The Office
 

who loves this show??? my wife got me into in like season 5

The show is great. I don't watch it regularly when the new episodes air but I catch the reruns on TBS all the time... I crack up all the time, Michael is pretty funny but I laugh harder at the reactions of everyone else in the office and the things they say and do....

-ms

LOL, hell yeah.. Michael and Dwight are great, but i ike the other characters as well Especially Andy (Ed Helms)

This show is simply amazing. it's up there with Seinfeld for me. I started watching mid season 2 and have been hooked every since. This show is so easy to quote, too. It sucks there will be no more Michael Scott after this season.

Yeah, but i think thats why they kinda beefed up the cast. ALthough he will be missed i think its possible for the show to go on..Especially if they can get 1 or 2 cameo's throughout season 8..Dwight Jim,Pam,Andy can all hold their on but i guess time will tell..


The Outsources show seems to have promise as well

A poor man's remake of a classic. Do yourselves a favour and look up the original. Gervais is a genius, x.

YES! The original UK version is hilarious! It's why I won't watch the current series.

Did. Watched it and the US version still is better. Even a whole lot of UK people like the US version more. The US one only imitated the UK version for a few EARLY episodes. Plus the branch closing, but other shows have done it previously.

The US version has a GREAT sense of humour and it's sooo quotable. Me and a few friends can always quote this show and it's always funny.

Michael Scott: "Jim, the seats go all the way down. All. The way. Down". *while doing arm motion* :lol::lol::lol:

Plus the UK has no Nard Dawg. :D

Agreed 100% here. I watched the UK one and it pails in comparison to the US version. The UK one was too boring for me.

It's pretty bad. Everyone on the show is pretty talentless.

The UK version is terrible. I guess I just don't get British humor, nor can I stand their vocabulary.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

oh man, I actually LOL'd at that. It's hard, at times, to understand them, but it's still funny. Just NOT as funny as the US version.

Dwight is simply awesome. Simple as that. He taught me that bears can climb faster than they run :D

You are aware that Gervais works on the US show, right?

Simply. Love. This. Show!!!!

I think The Office and Twin Peaks might be my favorite shows ever.

I could go OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNN about the many sparkling things The Office has going for it but I'll spare everyone. That show singlehandedly made Steve Carell and John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer some of my very favorite actors. EV-ER-Y-ONE is fantastic, especially considering how Creed and Kelly and Phyillis weren't even really actors when they started on the show. The writing staff is loaded and they've attracted some impressive directors over the years (J.J. Abrams, Joss Weedon, Jason Reitman, Harold Ramis etc.) and I really think the creative minds (Rickey Gervais being one of them, mind you) have done an amazing job sculpting such believable characters that still manage to give us that larger than life feel, at times, that attract so many of us to sitcoms. Plus they've handled the coming and going of various characters, as well as all the growth and relationships, masterfully.

The show truly is a gem. It's become a culturally phenomenon and there is a reason it is so quotable. Not because it just copied the British version. That's being entirely too unfair to both versions. From my knowledge, the only episodes that the US version "copied" are from Season 1 and, still, not all all of them. It'll forever be compared, sadly, but it should be judged on it's merits alone. As should the British one.

Speaking of, while I have not seen any of it (yet plan to!), I know that British humor can be very dry. Which is an understatement. I am sure we all know that. So it's not surprising some might find it to be "boring". They like their comedy as dry as Margaret Thatcher naked on a....well....uh, oops....

I simply adore that show. Here I am going on when I said I wouldn't, ha! I will be greatly saddened at Michael no longer being in the show and find it hard to see that show lasting much longer without him, unfortunately. He really is the centerpiece of the show despite the tremendous cast around him.

OH, and I got to meet the actor who plays Oscar (coincidentally named Oscar as well) at a gas station near my apartment building, haha! He was very nice!

Yay for The Office love!!!

The Office is soo funny. I've watched all 6 seasons and all of Season 7 so far and it's just so consistently funny.

I don't know who my fav. is or anything but i love the newer stuff a little more just because of of Erin and Andy.

Erin is so funny

I'm so glad to see this thread! I am also in love with the show.

Michael Scott is the most fleshed out and brilliant character I have ever seen on a cable comedy show. Dwight is also one hell of a classic character, as are many others on the show.
I can't help but roll my eyes when people act like it's merely a "crappy version of the UK office". I don't want to call everyone out at once, but I can't help but think a lot of people who say that, are just disgruntled purists, because they knew the show existed way before anyone else.
I'd like to see the show carry on, even without Steve Carell. It may not be up to par, but considering the show has been hilarious until now, I still think it has potential to carry on as the funniest show on television.

Also, it doesn't hurt that I am completely ****ing in love with Pam <3

I definantly agree , micheal and dwight are brilliant.

