Unemployed Andy crashes a fundraiser for the Senator and winds up adopting twelve disabled dogs. Dwight discovers that winning an auction means losing money, and Darryl teaches Nellie how to eat a taco.
WAR
53.7
Wins Above Replacement
“Fundraiser” ranks #41 of 183 The Office episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 82.9 — Elite. The episode packs 59 scored jokes at 2.7 per minute, averaging 7.0 on craft and 6.9 on impact, with Andy landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Announcer: Your donation is the largest we've ever received at over $34,000.
Kevin: Sometimes I feel like everyone I work with is an idiot. And by sometimes, I mean all times. All the times. Every of the time.
Kevin Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin Deadpan/Understatement Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Erin: You're being a Thomas Oregon.
Erin Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Robert: I feel like I'm being strangled, like I'm at some erotic asphyxiation sex club over on I-84. The Red Room, say, or Dominick's.
Robert Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch All Jokes — 59 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Ryan · Pam: Smokey's dead. Smokey the Bear? Smokey Robinson, Pam. He died like an hour ago.
Ryan Pam Misdirection Setup/Punchline ★ Rewatch Ryan: Did you like that Tracks of My Tears is maybe the last true love song ever written?
Ryan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Jim: Well, I second that emotion.
Jim Wordplay/Pun Callback ★ Rewatch Nellie: Tracks of My Tears and what else? What are some more? What's one more?
Nellie Cringe/Discomfort Escalation Ryan: I'm sorry that I'm not a fan of Jason Mraz or the Beatles.
Ryan Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Pam: You don't like the Beatles?
Pam Reaction Beat Escalation Jim: It says here the Smokey Robinson dead thing is a hoax. It's on CNN as of two minute ago.
Jim Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort Pam: $250 is nothing to the world's biggest Smokey Robinson fan.
Pam Irony/Sarcasm Callback Callback Ryan: How can they make the Smoke Man play with someone like that?
Ryan Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort ★ Rewatch Ryan: Don't call me a clown, Pam. You're better than that.
Ryan Misdirection Character Comedy Robert: I feel like I'm being strangled, like I'm at some erotic asphyxiation sex club over on I-84. The Red Room, say, or Dominick's.
Robert Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Could be a knife, could be a gun. Could be a series of guns, all lined up to shoot parallel.
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy Nellie: Everybody told me if I moved to America I'd be murdered.
Nellie Observational Character Comedy Jim: It's going to be super weird.
Jim Running Gag Deadpan/Understatement Jim: The warehouse isn't downstairs. Is it? Who knew, right?
Jim Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Jim: Tonight could be the night that Darryl and I go from casual work friends to actual good friends. The only thing standing in our way is the contempt he seems to feel for me.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Andy: Did anyone order a blast from the past with a side order of sexy?
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Andy: Because I want to shake your body.
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Wordplay/Pun Andy: Where do I look? It's been so long since I did one of these things.
Andy Meta/Self-Referential Cringe/Discomfort Creed: No one's raping this guy.
Creed Dark/Subversive Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jim: So, Dwight doesn't understand silent auctions. I guess he's the stupid guy in the office. Because up until now we didn't have one.
Jim Observational Deadpan/Understatement ★ Rewatch Andy: The hero lives in this dystopian future and he flies around in a spaceship that's shaped like a treble clef.
Andy Absurdist Character Comedy Angela: This guy's having a breakdown.
Angela Reaction Beat Deadpan/Understatement Senator: I'm more likely to pick up at night, say, after 9:00.
Oscar: This confirms three things. I'm right about the Senator, I still got it, and poor Angela.
Oscar Escalation Character Comedy Andy: Although he's humanized at the end because he weeps uncontrollably and pees in his pants.
Andy: We're flying so high we're cracking the sky Going to fly out of this dome My girlfriend and I
Andy Cringe/Discomfort Character Comedy Robert: Hey, jabroni, show some class.
Robert Character Comedy Escalation Erin: You're being a Thomas Oregon.
Erin Callback Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Andy: And a high five. Let's do that again.
Oscar: He wanted to rock more than just my vote.
Kevin: Life is Downton Abbey.
Kevin Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Dwight: Like candy from a baby.
Dwight Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm David Wallace: Then suddenly out of nowhere the US Military bought the patent from me for $20 million.
Kevin: What's another food that we like? Tacos.
Kevin Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Nellie: I've never eaten a taco. I'm not entirely sure what they are. As long as they're not slimy, and please, God, don't let them have eyes.
Nellie Character Comedy Escalation Oscar: A gay man wouldn't leave the store wearing those shoes.
Oscar Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Jim: Hey, you bought me these shoes.
Jim Reaction Beat Escalation Robert: You know what I said? Yes. Not a joke. That that was not even a joke.
Robert Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy Andy: I will take all of those dogs.
Andy Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Andy: Hello, everyone. I'm Andy Bernard and I am going to take that bitch home.
Andy Misdirection Cringe/Discomfort Andy: That is a female dog reference. This bitch understands loyalty. Sassy human reference.
Andy Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Volunteer: You can administer it orally, but he's going to puke it up. So other end's best.
Volunteer: Kenny's a therapy dog. He apparently thinks you're in some kind of emotional crisis.
Andy Reaction Beat Irony/Sarcasm Oscar: I'd have to be a monster to root for that. A lonely, aging monster.
Nellie: Nellie trying to eat tacos visual gag
Nellie Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Callback Dwight: All I had to do was look up the prices, idiots. Suck it!
Dwight Escalation Character Comedy Callback Announcer: Your donation is the largest we've ever received at over $34,000.
Dwight: When did it become about the flower arrangements? And the white wine spritzers? Hmm? And all the dinner rolls?
Dwight Escalation Cringe/Discomfort Dwight: These tables tarted up like Victorian whores.
Dwight Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Oscar: Why does this always happen to me?
Volunteer: Yeah, he should be. It's his first day without a muzzle.
Jim: This is literally the worst thing that has ever happened to you.
Jim Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Kevin: Sometimes I feel like everyone I work with is an idiot. And by sometimes, I mean all times. All the times. Every of the time.
Kevin Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Kevin: Doesn't really poop. It's perfect. Nothing to pick up.
Kevin Dark/Subversive Escalation Kevin: I have to prop her eyes open so she can see it.
Kevin Dark/Subversive Escalation Kevin: She smells horrible. It's unbelievable. But I don't want to put her in the bath. I'm afraid that she'll drown.
Kevin Dark/Subversive Escalation ★ Rewatch Kevin Deadpan/Understatement Visual Gag ★ Rewatch ⏩ The part you fast-forward
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