The Office (TV Series) Fundraiser (2012) User Reviews

Fundraiser (#8.22)

[ComedyFan2010 · 7/10 · 4 February 2019]

Andy comes to the fundraiser.

Well this episode was not as good as the last one but also not as bad as the previous ones. It had good moments. I like the story with Angela's husband. Jim getting the number was pretty good. Dwight with his winnings made me laugh as well. And it was great to see David Wallace again. So glad his stupid toy ended up working out!

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[vivar-00811 · 6/10 · 20 May 2021]

The writers made a bad version of Michael Scott (Andy) I don't know why they didn't make him complete the series.

This is where it starts to die

[francogrex · 3/10 · 20 July 2021]

I am watching the series in 2021, starting from S1E1 onward. When back in season 7 Michael (the main character, actor Steve Carell) had left the show, I thought, ok it was dead, but then we realized that some of the remaining cast like Jim and Dwight, and Andy (Ed Helms) all great actors, were capable to continue holding the fort. In addition they brought in heavy weights in acting like James Spader (albeit pre-blacklist), etc, so ok we thought maybe it could stand on its own as such. But starting from this episode, for me, I realized, that's it, they're broke and they've had their moments, it's about time this goes to bed. So it doesn't surprise me that this is one of just a few episodes before season 9 which was the last season. That being said, I am writing this negative review and I know the review process is inherently biased, because if I am giving this episode and maybe the next few ones < 5/10, but the previous 7 seasons, 100s of episodes would have gotten 10/10 for me, they were great (I just couldn't be ar*ed to write a glowing review every time).

Sometimes it goes up, but this time it's definitely down.

[Snowy161 · 4/10 · 25 January 2014]

There will be spoilers.

The plot for this episode is supposed to be centered on a fund raiser organised by Angela's senator husband. While that might have been funny, unfortunately the episode doesn't have much to do with the fund raiser, or its cause - the actual focus of this episode is, yet again, Andy.

So what's he been up to since he left Dunder Mifflin in the previous episode? Absolutely nothing interesting. And since his previous co- workers are so worried about him and his mental health, they decide to keep telling him he's awesome, that everything is OK and generally just pampering him. It's annoying. He's not a good character, he's annoying, just kick him off and forget about him.

Andy's jokes felt forced and plain unfunny, especially when interacting with Robert California, his "subtle" jabs at Robert with his "rock opera" even get called out as lame by other characters - yet instead of stopping with that stuff, it remains in the episode and serves as one of the "good things" to focus on.

The only characters who felt grounded and realistic were Robert and Kevin (which is very unusual since they've been making him into a retard for the past few seasons).

Not to forget, the side-plot with Angela's senator gay husband is still going on and brings perhaps a few laughs when Oscar discusses the situation with Jim and Pam. Other than that this episode should be avoided. The episode or the things that happened won't be mentioned in the future so you won't miss out on anything important.

The Fine Line

[mohammedaalmansour · 2/10 · 16 November 2022]

There is a fine line between being lovable idiot and truely obnoxious, Steve Carell knew that line. Since the character Nellie became regular on the show, it was bad just bad. Her character is just annoyingly obnoxious. The character isn't funny and it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

If you ask me, I would say watch this amazing series untill season 7 and don't bother with the rest.

You can clearly see how much the show changed if you watch it back to back. All funny and hilarious situations went downhill after season 7. What a shame!

I would give the previous seasons 8/10 but I would give season 7, 3/10.

Friends rip-off

[quikthinker · 3/10 · 28 June 2022]

This episode, based around the silent auction is basically a rip-off of what Friends did. But instead of Joey bidding for the boat thinking he was valuing it, this time is was Dwight doing the exact same thing but for multiple items.

Dull.

Andy At The Fundraiser

[vivianla · 26 February 2021]

Andy is Erin's date for the fundraiser for dogs. However he ends up declaring he will adopt all eleven dogs.

I died when Kevin described his dog doing nothing. Doesn't eat or poop and he has to open her eyes. She also smells terrible.