Dukurikije Collider, mu gitabo gishya "Ibiro bishya bya Sitkom Ukomeye 2000-X" byerekana impamvu nyayo yatumye Steve Karell yahisemo kuva mu biro mbere yuko urukurikirane rufunze. Igihe abandi bandikaga igitabo, abanditsi bafashe ikiganiro hamwe nijwi rya TV ryerekana Brian Thittle, wavuze ibi bikurikira:
Igihe kimwe nicaye iruhande rwa Karel, aransobanurira uko byagenze. Mbere y'ibyo, yatanze ikiganiro kuri radiyo kandi ku bw'impanuka, hafi atabimenyekana yavuze ko igihe cya karindwi gishobora kuba icya nyuma kuri we. Ntabwo yateguye kuvuga kuri uru rukuru. Byongeye kandi, icyemezo cya nyuma kitarakira icyo gihe. Ariko igihe yabikoraga, abandi bantu bagize uruhare muri iki gitaramo ntibyasubije muburyo ubwo aribwo bwose. Ntibigeze bazura urusaku ntibavuga bati: "Niki? Urashaka kugenda? " Yavuze ko nta gisubizo bakurikiye ... Iyo byagaragaye ko azatekereza kugenda, nta n'umwe mu bayobozi w'Ikimenyetso utabangamiye mu mahano.
Barber-stylist Kim Ferri yemeje aya makuru, yabwiye inkuru imwe: Iyo amasezerano y'ubu ari ubu buryo bwabaye, ubuyobozi bw'umuyoboro wa tereviziyo ya NBC ntabwo yatanze umukinnyi amasezerano mashya. Umuyobozi wa Ellison yongeyeho kuriyi:
Mbega ukuntu nibuka cyane, [Carll] yari agiye gukorwa mu kindi gihembwe, ariko NBC kubera impamvu runaka ntabwo yavuguruye amasezerano na we ... umuntu yaramujyanye. Byose byari ibicucu. Sinzi no kubivugaho. Gusa.
Ibuka, imiterere ya Karella yitwa Michael Scott yari kimwe mu bimenyetso by "biro", ariko yakuwe mu mugambi mu gihe cya karindwi. Tele Slow yagiye muri ecran kuva 2005 kugeza 2013.