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Herc Gives Tonight’s OFFICE, Scripted by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, Four Stars!!
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TV Guide says:
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, creators of the British version of “The Office,” penned this episode, in which Michael discovers that a new employee is an ex-con. Michael ultimately gets rattled when his staff begins equating the office with prison. Meanwhile, Andy (Ed Helms) receives tips on how to woo Pam from an unlikely source---Jim.
But TV Guide is not telling you everything! Learn what it’s hiding, via the miracle that is invistotext.
The episode begins with Michael pretending to be a baby.
Jim is officially dating pretty Karen but keeping it secret from the rest of the office.
The new black guy, Martin, is the reformed convict.
Everyone wonders what the new black guy did.
Pam says, “Why would anyone go to jail for that?” which made Herc laugh aloud.
We learn that Angela only weighs 90 pounds and that her sarcasm is lost on Michael.
It should come as a surprise to NO ONE that the individual who fears the new convict most has a cousin named Mose.
There is a completely hilarious bid for entrapment.
Andy scopes out quite a few other Scranton office females before settling on “the receptionist.”
Jim continues to be not stupid.
The dancing codger at Six Flags is referenced.
There is so much more.
When the series returns Dec. 14, it will be with an episode titled “A Behihana Christmas,” directed by Harold Ramis.
8:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
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Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, creators of the British version of “The Office,” penned this episode, in which Michael discovers that a new employee is an ex-con. Michael ultimately gets rattled when his staff begins equating the office with prison. Meanwhile, Andy (Ed Helms) receives tips on how to woo Pam from an unlikely source---Jim.
But TV Guide is not telling you everything! Learn what it’s hiding, via the miracle that is invistotext.
The episode begins with Michael pretending to be a baby.
Jim is officially dating pretty Karen but keeping it secret from the rest of the office.
The new black guy, Martin, is the reformed convict.
Everyone wonders what the new black guy did.
Pam says, “Why would anyone go to jail for that?” which made Herc laugh aloud.
We learn that Angela only weighs 90 pounds and that her sarcasm is lost on Michael.
It should come as a surprise to NO ONE that the individual who fears the new convict most has a cousin named Mose.
There is a completely hilarious bid for entrapment.
Andy scopes out quite a few other Scranton office females before settling on “the receptionist.”
Jim continues to be not stupid.
The dancing codger at Six Flags is referenced.
There is so much more.
When the series returns Dec. 14, it will be with an episode titled “A Behihana Christmas,” directed by Harold Ramis.
8:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
70%-Off Season Sets!!
$11.99 Cheyenne: The Complete First Season
$17.99 Smallville: The Complete Third Season
$11.99 V: The Complete Series
$11.99 Wonder Woman: The Complete First Season
$8.09 The Ben Stiller Show: The Complete Series
$5.99 Blue Collar TV: The Complete First Season
$11.99 Friends: The Complete First Season
$11.99 F-Troop: The Complete First Season
$8.39 The Jamie Foxx Show: The Complete First Season
$8.39 MADtv: The Complete First Season
$8.39 Murphy Brown: The Complete First Season
$8.39 Night Court: The Complete First Season
$8.39 The Wayans Bros.: The Complete First Season
$8.39 ER: The Complete First Season
$11.99 Knots Landing: The Complete First Season
$8.39 Without A Trace: The Complete First Season
$8.99 The Brak Show: Vol. 1
$8.99 Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law Vol.1
$8.99 The Oblongs: The Complete Series
$8.99 The Venture Bros.: The Complete First Season
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Both versions, but hey, I admit it, I relate a little more to the American version, so let the flaming begin. :)
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This show is the best. It's like Seinfeld but a billion times more funny.
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Im second
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http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a177/_Kayser_/Venom.jpg
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again, this show is the only reason to watch NBC on non-football nights.
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I would say the only show funnier than the Office is Scrubs...but both of us can have our mixed berry yogurt and eat it too! holla for thursdays!
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Yeah.....we know....it's on Sony's website in their video about the movie. Not a big secret anymore.
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Even his weaker stuff (bedazzled) is way funnier than most comedy directors these days
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If this doesn't make NBC king of the Thursday night lineup again, then nothing will. This line up is going to start people talking about the old Seinfeld/Friends line up. And I think "Arrested Development" just missed the mark. If NBC had someone picked up that show, their Thurs. lineup could have been Earl/Office/Scrubs/Arrested Dev., and it would have been one funny as hell night with no laugh track in sight.
