"Fundle Bundle" is a fictional television show. It is mentioned in episode 18 of season 2, "Take Your Daughter to Work Day".
As a child, both Michael Scott and Chet Montgomery were on the show, which was hosted by a Ms. Trudy. The clips in "The Office" show a puppet cat, Edward R. Meow, interviewing children about their hopes and future dreams.
Transcript[]
The following is a transcript of the Fundle Bundle episode.
Miss Trudy: "Bundle, are you ready to come on in?"
Kids: "Yeah!"
Miss Trudy: "Let's have some fun!"
Edward R. Meow: "Hey, what's your name?"
Chet: "My name's Chet."
Ed R. Meow: "Well, hi Chet. What do you wanna be when you grow up?"
Chet: "I wanna be on TV."
Ed R Meow: "Okay, next. So, what's your name?"
Michael: "Michael."
Ed R. Meow: "Hi Michael, I'm Ed. What's your favorite subject at school?"
Michael: "Recess."
Ed R. Meow: "Recess. So, tell me, what do you wanna be when you grow up?"
Little Michael: "I wanna be married and have 100 kids so I can have 100 friends. And no one can say no to being my friend."
Ed R. Meow: (looks stupefied) "Uh... oh, okay. Well, nice talking with you, Michael. Back to you, Ms. Trudy."
Ms. Trudy: "Hi everyone, it's one of my favorite times of the day..."
Behind the scenes[]
Fundle Bundle is based on the show Hatchy Milatchy, which aired weekday mornings on Scranton/Wilkes-Barre station WNEP from the 1960s until 1987, and was hosted by Miss Judy. (The fictitious "Fundle Bundle" was hosted by Miss Trudy.) Miss Judy addressed viewers by name on their birthday and told them to look behind them, where the child's parents had placed a special birthday present. Videos from the series (along with the lyrics to the theme song) can be viewed here. In an interview with Scranton's Times-Tribune, Mindy Kaling says that she learned about Hatchy Milatchy from a friend of her mother's that appeared on the program. They intended to use the real program but couldn't secure the rights.[1]