Ricky Gervais to guest star on the U.S. version of "The Office"

Just as everyone is just about done talking about Ricky Gervais and his Golden Globes celebrity tongue lashing, he's going to be back on NBC for a very cool cameo on "The Office."

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That's right. The UK's "Office" David Brent, a role originated by Gervais, and Steve Carell's Michael Scott are going to meet before Scott makes his final departure from Dunder-Mifflin.

According to Vulture, Gervais shot a secret cameo for an upcoming episode, scheduled to air on January 27th.

"It's a little more than if you blink, you'll miss it, but if you don't set your TiVo right, you'll miss it," "Office" show-runner Paul Lieberstein said.

But while you'd think it was just shot recently during his preparations for the Golden Globes, the cameo was shot all the way back in September of last year and it's been kept a secret since then. In fact, NBC didn't know about it for a while.

But it was something they had wanted to do to commemorate Carell's last year on the hit Thursday night comedy.

"Ricky had wanted to do something [with the U.S. "Office"] and it felt like we shouldn't go the whole series without them connecting," Lieberstein said.

NBC's Thursday night comedy schedule expands to three full hours beginning January 20th when, along with a new episode of "The Office," "30 Rock," "Parks & Recreation," "Community," "Outsourced," and "Perfect Couples" premiere new episodes as well.