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SWEEPS DAY ONE!! The First All-New OFFICE Of The Decade!! Plus Herc’s Seen Tonight’s IMPORTANT THINGS, SILVERMAN And 30 ROCK!!
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I am – Hercules!!
February sweeps begins today and brings with it 2010’s first all-new episode of “The Office.”
Tonight:
“Sabre”
Written by Jennifer Celotta
Directed by John Krasinski
When Sabre comes in to take over Dunder Mifflin, Michael struggles to accept Sabre’s new policies. Pam and Jim have an interview for a local daycare they really want to get into. Andy and Erin work on a welcome song for Sabre as Erin waits for Andy to ask her out. Guest star: Kathy Bates.
Feb. 11:
“Manager and Salesman”
Written by Mindy Kaling
Directed by Marc Webb
The office is eager to welcome Sabre CEO Jo Bennett to Scranton, and are dazzled by her Southern ways. But when Jo finds out there are two branch managers, she says either Michael or Jim must go back to being a salesman. Meanwhile, Andy’s Valentine’s Day plan backfires. Guest stars: Kathy Bates, Zach Woods.
If you’re wondering whether Jim or Michael will ultimately be the sole manager of the Scranton branch under Sabre, I’ll point out that in “Banker” (the recent clip show starring Computron), one Mrs. James Duncan Halpert identified Michael Scott as Dunder Mifflin’s highest-ranking employee. And not one of Dunder Mifflin’s two highest-ranking employees.
There were no deleted scenes from the clip show, so instead we have deleted scenes from “Leslie’s House,” followed by a bunch of old footage repurposed into a 90-second short starring easy-on-the-eyes former intern April Ludgate:
Other Sweeps Day One Notes:
* Jan Hooks, largely absent from TV since her recurring role on NBC’s “3rd Rock” a decade ago, returns tonight as Jenna’s mom on NBC’s very similarly titled “30 Rock.” The network sent along the episode and I’ll say the main attraction tonight is not Hooks but rather Liz Lemon and the fruits of Liz Lemon’s nannycam.
* Comedy Central passed along tonight’s premiere episodes of “Important Things With Demetri Martin” and “The Sarah Silverman Program.” If you felt sad Charles Widmore skipped the season premiere of “Lost,” you may be happy to learn Alan Dale turns up in menacing form on tonight’s “Things.” I also laughed pretty hard at Martin’s graph depicting “How interested I am in your kids.”
* If you ever wanted to see what a shitty NBC “Raising Arizona” rip-off might look like with Sarah Silverman in the lead, tune in to her “Program” tonight. Sister Laura cuts off funding for Sarah's lip waxing, and mustache ensues. I laughed when Laura revealed her hospital has a hermaphrodite trash can.
“Community”: 8 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
“Parks and Recreation”: 8:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
“The Office”: 9 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
“30 Rock”: 9:30 p.m. Thursday. NBC.
“Important Things”: 10 p.m. Thursday. CC.
“Sarah Silverman”: 10:30 p.m. Thursday. CC.
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$16.99 per “Office” season!!
(That’s 72% off season five!!)
$5.99 Blu-ray!! = Cheaper Than Used!!
Written by Jennifer Celotta
Directed by John Krasinski
When Sabre comes in to take over Dunder Mifflin, Michael struggles to accept Sabre’s new policies. Pam and Jim have an interview for a local daycare they really want to get into. Andy and Erin work on a welcome song for Sabre as Erin waits for Andy to ask her out. Guest star: Kathy Bates.
Written by Mindy Kaling
Directed by Marc Webb
The office is eager to welcome Sabre CEO Jo Bennett to Scranton, and are dazzled by her Southern ways. But when Jo finds out there are two branch managers, she says either Michael or Jim must go back to being a salesman. Meanwhile, Andy’s Valentine’s Day plan backfires. Guest stars: Kathy Bates, Zach Woods.
$16.99 per “Office” season!!
(That’s 72% off season five!!)
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her schtick is pretty fucking tired at this point.
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true, it was a clip show, but new stuff was there, i swear.
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Let me tell you the penis thing is pretty hilarious and the second one was pretty awesome too. My roommate was turned off by the singing. I had no problem. She mentioned that a soundtrack of all her TV music was going to come out this year during the post-Q&A.
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I've caught several episodes of that show of his, and each time makes me want to punch myself in the 'nads. I especially love the shots of the audience from behind where you can tell not a one of them is laughing, yet you hear wild guffaws.
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I couldn't believe it came to that.
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I haven't seen such a menopuasal WTF since the once hot Kay Lenz was cast as generic frumpy mom #1 on House.
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It was called "My Name is Earl"
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make Pam a bitch, keep giving andy 1 line an episode and everyone else as usual gets no storylines....ever.
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Some episodes are just BRILLIANT. Like the abortion one, with that montage set to "Time of Your Life."However, when Sarah focuses on shit and farting, I know I'm at least losing focus, and hopefully that happens less this year. This show CAN be amazing though.
