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“The Office” is now beating “CSI” in key demos. I can’t get over that.
Tonight’s “Office” is the last till September, but I am not sweating it. This summer, The Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim will start transmitting the original U.K. version of “The Office,” so I’ll finally be able to find out why fans tell me Gareth Keenan is funnier than beet-farming shun-happy Nazi spawn Dwight Schrute:
Tonight’s installment is also being billed as not only the fifth season finale but also the 100th episode of the American “Office.” The Brit version only managed 14 half-hours.
NBC says:
COMPANY PICNIC
Written by Jen Celotta and Paul Lieberstein
It’s the annual Dunder Mifflin company picnic and Michael and Holly are reunited, and Michael has some big plans for her. Meanwhile, the office competes in the picnic’s volleyball tournament.
Michael intends to kiss Holly, who attends the picnic with her new Nashua branch boyfriend in tow.
Dwight will be overcome with Pon Farr and Pam will be rushed to the ER.
Expect a big cliffhanger that will echo into season six.
Scenes deleted from last week’s “Café Disco”:
9 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
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this show blows- it is the most aimlessly driven show since its Lead in Earl. What was last weeks episode about? I saw my wife watchign them all dance in a room - then hilarity ensues! Yeah right...The only funny parts are the begining before the credits ( 30 seconds) and the ending scene ( another 30 seconds )
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Anyway I can't wait for this episode. I hope Parks and Recreation is as good as well.
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My understanding was that Gervais had planned a very limited series and wanted to go out well before it got stale. And I don't think the American Office has produced 14 episodes yet that were worth airing. Benihana Christmas is an exception.
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they need to put the american version out of its misery. judging from herc's comments, though, it doesn't sound like nbc is about to do that. i can only hope steve carrell decides to leave the show, which quickly is approaching the level of mediocrity it hasn't seen since the pilot episode. horrible.
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Last weeks episode was one of the best episodes of the season. The show has at least two more seasons after this. There is no way they end before seven and they may break Mash's reccord
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And Dwight is funnier than the other guy.
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Saint Saucey- "One of the best EPisodes of the Season" - Now that's funny- its the tallest midget! Everyone knows this season blew dude. Now go run to Kohls and buy a Dunder Mifflin T SHirt for $12.99 and wear it...AT YOUR OFFICE! you'll be the funniest guy in the room on Casual Friday. ....or maybe not
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I don't get why people will campaign to cancel shows. If you don't like it......that's fine. Don't watch it. But why should everyone who does like it, miss out on a show because you don't find it funny?change the channel, read a book, watch a dvd, build a birdhouse. do something other then complain about a television show that has no real effect on your life
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If you hate show X, there exists a chance that if cancelled replacement show Y will be more up your alley.
Frankly I dislike that mindset. I want every show (even those I don't watch) to get renewed every season. Especially Reaper. Damn you CW. -
Same rules apply- this show was good 3 seasons ago - its shit now- close the door - kill it off. Its best days are far behind it. Why do you think peopl praise the original Office? they didn't beat the shit outta it and people LOVE that show. Imagine that! THe Office is turning into Who's the Boss!! just kill it off
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Season 5 is complete and utter shit.
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Michael has been at his best when shes around. Those two were classic together for those 5 or 6 episodes.
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Yea I thought about that mindset.....and think it's a bogus reason for wanting a show cancelled. Whatever replacement shoy Y is will exist no matter where it's time slot is. If it's an existing show - it's already on some other time. If it's new - well new shows are going to get made regardless of where they appear on the schdule. I mean, it's not like new shows aren't debuting anyway. They aren't like "Well if we cancel The Office we will have to come up with a new show to fill in that time-slot". With VCRs, DVRs, and the internet I don't really see why a timeslot is so important for a viewer that they need to have only shows they like on only nights that they want.
Thanks for the response....it's appreciated. I just don't see how that can be someone's rationale for wanting a show off the air. There's a ton of shows I dislike and don't watch....but don't look forward to them getting cancelled. -
but when you think about it it doesn't work. you put a pet to sleep because it's sick or dying. while you don't find the office funny....it's still doing great in terms of ratings and is one of NBCs top shows.
