Good news for the world! Human Giant's Aziz Ansari has been hired to star in the new spinoff of The Office. Says Aziz on his blog: "I haven't been this excited since Lisa lost Top Chef!" Variety also has some speculative details about the spinoff:
Despite early speculation that at least one "Office" character will segue to the new show, that's unlikely at this point.
Instead, the show could potentially be a "planted spinoff," in which characters are first introduced on "The Office" before moving on to the new series (think "Mork & Mindy," which morphed from one episode of "Happy Days"). It's just as possible that the show won't be a spinoff at all (which could impact who's involved with the show), but a wholly separate series in the same comedic vein as "The Office."
Either way, the addition of Aziz is a really good choice, especially if, like many Office actors, he also does some writing for the show. Here's one of Aziz's best Human Giant sketches, Rollerblading:
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