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Ricky Gervais appealing for the return of leaked Office scripts, calling them a "christmas present for the nation". Oh. Dear. The Office was weak at best. I think he's fallen foul of the BBC's marketing department.
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Red Dwarf... now there IS a series worth watching.
The Office is good, but nothing special.
I would much rather watch Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Father Ted and The Fast Show.
Has some good moments though.
I would much rather watch Red Dwarf, Blackadder, Father Ted and The Fast Show.
Has some good moments though.
cookie monster wrote:
> That Fred Bassett comment was harsh goaty. Harsh.
Ha ha ha. Harsh but fair.
> That Fred Bassett comment was harsh goaty. Harsh.
Ha ha ha. Harsh but fair.
Goatboy wrote:
> However, your opinion is moot because you have, on several occasions,
> admitted to liking The Darkness and saying "they're not *that*
> bad" when, in fact, they are.
I have since retracted that statement, owing to the fact that they most certainly are wankors.
I saw the Office when it was first shown on TV (FACT - the BBC sat on it for a year and a half because they weren't sure if it would work), and it just didn't do anything for me. I've had managers like Brent - male and female - and I've known office joeys like Gareth, so I can appreciate the humour, but I can't sit there watching it, because it gets so boring. Oh well, that's just the way of the world, circle of life and all that crap.
Oh, and I went to a so-called "alternative" club last night - they played 2 The Darkness songs! I felt like trying to escape through the urinal.
> However, your opinion is moot because you have, on several occasions,
> admitted to liking The Darkness and saying "they're not *that*
> bad" when, in fact, they are.
I have since retracted that statement, owing to the fact that they most certainly are wankors.
I saw the Office when it was first shown on TV (FACT - the BBC sat on it for a year and a half because they weren't sure if it would work), and it just didn't do anything for me. I've had managers like Brent - male and female - and I've known office joeys like Gareth, so I can appreciate the humour, but I can't sit there watching it, because it gets so boring. Oh well, that's just the way of the world, circle of life and all that crap.
Oh, and I went to a so-called "alternative" club last night - they played 2 The Darkness songs! I felt like trying to escape through the urinal.
Putting the stationary in the Jelly was a stroke of genius.
Goatboy wrote:
> I had that at work, people would say "D'you see The Office last
> night? Oh my god, it was like soooooo funny!!!".
> And then proceed to get huffy at the person next to them because they
> took their stapler without asking.
I used to work with people like that. I'd often imagined the headline "Ferral wheelchair user massacres work colleagues in hole-punch killing spree" ...
> I had that at work, people would say "D'you see The Office last
> night? Oh my god, it was like soooooo funny!!!".
> And then proceed to get huffy at the person next to them because they
> took their stapler without asking.
I used to work with people like that. I'd often imagined the headline "Ferral wheelchair user massacres work colleagues in hole-punch killing spree" ...
Goatboy wrote:
> However, your opinion is moot because you have a different opinion to mine when it comes to a band
*roll eyes*
> However, your opinion is moot because you have a different opinion to mine when it comes to a band
*roll eyes*
Cheese?
I'm sure you could've come up with a better example than cheese.
That's just poor, Goatboy. You can do better.
I'm sure you could've come up with a better example than cheese.
That's just poor, Goatboy. You can do better.
monkey_man wrote:
> Sorry if that offends you *points at you*
--
Doesn't offend me at all, I've got nothing to do with the show.
However, your opinion is moot because you have, on several occasions, admitted to liking The Darkness and saying "they're not *that* bad" when, in fact, they are.
And the 2nd series of Alan Partridge was awful.
The thing that made me laugh about The Office was the 1st series, I remember people on here talking about how good it was, how funny and painful etc.
Then it got popular and an awful lot of people suddenly "yeah but I prefered it back when".
It's that whole "I liked it first but now you do, I've moved on to the next unknown cool thing".
I thought the 1st series was sublime, and the 2nd just upped the pain instead of being comfortably embarassing.
And that dance...yes it'll be whipped out at office Xmas parties the land over for years.
And that's the irony of it.
I had that at work, people would say "D'you see The Office last night? Oh my god, it was like soooooo funny!!!".
And then proceed to get huffy at the person next to them because they took their stapler without asking.
It's the minutiae of office life, the tedium (the shots of photocopiers doing nothing, people staring at monitors etc) that raises The Office above most other comedies. It's so very nearly close to real life.
Something like Alan Partridge is funny, but obviously scripted and played as a sitcom with the usual conventions of punchlines/laughter, contrived situations etc.
It's not for everybody, granted. Just as cheese isn't.
But the biggest achievement, for me, was seeing people in an office talk about how funny The Office was and wasn't Gareth such a tool - and proceed to do exactly the same things.
I just sat there shaking my head until I had to quit.
I like The Office, you don't.
Fair enough.
Certainly not offended that you don't, why on earth should I be?
> Sorry if that offends you *points at you*
--
Doesn't offend me at all, I've got nothing to do with the show.
However, your opinion is moot because you have, on several occasions, admitted to liking The Darkness and saying "they're not *that* bad" when, in fact, they are.
And the 2nd series of Alan Partridge was awful.
The thing that made me laugh about The Office was the 1st series, I remember people on here talking about how good it was, how funny and painful etc.
Then it got popular and an awful lot of people suddenly "yeah but I prefered it back when".
It's that whole "I liked it first but now you do, I've moved on to the next unknown cool thing".
I thought the 1st series was sublime, and the 2nd just upped the pain instead of being comfortably embarassing.
And that dance...yes it'll be whipped out at office Xmas parties the land over for years.
And that's the irony of it.
I had that at work, people would say "D'you see The Office last night? Oh my god, it was like soooooo funny!!!".
And then proceed to get huffy at the person next to them because they took their stapler without asking.
It's the minutiae of office life, the tedium (the shots of photocopiers doing nothing, people staring at monitors etc) that raises The Office above most other comedies. It's so very nearly close to real life.
Something like Alan Partridge is funny, but obviously scripted and played as a sitcom with the usual conventions of punchlines/laughter, contrived situations etc.
It's not for everybody, granted. Just as cheese isn't.
But the biggest achievement, for me, was seeing people in an office talk about how funny The Office was and wasn't Gareth such a tool - and proceed to do exactly the same things.
I just sat there shaking my head until I had to quit.
I like The Office, you don't.
Fair enough.
Certainly not offended that you don't, why on earth should I be?
the first series of partridge definitely goes down in my comedy hall of fame though.
absolutely fantastic.
absolutely fantastic.
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