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Hands down...and I'm one of those snobby people who always likes the original better than the remake.
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That's all.
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...but daydreaming about the greatness that was Arrested Development, and how NBC made "a huge mistake," will get you no where. That said, I'm not really feeling 30 Rock. I don't laugh near as much as during those other three shows. I think it's just trying too hard.
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...I find the British version too uncomfortable to watch. I'll try to keep an open mind, though. However, nothing will dampen my spirits for the RoS (Return o' Scrubs).
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I take it you mean Benihana...the restaurant.
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the british version also,but alas i do believe that the U.S. version has elevated it and steve carell/rainn wilson in particular...genius
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..is the real shit.
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NBC made some reference to it, but I still say someone should be making a bigger deal about 2 straight hours of sitcoms with no studio audience and no laughter! And none of the shows are clones of any of the other three. 30 Rock started weak, but it's grown on me. Earl, on the other hand, seems to be weaker this season.
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Can't wait to fire up the ol Tivo tonight!! and Harold Ramis next episode!?! Sa-weet! My biggest fear with this show is that Steve Carell will get too big for his britches and decide to leave or ask for so much money that it'll effectively end the show, I HOPE that doesn't happen though.
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I completely agree that Earl has lost some steam, where as Office continues to get stronger. And my only fear is that the other networks are going to confuse "no laugh trak" with "succeess" so we are going to get a flood of new crappy shows with the laughtrak removed.
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...would never play on a regular network and still be able to be as good as they are. Which is one of the reasons FX kicks ass when it comes to orinigal programming.
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was downright hilarious. Show started a little weak for me, but I'm looking forward to it now. And of course The Office and Scrubs. Earl? meh
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"Jim continues to be not stupid." That's some awkward phrasing! But, to be fair, Yoda you probably jugg fuckle that sentence into something more like, "Stupid be not, Jim is."
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Invistotext? Huh? I guess I've never really looked closely at the spelling of "invistotext". I always figured it was "inviso-text" or maybe "invisio-text"... something that would bring "invisible" and "text" together... but "Invistotext"??? You're bringing "In" and "Visto?" and "Text" together? WTF?
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I Wasn't convinced, but the outtakes of alec baldwin trying to deliver his lines in the video were the funniest thing I've seen in a while. I was dying.
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THIS will be the final season of The Office. Carrell will go to greener pastures and end the show. I really think they could carry on without him. Can you imagine a power struggle between Dwight and Andy (is it?)?
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I can see it happening in theory, but I'd like to think he isn't that much of an asshole. And yes, a show with Dwight or Andy running the Office would work, but it would just scream "beginning of the end" whether it had declined or not. It's not a good idea. And Andy continues to get better and better; Him liking Pam? That will be great.
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Probably not till February, huh?
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DAMN YOU RACHEL RAY!
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Still, it'll be great to watch the Bengals (hopefully) deliver an asswhoopin to Baltimore tonight. WHO DEY!
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This episode sounds great and I can't wait for the Ramis one.
And I agree with the posters above that Earl/Office/Scrubs/AD would have been the dream lineup. *sigh* The wife and I loved AD, couldn't believe it was canceled. I'm still holding out a fool's hope for a Family Guy like come back... -
I actually prefer Jim with Karen. They have a great chemistry together, so I hope they keep both her and Andy around as long as possible. And I think Steve will stick it out as long as possible. He knows it was this show that turned him into a star, and if you listen to some of the audio commentaries on the DVD's, people are always talking on what a professional he is, sometimes sitting in his office for hours at a time when he is in the background of certain shots just to keep the continuity going.
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has blathered on about whether they prefer UK or US Office yet ? Amazing. The Office merge is incredible so far. Andy versus Dwight has severe (although limited) comedy potential. Best case scenario ? Dwight enlists Creed to help get rid of Andy. Creed is the Ace in the Deck of this ensemble cast. Absolutely hilarious.
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I'm not too optimistic about the game, but it is in Cincy. I'm lucky here in Cali. (hopefully) I got the Bengals beating up on the Ravens and then head back for the return of the two best comedies on television. Here's to a great night!!!
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lol!
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Anyone who thinks it's funnier then Seinfeld is an idiot. Even AD, as great as it was, can't touch Seinfeld or the old Simpsons. Those shows were on a whole other level.
