you hear that dude's life story? It's amazing, right? I couldn't understand a word he said.
Darryl: Matt's an okay dude, but he's a dummy. You guys got nothing in common.
Darryl Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Andy: My name is Andrew Bernard and I've been on two dates with Erin Hannon and they went well, and there will probably be more. Thank you.
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Angela: Dwight recently entered into a contract with me, establishing intent to conceive and raise a child with me. Did he not tell you that?
Angela Character Comedy Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Michael Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Top Episodes — The Office