Current Events > Bryan Cranston almost LITERALLY killed the entire cast of The Office!

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https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bryan-cranston-credits-jenna-fischer-saving-lives-the-office-cast-he-directed-073028720.html

Bryan Cranston credits Jenna Fischer with saving the lives of 'The Office' cast when he directed

The episode, titled Work Bus, finds Jim once again messing with Dwight winding up with the entire Dunder Mifflin gang having to work on a bus for the day. To keep the cast cool while filming, the bus pulled a trailer with a refrigeration unit. The problem was that the show crew didnt pay attention to how it set up the refrigeration unit.

What they didnt plan on, they didnt think, Cranston said, that where the intake for the refrigeration system was, was exactly lined up to where the tailpipe of the bus was. So the exhaust of the bus was going right to the intake.

This story was first told by Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey, who played, respectively, Pam and Angela on The Office, in their new book, The Office BFFs. Though the title of the episode was Work Bus, the title of the chapter in the book is Death Bus, which Cranston took issue with.

Jenna Fischer actually saved everyones life, Cranston said. How? Colbert asked. Well, she said, I smell exhaust. Its coming inside the bus, Cranston replied. And Im thinking, Jenna, I mean, come on. How is that possible? Its not possible.

Though Cranston didnt believe Fischer at first, he checked it out for himself and realized that they were actually in real danger.

I got a chair and I stood up on the thing and I stuck my nose up in there, and sure enough, it was billowing down. It was carbon monoxide, Cranston said. I wasnt quite sure so I got a second wind, I got some more, I got nice and dizzy, and then realized, Oh my God, we could have all been dead. It would have been one hell of an episode. It would have been the finale before they would have planned that though.

Can you imagine if the entire cast died on that bus? Poor Stanley.

He's a hero

Should have gone to Vance Refrigeration.

Tom Clark posted...

Should have gone to Vance Refrigeration.

Ahh

I saw that article yesterday but didn't read it. I was wondering what the context was.

MattcheteGuy posted...

I saw that article yesterday but didn't read it. I was wondering what the context was.

Bar fight.

wait, is that the episode where Creed tried to play hooky from work? lmao

ZevLoveDOOM posted...

wait, is that the episode where Creed tried to play hooky from work? lmao

Yup! His expression when he realizes what happened is hilarious lol.

I don't remember the episode or when creed plays hooky from work. Is it the watermark scandal episode?

Bryan Cranston getting practice for Breaking Bad or? What was the context for him being anywhere near the office?

Tom Clark posted...

Should have gone to Vance Refrigeration.

LoL.

Explain to an idiot like me. Is carbon monoxide poisoning really that fast and lethal that they all would have died immediately?

Somewhere in the multiverse, is a world where the whole cast died filming that episode and The Office abruptly ended

SwayM posted...

Explain to an idiot like me. Is carbon monoxide poisoning really that fast and lethal that they all would have died immediately?

Im no expert, but it can silently build up to the point where even running outside to fresh air wont save you.

RedRanger posted...

Im no expert, but it can silently build up to the point where even running outside to fresh air wont save you.

From my basic understanding, it binds with hemoglobin and prevents the oxygen from getting into your blood.

You need to get the CO out of the blood as well, which I think requires a hyperbaric chamber.

So you suffocate because your blood stops being able to oxygenate your blood, and the removal requires intervention.

RedRanger posted...

Im no expert, but it can silently build up to the point where even running outside to fresh air wont save you.

Sounds fucking terrifying tbh

saspa posted...

I don't remember the episode or when creed plays hooky from work. Is it the watermark scandal episode?

Bryan Cranston getting practice for Breaking Bad or? What was the context for him being anywhere near the office?

It's a s8 or s9 episode. The office is closed for one reason or another (radon?) and Dwight drives the workers around on a bus/mobile office.

Tom Clark posted...

Should have gone to Vance Refrigeration.

Good ol Bob Vance

xMythic posted...

Yup! His expression when he realizes what happened is hilarious lol.

I found that part so weirdly hilarious. Like, dude is skipping work and decides to take a bus and it's their bus.