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That comment alone really speaks volumes to your lack of credibility for critiquing TV.
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You make it sound as if it was cancelled. It wasn't. I like the US version but the UK original is superior in my opinion.I know it is a hard concept to understand but quality > quantity. Fawlty Towers is another example. End on a high and be remembered forever instead of stringing it out.
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Is it o.k. for other people to like something you don't? And what do you gain from complaining about something that you don't like? Has NBC displayed a general ability to develop better sitcoms if they were to get rid of this one?
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The office over there isnt that funny. Yes,brits know that you dont have to do 100 seasons with boring jump the shark moments.
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By all accounts it was the show's creators who decided to shut down after 14 episodes, not the BBC, and I don't mean to imply otherwise.
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The office has their 100th episode tonight and bill hall of the milwaukee brewers hit his 100th home run today. good day.
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1.) Yes
2.) Nothing
3.) No
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Clark Vs. Doomsday tonight!
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......
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I just went through the list of all 5 seasons. There are some REALLY memorable episodes. I actually managed to list 33 that I could totally remember based on title alone.
"Diversity Day"
"Basketball"
"Sexual Harassment"
"The Fight"
"Booze Cruise"
"Dwight's Speech"
"Drug Testing"
"Casino Night"
"Gay Witch Hunt"
"The Coup"
"Grief Counseling"
"Diwali"
"Benihana Christmas"
"Back from Vacation"
"The Return"
"Ben Franklin"
"Business School"
"The Negotiation"
"Product Recall"
"The Job"
"Fun Run"
"Dunder Mifflin Infinity"
"Survivor Man"
"Dinner Party"
"Goodbye, Toby"
"Frame Toby"
"Prince Family Paper"
"Golden Ticket"
"New Boss"
"Dream Team"
"Heavy Competition"
"Broke"
"Casual Friday"
Season 5 started off pretty slowly, but picked up a HELL OF A LOT in the back 1/2. The whole Michael Scott Paper Company storyline beat the crap out of the rest of the season. Easily.
Michael's antics are a bit more exaggerated and doltish now than when the show started, much like Homer Simpson 1989 vs Homer Simpson 2009. Still, there are those moments when Michael is suddenly revealed to be an idiot savant. That storyline alone proved that, even though he's usually borderline retarded (like most bosses), Michael is actually way way smarter than people give him credit.
He's a character who has grown a lot over the years. He started up as a bit of an oblivious douche and worked his way up to a funny, likable guy whose main flaw is that his brain doesn't always communicate with his mouth. -
...and each one is ten times funnier and more irreverent than the American counterpart.
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Herc, for shame. You're a television writer! You never thought to maybe pick up the DVDs and gone through them in one or two days?
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that guy posted a non review of Wolverine?
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I love the UK Office as well as the US one. They are different animals, the UK one being more mean and acerbic is a lot more in my vein of humor while the US one is more fun and playful. They are both good though.
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You only need to watch the episode in which Gareth suggests to David that he should wear tighter pants.
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I am wearing my Dunder Mifflin shirt at work today. Mine is a Warehouse button up shirt. I bought from the NBC store 3 years ago. Does that make me a tool still? It never fails no matter where i go this shirt has always gotten me compliments.
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leave it to dateless nerds to get in an argument of "this is better than that."
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Today- you very well may be a tool. I can't say for certain. I won't call anyone a tool- but since you called yourself one...As for the show- 3 years ago it was a decent show. But the show has hit the wall this last year or so. Its the equivalent of a baseball player tryign to reach 3000 hits- you got there..now retire and save your dignity! Office hits 100 episodes- according to another tber only 34 were considered good...Where I come from 34% is Failing Grade!! But if they stopped the bleeding when they only had 40 some episodes- The Office would look like the Seinfeld of the 2000's.
