While managing the watermark crisis Michael tells the gang he's inviting Barbara Allen, one of Dunder Mifflin's oldest clients, to the office to deliver a personal apology. The client's name is a direct reference to Barbara Allen, a traditional Scottish ballad first mentioned in a diary entry by Samuel Pepys in 1666 which later traveled to America both orally and in print, where it became a popular folk song. Ethnomusicologists Steve Roud and Julia Bishop described it as "far and away the most widely collected song in the English language– equally popular in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and with hundreds of versions collected over the years in North America."
Still from S1:E2 6:54 - The accounting department While searching around the Season One wall decorations I found something that I hadn’t noticed before. Closeup of image on Oscar's desk. Unique yellow 'Pastis' type.* *Pastis is an anise-flavoured spirit and apéritif traditionally from France In an interview with Michael Scott during the Diversity Day seminar being given to the office by Diversity Today representative Mr. Brown , the accounting department consisting of Kevin Malone , Oscar Martinez and Angela Martin can be seen during a cutaway as Michael riffs on Kevin ’s job performance [6:52]. On Oscar ’s desk the portrait of a blonde woman wearing sunglasses set against a pink background can be seen printed out and taped to the glass divider. Levine original, 1967 Compilation album cover, 2004 The image on Oscar ’s desk is a 1967 portrait of French animal rights activist and former actress, singer and model Brigitte Bardot taken by French artist Sam Levin titled B...