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I agree that Office is great, but not at Seinfeld level, but AD may have been. I often wondered which of the two was my favorite comedy, and although Seinfeld has proven itself, all of those in jokes that AD has were insanely rewarding. It's a very tough call. And then you bring Sports Night into the mess and it's a whole other story.
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I agree about AD - if there's a show that reaches Seinfeld's level, AD is it. But I think that the 3rd season of AD wasn't very good (at least no as good as previous years), and Seinfeld was brilliant for at least 6-7 seasons. But maybe if it hadn't been cancelled, it would have gotten back on track.
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*snicker*
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But I can see why it was cancelled. I think for one it's a "get it or don't get it" type of humor. In addition to that, it was not very accessible to first time watchers. The episodes weren't as self-contained as The Office. The continuing storyline was rather convoluted and that was part of the hilarity if you knew what was going on, but confusing and not half as funny if you didn't. It's like the LOST of comedy -- you have to go back to the beginning if you want to really get the full effect, or even know what's going on.
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DAMN that GEORGE WILL just keeps on getting MORE AND MORE CONSERVATIVE!
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I can understand people not liking a lot of the 3rd season (the new writers had FAR too many call backs) but the last four were pretty flawless .The problem was that when the 2nd season ended, a lot of the writers left, assuming the show was cancelled, had that not happened, and they didn't have a rushed 3rd season, I'm sure it would have been much better. And it definitely wasn't accessible for new viewers, not only did they not make it easier for new viewers as it went on, but they intentionally made it more difficult, which I loved.
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about the AD writers... I guess that explains why the show relied much more on crazy situational comedy and much less on the characters for laughs. Most of the episodes got too out of hand for me in the 3rd season, the I think the writers got too locked in to the 'story' and kind of wrote themselves into a corner. That said, I do agree that the show ended very solidly and seemed to be getting better when it ended. It's a shame that NBC didn't pick it up, it would have fit in perfectly on Thursdays. Maybe Job could get his own spinoff, as his character alone could carry a show. Will Arnett should get his own sitcom.
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both got shafted, and the Charlize Theron storyline was just bad... a lame attempt to save ratings probably.
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...when they flashed back to Michael's ex girlfriends and how the family screwed up each one...they show him with a big breasted girl and in the background Buster is mocking her, walking around behind her back wearing huge fake tits. Probably one of the only things that makes me laugh till I cry just thinking about it.
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I can see the humor, but JJ Abrams really is directing an episode of The Office
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S.O.B's was one of the best shows of the entire series.
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Hurwitz wan't fucking interested. Showtime offerred them two seasons, and if Hurwitz had said yes, we'd be half way through season 4 right now. The show had a chance to continue, Hurwitz just didn't want to. Yeah, I'm a little bitter.
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Hurwitz has moved on to remake The Thick Of It, an excellent British comedy. Should be good, provided it gets picked up.
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...Prison Mike said that the Dementors were the worst part of prison. I missed, probably, the next 8 jokes or so because I was laughing so hard.
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dwight with the back pocket filled with bills.
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Even if I've said as much earlier.
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The actress is horrible, but she gives the best looks ever.
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Is Azkaban strictly a English Wizard Prison or is it an international wizards Prison or is it only open to the nonenglish if they commit a wizardng crime in England...the things my mind wonders about...
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I think Season 3 was great. Season 2 was teh best, but S3 was easily better than 99% of any season of any show ever. Mr. F, with the insane Rocket Man/Mole fight, and the whole mole confusion in general, was Arrested Development at its most convoluted best. I thought Tobias definetely got plenty of time in the third season....the gag about the hair implants was hillarious and gave us that great prison/banquet riot. I could spend another 12 hours dissecting every episode and why its the greatest show in the history of mankind, but I will spare you. And yes, Will Arnett absolutely needs his own show, STAT.
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was just so fuckin hilarious. I love this show, not quite as much as AD, but I still love it.
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They should hire him to write all the shows.
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Like...well...anything else comes to mind.
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That was a great ep. Loved the way the show took that premise of ex-con and did something remarkably fresh with it.
NFL: Leave me alone
Aren't there ENOUGH things on Thurs. NBA, Greys, CSI, Betty,The NBC comedies,College Football, College Basketball, Hockey. Well, maybe not Hockey but Jeesh! -
The last season was pretty much forced into having closure for all the characters involved. I agree that both Gob and Tobias were wrongly placed on the backburner but there were only...what? 13 episodes for season 3? I still mourn the cancellation to this day.
