From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   shawn   wrote:   
   >On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 15:33:51 -0500, Rhino   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 2026-02-08 2:12 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>> So the girlfriend and I went to see Don "American Pie" McLean at the Saban   
   >>> Theatre last night and who should end up sitting next to me?   
   >>>   
   >>> Gary Cole - aka Bill Lumbergh from OFFICE SPACE. Also TALLADEGA NIGHTS,   
   VEEP,   
   >>> DODGEBALL, TRUE BLOOD, and literally hundreds of other stuff you've   
   probably   
   >>> seen him in.   
   >>>   
   >>> I had to resist making a joke about having to get the TPS reports finished.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>What is "L.A. protocol" for such situations? In other words, if you   
   >>happen to recognize someone like Cole (or perhaps someone of much   
   >>greater or less familiarity) in close proximity is it considered rude to   
   >>approach them, speak to them, ask for autographs, etc? Or are you   
   >>supposed to keep your distance and wait for them to approach you? I   
   >>realize that all sorts of people WILL approach them - and sometimes the   
   >>celebrity will expect you to approach them and welcome it - but is there   
   >>some sort of general understanding of the right way to handle that   
   >>situation? Of course I'm speaking of the general public, as opposed to   
   >>someone who is SUPPOSED to interact with them, like an interviewer.   
   >   
   >The official protocol is to genuflect and say "Greetings and   
   >salutations, Mr. Cole".  LOL   
   >   
   >>For what it's worth, I have no idea what "TPS Reports" are. I knew Cole   
   >>best from Midnight Caller and a one-season wonder called Wanted,   
   >>although I've certainly seen him in a number of other things like The   
   >>West Wing.   
   >   
   >Yeah, the first thing I can recall seeing him in was MIDNIGHT CALLER.   
   >Wow, I just looked up the cast and Wendy Read is now a lawyer in   
   >California. As for the TPS Reports its a bit that comes from the movie   
   >OFFICE SPACE where Cole plays a manager who is always coming around   
   >asking about the TPS reports. Some sort of useless bit of paperwork   
   >that the management is concerned with.   
      
   Office Space (1999) was written and directed by Mike Judge. Beavis and   
   Butt-Head get clerical jobs.   
      
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