Just Another Day At The Office 08.08.08: Kevin's Loan Webisode review
Posted by Seth Roy on 08.08.2008
The best character on the office tries to go into business for himself.
Office Webisodes review! Kevin’s Loan:
Welcome to Just Another Day at the Office! Today we have the summer Webisode series, Kevin’s Loan, in its entirety.
Act 1: Money Trouble
Kevin is crunching numbers, and asks Oscar if you have to use loan money for exactly what you say you want it for. Oscar asserts that that is the case, and in a talking head, says they have a similar discussion every few weeks.
Kevin wants to tell the bank he is going to open an ice cream store, but will instead buy an ice cream cart. “Technically, you’re still selling ice cream.”
Oscar brings up Kevin’s gambling debts, to which Kevin tries to play dumb to. (Kevin is a notorious gambler, if you didn’t know.)
Kevin walks — nearly trips — into a bank and says, “Malone’s Cones. This is gonna be awesome!”
End scene.
Act 2: Malone’s Cones
The bank guy asks if it will be an ice cream store like Baskin Robbins, to which Kevin replies, “We will be selling ice cream.” Bank guy: “Well, I hope so.”
Kevin says the business will have a mobile component. Bank guy: “Other than delivery and the rhyming name, what are we looking at exactly?”
Kevin gives him a list of flavors, which include Fudge the Magic Dragon. Kevin’s plan is to buy the ice cream in a store… “or we would make it ourself.”
The bank guy, unenthused, asks if Kevin knows how to make ice cream. He does not.
Kevin asks how long it will take for him to have cash in hand if he’s granted the loan, to which the bank guy (I’m going to call him B.G., because I’m creative.) tells him it’s not something he’s going to have to worry about.
End scene
Act 3: Exposed Wires
Back at the office, Darryl is complaining about fixes that need made to the warehouse that affect safety. Kevin is sneaking in the background. Darryl: “The first rainstorm, there’s going to be a warehouse full of dead people up in here.” Good quote.
Kevin sneaks to the back and hands a guy (his bookie?) an envelope with what appears to be cash in it. The guy pulls out the “cash,” which is actually just paper. Kevin says, “We must have been the targets of a sting operation!” Dude’s not buying it.
Kevin pleads with the guy, who is about a foot shorter and 100 pounds lighter, to not hurt him. Funny stuff.
Darryl walks into the back to see what’s up.
Kevin, to Darryl: “That little dude may hurt me if I don’t get that bank loan.”
Darryl tells him he’ll never get the loan because he’s a nervous, sweaty looking man. Darryl offers his advice. “Any other nervous, sweaty people out there who are in trouble: You know who to call.”
The scene ends with Darryl walking into the bank.
Act 4: Taste the Ice Cream
Kevin and Darryl are sitting in the room.
Kevin: “We need a secret signal that lets me know if I’m talking too much.”
Darryl: “If you hear words come out of your mouth, you’re talking too much.”
Some readheaded woman (read: Not Bank Guy, e.g. B.G., for whom I have no created an entirely irrelevant nickname) walks in and smiles wide, saying, “Malone’s Cones, Sounds delicious.”
Darryl starts flirting with her: “I can tell by your perfume you’re a woman of distinction.”
Kevin: “You have a great … vest.”
Darryl gives him a look.
He gets the woman to taste the ice cream. Then B.G. walks in! Yay! (Kevin says his name is Brad. So, maybe B.G. isn’t so far off!)
Darryl gets Brad to taste the ice cream, too. Or, tries to, at least. He asks if they made it or bought it from the store. Kevin gets up and says, “Abort, abort.”
Smoothly, Darryl tells Brad they don’t even need him. “I’m sure my man has a back-up plan.”
Cut to the outside of the office, and Kevin is ringing a bell and yelling, “Ice cream.”
Oscar walks by and asks if he got the loan.
Kevin: “No, I decided I was going to pay off my debts by selling ice cream.”
Stanley asks how much for one. Kevin says, $10, and Stanley declines.
The show ends with Kevin saying, “ice cream, gooooood ice cream.”
Thoughts: Well, I hope I’ve made it clear in the past just how much I like Kevin. He is my favorite secondary character on the show, and I was thrilled to get a whole 8 minutes dedicated to him. There’s nothing here that really tells us anything new, but it’s moderately funny, has a few decent one-liners and satiates my need for an Office fix during the summer.
Let the countdown to season 5 commence!
The 411: At 8 minutes and 30 seconds, new Office material during the summer is certainly welcome. It's not on par with in-season writing or laughs, but it has its moments and features Kevin, Oscar and Darryl. If you're a fan of the show, you need to head over to nbc.com and watch the Webisodes, if you haven't already.
