This one ALWAYS cracks me up for real. This here is absolute genius writing and genius delivery.
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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When Michael tries to use the same analogy with Hank 😂
And I love how Oscar just rolls with it.
Darryl: I put 3 pallets on the truck to Blue Cross
Michael: Ok I’m going to ask you something and I want you to be honest. What is a pallet?
Yea, the delivery on this line is what makes it so memorable
Let me try the chair again
Michael says the most obvious and stupid things just to have an input in the conversation and avoid it being one-sided.
Sometimes I actually share this scene with people at work when I need them to “explain it to me like I’m five”. It’s a brilliant scene, honestly.
I always thought Michael was big and smart enough to clearly say that he didn’t understand Oscar’s accounting jargons. In the movie margin call, when the big boss shows up, he asks his staff to explain to
Him the problem like a 5 year old.
I was just thinking about Steve’s delivery of this earlier. Amazing.
One of my favorites.
Michael is probably thinking he is all smart following up with the conversation.
On a funny scale of 1-100, this joke is an absolute 100.
Every time
I say “explain it to me like I’m 5” at least once a week.
This is my favourite bit out of the whole series
I always laugh like it’s the first time I’ve seen that scene.
I show this scene to people who’ve never seen the office and ask why do people love it so much
Oscar’s a douche
I aso like jokes…
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God I miss Michael
I don’t know how to narrow down a search, anyone want to link it?
*still confused “ok now explain to me like I’m 4”
Steve Carrell in many scenes channels his inner child and that’s what makes the scenes magical and funny.
Maga voters trying to understand how tariffs work.
I don’t get it?
Do I need context?
I love this scene but I also feel the writers could have used a tiny bit more restraint before completely flanderising the characters. There’s no way Michael has lived for 45 years, become the branch manager of a company and doesn’t understand basic things like this.
If the story was he got to this position because of nepotism, I can see it, but he didn’t.