The Grass Roots — "Live for Today"

The astute viewer of "The Office" will already know this: the character Creed Bratton is playing a fictionalized version of himself on the series. If you've seen the "Booze Cruise" episode, you might recall that Creed strapped on an axe and jammed with the band while the lead guitarist took a break.

[Update 29-OCT]: I was watching Season II over the weekend, and just realized that scene I described above was in the deleted scenes of "Booze Cruise." In addition, Creed does a talking head bit (also deleted) that talks about his history with The Grass Roots. He also deadpans that the drugs are still affecting him, and his office calls are only 90 sec. (the limit of his attention span.) Gotta love that Creed.

Fact: Creed was in a fairly popular band called The Grass Roots back in the late 1960s. They had several hits, including "Midnight Confessions" and "Live for Today".

See for yourself... that's a young Creed Bratton on the far left in the dark blue shirt, on lead guitar.

Moonlightning

On a personnel note, I'm one of the newest "Temps" at DMI, located in Denton, TX. This, of course, is a fictionalized on-line version of the mid-level paper company we know as Dunder Mifflin. If any of my readers are also DMI employees, be sure to leave a comment—especially if you're in the Denton branch!

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