"Local Ad" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's fifty-sixth episode overall. The episode was written by B.J. Novak, who also acts in the show as Ryan Howard, and directed by Jason Reitman. It originally aired in the United States on October 25, 2007 on the national terrestrial television network National Broadcasting Company.
After a video team is brought to the office to cr...
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"Local Ad" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of the American comedy television series The Office, and the show's fifty-sixth episode overall. The episode was written by B.J. Novak, who also acts in the show as Ryan Howard, and directed by Jason Reitman. It originally aired in the United States on October 25, 2007 on the national terrestrial television network National Broadcasting Company.
After a video team is brought to the office to create a commercial for the company, Michael decides that the employees of the Scranton branch of Dunder Mifflin can create a better commercial. While the majority of the staff work on the commercial, Dwight, still depressed from his break-up with Angela, instead chooses to play a computer game.
When Michael Scott (Steve Carell) learns that the Scranton branch's participation in a Dunder Mifflin television commercial is limited to five seconds of the staff waving at the camera, he dismisses the advertising consultants sent to the branch, and...
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