Despite the high-flying gymnastics [1] and record-setting swimming [2], Dwight Schrute thinks the Olympics [3] are for wimps. In this NBC promo for The Office [4], he takes down the decathlon and proposes his own, clearly much more taxing event: the Centathlon.
The Schrute-ified event starts out with normal enough events (side jump) then gets significantly more bizarre as the list goes on (hide-the-hamster! murder checkers!). My favorite part is the rendering of each sport in a little red Olympic-style icon; the one for "pain tolerance" is particularly awesome.
The spot is one of several Office promos — maybe as many as five [5] — that will be airing during the Olympics. I can't complain about cross-promotion when it's this clever. To watch Dwight explain the Centathlon, just .
Photo courtesy of NBC [6]