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Here he's schooling us all in good comedy. Over in the Survivor talkback he's schooling us all in what women are attractive. He's truly awesome. Although based upon his first post here it sounds like his wife watches The Office. He should probably dump the bitch because her taste in TV is so bad.
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They said the 34 they considered good were based on the title alone.
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Because I'm scared that there will be another Kath and Kim, or any of the other 100,000 failed NBC sit-coms of the past 15 years. Even lukewarm Office has to be better than that.As for Jugdish I think the main problem is like I say it sounds like his wife watches it. I assume if it wasn't on in his house he wouldn't care so much, but I guess I could be wrong. He could be one of those people who are really concerned that there is something he doesn't like on television on one channel out of hundreds for 30 minutes a week. There do seem to be a lot of them around here.
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that blows my mind. i've been reading herc's articles for ages and that alone makes me never want to read another. and even still, you'd rather wait till adult swim plays them? im sure you've got netflix or something. take some of that amazon link money you get and buy the uk versions and watch something original. you won't be disappointed. then again, if you've waited this long, i'm sure you'll find a reason to be disappointed. i'm going to go shit in a bag and light it on fire in front of my computer while your page is up.
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we meet both Tom Haverford's and Ron Swanson's new girlfriend on Parks And Recreation tonight, and they are both fabulous.
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I used to watch it , but it hit the wall..My wife still watches it, but she watches it for the BS Soap Opera Jim, Pam, the other guy stuff ( which is not part of the show anymore from what she tells me ) I was a big fan- but it started sucking. I tried to continue to watch but it got annoying. I think BJ Novak decided to make himself a focal point. Back when Michael was doign everything wrong- but woudl turn out right in thelong run- those were great shows. then they took a turn where they made Michael a complere putz and retard and it started hitting the wall. I gave up. You guys gotta admit that the show has begun to suck within the last few seasons.
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Firstly, I do watch and enjoy the US Office but its a completely different show to the UK Office. Its broad, lowest common denominator comedy, it has some laughs but will not have the lasting power of the UK version (in terms of being remembered rather than number of episodes).
What makes Gareth infinitely better than Dwight is that he is believable - anyone who has worked in an office in the UK will probably know someone with similar traits and this is the genius of the show. It is a mockumentary and is believable as such with the comedy being more subtle; when it was first broadcast many people thought it was a real documentary whereas with the US version, its clear your watching a scripted sitcom.
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Not that I don't like Rashida but there's little logic to her frequent presence around Poehler's character.
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isn't she on the subcommittee now? Shes one of the people working to get the park done. Plus...well....Greg Daniels probably felt bad bout kicking her off The Office.
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Many people feel that there has been a strong uptick in quality in the last half dozen episodes, with the michael scott paper company arc and after. The way you say you like Michael to be is how he has been lately.
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They replaced the cast with other actors and had them on an island traveling through time or something. I knew Veridian Dynamics could do interesting thing, but I didn't realize they could do that!
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This season has been one of its best. Season 4 was utter shit, though, to be honest, and had only two decent episodes (Dinner Party, and the season finale). I almost gave up last year, and I still think the awfulness of that season may have tainted my opinion of the shopw forever. But this season has shown that it can bounce back, and I'm glad I still watch.
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That friggin sucks!
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When they made the American one, the first episode sucked but I was hooked after that. When I pull out my British Office Dvd set to watch, its impossible without me getting antsy and bored to death. Its amazing since when I first saw it I thought it was the best show ever and immediately ordered the PAL dvd from Amazon uk, but now just can't sit through one episode...weird. I can rewatch any of the American ones over and over and now the first season is great and the first episode seems like the original first episode and the British version seems like a lame french canadian copy.
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Has been beefed up for this show, much like they gave Carell hairplugs. Thin-haired comedians just don't cut it on NBC, I guess.
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Why do they insist on this retarded line-reading when they're doing the interviews to camera?
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Well, you *could* but it would seem kinda moot after the first 13 eps or so. But I do think you have to watch each one with a different mind set. I was more dramatically pull in by the UK Office than the US one. The US one makes me laugh more though.
