YouTube inventor Matty Benedetto has created a working model of David Wallace’s “Suck It” device from The Office episode “Sabre”…sort of.
In episode 15 of The Office‘s sixth season, titled “Sabre,” Michael gets fed up with changes being implemented by the new parent company, Sabre, and goes to talk to the company’s former CFO David Wallace for advice. Wallace, however, is now unemployed and working on a new invention, a vacuum that teaches kids to pick up their toys. He dubs his new invention the “Suck It” and asks Michael if he wants in on the ground floor. The biggest difference between Benedetto’s prototype Suck It, which was shared on the YouTube channel Unnecessary Inventions, and Wallace’s Suck It is that Benedetto’s actually seems to make picking up toys easier.
Benedetto built his Suck It by running a shop vac through a series of 3-D printed, plastic grates that will sort LEGO bricks by different sizes, making them more organized. Benedetto explained that he had seen others try to invent LEGO sorters before, but the idea to attach one to a shop vac was specifically inspired by the Suck It.
In the show, Wallace sold the idea to the military, as revealed in a later episode, although even for the buffoonish Michael Scott, the Suck It seemed like a terrible idea. It’s unclear how exactly the device was supposed to teach kids to clean up their toys — it seemed to just do it for them.
For those who can’t wait for Benedetto’s version to get picked up and sold in stores, there’s still something from The Office to bring to life at home. Recently, fans found that Kevin’s chili recipe from The Office episode “Casual Friday” was hidden deep in the terms and conditions for the NBC-Universal streaming service, Peacock. “Welcome to the Peacock Terms of Use!” the legal document reads at the top of the page. “Here, you’ll find answers to your burning legal questions about our service (plus a recipe inspired by Kevin’s famous chili from The Office!).”
Talk of an Office reboot has been circulating, with series creator Greg Daniels saying that, were he to create a follow up, it would be like The Mandalorian in that it would be more of an extension of the same universe rather than a return to the same characters. For those looking to relive their Office nostalgia right away, East Side Games Group recently released a mobile game based on the hit sitcom called The Office: Somehow We Manage.
All seven seasons of The Office are now streaming on Peacock, including extended “Superfan” cuts of the first four seasons.
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