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That line alone made tonight's 30 Rock a great episode for me.
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was never funny
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with Andy serenading Pam on the coach with a banjo playing pig-latin version of Rainbow Connection might be the funniest thing I ever saw. No one in that scene could keep a straight face. It just displaced the 2 second flash of DUI Roy as the best Office moment ever.
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..."No. He doesn't need a mentor. That man has it ALL figured out".
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OHHHHHHHHHHHHH crap!! I thought it was rerun!!!!
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http://www.dailymotion.com/visited/search/The%20Convict/video/xq8h6_the-office-s03e09-the-convict
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You've gotta give 30 Rock a chance. I've been a fan of all the other 3 shows from the beginning, but I look forward to 30 Rock more than the others. Alec Baldwin should win an Emmy - he makes every line hilarious. My favorite from last night - "I'm waiting for a call from 1983." Last week's product placement episode was the best so far, so download it if you missed it, and try to dispute the genius that is 30 Rock.
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I really liked this episode a lot. Prison Mike cracked me up, too.
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But for Gervais & Merchant I'm surprised it wasn't as clearly superior. Then again, they're really good at writing to Gervais's own strengths as a performer, so it's a different ball game. I missed the part where their names showed up as the writers, so I didn't know they wrote it until just now. I thought it was a pretty good episode, not better or worse than most of the others.
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andy replaced dwight in this episode. still really funny tho
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By far the funniest scene was when Michael was listing the black men he trusted more then white men. When someone said "Jesus" and his response was "Apollo Creed" I had to pause and rewind I was laughing so hard. It was not the best ep this season (that would be the gay episode) but this show is still the funniest comedy currently on TV.
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according to Jenna Fischer/Pam's myspace page, they all have signed long term contracts. Whether or not this applies to Steve Carrell I dont know, but i'm just thinking positively and going with what she said.
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And entirely consistent with the characters. Just with more funny than usual. I'm Prison Mike's beeeeaach.
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The Office is definitely not as clever as Arrested Development, but it has a lot more heart and more genuine inter-character drama. I'd say both shows stumbled quite a bit in their third seasons. I'd also say they're two of the best comedies I've ever seen.
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I checked in to read about Ricky/Steve's input into the US Office and what do I get? A full-pitched forum on Arrested Development, I show I discovered and fell in love with far too late. Does this mean I now have to check on every single talkback on everything, on the off-chance that it might touch upon other stuff I want to hear opinions on? Does AICN's search engine take you into forums to read stuff on, say, AD, even if it isn't related to the main talkback?
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Her 'interview' after Andy takes his first shot was priceless. Just the way you know she's smiling because she knows Jim set it up, and knows her that well.
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It just seems so forced and desperate to me. I wanted to hate 30 Rock for many reasons, but everything I've seen (I'm not sure how many I've missed) has been great. I don't imagine Scrubs will be back next season, so I wonder what will fill the gap, assuming NBC has the balls to stick with a high quailty third place finish on Thursdays.
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I have seen the office and Extras. both series. There is something about him and his comedy that I find odious and nasty. I think it might be making jokes at other peoples expense. I do realise that Brent is a fictional character as are all the characters in Brent or Andy millmans world but it is hard to tell where Brent ends and gervaise begins. I Watched the first series of Extras all the way to its clever finale, where he sets up through Patrick stewart his sitcom at the BBC. Is there anything funny about failure, that is what the second series was about. His sitcom and how it failed. The office finale was sweet but I think that Gervaise and Merchant have made a mistake by bring their show to the US. American Comedies tend to last for a decade (the simpsons being the glorious exception, ie it has been on the air for two) and american comedies do tend to run out of steam. I think Gervaise was wise to pull the show after two series. Move on to something new. If evan almighty is huge success it will mean more film work for him and less time for tv. This new darker brit comedy doesnt sit well with me. Lead Ballon has been a huge success for Jack Dee and the BBC. For those who havent seen it Jack Dee veteran 20-year comic and the most morose man on the UK comedy circuit plays a version of himself ie Stand up comic who fails at everything he does including comedy, the term of the show comes from going down like a lead balloon.
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They should end the show...if they wanna keep the characters like Jim and Dwight then make a spinoff, call it something else, but don't call it "the Office."
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