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"The Office has only been in TV heaven for four months, but it&amp;#x27;s already bittersweet to think that for the first time in 10 years, it won&amp;#x27;t be on our fall lineup. But have no fear, because one of the cast members has resurrected their character for a very funny cause! Any guesses? It&amp;#x27;s Phyllis! Here&amp;#x27;s a bit of backstory: Over the summer, I brought Phyllis Smith to Busch Stadium in St. Louis&amp;amp;#8212;we are both die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fans&amp;amp;#8212;to throw out the first pitch. And last September, I took 2011 World Series champs David Freese and Matt Holliday of the Cardinals to the set of The Office. Phyllis (and fellow St. Louisans Ellie Kemper and Jenna Fischer) gave the guys a great set tour, so this time around, David and Matt wanted to show Phyllis their &amp;quot;office.&amp;quot; On set... Back on their turf, Phyllis was so excited to reunite with slugger Matt Holliday (who gamely showed us pictures from an &amp;#x27;80s charity party he was at the evening before. Sorry, but his mullet will not be making an appearance here). But that&amp;#x27;s not all: I know I&amp;#x27;m biased, but I think even the most passionate Chicago Cubs fan has to admit that what the Cardinals are about to do is nothing short of brilliant. They&amp;#x27;ve developed a new TV show, entirely on Instagram called #TheFrontOffice, starring, well, Phyllis Lapin-Vance. (Because, really, what&amp;#x27;s a Front Office series without an Office star?) Phyllis works in the Cardinals front office and must deal with a bunch of misbehaving mascots (Fredbird starts acting out because the Rally Squirrel has stolen a bit of his spotlight over the last few years). Players and executives also show up in the &amp;quot;Mascots-mentary,&amp;quot; based of course on the style of The Office. Check out this behind-the-scenes sneak peek: The series, part of the Cardinals new social media effort called #NestFlix, will air new episodes daily, with each one running 10 to 15 seconds. It&amp;#x27;s available only on the Cardinals Instagram page. The first episode premieres today. The day was a special one for Phyllis, who grew up loving the Cardinals thanks to her late father. This moving clip proves it all: Here&amp;#x27;s my favorite photo of Phyllis&amp;amp;#8212;conducting a faux press conference in the Cardinals press room. For all I know, she could have been ready to announce Michael Scott as the next #FrontOffice executive. Here we are with 2011 World Series MVP David Freese, who is one of Phyllis&amp;#x27; favorite people. He surprised her while we were deep in conversation and gave her the biggest thrill of the day. David filmed his own sketch for #TheFrontOffice. Get this guy a film and TV agent! During rehearsal, Fredbird seemed to be more interested in his own bobble-head than that of Dwight Schrute&amp;#x27;s. And here&amp;#x27;s the final product! To watch all the episodes of Phyllis in her &amp;quot;new show,&amp;quot; follow the St. Louis Cardinals on Instagram. You can search via hashtag #TheFrontOffice and #Nestflix for all episodes. And, hey, if the series really takes off, maybe Jenna and Ellie will reprise their characters next! Who would you guys most like to see re-create their old character for a potential parody series in the baseball world? Video: Jessica Radloff Photos: St. Louis Cardinals, Jessica Radloff Special Thanks: Ron Watermon, Lindsey Weber"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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