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He should ditch this shit and get in with Apatow's crowd or something. And take Rashida Jones with him.
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edited for time or what. Not even the full credit opening. You couldn't just make it an hour?
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Where is she from? I'm sure I've seen her in something before.
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That was great :) Fuck Corporate!
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But the Michael/Holly sketch wasn't funny, and the punchline was incredibly weak and contrived. In fact it was dreadful.
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Whoop-tee-doo, what a seriously fucking shit episode structurally this is. It's like contrivance after contrivance with jelly on top.
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Knew that "throw-a-way" line with the x-rays was standoutish.
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I bet.
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WAY too rushed.
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Was that the "unexpected" twist? It was totally foreshadowed by like, two minutes!
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What the hell, man!!
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Holy crap that was cool!
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Sort it out next year, will you? Sack off Parks and Recreation, it's never going to be good.
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Dollhouse 13th ep on DVD only, Prison Break eps on DVD only, full Office finale on DVD only...I fucking despise that manipulative shit.
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Which ending was more obvious, that someone else would fall in the pit or that the person who got asked, "Is there any change you're pregnant?"
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not to fill out the blanks in a fucking season. Corporate buttfucks.
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I've been in a puppy-kicking mood all day.
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brilliant. just brilliant.
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Damn, man. Just...damn.
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a full Dunder-Miff picnic episode should be a half an hour. And they only interaction between divisions is slight trash talk during a volleyball game? What the hell?
No Creed?!? Oscar's only line is a "gay" one?
I blame Silverman (because it seems like the thing to do now-a-days) and because he is a douchebag. How could you butcher a show's finale like that?? A show that is now getting better demo's than CSI, as Herc pointed out, btw. Is Corky running things at NBC? Is Corky from Life Goes On running things?? -
When you try to make a video viral, it automatically is NOT viral.
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But not a classic episode. All in all, a fairly disappointing night.
Southland's theme tune frightens me. It should be the theme tune for a murder mystery show starring medievel monks or some shit. -
That Loch Ness monster line was funny.
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In fact, I find myself more open to different types of series than I have been for a long time. I was burnt by Whedon, Minear and Fuller cancelations but I think I am learning from those short but brillant seasons. And Journeyman and Jericho. Carpe Deim and all that bollocks. You miss some great things if you don't open your mind.
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... the promos were saying stuff like "30 Rock featuring a song that's due to be an internet phenomenon!" or some shit. Like, what happened to actually making it funny before deciding it's going to be a hit online? Man oh man, I despair.
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Just background stuff for me while I surf the interwebs and wank a bit before going to bed.
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they found out last night that this week is finale week. Liz Lemon's last line kinda confirmed that.
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did like the idea of Lemon becoming a cynical relationship counselor. Anything involving crazy-Generalisimoesque-Lemon re-emerging ("I'm gonna get mine!") is usually fucking gold.
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Weak episode, just painful to watch Michael this week. The silent reveal was, I don't know, if Jim & Pam dating wasn't jumping the shark, then there's a good chance this is.
30 Rock was hilarious this week, a solid episode, up until the song. Song was disappointing, save for a lyric or two. But this was definitely outweighed by the greatness that preceded it. -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hm7pp_JFOs&feature=PlayList&p=EB57C1C468EC3455&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=40 this video. Warning NSFW
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MY OPINIONS ARE THE RIGHT ONES!!! WHAT IS POPULAR IS STUPID!!! FIRE BAD!!! RRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR
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And you're a cunt for two reasons. One, for dredging up this ridiculously old "US vs. UK" Office debate - just because the commenters do it doesn't mean you have to. And two, for not watching the dvds of The Office and spouting off some bollocksy comment like "only managed 14..." USA! USA! Fuck off....
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The Michael Holly scenes were snoozers.
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You're a douche for quite possibly having the most pathetic username of all time.
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benjamin button's disease...the speed bump joke...senior moment..."this is my wife, look how hot she is!"azis ansari for the win!
