You just knew the writers of “The Office” would have to come up with something special for Jim and Pam's wedding. But their job was made so much easier by the viral video wacky wedding dance on YouTube that swept through the Internet this summer.
Little did Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson of St. Paul, Minnesota know when they decided to dance a version of the Funky Chicken down the aisle to the tune of Chris Brown's “Forever” on June 20, that they would start a national trend that would eventually be copied by the Beesly-Halpert wedding party.
To date their video has had over 26,890,000 hits on YouTube, and I suspect that after last night's “The Office” episode that number could double over the next week.
So for those of you who watched the episode and had no idea what was happening when the “Office” cast went crazy, now you know. And that also explains what Jim meant when he said he bought the Maid of the Mist boat tickets as Plan C the day he saw the YouTube video. Moreover, the editing of their real wedding on the boat (with Niagara Falls in the background) with the rest of the cast frolicking down the aisle was brilliant!
Ironically it was not Michael who “ruined” the wedding, which of course is what everyone thought would happen.
As for the first 50 minutes of the episode titled “Niagara,” there was a great deal of standard “Office” hijinks that was truly hysterical. Yet much of it did not begin until after the beginning of Jim's toast at the rehearsal dinner that must have touched everyone who for years has followed Jim and Pam's rocky road to matrimony.
Jim begun the toast by saying "Four years ago, I was just a guy, who had a crush on a girl, who had a boyfriend. And I had to do the hardest thing I've ever had to do, which was just to wait."
Unfortunately, with Michael's help, the rest of the toast let the proverbial cat out of the bag in terms of Pam's pregnancy and set off a series of typical “Office” antics that culminated with poor Andy Bernard being taken to the hospital by Pam (the only non-drunk person who could drive) with a torn scrotum.
I won't bother relating the rest of the funny things that happened. All I can say is that if you are a fan of the series I am sure you caught the show yourself. And if you DVR'd it, I don't want to list every incident that occurred, as it would spoil your fun.
For all you “True Blood” fans, I must point out that Pam's sister Penny was played by none other than Anna Camp, who portrayed Sarah Newlin, (anyone else notice the similarity in her name to Sarah Palin?), the wife of Steve Newlin, the pastor of the Fellowship of the Sun Church! Obviously Anna specializes in outlandish church scenes.
If you are not a fan of “The Office,” at least check out the popular wacky wedding video which inspired this episode. I am sure that it is just a matter of minutes or perhaps days that “The Office” version will appear on the Internet, if not on YouTube, then on MSNBC.com.
Meanwhile I have to go practice my own wacky wedding dance moves so I can someday embarrass my children at their weddings!
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