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Article: Scranton Bets Big That 'The Office' Fanatics Will Convene at Series' 'Branch'
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- October 10, 2007
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To: ENTERTAINMENT EDITORS
Contact: The Office Convention Committee, +1-570-207-9001, ex.
5415 or 5409
SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NBC's Emmy-
award-winning comedy series "The Office" sparks a fervent cult-like
zeal in its fans that brings to mind the kind of fanaticism inspired
by "Star Trek" or -- if you prefer the silver screen -- "Napoleon
Dynamite." And as "trekkies" have so amply demonstrated, cults will
rally around the objects of their devotion.
That's what Scranton, Pa. is betting on when it hosts the first-
ever The Office Convention, the weekend of Oct. 26 through Oct. 28.
(Tickets are now available via theofficeconvention.com.)
"The time has come for 'The ...