

Jim notes, “So far, our ideal party consists of beer, fights to the death, cupcakes, blood pudding, touch football, mating, charades, and yes, horse hunting.” Their discussion about the party theme goes nowhere. “It’s not like she discovered a cure for cancer,” he insists. When Jim reads the banner, “It Is Your Birthday,” Dwight argues, “It’s a statement of fact” and “is more professional” without an exclamation point. Dwight picks drab gray and brown balloons that he says “match the carpet” that he doesn’t inflate enough and hangs a banner that doesn’t so much celebrate the day as it literally states the occasion.

Kelly gets upset when Dwight and Jim forgot her birthday so they plan a party, but demonstrate they have no idea how to decorate or plan a party theme.

Meanwhile, back in Scranton, Dwight and Jim have to head up the Party Planning Committee after Michael takes Angela and Phyllis off the committee after they became too powerful. In The Office Season 5 Episode 15/16 titled “Lecture Circuit,” Michael visits various Dunder Mifflin branches, along with Pam, to lecture about how Scranton found success. Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, and Steve Carell on ‘The Office’ | Trae Patton/NBCU Photo Bank ‘The Office’ characters plan a birthday party
