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Herc Says Tonight’s Hourlong OFFICE Is One Of The Funniest Things He’s Seen All Year!!
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I am – Hercules!!
The Office 3.10 FAQ
What’s it called?
“A Benihana Christmas.”
What does TV Guide say?
“Harold Ramis directed this holiday episode, in which tensions escalate on the party-planning committee, resulting in two rival Christmas bashes. In other events, Michael's girlfriend (Nancy Walls) breaks up with him for the holidays; and Michael goes out drinking with Jim and the equally power hungry Andy and Dwight. Andy: Ed Helms. Karen: Rashida Jones.”
Didn’t Carol break up with Michael in the Diwali episode like a month ago?
Six weeks. Michael is not so good with the uptake. His disturbing Christmas card precipitates additional Carol-ing bluntness.
What else is TV Guide not telling us?
Michael gets enormously hammered on Nog-A-Sakis (eggnog laced with saki, one gathers) at the Benihana, and he and Andy drag unexpected components of the restaurant back to Dunder Mifflin.
There are two rival Christmas parties? Is it Scranton Vs. Stamford?
No. When a threatened Angela kicks hot newcomer Karen off the party planning committee, Pam reaches out and the two unofficial rivals for Jim’s affection team up to crush Angela. A lot of the funny this week comes out of how little effort need be employed.
What’s doing with Dwight?
Jim and Pam’s Christmas torments of Dwight are beyond hilarious. Michael is so distraught over losing Carol he orders Dwight to the Siberia of Benihana: the far end of the counter. Dwight’s insane bids to remain part of the group are wonderful.
The big news?
I was yelping aloud throughout the hour, with laughs I wasn’t embarrassed about an hour later. I hope to one day see this episode with an audience; can 2006 have produced five big-screen features as funny?
What’s great?
“Will they still air ‘Rudolph’?” “$201.” Stanley’s scale-tipping. “No, that’s an invitation.” “I may have seen it somewhere.” Michael’s Marks-A-Lot. The amazing final payoff with Dwight. So much more.
How does it end, spoiler-boy?
Dwight realizes he’s been compromised!
Herc's rating for "The Office" 3.10?
****1/2
8 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
The next new episode airs Jan. 4.
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When is "Extras" coming back on?
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do the right thing
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but 30 Rock is the funniest show on tv. Do I have that right?
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Ugh. Only Baldwin is funny. I admire Tina Fey and sometimes enjoyed Tracy Morgan on SNL, but 30 Rock is putrid shit.
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Is The Office. The first season was so-so, but now I laugh out loud like I haven't at a TV show since Arrested Development. Oh, and 30 rock is extremely mediocre. Yawn.
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but is still one of the best shows on TV. It's slowly been gaining steam the last month or so though, so I have high hopes.
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I get these announcements about "tonight's office" at like 11:00pm the night before. great stuff. this episode sounds great, can't wait! supposed to be working on a script tomorrow night (tonight and tomorrow morning as well, truth be told) but I will definetly take a big ass hour long break for this. also, scientology ruins lives.
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Gervais was on Daily Show promoting it and Night at the Museum.
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The best comedy on US tv at the moment, has taken the place of Arrested in my heart.
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And I think that this season's been solid so far!
I mean, the team building via video games episode? Classic. But nothing beats last season's George Forman grilled foot episode with Dwight vomiting! That is still my all time favorite. -
Dec 14, 2006 2:53:51 AM CST
I'm starting to like it more than the UK version.
by doodlydingdongticktock
The UK Version is brilliant in it's own right, for being so groundbreaking blah blah blah, and I love the humor, but one can only handle so much skin-crawling anxiety with Gervais' antics. Whereas Carell seems to play the character much more well-intentioned. Although the Lazy Sunday send-up bit made me want to bury my head in sand.
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Or it might just be getting better. Give it a few (3 to 5) eps to see if you change your mind. I wasn't too keen on the American Office (or Arrested Development, for that matter) when I first watched them, so you never know. Stranger things have happened.
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Pair it with Scrubs and you've got an hour of television that's better than Deal or No Deal... Seriously, 30 Rock isn't any worse than Earl.
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Deal or No Deal? 60 minutes of dirty Nintendo cartridge (blink...blink...blink) is better than what Quint once so succinctly referred to as "The Game Show For Retards."
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Thanks to the slapstick of Mario and the Eastern hijinks of Morimoto.
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I would feel guilty get bombed on them.
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Alton Brown is doing two roles: play-by-play and color commentator. I prefer the give-and-take on the original Iron Chef between the two main announcers.
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I'm liking 30 Rock more and more, but I admit Baldwin and Fey are really the entire show. Usually the two of them playing off of each other. Conan's guest appearance was great "You Black Irish bastard."
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"It's too oily"
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David Caruso is by far the most under rated actor out there. His line delivery in the show cracks me the hell up!
"Yes Mr. Wolf" (pause for 90 seconds), "it appears that the surf is, indeed, up." Q The Who. Classic! Calleigh Duquesne's (Emily Procter) junk ridden trunk ain't bad either! -
In the words of my grand father, "YOU KILLED MY TEACHER! WHY! WHY! WHY!" Oh wait, that's I'm Gonna Git You Sucka!"
