avery_lopez•5d agoProlific Poster

I finally caught that one deleted scene from the Office that everyone talked about for years

Last weekend I was scrolling through YouTube at like 2am and stumbled on this upload of the extended 'Fun Run' episode footage. There's this whole 4 minute bit where Michael tries to organize a charity 5k but he keeps getting distracted by a stray cat that followed him to the parking lot. I always heard people reference that scene in forums but never actually saw it myself because it got cut from the broadcast version. It was wild seeing how much more awkward and random the whole thing felt with that extra material. Jim just stands there nodding while Michael talks to the cat like it's a potential sponsor. Has anyone else found a deleted bit that completely changes how you see a character?

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the_cameron4d ago

Wait actually that's not quite right lol. The cat bit isn't part of the Fun Run episode at all - that's from the season 3 episode 'The Coup' where Michael fires Devon. There's a deleted scene where Michael finds a stray cat in the Dunder Mifflin parking lot and seriously considers making it a regional manager for the Scranton branch. I remember because someone on Reddit found it in a bonus DVD feature years ago and it's genuinely one of the most unhinged Michael moments that got cut, way worse pacing wise than the Fun Run extra stuff you're thinking of.

lopez.simon5d ago

Actually I gotta disagree hard on this one. Those deleted scenes usually get cut for a good reason, they just drag down the pacing and make Michael seem more annoying than funny. The cat bit you described sounds like it would ruin the whole charity run joke, which already has a perfect rhythm in the broadcast version. I think fans overhype these lost scenes because they're rare, not because they're actually better.