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It's a bastardization of a piece of the song "Rainbow Connection", by Kenny Ascher and Paul Williams and most famously performed by Kermit the Frog on his banjo. Andy also performs this song while playing the banjo. The exact lyrics of the song piece are:

"So we've been told and some choose to believe it. I know they're wrong wait and see, Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connections. The lovers, the dreamers and me."

What Andy actually sings:

"So we've been told and some choose to believe it. I know they're wrong wait and see, Cause one day we'll find it, the ainbow-ray onnection-cay. The lovers, the dreamers and me."

Jim told Andy earlier in the episode that Pam enjoyed people who spoke Pig Latin, which is why he would have substituted the pig latin for "rainbow connection", and possibly for the show to avoid any copyright infringement.

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Although Michael has had 'Mambo #5' (originally by Lou Bega) on his cell in the past, as of Season 3, his phone has 'My Humps' (originally by the Black Eyed Peas) as its ringtone.

"Spinnin N Reelin'" by Creed Bratton himself. Creed used to be in a band called The Grass Roots also.

Rockin' Robin with his voice recorded over for the harmony vocal parts.

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Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Halpert#Jim.27s_pranks

Yes, but not as often as some believe. Many scenes seem improvised mainly due to the way they were written and/or acted, but it was confirmed by Jenna Fischer on her blog that a very large portion of the show is scripted. One of the more famous improvised scenes is the Michael/Oscar kiss in the episode "Gay Witch Hunt" (which Steve Carell decided to do while cameras were rolling), and Dwight's question to Toby about the female anatomy in "Sexual Harrassment" (Rainn Wilson added a few more questions for Dwight to ask).

Season 1:

Pilot: Little Drummer Boy

Basketball: Sweet Georgia Brown

Season 2:

The Dundies: Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega; O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature; You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate; Tiny Dancer - Elton John; (I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley

The Fire: Everybody Hurts - R.E.M.; Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega; We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel

The Client: Sing - Travis; Use It - The New Pornographers

Performance Review: Wild Side - Mötley Crüe

E-mail Surveillance: Side - Travis; The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah; Here I Go Again (Phyllis); I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor (Kevin); Islands in the Stream - Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton (Michael and Jim)

Christmas Party: Christmas in Hollis - Run-DMC

Booze Cruise: Get Busy - The Scrantones; Spinnin N Reelin' - Creed Bratton

The Secret: Our Lips are Sealed - The Go-Go's; Tempted - Squeeze

Boys and Girls: Southern Takeover - Chamillionaire

Valentine's Day: With or Without You - U2

Dwight's Speech: Get Ready For This - 2 Unlimited

Take Your Daughter to Work Day: Greensleeves (Dwight); Teach Your Children - Graham Nash (Michael)

Michael's Birthday: The Longest Time - Billy Joel

Casino Night: Don't Stand So Close to Me - The Police

Season 3:

The Convention: My Humps - Black Eyed Peas; Girls Gone Wild - Captain Ahab

The Initiation: Lovefool - The Cardigans Rock and Roll Part 2 - Gary Glitter

Grief Counseling: On The Wings Of Love - Jeffrey Osborne (Pam)

Diwali: Crazy in Love - Beyoncé; Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls (Jim and Andy); The Diwali Song, taken from The Hanukkah Song - Adam Sandler (Michael and Dwight)

Branch Closing: My Humps - Black Eyed Peas (Michael's Ringtone)

The Convict: The Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog (Andy); River Runs Red - Life of Agony;; O Fortuna, Carmina Burana - Carl Orff

Benihana Christmas: You Outta Know - Alanis Morisette (Kevin); We Belong Together - Pat Benatar (Kelly); Spinnin N Reelin' - Creed Bratton; Your Body is a Wonderland - John Mayer (Andy and Michael); Deck the Halls (Michael); Two Tickets to Paradise - Eddie Money; Goodbye My Lover - James Blunt; The Nutcracker Ballet - Tchaikovsky; Lady (Dwight); Little Drummer Boy (Angela)

Back From Vacation: Hot Hot Hot (Michael and Andy)

The Return: Rockin' Robin (Andy); Bennie and the Jets - Elton John (Andy); Zombie - The Cranberries (Andy)

Traveling Salesmen: Kickstart My Heart - Motley Crue

Phyllis' Wedding: Roxanne - The Police (Scrantonicity); Message In A Bottle - The Police (Scrantonicity); Fields Of Gold - Sting (Scrantonicity); You were meant for me - Jewel (Scrantonicity); Every Breath You Take - The Police (Scrantonicity); Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - The Police (Karen with Scrantonicity)

Beach Games: The Gambler-Kenny Rogers; Flinstones Theme Song

The Job: Kind and Generous- Natalie Merchant

The complete list of songs with scene descriptions can be found here. http://www.what-song.com/title/officetheUS.php

It is never really said.

Though many have made the assumption that it is because everyone in the office likes Toby and he doesn't have to try very hard to make them like him, unlike Michael who tries everything to get his employees to like him and it doesn't work. At the end of season 2, Michael also states that he does not like Toby because "every time I try to do something fun or exciting, you make it...not that way." Toby does frequently point out how bad Michael's ideas are, and is the one who enforces the office rules which are often in conflict with Michael's method of operation.

Here I feel it is important to note, as commented by Michael in one of the 1st season episodes, that Toby, being an HR rep, actually works for head office, and not Michael, so Toby is actually 'Corporate' and as such is there to keep tabs on the entire office and its various policies like safety, ageism etc, he would have been the one that reported to head office the 'Chris Rock' incident in the tolerance episode, along with taking any other complaints from the other staff, which are mostly about Michael anyway. So yes, a huge part of Toby's job would be to keep Michael in check, and Michael obviously deeply resents this.

Also important to note is the fact that David Wallace dislikes his own Human Resources worker, this may correlate somehow to the fact that Michael Scott extremely dislikes his own Human Resources worker, Toby Flenderson. Additionally, when Jim briefly took over for Michael, he found himself disliking Toby because he was too quiet.