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Can I just echo the comments expressing disbelief that Herc of all people hasn't seen the UK Office? Seriously, what the fuck? You've been in chemo for the past few years? Just got that eyeball transplant you were waiting for? What the fuck, Herc?
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...but their finale was FAR better than the Office. Not saying that P&R is the better show of the two, but as far as finale grades go, I'd give P&R a B+/A-, and the Office a C-. At best.
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May 14, 2009 11:16:16 PM CDT
Sad to see Office and 30 Rock go out with so-so episodes.
by flim springfield
30 Rock still had some funny lines, though.
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I'm a sucker for that bull and I think that's why most people who watch this show continually come back to it. And these people are not the demographic that tends to come to these websites, so you can understand why its up in key demos. Holly and Michael's Slumdog Millionaire skit was CRINGE worthy. I almost wanted to fast forward, which is when you know it's working. 30 Rock was so-so. Definitely DID NOT feel like a finale. I didn't get that it was the last episode this season until Liz says, "We had quite a year huh?". It seems like 30 Rock is abandoning all desire to have serialized elements (i.e. Floyd, CC), which is a shame, since I feel , besides its pop culture quirk and hilarious scenarios, drew me to it in season 1. I used to think of 30 Rock as the US version of Spaced. Both heavily pop culture relevant and had characters that we cared about it. It's slowly and slowly turning into a live action version of Family Guy. Still love it though.
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Appropriate casting.
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I'm the only one who noticed!? James Urbaniak makes his stellar debut on the office PEOPLE! Good ep IMO.
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Than almost all the half hour comedy on network TV...it has grown into a hit show, beloved by many people. Can we stop comparing it to the British version? The two are incomparable now...100 episodes is quite a feat in this age of television, and I would say a majority of those episodes are high quality and truly funny. We should be applauding The Office instead of this stupid "not funny this season" line that appears frequently for almost every comedy TV show that is discussed here...give The Office some props..in related news, 30 Rock was awesome...that was the closest thing I've seen to a live action Simpsons episode...
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there's no way I could've typed my post after Charles' post in that amount of time.
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He played an elementary school teacher.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/14/ent.jay.leno/index.html -- Read that article. It sounds like Leno is trying to piss all over Conan. "10 o'clock is the new 11:30". "I get more and more young people saying they can't stay up past 11." "The Tonight Show is like the World Cup of late night talkshows, you don't want to be the guy to screw it up." I for one am hoping Leno fails, especially after this ego-bloated interview. No humility in this douche at all.
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mentioned he was going to be on The Office because you can follow him on Twitter! Which I do. And Rob Cordray. And Astro_Mike who is in space working on the hubble.
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Why yes clearly I am now in charge of things on BNC. Next year please look forward to the following exciting programs: The Real Housewives of Homeless Shelters, Fight The Power: The Series, and of course the live action reboot of Ducktails
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He didn't give in, but threw us a bone. A true politician. :)
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...or the ep where Michael returned to Dunder Mifflin.
Seriously, who wrote this episode and have they ever met a human being before? The way Charles Miner tried to force Pam out of the game and Michael/Holly's "they didn't know?" skit were not only bad writing, but lazy cheap storytelling devices. Charles would never pull that in front of his employees, and Jim/Holly aren't brain dead. And don't get me started on the "run down to the hospital while I delay the game" bit. It's like they wrote the Pam pregnancy reveal and worked backwards to get there. -
...is smoking hot! Finale was pretty good. Always good to see Dr. Venture in live action form.
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Thanks, have a nice Friday.
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"How urban!" "I sit between the players' wives and mistresses, but I don't go on bat day." "If you had 2 dogs attacking you, you'd wish it was one." "Courtney's dead." It's going to be a long summer without this show.
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May 15, 2009 9:25:04 AM CDT
Erin IS NOT smoking hot! MONICA BELLUCCI IS SMOKING HOT!!!!
by hollywoodhellraiser
Know the damn difference! I swear some of you geeks have never been with a woman!That chick who plays Erin is a bag of bones! She cute maybe adorable, BUT she not close to smoking hot territory!Not even close!