I love pams character too , I personally think she'd make a good April O Neal

It's sad that this season is more than half walf way through. :(

The passed episode where Michael and Erin are in his office with the "happy box"... Oh my God, I lost it. I don't know how this show just gets better and better, but it does :)

The UK versions theme song is so depressing sounding.. I can't stand it.

I just saw the " Ultimatum " episode

might be my fav. episode ever

Creed's new year resolution is to do a cartwheel then Erin does one and he's FLIPS Out LOL. soo funny & Micheal Force Feeds Kevin vegatables

i think this years christmas episode is my new favorite..Dwight pranked the hell outta Jim...Jim went fu***** balistic pardon my french but saying "jim went crazy" would'nt of givin it justice''


Kinda sucks that Kelly (Mindy Kaling) is also leaving the show this year :(

This season of The Office is really pissing me off with its inconsistency. Each episode is so hit and miss. They're either really ****ing good (like entire series stand out episodes) or so bad I have to turn it off. Thankfully the last couple episodes were great, hope they keep it up for the rest of the season. Really not looking forward to the Will Ferrel episodes, though. I can't stand him and his "humor".

Will Ferrel is guest starring ?

I had no idea.


&& yah i know what you mean. the last few episodes have been great though , ever since classy christmas.

yYeah he's doing 4 episodes..as another branch manager, to ease the exit of Carell

hm.

intersting.


I don't mind Ferrell , but he gets old quick.

yeah he's kinda like Jim carrey, either i hate his movie like(land of the lost) or LOVE it (like Anchorman or Step Brothers)

i watched the episode " Threat Level Midnight" yesterday online.

lmao.

it was fantastic

Yesterday was Steve Carrell's last day :/

Rainn Wilson tweeted this

" Steve Carrell's last day on " the office " , and the angels of comedy wept. #saddestdayever "

Well now that Steve Carrell is gone , i have to admit the transition from him to Will Ferrell and now to whoever they bring in , was very well done.

Will Ferrell did a nice job and his " mid west " character was great.

So I'm watching through the show for the first time and am on early Season 3. I had already seen tons of clips of The Office over the years so I pretty much already know most of what happens in the show, but it was just various clips of funny scenes in various episodes. I never actually sat down to watch it properly.

I know the show gets worse as it goes on especially after Steve Carrell leaves, but for now I'm having a fun time. There was not a single bad episode yet, and a lot of the eps are genuinely funny. Of course Steve Carrel and Dwight pretty much carry the show along with Pam, I'm kinda disappointed all the side characters don't really get much focus to themselves though. I thought each character would get their own episodes, but so far it's just really Michael, Dwight, Pam and Jim who get all the episodes. Does it stay like this the whole run or do the others get more focus eps than just a few lines per ep?

Season 3 is where the show begins to hit it's peak.

Michael Scott and especially Dwight feel like cartoon characters in live-action. Almost reminds me of things you see on The Simpsons. A lot of the other characters feel close to "real" people, even though of course some stuff is exaggerated for humor. Kevin being another exception.

The other characters do get more focus over time, especially after Steve's departure, but plenty before then, too. Still not as much as you would hope, though. Stanley & Creed are probably my favorite of the background gang & they get probably the least time to shine, unfortunately.

Watched, "Goodbye, Michael Scott" today, the Season 7 ep he leaves. Was a great episode as I expected, although I wish Will Ferrel wasn't in these episodes.

The show is still consistently pretty good, although Season 7 wasn't as consistently funny as the first six. You can tell the show felt like it was winding down at this point (and this season probably should have been the last), but I'm interested to see how things go. I know the last two seasons are considered the weakest/worst seasons, but I'm sure there's still some good eps and moments to power through them.

Also watched the Webisodes, I'll save the deleted scenes till I finish the show. Overall I'm enjoying it, which is why I got through 7 seasons in less than a month. I'll probably be done in the next two weeks or so.

Absolutely. Those two are amazing. Love me some Stanley. :tlol:

Me too. I was super excited when I heard they were trying to crowdfund a Stanley spin-off.

Watched the first ep of Season 8, pretty good first ep. This show seems to cycle through bosses/CEO's/CFO's rather fast though...

First there was Jan along with David Wallace, both of them got fired, then Idris Elba, then Jim was co-manager for a little bit, then Holly seemingly acted like a manager despite being HR, then Jo the fat woman from Florida with the two dogs, then Will Ferrel's character, and now this new Spader guy with gray hair. How many bosses do they go through in this show?

Also wtf is Gabe doing back. I thought he went back to Florida in the Season 7 finale. I still don't really care for him much so I'm kinda bummed he's back with the main cast. I also love that Andy became such a huge part of the show, kinda ironic because when he had that temper in Season 3 I didn't like him at all...but he turned out to be one of the best characters as the show went on.