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    • This sounds like one of Kevin's ideas. [NBC]An online paper company owned by Staples has licensed the "Dunder Mifflin" name from NBC and the makers of "The Office," in order to sell paper to people who will pay more for paper just because it reminds them of the TV show "The Office." This is in the Wall Street Journal, so it has to be real:

      "Staples' Quill.com has struck a licensing deal with NBC's parent company to launch a Dunder Mifflin brand. Priced largely above private-label copy paper, the Dunder Mifflin packages will be emblazoned with slogans such as "Our motto is, 'Quabity First' " and "Get Your Scrant on," well-known phrases from the comedy series."

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    • In the world of this promo, this would be called "foreplay." [TLC]Welcome back to the internet! I'm sure you have lots of things to buy on your computer today, but it would be a crime not to share the Most Important Thing that Happened on the Subject of the Art Form That is Television over the long weekend: No, it wasn't the (timely!) spoof of "Mad Men" on "The Simpsons," or the strange, seemingly Vitamin Water-sponsored episode of "Homeland," or the fall finale of "The Walking Dead," or whatever is is that happened on "Boardwalk Empire" that's making Twitter go insane.

      Nope, it was the airing, after last night's "Sister Wives," of this promo for next Sunday's TLC special "Virgin Diaries," about virgins who get married, which has been put up on YouTube and properly labeled "Probably the funniest promo I have ever seen." Probably? No, definitely! Apologies for the sound on this one, but sound is not needed. I'm not going to ruin the amazing sense of discovery you will feel when you watch it, but YOU WILL SEE why it's the funniest promo ever very quickly. Oh, somebody help this poor, poor lady!

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    • Just because I am not American does not mean that I don't acknowledge the Thanksgiving holiday by reflecting back on the past year, and forward to the next, and thinking about what I'm thankful for. Today, I am thankful for this very tease-y teaser for "Justified" Season 3, which doesn't really tell us much — other than that Raylan (Timothy Olyphant) and Boyd (Walton Goggins) may be working together in some way? — but which does show us some very stylish shots of two very appealing TV stars. Come on, 2012.

      [Warming Glow]

    • NUCKYYYYYYYYI'm starting to feel a little guilty about referring to Eric Roberts as a "mess" in my last post just because he happened to go on "Celebrity Rehab." Because there are celebrities who embarrass themselves publicly, and then there's Paz de La Huerta. Just a few short months ago, the "Boardwalk Empire" star got into a bar fight with Samantha Swetra of "The City," which is disgraceful enough. But this week, she got so...relaxed at a party that she said something that could mess with her actual job.

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    • "Parks & Recreation" co-stars Aziz Ansari and Chris Pratt want you to "give a s**t about cancer" by getting your friends to join the national bone marrow registry by swabbing their mouths, and they have the funniest way of communicating it. This is definitely the hardest I've ever laughed at a cancer PSA (the better to get the word out, of course.) Chris Pratt is really the star of this one—Aziz plays the straight man:

    • "See you at the Emmys!" [CBS]Amy Sedaris was the best thing on TV last night when she went on the "Late Show" (and actually had something actor-y to promote: her guest-starring arc as a lobbyist on "The Good Wife.") As usual, she wore a special dress just for the show (this one has U.S. presidents on it), which she claimed to be "bursting out of," and did her unique, indescribable chatterbox thing for the entire interview, as always. (Note that the band played "Crazy" when she walked out!)

      As usual, it's impossible to describe Amy's interview, but it concerns, among many other things, her avoidance of Dave's phone calls ("I don't ever want to talk to Dave without an audience!"), whether or not the laundry product she does commercials for gets rabbit urine out of fabric (she doesn't know, she doesn't use it), and whether or not she's good on "The Good Wife" ("I am fantastic. I'll see ya at the Emmys!") What a nice pre-Thanksgiving present:

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