The cast of NBC’s newest comedy, Outsourced, Ben Rappaport (Todd Dempsy), Diedrich Bader (Charlie Davis, also OfficeSpace, Napoleon Dynamite), Parvesh Cheena (Gupta, also Barbershop), Pippa Black (Tonya, also Neighbours), and Rebecca Hazlewood (Asha, also Doctors), was at The Grove today, bringing gag gifts for Mario Lopez, host of Extra.

Outsourced is about the call center team located in India for the fictitious Mid America Novelties catalog-based company. The company sells novelty and gag gifts, which of course was the reason why Mario Lopez received such gifts as the toilet mug, fake throw up, and a rubber chicken from the cast.

Watch the video below and the full interview on Extra airing later to see the gag gifts.

I admit I love this show and find the relationships between the characters quite charming, despite the hot current touchy topic of outsourcing US jobs overseas.  It was a thrill that I happened to meet the cast and ride into the Extra set with them on the trolley serving The Grove (see video below). The cast all seem to be having a lot of fun both on and off the set and were extremely cool when it came time to taking their time meeting fans and taking pictures.  Outsourced airs on NBC, Thursday nights at 9:30/8:30C PM.