It’s an enormous yr for the previous staff of Dunder Mifflin and all of their followers, so cue up that theme music. 2025 marks the twentieth anniversary of the mockumentary sitcom juggernaut The Workplace. Loads of thrilling occasions relating to the milestone have already occurred, together with Chili’s Scranton reopening together with Rainn Wilson revealing lyrics to that unforgettable intro. Wilson’s altered model is certain to be a success, and his on-screen counterpart, Dwight Schrute, could be loving each little bit of his take.
Loads of present comedies nonetheless rank extremely amongst our 2025 TV information applications, however The Workplace and the beet farmer are dearly missed by followers. Schrute shortly grew to become the character we beloved greater than the principle because the present (streaming now with a Peacock subscription) drummed on and continued to showcase that zany coronary heart of gold. Because the twentieth anniversary hype continues, Wilson agreed to share his lyrical stylings on the Hasan Minhaj Would not Know podcast after writing about creating them in his e book, The Bassoon King. To not fear, now we have the clip from the interview of The Rocker alum singing it (Through TikTok):
@hasanminhaj Rainn Wilson reveals the key lyrics to The Workplace theme music
♬ authentic sound – Hasan Minhaj
It took me about .5 seconds to appreciate what the funnyman did and I adore it for him and the assistant to the regional supervisor. Though the rendition is clearly skewed, it does mirror Dwight’s general ideas. The lyrics respectfully point out a senior gross sales rep, Stanley Hudson, acknowledges there’s a boss that runs the department, and humorously shades each John Krasinski and Jim Halpert. It highlights the toughest employee at Scranton – a.okay.a. Dwight – and leads me to obsess over well timed Schrute storylines that might’ve been.
After he closed out the never-before-heard music, Wilson accepted the applause amusingly and humbly famous the reward:
Thanks America. Thanks.
It’s similar to The Meg actor’s (together with the Scranton inhabitant’s) nature to push it a little bit bit additional however nonetheless have enjoyable with it. If The Workplace spinoff within the works wants an intro music author, I believe they’ve already discovered their man. Wilson and others from the unique Workplace crew have sadly indicated they would not be a part of a brand new sequence, except for Oscar Martinez. Whereas I’m excited and have belief within the new comedic Greg Daniels sitcom, new forged members have some huge footwear to fill.
Critically, although, I’m excited for the way forward for the Workplace world and the way it’ll translate into at present’s extra fast-paced world. It may all begin with the theme music, however till we all know extra I’ll be questioning if it’ll include precise lyrics. Till then, I’m greater than thrilled with Wilson’s Schrute-forward tackle the nostalgic tune, and able to rewatch the gold outdated days of the NBC sitcom by way of Peacock.