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Dunderheads! New promos for The Office are here!

The one to the left is a zoom-in on one of the promos below. John Krasinski (Jim) and a production assistant holding up a microphone are in the reflection of the glass door to the high school principal’s office. This P.A. is going to be famous now!

Here’s a synopsis of episode “Product Recall” from NBC: “The office is in crisis mode after a large shipment of Dunder-Mifflin paper is accidentally sent out with an obscene watermark. Michael tries to manage the media with an impromptu press conference. Jim and Andy try to calm the high school principal who has sent out prom invites on the affected stationery.”

The Office episode “Product Recall” airs Thursday, April 26 @ 8:30PM ET/PT on NBC.

Rashida Jones, aka Karen Filippelli from The Office, makes the list of TV’s 40 hottest stars who steam up the screen in TV Guide’s “Sexy Issue.”

Co-star Ed Helms (Andy Bernard) sounds off on 31-year-old Rashida Jones:

Rashida Jones and I first met on The Office set. We were in the same situation at the same time — the new kids — and she was an ally right off the bat. I think her character’s appeal stems from being straightforward and honest, but also up for a good joke. In real life, Rashida is like that. She’s very present, quick with a joke and makes people feel comfortable. For someone with her background — being Peggy Lipton and Quincy Jones‘ daughter — she’s so accessible and down-to-earth. There’s an inherent graciousness in that; it’s refreshing. One of the things that Rashida and I have in common is that we’re both closet dorks. We both sang in a cappella groups in college. Occasionally, we’ll just sort of break into a cappella renditions of stupid songs just to keep each other amused. To me, anybody who doesn’t mind acting like an ass is admirable.”

Bigger scans of Rashida Jones in TV Guide’s “Sexiest Issue” after the jump…

Did you all catch last night’s episode of The Office? If not, you better get to somebody who has it TiVo’d because it’s one that’s not to be missed!

When the party planning committee disagrees on how to pull off the office Christmas party, Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Karen (Rashida Jones) band together to throw their own separate alcohol-and-karaoke party against Angela’s (Angela Kinsey) wishes. In the midst of it all, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) copes with his split with his girlfriend by being persuaded to join the guys, Andy (Ed Helms), Jim (John Krasinksi), and Dwight (Rainn Wilson) at a feast at Benihana Japanese restaurant.

I won’t go into it much in case some of you haven’t seen it (don’t want to spoil anything), but do make sure you stay and watch the whole thing from beginning to end. There’s a great gag at the end played on Dwight. That’s all I’ll say about that.

I always think their holiday-themed episodes are really good and A Benihana Christmas is no exception. Here are some promo shots from the production of that episode which aired yesterday.