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was not particularly funny, but the scenes with Michael/Holly and Jim/Pam were sweet.P&R is coming back, right? I hope they rethink the screen time allocation and develop some of the other characters if they do. If they rely on Poehler's character to carry the show, it's not going to work.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjumyv9RU0o&feature=player_embedded
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In actuality, Pam just found out she didn't have strep throat. Come September you'll find out I was right!
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wow, misogynistic and dumb, good on you.
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Gareth has that gaunt, serial killer look about him that screams body parts in the fridge. Dwight just thinks he's dangerous.
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Important television event in the history of our lives that is happening tonight?
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Or is that the season-ending cliffhanger that we have to wait until next season to find out? If so, then I feel it is on par with the best Dallas ever had to offer. I think I'll print up and sell T-Shirts that say "I won the Dunder Miflin Company Picnic Volleyball Tournament". Sure, it's a bit wordier than "I Shot JR", but more words makes it that much better!
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For fuck's sake, can people stop saying that the US Office is "broad comedy" made for the "lowest common denominator"? Have you ever seen According To Jim, Home Improvement, Two and a Half Men, etc.? The Office is nothing like any of that horseshit. Shut the fuck up and go watch your 14 dull-as-dishwater episodes of the UK Office and try not to fall asleep.
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He's a huge Camryn MANheim fan!!!
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I can already see the Michael's upset because he wasn't asked to be Godfather episode coming a mile away.
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every person on that show is more disgusting than even Meredith naked.
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Corporate douches ALWAYS win
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...was Jim and Pam's embryo jumping the shark.
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should be used for balance above all else.
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Gareth was routinely proven to be a harmless git by one of the original series' funnier routines, when Tim and Dawn would ruthlessly query him about his vaunted service in the UK Reserves...
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Michael makes some innaprpriate comment.
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This can be settled by their answers when asked what they are thinking. Dwight was thinking about how the skin is the largest organ. Gareth was thinking about if there would ever be a boy born who could swim faster than a shark. Gareth 1, Dwight 0.
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I state an opinion that I think Erin is smoking hot, and someone else takes offense to it. Um, why? Also, having one talkbacker state that another talkbacker must be a nerdy virgin is pretty pathetic, and says more about that individual than myself.
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That's right, GAIUS FUCKING BALTAR is on Numb3rs tonight, playing - I shit you not - a cult leader with a harem. How does he get these wonderful roles?
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before Herc admits that Dollhouse is a PoS?!
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The first couple seasons of The Office were great. I tried to stay interested through this season but I just couldn't do it. And by the way, I think the first two seasons of the US Office are better than the UK version.
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And you thought this show got awkard before. God only knows what Dwight's input on this will be.
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Declan McMannis, International Art Theif. If for any reason I ever feel the rath of the ban-hammer, that will just have to be my new screen name. Christ, I love Elvis Costello. "But if I get a chance, I'm punching Costello in the back of the head." Priceless.
Office, blah. Agreed, if they'd had an hour, could've been classic. Rolf and the volleyball competition had such potential (also, Dwight back with Angela? We can only hope). The whole thing just needed room to breath.
And it wasn't a particularly 'epic' finale for 30 Rock, but goddamn. That shows firing all pistons again. I was worried half-way through this season, but they're picking it up. Song coulda' been better, but coulda' been MUCH worse.
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I was happy to see Elvis Costello on 30 Rock too, I'm a huge fan. Not only is he a phenomenal musician, but the fucker is funny! I recently re-watched the episode of The Larry Sanders Show in which Declain...I mean Elvis...sold Hank a car that ended up to be a lemon. Costello has a reaction shot in that episode that makes me howl every time. I wish he'd been given more time on 30 Rock, but I love what we got.
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...you might like this show called Family Guy. Why do so many of you demand stark realism in some shows, but love 30 Rock? Haha, a flashback where the blonde thinks she's on a talk show, but it's really a Jerry Springer type show! How clever!