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Because it's been a gradual thing since as early as season 3. They are obviously aware of the change they're making with him. I've always been assuming it'll come to a head at some point, and he'll have to confront it at some point. Season 4 or 5 had a few solid episodes where all the subtext was just Jim seeing himself turning into Michael (which I feel has been a component of the show), and it really scaring him.
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Notice Herc's use of the word "all" before "new."
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Archer is the best new show of the (1 month old) decade!
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The real best new show of the season!
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Like Fake Stanley
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"What [Comcast COO Stephen Burke] wants from [ex-NBCU exec & merger consultant Randy Falco] is an objective view of what happened and who's responsible for taking NBC from its position at the top to where it is now."
The article implies that Falco could replace Zucker once Comcast takes over.
New York Post: http://tiny.cc/gmdml -
Herc wrote about the first "ALL-NEW" Office, in other words, the first "NON BOGUS CLIP SHOW BULLSHIT" episode. The phrase "all-new" means it's the first episode that isn't mostly old stuff. "All" is a word that means entirety, and "new" means "not old." It's the first episode made up of stuff that is entirely not old.
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Simply because it was quick-take montages of gags, sometimes only seconds-worth. Most clip shows go on for, like, 5 minutes worth of a single scene from a previous episode and it drags it to a halt. But the Office clip show as bang-bang-bang throughout all of the years. Very well edited. Could have done without the Jim and Pam montage at the end, but at least Jim isn't PISSING AND MOANING for her EVERY FUCKING EPISODE. Thank Christ they hooked up already, I couldn't take another season of him PISSING AND MOANING!
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and ends at the end of 2010. No matter how many "reporters" get it wrong it's still wrong. You don't start counting to 10 with 0 you start with 1. There is no 0 year therefore this is the last year of the decade not the first of a new one. I know you'll continue to say it because you're stupid and like to use big words that you don't truly understand the meaning of (Antepenultimate anyone?).
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If a decade starts at year 1, (example 1921) and ends at year 0 (example 1930), does that make the twenties 1921-1930 or 1920-1929? I tend to lean towards the later. Is Gladiator from the 90s? No. It came out in 2000. Herc is right, the decade of the "noughties" is over.
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Go wash the sand out of your vagina and get over it. For seriously.
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If that helps.
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I so badly want the Poop song, the I pooped instead song & of course, the Pee song. Three of my favorite things, in my order of favorite things.
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Denise Crosby from Star Trek NG to season one nurse Dexter kills and Gertie in Mad Men.
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"Herc is right, the decade of the "noughties" is over."Although, I'd refer to it as the "Ohs" (Oh-Oh, Oh-One, Oh-Two, etc). "You don't start counting to 10 with 0 you start with 1"When you were born, how old were you? You started at 0. Only after you completed your first year of life did you get to 1. At the end of the year in which you had been nine years old, you had completed the first ten years (also know as a decade) of your life. Starting at the beginning of 0 and ending at the end of 9, you get 10. Just like starting at Jan 1 2000 and ending at Dec. 31 2009 = a decade.As for the whole "there was no year 0" argument, who cares? Have you ever in your life referred to a decade according to its numerical value on the AD timeline? Would you say Star Wars came out in the '70s, or in the 198th? Grouping decades by the number in the Tens Place makes for a universally accepted point of reference. If I tell someone "I haven't worked there since I was 30, unless they know how old I am, it doesn't really help them in placing that event chronologically. However, if I say "I haven't worked there since the late 90s", they now know it's around 1997-1999, but before 2000.So, while you are correct that, by the count of decades since the first year AD, which was also Year 1, 2010 is the last year in the 201st decade. However, all those reporters who "got it wrong", I'm guessing not a single one, when referring to the end of the decade, called it the 201st. Nor, I'm sure, did any of them refer to the end of the first decade of the 3rd millennium or the first decade of the 21st Century. What everyone is talking about is the 00s decade. It's all about context. 2010 is the start of the 10s decade; 2011 is the start of the 202nd decade. At the beginning of 2010, if the decade being referred to is simply, vaguely, called "the decade' you can safely assume it's the 00s decade. Just like 12 months from now when Herc once again starts making references to "the first... of the decade" you know what he means is the first of the 202nd decade AD.And now you know and knowing is half the battle.
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Because all of you were there?
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Historical Robin Hood, historical King Arthur, and historical year zero. Assumptions are so underrated.
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...the pedantic battle over what 'all-new' means or the pedantic, ten-year reunion of the 'when does a decade start' argument?
I vote for the winner being a third party who swoops in and claims to be above it all. Who is me. Which means I WIN AICN. -
It's all about Archer. Funniest show of the evening.
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Feb 04, 2010 6:01:50 PM CST
I_Sharted, and anyone else dumb enough to bring decades up again
by badmrwonka
just answer me this question, yes or no. no horrible strained examples, no convoluted idiotic metaphors. just say yes or no...
