Trivia / The Office USS 2 E 9 Email Surveillance

• Actor-Inspired Element: Steve Carell modeled Michael Scott's behavior at improv class (specifically his fondness for constantly brandishing an imaginary gun) after that of a student in the improv class HE taught as part of The Second City.
• Deleted Scene: One of the more famous bloopers of the series came from this episode.
  Steve Carell: (as Michael, hitting Stanley's hair with his boxing cat puppet and singing in a Camp Gay voice): I wanna give you a nappy head, because you're Leslie! (catches himself) But that's not your character's name.
  Leslie David Baker: (as Stanley) Who's Leslie?
• Throw It In!: Michael imitating a robot was scripted as a quick bit, but Steve Carell stretched it out in filming, putting it into Overly Long Gag territory.