I love the origonal Iron Chef - the dude with the gloved hand. But the USA one is pretty chill. Bobby and mario rule! Morimoto is indeed the comic releif, "I rike you. You make me raugh." -
Along with season 2 of Rome.
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Last years Christmas Office ep may have been my favorite episode of any show last season, and as soon as I heard that this was an hour-long directed by the Comedy God that is Harold Ramis, I've been counting down to this one...
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Are his lines and acting corny or what? I'm still mystified the show is #1 in the world.
BTW, love "The Office", but no, my name has been registered here for 5 years. -
Pam who?
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I really love this show a lot, and there's not that much I can say in this talkback. Great show though, and I'm glad the network is giving it benefits like hour-long episodes.
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it's no According to Jim. Larry Joe Campbell, you slay me!
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I have watched every episode this season but frankly, it reminds me of how I view "the onion". Funny when I read it, and if I think about it, I will visit the website, but I never do. It's instant gratification humor. There have been some moments this season though so im still giving it a chance.
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I tried. I really did. I just find nothing funny about it. They took Baldwin - who was hilarious on his SNL appearances - and made him essentially a one note joke. Sorry - Scrubs, Office and Earl are all pretty hilarious ... but 30 Rock is unwatchable. As for Office, I think it's been solid all season, but has amped up to absolutely hilarious ever since the merger (thanks mostly to the Andy / Dwight interactions)
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....you've stolen my heart!
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but I've only caught a few episodes. Notably, the one where Tracy claimed to be a stabbing robot and came after Conan. But if I had to kill it for Arrested Development to be on that night, I'd do it in a second.
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but I've only caught a few episodes. Notably, the one where Tracy claimed to be a stabbing robot and came after Conan. But if I had to kill it for Arrested Development to be on that night, I'd do it in a second.
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but I've only caught a few episodes. Notably, the one where Tracy claimed to be a stabbing robot and came after Conan. But if I had to kill it for Arrested Development to be on that night, I'd do it in a second.
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It's really finding it's way very quickly and is the 2nd best sitcom on TV behind The Office. Live every week like it's Shark Week! Unfortunately, Scrubs has officially jumped a very bizarre shark, and has anyone else noticed all of the Scientologists guest starring on Earl?
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a trick is what a whore does for money . . . or cocaine."
There is nothing as funny as that on television, right now. However, I didn't want to like the American Office. I thought it would be a cheap ripoff. But it won me over Dwight bit by Dwight bit. The fax from the future, and the George Foreman grill burn completely made me a fan. If I can't have the Bluth's, at least I can have the Dunder-heads. (but dammit, I want both). -
Week after week my wife and I are rolling on the floor with this show, "You've planted the seed, now I'll plant the seed in you."
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Stephen Merchant won a british Comedy Award for best actor Gervaise was in New York having dinner with Jerry Seinfield and ben stiller.
However the evening belonged to Harry Hill for the little seen Harry hills TV Burp which is now into its sixth season. TV Burb is outstanding. ITV should put the bloody thing on earlier. Once again, it was off camera incident that overshadowed the event, When animal expert Nigel Marvan brought on a fully grown pyhton on stage and it went for a slither about. Ross, once again has cemented reputation as the best after dinner speaker in the UK. He gets points this year slating Ch4 and Russell Brand, numerous times, Lenny Henry bestowed Oustanding Contribution to entertainment to Christ Tarrant, who said they are marking Tiswas's 25th Anniversary with tv special.
Tiswas is and will remain the great uk kids tv show of all time. Apart from the python moment, Harry Hill slating Ant and Dec as the morcambe and waise was a higlight. Best british comedy went to borat, baron Cohen was there and Madonna presented him him with the award(the writers guild ronnie barker award),those on this site who didnt like the film,Borat, will be stunned to learn that it has grossed worldwide $220,000,000.
Ross's dark comment of the evening was that the body of Mark Lamar has not been discovered. The peoples Choice award again went to ant and dec. Uk visitors to this site will have been made aware that the programme that preceded the British comedy awards was called Exticnt. where the british public votes to save an animal nominated each night by a celebrity. ITV. Extinct. geddit? -
"Nog-a-sakes" is absolute genius.
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Have some aside about him the Bluth Company being gone or something, and so he works at Dunder Mifflin. Arnett is available, and having GOB interact with Michael and Andy would be so fantastic. I also love how Andy has been on the show for so little time, yet he is quickly becoming everyone's favorite character. And although 30 Rock isn't fantastic in my opinion, I watch it, and I think it is a lot better than Earl, which is incredibly over rated in my opinion.
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Even if they brought in new characters, it just made the show better unlike most shows who do the same to bring the ratings up. This show just kills...
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Hell, it's worse than the final skit on an average episode of SNL. Ugh.
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... I think will be disappointed. Two episodes (the Daniel Radcliff and Ian McCellan episodes) were hilarious, and the finale was okay, but the other three were seriously boring. I barely laughed at all, and at times felt bad for Gervais. Season one was much better, which itself was a serious dropoff from the Office.
