Plot
The office plays host to a bridal shower for Phyllis Lapin (Phyllis Smith) while Bob Vance's (Robert R. Shafer) bachelor party is held in the warehouse. Todd Packer (David Koechner) convinces Michael Scott (Steve Carell) that it is okay to hire a stripper for the bachelor party if he also gets a male stripper for the bridal shower. Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) is tired at work because he has been having many "late-night talks" with Karen Filippelli (Rashida Jones) after she learned that he still has feelings for Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer).
Michael delegates the work of finding the two strippers to Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) and Jim. Dwight asks Jim if he prefers either a redhead or a brunette, and Jim responds "blonde" while Pam and Karen (redhead and brunette respectively) look over Jim and then at each other for a quick second. While Dwight locates a stripper named Elizabeth (Jackie Debatin) for Bob Vance's party, Jim orders an educational Benjamin Franklin impersonator (Andrew Daly) as a joke. Pam and Karen have fun gently heckling the impersonator. During a talking head interview Dwight reveals that Jim has told him that the impersonator is the real Ben Franklin. Dwight says he's "99% sure" the impersonator is not the real Ben Franklin but ask questions to the impersonator that he believes only the real Ben Franklin would know. However, because the impersonator is a historian and studied the life of Ben Franklin, he answers each question correctly without hesitation, much to Dwight's anger and disbelief. In the break room, Pam and Karen share an awkward conversation about Jim and Pam's kiss.
At the bachelor party, Bob Vance refuses a lap dance, so Michael volunteers. Before the stripper is able to perform the lap dance, Michael brings the show to an abrupt close, unwilling to do what he considers cheating on Jan Levenson (Melora Hardin). Pam and Jim have an understated confrontation in the break room, which ends with Pam asking Ryan Howard (B. J. Novak) to set her up with some of his friends from business school in front of a visibly shocked and seemingly upset Jim.
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