If I made a "Greatest Hits of the 70's" music compilation, and I included songs from 1980 and excluded songs from 1970, would that make sense to you?
if you say no, then perhaps FINALLY you will all see the completely asinine tortured logic you've been spewing for what it is.
if you say yes, well...at least you're sticking to your guns. the only problem? they're toy guns because you don't let retards use real guns.
here is a more eloquent skewering of your drooling argument than I could muster, quoted from forbes.com:
"The bozos insisting that the decade does not end until December 31, 2010 usually base this on the observation that "there was no year 0". True, the calendar begins in 1 AD (though it was adopted some 16 centuries later). But all that the start date of the calendar means is that it would be technically incorrect to refer to 2000-2009 as "the 201st Decade". But, when we talk about "the decade" it's clear that we're not talking about ordinal decades, because nobody ever talks about ordinal decades. I cannot think of a single instance where someone referred to the 1990s as the "200th Decade."
It ought to be blindingly obvious, to even the most slathering of idiots, that the 1920s refers to 1920-29. The year 1930? It is not part of the 1920s. The Twenty-Twenties? They will begin on 2020. Obviously. 2030? It will not be part of the Twenty-Twenties. (Nor will anyone ever call this decade "the 203rd Decade").
When we say the decade, we are not referring to the period of time that would correspond with some ordinal decade numbering system. Nobody uses an ordinal numbering system when talking about decades. People are talking about the digit in the tens column.
Insisting that the decade ends on December 31, 2010 is not pedantic. It is dumb. And wrong. Spare yourself the embarrassment and don't do it."
so now can you all just admit you were wrong/confused and we won't have to hear this anymore? -
Also Allison Brie us fahkin hawt!
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I love the Office *way* too much. Christian Slater, HA!
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The idea that Pierce would hire comedy writers to prep for a bad-movie-night is just brilliant, and quintessentially Pierce. Great stuff. Oh, and I will be Kickpuncher for Halloween next year.
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I love that someone of that caliber is guest starring on The Office. I wanna see some Annie Wilkes taking on Michael.
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Held up quite well.
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I want to strangle you for your stupidity.
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you have a serious problem.
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it's not been a good year for them.
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and replaced her with the homeless lady that lives outside the Library?
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otherwise Jan Hooks looks hideous
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Too dern funny
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Enjoyed seasons 1 and 2. Past 2 have been lame. Tonight's episode is horrible.
Re:The Office-love the cans on the new receptionist Erin. And I thought Pam's rack couldn't be matched. Glad to be wrong. -
just nonstop funny, old school office style.
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Feb 04, 2010 10:28:20 PM CST
the office is quickly becoming a show I don't want to watch
by natecore
and Parks and Community are still new so tonight's incredibly weak episodes won't do much harm.
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...so why all the love for the now-subpar The Office? Really, it's embarrassing now. Steve Carrel is insufferable - I hope Gervais is laughing all the way to the bank, because they've ruined the spirit of his original show. On the other hand, Community was terrific tonight, with hilarious, intelligent writing and superb comic acting and direction. There was something great in every single scene. God, if they don't renew this it will be a crime against humanity.
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Dmitri Martin isn't exactly must-see TV for me, but every time I watch, it seems I laugh a lot. And "Bruce the Funny Dog" had me rolling in the floor.
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Congrats on getting trolled by Herc you paste eating inbred.
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Troy shoulda hit that while he had the chance.
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I mean, I only recently started watching the show, but caught up quickly. I don't think there's a large decline in quality between these episodes and the ones from season 1 and 2.
That said, last nights Mother-centric episode was kind of weak. The biggest laugh from me was when Liz ate the cigs. -
Herc knew that. He's just trolling for Earl fans. Other than the too long prison and completely misguided coma episodes, I thought it was pretty good.
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...about when the fucking decade starts/ends. No matter the decade, I'm still fat and poor. And Sarah Silverman has a huge fucking bag of nothing.
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Feb 05, 2010 9:24:44 AM CST
Night-vision Lemon eating an entire pizza and a cigarette?
by haggardatbest
HOT.
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Feb 05, 2010 12:14:31 PM CST
SHUT UP LEANORD, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!
by quin the eskimo
He's right, I really did eat all the Macaroni. Best line of the night.
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and it's messed up that he knows it.
I've got the weirdest boner.
Two GREAT lines from "Community" last night. Hopefully Michael Bay's next flick will be "Kick Puncher III: The Birth of Donkey Punch".
"Community" is growing on me each episode since Abed's Halloween inspired "Batman" outting. Even Chevy wasn't too bad last night. The dude can still make falling funny, at least!
Shout out to my friend Nathalie who had an extra role on Parks & Rec last night...standing right next to Amy Poehler in the opening scene! I want a DJ Roomba!
Good to see "The Office" gave David Wallace a fitting send off. "Suck It!"
I "Lizzed" a bit myself while was watching he 'nany cam' evidence tape on "30 Rock". lemon sleep eating the cigarette was just too funny!
Thursdays are the only reason NBC should even broadcast ANYTHING. They should just put up bars & tone the rest of the week. -
That one floored me. And for some reason I couldn't stop laughing at David Wallace following Michael as he backed out the driveway. How pathetic do you have to be when even Michael Scott has to get the hell away from you?
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I think I'd like it better if Jeff was a teacher and it was about the faculty more. As it is, it's often too childish lately. But great cast.
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That's Troy's cherry.
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