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Herc Says Tonight’s Hourlong OFFICE Is One Of The Funniest Things He’s Seen All Year!!

Interesting by NeotheLessar	Dec 14th, 2006 12:29:30 AM
Yup
As a side note by NeotheLessar	Dec 14th, 2006 12:30:00 AM
When is "Extras" coming back on?
oh, big tuna by Bob C. Cock	Dec 14th, 2006 12:31:39 AM
do the right thing
OK so this episode made you laugh Herc by Lando Griffin	Dec 14th, 2006 01:05:10 AM
but 30 Rock is the funniest show on tv. Do I have that right?
30 Rock sucks by Cruel_Kingdom	Dec 14th, 2006 01:12:53 AM
Ugh. Only Baldwin is funny. I admire Tina Fey and sometimes enjoyed Tracy Morgan on SNL, but 30 Rock is putrid shit.
Funniest show currently on TV by Hamtaro_Hentai	Dec 14th, 2006 01:44:06 AM
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.
This season has been far inferior to last season, by El Scorcho	Dec 14th, 2006 01:50:38 AM
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.
I love living in Seattle by BadMrWonka	Dec 14th, 2006 01:51:49 AM
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.
Extras. January 15th. by Lenny Nero	Dec 14th, 2006 01:59:31 AM
Gervais was on Daily Show promoting it and Night at the Museum.
I can't wait to see this by ChorleyFM	Dec 14th, 2006 02:01:16 AM
The best comedy on US tv at the moment, has taken the place of Arrested in my heart.
I love this show. by RetroActive	Dec 14th, 2006 02:13:53 AM
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.
I'm starting to like it more than the UK version. by DoodlyDingDongTickTock	Dec 14th, 2006 02:53:51 AM
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.
30 Rock Might Grow On You by tonagan	Dec 14th, 2006 04:17:04 AM
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.
30 Rock Isn't Bad by Spuncho	Dec 14th, 2006 04:47:57 AM
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.
30 Rock isn't the worst thing ever, Spuncho, but... by MCVamp	Dec 14th, 2006 05:03:18 AM
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."
Iron Chef America is still funnier. by Uncle Stan	Dec 14th, 2006 05:39:15 AM
Thanks to the slapstick of Mario and the Eastern hijinks of Morimoto.
"Nog-a-Sakes" is just WRONG by chrth	Dec 14th, 2006 07:17:39 AM
I would feel guilty get bombed on them.
The problem with Iron Chef America by chrth	Dec 14th, 2006 07:18:47 AM
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.
30 Rock by BizarroJerry	Dec 14th, 2006 07:29:45 AM
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."
The problem with Iron Chef America by durhay	Dec 14th, 2006 07:47:05 AM
"It's too oily"
CSI Miami / David Caruso needs more coverage! by kinghenryVIII	Dec 14th, 2006 07:49:07 AM
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!
Iron Chef is the funniest ...... by kinghenryVIII	Dec 14th, 2006 07:57:02 AM
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."
Extras returns January 14th by BizarroJerry	Dec 14th, 2006 08:10:12 AM
Along with season 2 of Rome.
Can't wait by Richard Cranium	Dec 14th, 2006 08:19:17 AM
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...
Caruso is hilarious!!! by BigTuna	Dec 14th, 2006 08:21:31 AM
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.
Karen is so awesome by godzillasushi	Dec 14th, 2006 08:44:35 AM
Pam who?
High hopes for this... by DanielKurland	Dec 14th, 2006 09:08:25 AM
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.
It's good but yet... by Borgnine JR	Dec 14th, 2006 09:08:59 AM
it's no According to Jim. Larry Joe Campbell, you slay me!
I'm not completely sold on the office yet. by Cotton McKnight	Dec 14th, 2006 09:10:03 AM
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.
30 Rock ? by Itchy	Dec 14th, 2006 09:57:25 AM
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)
And Larry Joe... by Borgnine JR	Dec 14th, 2006 10:04:53 AM
....you've stolen my heart!
I found 30 Rock to be surprisingly funny by Big Bad Clone	Dec 14th, 2006 10:08:17 AM
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.
I found 30 Rock to be surprisingly funny by Big Bad Clone	Dec 14th, 2006 10:08:31 AM
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.
I found 30 Rock to be surprisingly funny by Big Bad Clone	Dec 14th, 2006 10:08:42 AM
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.
Not sure why all the 30 Rock dissing? by SifoDyasJr.	Dec 14th, 2006 10:24:25 AM
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?
"It's an illusion, Michael . . . by John Wesley Hardin	Dec 14th, 2006 10:33:31 AM
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).
TOO SOON by Pageiv	Dec 14th, 2006 10:49:03 AM
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."
and in the UK last night by emeraldboy	Dec 14th, 2006 10:51:57 AM
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?
Genius by StealthBeagle	Dec 14th, 2006 11:17:20 AM
"Nog-a-sakes" is absolute genius.
GOB should just play himself on the Office... by DanielKurland	Dec 14th, 2006 11:32:35 AM
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.
always a good show... by Freefinger	Dec 14th, 2006 11:49:29 AM
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...
