The Office Season 4's Funniest Conference Room Debate Was Almost Cut

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The hilarious The Office season 4 conference room debate was almost cut from the episode. Originally created by British comedians Ricky Gervais and Stephan Merchant, the American version of the show debuted in 2005 and ran for nine seasons after which it soon became recognized as one of the best sitcoms of its time. The Office went on to receive 42 Primetime Emmy nominations, winning five. One such nomination was for season 4, episodes 7 and 8, «Money,» written by Paul Lieberstein.

With Jan (Melora Hardin) living with Michael Scott (Steve Carell), her need to change Michael's lifestyle caused the Dunder Mifflin regional manager to get a second job as a telemarketer. Following a late-night, Michael was to give a presentation on Microsoft PowerPoint, but he bungles his way through it. In the ensuing argument about the importance of PowerPoint, Ryan Howard (B.J. Novak) uses the word "whomever" to which Michael scoffs and says, "Whomever is never actually right." This leads to a hilarious debate among the employees about how to properly use that word with Creed (Creed Bratton) calling it "a made-up word used to trick students." Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) chimes in stating that he knows what's right but calls everybody "jerks" for not coming to his band's performance. It's not until Pam (Jenna Fischer) and Toby's (Lieberstein) explanation that it is determined that Ryan was correct in his usage of "whomever."

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In an episode of The Office Ladies podcast (via Mashable), Fischer and Angela Kinsey revealed that the funny conference room scene was nearly cut from the episode entirely. Fischer explained that there was quite a bit of opposition within the