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As was the office. It says something about the parlous state of american comedy, when a british comedy writer, like gervaise can scoop three major american awards. and it also says something about the barren landscape of uk comedy that no major british network can replace him or find new talent. To quote a popular book out at the moment is it me or is everything shit!
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AS ross said: This was the year when noel edmonds came back. Noel Edmonds and large wooden box. that is where many of us though he was all those years.
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I have been fooled before by proclaimations on this site saying such and such is 'the greatest nose picking ever filmed' or the 'funniest beheading in the history of televison' or the 'best ever burger commercial on televison today', and I have been sorely disappointed! The flogging of the Heroes episode a few weeks ago, springs to mind.
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Fleece it out!
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"I need my entourage."
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Oprah has her's in shut down mode after Kitty Kelley announced, that she is taking on the Queen of chat as the subject of her next book. WOW. that could some read. but is anything that we dont know about oprah.
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is there anything we dont
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The Mick made her gag.
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Can people stop comparing sitcoms to Arrested Development? The Office has nothing to do with it. Different network, different actors. We get it! You liked AD and it was a shame it was cancelled. Why try and compare one show to another?
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The Dateline NBC joke on 30 Rock was awesome...
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i missed it, gotta catch it on dailymotion i guess
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the excuse tirade by ryan...the committee to determine the validity of the 2 commmittees..."cease and desist"...so funny...this is shaping up to be one of the best episodes ever. huge laughs and I'm not even half way through!
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I'm guessing Jan, to go to Sandals with him, since there is really no one else we know of in the show that he could call. But they didn't actually let you know- I rewound and watched the scene twice. He never says 'Hi, Jan?' or anything. So is he getting it on with Jan on a white sand beach, or what?
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Are you his agent? The dude has 8 movies at different stages of production and possibly more than that. I love AD as much as the next guy but a crossover between those shows is unnecessary and wouldn't work. Arnett might be good in a cameo but not as GOB and certainly not as a fulltime cast member.
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I bet his was his mom. unless Jan was drunk when he called. and the bit at the end with pam and jim executing a great prank on dwight was perfect. a nod by the producers and writers that jim and pam are still a possibility. which was needed, after all the negative (well, not overtly, but you know) scenes they'd had together. keep hope alive!
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Fucking hilarious! Man was that one of the best episodes yet!
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I doubt it was his mom, he seemed way too happy and surprised at them saying yes for it to be anyone but some ex of his, but whether it was Jan or not I'm not sure.
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You guys can suck a bag of dicks! You fat humorless tards!!
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RURAL JUROR, in selected theaters December 18th!
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I laughed out loud during a couple of parts (like that lady saying I don't come into your house and steal your hello kitty backpack), but I think the one where the two offices merge was funnier.
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Great Show! The handshakes between Micheal and Andy are great !!! BOOM !
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She should ALWAYS wear sweaters!
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In one of these posts someone said something about it. I haven't seen it for years...what's changed?
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Michael called Jan. It had to be her. Good episode.
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I also don't understand all the 30 Rock hate. And I was way sceptical after Fey's run on SNL which ranged from just-O.K to just-plain-shitty. I've been laughing out loud at just about every 30 Rock since the first one. My only problem is Baldwin AND Morgan's characters are already pretty one-note. They could easily do more with any of the writer characters, the page, or that hot-ass blonde secretary or whatever she is and the show would be even better.
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What was the movie Pam and Jim gave each other? I could not quite make it out.Also, 30 Rock is great because of Baldwin. His character, while one note, is funny, funny, funny. Once the writers get the hang of it, his part will expand significantly.On the subject. I love the Office while the rest of my family thinks it sucks. Go figure. That is why JEEBUS invented the DVR.
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I'm not sure what happened, but it's almost like a parody of itself at this point. The surrealist parts aren't interesting anymore, it's just cartoony and random, and then about 3/4ths of the way through each episode it turns into cheesy melodrama and there's some awful montage with one of Braff's indie friends' power ballads playing in the background. The only thing it has going for it is Elizabeth Banks' hotness.
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Bridget Jones Diary was crap. Good call by the writers on that one.
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. . . that exchanged the DVD with Jim, not Pam.
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but it needs more tracey morgan "thats a giant shrimp!"
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"not yo ho no mo"the markerperfection!!
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I thought AICN reported that we were supposed to see a cameo from a cast member from the original series.
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I'm pretty sure he wasn't a GI. And I second the vote for Pam wearing nothing but sweaters. Or nothing at all. She's got a pretty decent rack on her.
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I can't remember the last time there was a comedy series on tv this good that was as dependent on story momentum to keep the series rolling. It's finally starting to hit that level it maintained last season. Hopefully it will keep this up.
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...cannot find her name on the official site, or wikipedia, etc. Thanks in advance!
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plays Karen. Thanks, Chromedome!You are welcome, chromedome!found it on tvguide site...
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The bros befo hos speech was hilarious, I had to
rewind that one about 20 times.
And Dwight singing "LADY" by Styx was pretty special too.
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