I found 30 Rock to be surprisingly awful by Cruel_Kingdom	Dec 14th, 2006 12:56:09 PM
Hell, it's worse than the final skit on an average episode of SNL. Ugh.
Those of you looking foward to Extras... by Mr_Boombista	Dec 14th, 2006 01:41:16 PM
... 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.
Extras was hit and miss. by emeraldboy	Dec 14th, 2006 01:57:32 PM
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!
Deal or no deal by emeraldboy	Dec 14th, 2006 02:01:04 PM
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.
I will have to see it to believe it by toadkillerdog	Dec 14th, 2006 02:39:57 PM
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.
Dinkin Flicka! by Somerichs	Dec 14th, 2006 06:15:43 PM
Fleece it out!
Ha! by AngelCordy	Dec 14th, 2006 07:13:53 PM
"I need my entourage."
speaking of offices..... by emeraldboy	Dec 14th, 2006 07:41:49 PM
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.
that should read by emeraldboy	Dec 14th, 2006 07:42:30 PM
is there anything we dont
Oprah gave Mickey Rooney a blow job. by Uncle Stan	Dec 14th, 2006 07:45:24 PM
The Mick made her gag.
Please by BizarroJerry	Dec 14th, 2006 09:27:08 PM
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?
By the way... by BizarroJerry	Dec 14th, 2006 09:27:57 PM
The Dateline NBC joke on 30 Rock was awesome...
damnit by roccotheripper	Dec 14th, 2006 09:34:58 PM
i missed it, gotta catch it on dailymotion i guess
omg, watching it currently by BadMrWonka	Dec 14th, 2006 10:13:17 PM
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!
Who did Michael call? by 7Cal	Dec 14th, 2006 11:08:06 PM
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?
"Arnett is available" by Poacher	Dec 14th, 2006 11:28:54 PM
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.
michael's call by BadMrWonka	Dec 15th, 2006 12:23:46 AM
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!
The marker... by Freefinger	Dec 15th, 2006 12:33:58 AM
Fucking hilarious! Man was that one of the best episodes yet!
Maybe it's an old girlfriend? by Poacher	Dec 15th, 2006 12:44:31 AM
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.
30 Rock is funny... by j-bot	Dec 15th, 2006 01:37:49 AM
You guys can suck a bag of dicks! You fat humorless tards!!
30 ROCK is HILARIOUS! If you don't like it, you crazy, by SnapT	Dec 15th, 2006 06:55:27 AM
RURAL JUROR, in selected theaters December 18th!
It was pretty good. by Cotton McKnight	Dec 15th, 2006 09:21:55 AM
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.
"Now I'll plant MY seed in you" by EddieWOODgo	Dec 15th, 2006 10:10:12 AM
Great Show! The handshakes between Micheal and Andy are great !!! BOOM !
Pam has a great rack by Tacom	Dec 15th, 2006 10:23:35 AM
She should ALWAYS wear sweaters!
Scrubs jumped the shark? by SantiagoAtez	Dec 15th, 2006 10:45:34 AM
In one of these posts someone said something about it. I haven't seen it for years...what's changed?
On The Office. by Nice Marmot	Dec 15th, 2006 11:33:11 AM
Michael called Jan. It had to be her. Good episode.
On 30 Rock. by Nice Marmot	Dec 15th, 2006 11:35:08 AM
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.
What was the movie? by Bug Doc	Dec 15th, 2006 12:01:17 PM
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.
Bug Doc, I think it was Bridget Jones Diary by Knobules	Dec 15th, 2006 12:25:58 PM
And they both agreed it was crap. That was funny.
Scrubs isn't funny anymore by Poacher	Dec 15th, 2006 12:47:17 PM
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.
Thanks Knobules by Bug Doc	Dec 15th, 2006 12:50:20 PM
Bridget Jones Diary was crap. Good call by the writers on that one.
I thought the it was the new chick . . . by Nice Marmot	Dec 15th, 2006 02:14:18 PM
. . . that exchanged the DVD with Jim, not Pam.
30 rock is very funny by slappy jones	Dec 15th, 2006 04:00:17 PM
but it needs more tracey morgan "thats a giant shrimp!"
oh, man that was good! by chromedome	Dec 15th, 2006 11:38:55 PM
"not yo ho no mo" the marker perfection!!
What happened to the original Office cast member cameo? by Zartan	Dec 16th, 2006 04:29:02 PM
I thought AICN reported that we were supposed to see a cameo from a cast member from the original series.
Karen's father is Quncy Jones by Itchy	Dec 17th, 2006 08:22:49 AM
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.
Gaining momentum by chaplinatemyshoe	Dec 18th, 2006 12:05:26 AM
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.
who plays Karen? by chromedome	Dec 18th, 2006 10:01:34 PM
...cannot find her name on the official site, or wikipedia, etc. Thanks in advance!
Rashida Jones! by chromedome	Dec 18th, 2006 10:05:41 PM
plays Karen. Thanks, Chromedome! You are welcome, chromedome! found it on tvguide site...
Bros befo Hos by snadlee	Dec 20th, 2006 03:23:11 AM
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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