Don't show me this message again✕ Two of the stars of (US) have kicked off 2020 with a stunt that harks back to one of the series’ most famous moments. Kate Flannery and Oscar Nunez, who played Meredith and Oscar on the hit NBC sitcom, appeared in the segment, which was filmed to mark the arrival of the series on the US streaming service Peacock. The skit, which sees a mug encased in jelly (or, as it is known to Americans, “jello”) be blown apart in an explosion, is a reference to a scene from The Office. In the original episode, Jim (John Krasinski) provokes the ire of Dwight (Rainn Wilson) after he encases his stapler in a block of jelly.