Top 10 Times John Krasinski Couldn't Keep a Straight Face on The Office
#10: Last Minute Kevin
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Apparently Brian Baumgartner makes Krasinski laugh. Baumgartner plays Kevn Malone on “The Office,” and in this simple scene all Krasinski does is turn towards him and a smile breaks out across his face. In the second take he tries looking away - but again, that smile. After that, both Krasinski and Baumgartner take turns breaking pretty much every time they look at each other. It’s not even a big comedic scene - but as fans of “The Office” bloopers know - once the adorable Krasinski starts breaking, it’s very hard for him to stop.
#9: Dynamics in the Workplace
Again, as with the previous outtake, we aren’t quite sure what gets Krasinski going on this one - but, boy does he get going! So much so that in the second take you can still see his face is a little red from cracking up on the previous one. And speaking of that second take - while Rainn Wilson was kind of able to hold it together the first time, he also loses it in the next take. And speaking of red faces, both guys have faces the color of ripe tomatoes after the laughing fit they go through on that one.
#8: A Full Disadulation
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There’s a very funny scene in the season three episode “Women's Appreciation” in which Dwight threatens Jim with a demerit and gives him a lengthy rundown of what the consequences of one is. In response Jim threatens Dwight with the possibility of a “full disadulation.” What is a disadulation, you ask? We don’t know. We don’t think Jim knows either… but it’s funny. So much so that Krasinski can’t quite make it through his threat before a huge smile appears on his face and he has to sit down and try again.
#7: “How Often Can You Donate Blood?”
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In the season four “Survivor Man” episode, Michael is angry and jealous that Ryan invited Toby on a company wilderness retreat but didn’t invite him. He decides that he wants to go camping and invites Jim “hypothetically” to come with him. Jim says he would go but he can’t because he’s donating blood. Apparently Jim has used that excuse before, because Michael questions him about how often one can do it. In this outtake you’ll see things going great with both Carell and Krasinski looking like they’re going to make it through the scene in good form. But obviously there was laughter building up in John’s body, because when the camera comes back to him he bursts.
#6: “You’re Not Real”
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One of our favorite secondary characters on the show is Creed Bratton. The weird, unconventional anomaly that is Creed has some of the most outlandish and funniest lines of the series. And his humor isn’t lost on the cast either - particularly John Krasinski in this great little outtake. After Creed fills Oscar in on what’s gone on at the office while he was away, Jim looks at Oscar and tells him he’s pretty sure none of that is real. To which Creed responds that Jim isn’t real. It’s a perfect Creed line and, in at least one of the takes, it causes one of those super cute smiles to appear on Krasinski’s face.
#5: “What Are You Doing Here?”
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In the “Fun Run” episode Pam accidentally walks in on Michael half unclothed in his office (the lower half). Later on in the episode Jim pokes fun at Michael’s decision to go unclothed in his office by doing one of his on-camera interviews topless and sarcastically questioning if they were at a French beach. He follows that line with a classic Jim wry smile. However, in one of the previous takes rather than a funny quip and a smile, Krasinski couldn’t even get to the quip before busting a gut and having to start over again.
#4: Pre-Fired
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We all know that sitting too much isn’t good for us, which is why you get those reminders from your Apple Watch to stand up every now and then. Well, on this particular day of shooting John Krasinski didn’t need reminders from his Apple Watch because he had the”pre-fired” scene which kept him rising to his feet over and over again. In the scene, Krasinski is meant to stand up, make his statement to Dwight and that is that. However, as you can see in these bloopers, it took Krasinski multiple tries to get through it without laughing. Each time standing up, breaking character, sitting back down and trying again.
#3: “Screw You”
In this scene Kelly is super angry at Jim and Dwight for forgetting her birthday and responds to their attempted apology with a harsh “screw you” to both of them. As we saw in an earlier outtake, Krasinski and Rainn Wilson seem to have a special knack for cracking each other up during takes. And this scene with the two of them and Mindy Kaling is another great - and hysterical - example of that. After Kelly’s harsh retort, Wilson looks over at Krasinski and that’s all it takes for him to break. Wilson even called the look he gave Krasinski, “the face you like.” Like it or not, the look gets Krasinksi laughing through at least another couple takes.
#2: Carpool
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All Jim has to do in this scene is turn down Michael’s offer to carpool to the cocktail party. Sure, it sounds easy, but you try to keep a straight face while Steve Carell is getting in nice and close and verbally nudging you by saying the word “carpool” over and over again. If you can do it then you are stronger than us - and John Krasinski. Yes, he eventually made it through, but not before a multitude of takes ended with his face breaking into a big smile and laughter - despite his best efforts not to.
#1: “If I Quit, We’ll All Quit”
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While it’s usually another cast member causing John Krasinski to break character, in this oh so great outtake, the culprit is all Krasinski - as there’s no one else in the scene to blame but himself. The Kras takes shot after shot at the lines - even making slightly different acting choices on each one in regard to tone and delivery. But each time, regardless of how he chooses to say the lines, getting through it all ends in failure as that classic Krasinski smile grows big across his face and he bursts out laughing. Which of these Krasinski crack-ups is your favorite? Let us know in the comments.
