“Nobody has ever let me sit on their lap before.”
Their guest for the day:Brian Baumgartner, the actor who played Kevin.
“Brian,” Fischer said, “I remember when you sit on Steve’s lap as Santa.
‘The Office’ cast celebrates Christmas in a 2006 episode.Credit:Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty
Kevin sits on the smaller man’s lap to relay his Christmas wishes … or something.
(Nevermind that he’s not a child.)
Nobody has ever let me sit on their lap before.”
“If you watch that episode,” Fischer continued, “people are breaking in the background.
Mindy just walks out.
She just turns and leaves.”
Kinsey chimed in and Baumgartner confirmed that, “Ed dives behind the hall.”
“I think [the crew] just gave up,” Fischer said.
“They were like, forget it.
This is what it is.”
It was all for show, of course, and he was fine.
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