The Office

[openup4christ]

To all the fans of the greatest comedy ever heres a question to you. What is the greatest funniest office monment?

Mine is when Michael offends the Indian Woman at the Dundie Awards he is so offensive.

 

[steverock]

To all the fans of the greatest comedy ever heres a question to you. What is the greatest funniest office monment?

Mine is when Michael offends the Indian Woman at the Dundie Awards he is so offensive.

dont mention the American Workplace in the same breath as the original Office.
they just cant compare.

i have so many favourite moments:

David: Theres some bad news and some good news. The bad news is Neil will be taking over both branches and some of you will lose your jobs. Those of you who are kept on will have to relocate to Swindon, if you want to stay.

LOUD GRUMBLES OF DISSENT FROM STAFF

David: Yeah, I know, I know. Gutting. Gutting. On a more postive note, the good news is - I've been promoted. So, every cloud......



or in the training day episode in the first series when David gets his guitar and ends up playing "freelove on the freelove freeway"

"its not gay"

or in the comic relief episode in the second series when Neil and Jennifer are making David redundant and he stands up to reveal that he's dressed up so it looks like he's riding an ostrich!! or, from the same episode the dance he does!!!!!

classic comedy
the american version just doesnt compare - although its not as bad as i thought it would be. Steve Carell does a good job just not up to Ricky Gervais standard.

 

[puppy]

did you get the original series' over there ?

there were so many brilliantly funny moments with ricky gervais character, but the character played by martin something and his then on off girlfriend who was the receptionist constantly winding tim up about his time in the army would have to be the best for me

 

[openup4christ]

no we get the American series over here.

 

[steverock]

they showed the original on BBC America over there and i think they may have shown it on one of the major networks but i cant remember.

definately try and get your hands on the DVDs of the original! if you liked the American office you'll absoulutely LOVE the original!! its so much more embarrasing its so funny.

for the American version i liked the episode which had something about racial awareness. they all have to stick the names of different races onto their foreheads and had to describe them to each other. the camera pans across and it has a white person with "asian" on their forehead, another white person with "jewish" on their forehead, etc. until it gets to a black guy it is says "black" and he's sat there with a deadpan expression! it made me laugh so much

even THAT still cant match up to the original though!

 

[puppy]

my friend in portland oregon got the new doctor who off bit torrent so youll probably find the original series of the office on there too

 

[elenas_flickaby]

oh david brent makes me laugh so much! especially the whole redunancies saga. another fave is when tim and gareth argue over the stapler and time says that if the stapler which has just been thrown out the window kills anyone, gareth will be blamed because it had his name on it! makes me laugh every time. also when tim forces gareth to call him to speak to him, it's so petty.


and of course i love freelove of the freelove freeway.

 

[Naomi4Christ]

I think when the stapler was set into jelly

 

[MarvinAndroid42]

I love the BBC version SOOO much more. The American version is nothing compared to Gervais:

"I think there's been a rape up there!"
"Sometimes the complaints will be false!"

But I think I epitomise Tim Canterbury. ... is that a bad thing?

 

[TerabyTe]

I saw it last week and I loved it, it was hilarious. I'm pretty sure it's on again tonight, which is pretty sweet.

 

[Eyes2wardsHeaven]

I cant remember any quotes right now, but I love this show. Its so funny, I would like to see the original version on BBC.