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Article: NBC hit 'The Office' makes its home in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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- March 2, 2006
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MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
03-02-2006
Dateline: SCRANTON, Pennsylvania
Dunder-Mifflin, the fictional paper-supply company where idiotic boss Michael, nerdy salesman Dwight and the rest of the quirky characters on NBC's "The Office" spend their days, is a member in good standing of the real-life Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce.
Really, it is.
And why not? Though Dunder-Mifflin isn't real, "The Office" has given Scranton, a small industrial city 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of Philadelphia where the hit comedy is set, the kind of national exposure that chamber types can only dream about.
"It's a very funny show," said Mayor Chris Doherty, "and a great ...