1. Robert California, known as Bob Kazamakis, is a fictional character on the American comedy television series The Office, portrayed by James Spader.
24 Facts About Robert California
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Robert California is an original character and has no counterpart on the original British version of the series.
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Robert California first appeared in the seventh season finale, "Search Committee", as an interviewee for the Scranton branch Manager position.
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Robert California makes a list of all the workers in the office, dividing them between perceived "Winners" and "Losers"; after finishing the list, he takes the winners out to lunch.
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Robert California decides to sell his mansion following his divorce, and at Kevin's suggestion, throws an office pool party as a last hurrah.
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Robert California appears in "Last Day in Florida", accompanying Dwight, Jim, and Nellie Bertram on a golf outing celebrating Dwight's new vice president position.
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Robert California later allows Nellie to have a job at the Scranton branch; Nellie declares herself as the new manager, despite the fact that Andy is already employed as Regional Manager.
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At Nellie's welcome party, Robert California makes very obvious attempts to make a good impression on her.
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In "Angry Andy", Andy enlists Robert California to give him his job back from Nellie by claiming it was an interim position for her.
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Robert California then stays detached from their conflict until Andy has an anger outburst, in which he throws his chair at Robert California and then punches his hand through the wall over Nellie stealing his job.
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Robert California then chooses Nellie as the branch Manager and fires Andy.
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In "Turf War", while celebrating the finalization of his divorce, Robert California drunkenly shuts down Dunder Mifflin's Binghamton office, leaving the other branches to fight over their clients.
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Pam manages to steal her cellphone as Robert California goes through Nellie's messages, Pam relents and tells Robert California that she will not help him anymore.
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Later, Andy calls Robert California, after having stolen his largest client, and offers him the client back if Robert California will rehire him.
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In "Free Family Portrait Studio", Robert California is surprised when he learns that David Wallace is purchasing Dunder Mifflin.
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Robert California was originally expected to be just a one-time guest star, as the producers were planning to hire either Catherine Tate or Will Arnett for the series, but neither could commit due to their involvement with other projects.
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The character of Robert California was met with acclaim during his guest appearance on the season 7 finale "Search Committee".
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Robert California brings such a cool, amazing, intensity as Robert California that's so different from Michael Scott.
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Robert California wants to run the best company in the world, and to see him turn that kind of intensity onto Kevin Malone was cracking me up.
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However, as time passed, critics, even ones who initially praised Robert California, began to respond negatively to the character.
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Robert California has definitely added some menace and mystery to the proceedings.
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Robert California's omniscience is valuable on some level, but it creates a distance between the character and the narrative, which makes me reluctant to consider him as Carell's replacement.
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Robert California has had his moments of brilliance in the past, but this wasn't one of them.
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Robert California was merely a tool here, and yeah, I mean that in both senses.