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Article: 'office visit' NBC comedy has made Scranton, Pa., a hip tourist destination.(Travel-Books)(City overview)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 7, 2007
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Byline: RENATE WILDERMUTH - SPECIAL TO THE TIMES UNION
Television viewers have been clamoring to spend more time at "The Office," ever since NBC made working hilarious. And that's also taking some of them to Scranton, Pa., the setting for the Emmy-award-winning comedy, which follows the exploits of employees in a struggling (and fictional) paper company called Dunder-Mifflin. To meet the demands of the self-proclaimed Dunderheads clocking in for visits to the fictional home of the series, Scranton is planning an "Office" Convention from Oct. 26 to 28.
Al Roker will be broadcasting live with "The Today Show" from the University of Scranton to kick off the ...
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