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Family Guy is the stream of consciousness ramblings of a 14 year old.
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Remember? It's all conceived by Manatees.
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but hilarious manatees
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You had me thinkin' that I missed BOT!
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... but I'm starting to like Parks & Recreation. Mostly because of Leslie knope, though. I think that Amy is starting to get the character sussed out. The rest of the cast needs a little more time though.
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..it' obvious Pam has never played and that vertical leap is not high enough to get that ball over the net, but she's hot, so I forgive her. And at one point, Jim blocks a ball for a win, but hits the net, so it shouldn't count. COME ON GUYS.
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I have read a few replies saying the Michael/Holly sketch was not funny. Well no shit, it wasn't supposed to be, the only ones who think they are funny are them, that's what was funny about it, not the sketch itself. I have seen every episode of this show, and I find it to be consistently funny with the occasional dud episode, but those are few and far between. Considering the crap that qualifies for television these days, The Office is high quality entertainment.
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a lot more enjoyable if you could just weed out all the people who are just being patriotic either way, and especially get rid of the self-loathing Americans who think that praising any British product makes them more erudite and discriminating than their next-door neighbors. Ugh.
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I'm British and while the UK Office was great in its day, I much prefer the American Officer show. If you check out the UK Office now it really doesn't stand up that well - it's become outdated very quickly. One major difference, in my opinion, is that Steve Carrell is a far more gifted actor than Ricky Gervais, who really only plays one role - that of Ricky Gervais (Office, Extras, Night In The Museum, Stardust...all variations of the same character).
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to decline. Sad, but true.
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You ignoramus! You have the gall to be a TV "critic" (whatever) and you are so fucking ignorant you don't know that MANY of the very best British TV shows "only" ran for 2 seasons of 6 episodes because they were PLANNED and WRITTEN from day 1 to run like that? YOU STUPID FUCK.
Let's examine some of these CRAP, limited-run shows shall we?
The Office - 2 seasons of 6 episodes
Extras - 2 seasons of 6 episodes
Spaced 2 seasons of 7 episodes
Fawlty Towers - 2 seasons of 6 episodes
Black Adder I, II, III, IV (6 episodes each "series", which were really different shows)
The IT Crowd - 3 seasons of 6 episodes
The Young Ones - 2 seasons of 6 episodes
and of course, "the utter crap, cancelled"
The Prisoner - 17 episodes
These QUALITY shows had a story arc and were bascially made to run for (often) 2 seasons of 6. They didn't follow the practise of "run it into the ground".
The US Office still has it's moments, but it's mostly utter mediochre crap now. David Brent in the UK Office was an asshole, but he was a recognizable HUMAN asshole, Michael Scott is a cartoon character. The UK Office and Extras were masterpieces of what I call "cringe" comedy, if you are not squirming in your seat, you don't get it.
Herc, you ough to be ashamed of yourself for implying it only "managed" 14 episodes, you FAIL. -
QUOTE I didn't mean to imply the U.K. office was cancelled..
By all accounts it was the show's creators who decided to shut down after 14 episodes, not the BBC, and I don't mean to imply otherwise.END-QUOTE
You didn't fucking KNOW, dont bullshit us. I saw your "Parks and Recreation" comment, saw one episode, turned it off halfway thru, the material isn't worthy of a 3 minute SNL skit. Unfunny to the extreme. -
I mean, I thought my standards were high...
All three comedies had solid finales. I actually most enjoyed (to my surprise) the Parks and Recreation finale. Ann's boyfriend actually made the episode. The whole thing was pretty funny.
30 Rock had that whole celebrity bash, and yes Sheryl Crow was quite good.
Loved the Office except that I do have serious misgivings about Pam's pregnancy...seems to be leading to a lot of sentimentality and while sentimentality has it's place, the Office isn't it.
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Did anybody else see this? When Jim picks up Pam at the volleyball game to take her to the clinic, if I turn on my subtitles it looks like he says "let's go, all-black" to Charles Miner... wtf?
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