Why is there a US-version of "The Office"?

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It was still funny, I guess. Kelly was incredible, as usual.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Friday, 22 September 2006 16:50 (eighteen years ago) link

haha, i actually put my arms over my face and peeked through during the conference room scene when michael's trying to hug oscar omg.

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:08 (eighteen years ago) link

I also literally covered my eyes, but it was when he attempted to kiss him!

― IPSISSIMUS (Uri Frendimein), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:11 (eighteen years ago) link

yes very excellent. kiss was maybe a little bit TOO much but whatever, still hi-larious.

― mango selassie (teenagequiet), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:16 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't believe I forgot to watch this, fuck!

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Friday, 22 September 2006 17:18 (eighteen years ago) link

mindy kaling is wifey material

― and what (ooo), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link

It was clever of them to follow up "kiss" finale with a more terrifying kiss in the season premiere.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:24 (eighteen years ago) link

So what happened with Jim/Pam? Just awkwardness or what?

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Friday, 22 September 2006 17:27 (eighteen years ago) link

fire up th' torrent Maw!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:29 (eighteen years ago) link

just d0wnl0ad it, mang! technology works for comedy too!
haha, xpost

― rrrobyn, the situation (rrrobyn), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:31 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah this was great. will they actually try to make roy a sympathetic character now?

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Rashida Jones..........

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:36 (eighteen years ago) link

I called the roomy, he found the torrent and clicked "downLOAD". Technology - 1, television - 0.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Friday, 22 September 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link

I missed it! I love Mindy Kaling. Did she write this one?

― horseshoe (horseshoe), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:41 (eighteen years ago) link

hey pleasant plains and i saw mindy on curb yr enthusiasm the other night

― sunny successor (katharine), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:45 (eighteen years ago) link

All great but I really liked the low-key humor of Stanley's speech about how he now has two toasters.

― n/a (Nick A.), Friday, 22 September 2006 17:50 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm completely eating out of the producers handsm trying to figure out what will happen with Pam and Jim. The agony!

What's the guy's name from the Daily Show who now is on the show? He works in the other office with Jim, and had his calculator placed in jello.

Kelly's face (of sheer glee) was PRICELESS when the whole horrible forced Oscar outing happened.

― molly d (mollyd), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:00 (eighteen years ago) link

I haven't seen any of this. Should I start with season 1 or 2?

― Jordan (Jordan), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link

I am having a hard time remembering season 1, for reasons not pertaining to the quality of the show (I had class at night). Season 2 is completely wonderful and worthwhile. You will not be disappointed.

― molly d (mollyd), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:16 (eighteen years ago) link

Season 1 clings pretty hard to the original version, I think the US version really got its wings when it finally grew into it's own story.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Friday, 22 September 2006 18:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Season One is only six episodes, so it's not a big investment in time or anything. Also, I still think that "Diversity Training" is the best episode from any season. Maybe any show ever.

― Chris H. (chrisherbert), Friday, 22 September 2006 18:48 (eighteen years ago) link

loved the first episode.

creed is the greatest! so creepy!

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 22 September 2006 19:12 (eighteen years ago) link

i am slightly warming to this show

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 22 September 2006 19:17 (eighteen years ago) link

mindy kaling is wifey material

we frenched once, in college. but it's because she was on E and sweated me bigtime

(hi mindy!)

i'll hook you two up

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:27 (eighteen years ago) link

she is a treat, btw.

― gbx (skowly), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:28 (eighteen years ago) link

the fact that its back at all kind of mitigates against the over the topness of the first episode. (totally agreed about the drunk driving mugshot though -- that was just weird.)

looking ahead, i'm not really sure how they're going to draw out the pam/jim thing for a long time without either making one of them extremely unlikable or wading into tony/angela territory.

xpost my respect for gbx grows and grows

― ^@^ (map), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:34 (eighteen years ago) link

wow

― and what (ooo), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link

Angela talking about Will and Grace was the best part

― Adrienne Begley (sparklecock), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:44 (eighteen years ago) link

When she screamed "Don't touch me!", I cringed, which I think was the point.

― molly d (mollyd), Friday, 22 September 2006 20:46 (eighteen years ago) link

"I watch sometimes when Harry Connick Jr. is on - he's so talented"

― M@tt He1geson: Real Name, No Gimmicks (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 22 September 2006 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link

i love when creed was talking about all the people he slept with in the sixties and how "one or two" men could have slipped in. HAHA!! I love this show. I don't care if it's over the top!

― gunther heartymeal (keckles), Friday, 22 September 2006 22:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Ex-Daily Show calculator-in-jello guy is Ed Helms. I was worried that his presence would be too "Hey look it's Ed Helms!" but he was very funny. There's a great deleted scene between him and Jim on the NBC website.

― reddening (reddening), Friday, 22 September 2006 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah before the kiss scene we were actually yelling at the tv all omg no he is NOT going to omg he TOTALLY IS... no.. here it comes omg... haha. we are such suckers.

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 24 September 2006 02:19 (eighteen years ago) link

I actually thought this episode, in a roundabout way, was a return to the format of the orig Office - more pranking, one scene with constantly buildling "it CAN'T get any worse, RIGHT!?!" tension, etc.

I think my favorite part was when Michael was first suggesting the hug and everyone's like WTF except Kelly/Mindy who was all joyous looking haha. It's between Kevin and Creed for who is my favorite character.

Also, Meredith the alcoholic with the hand sanitizer, OMG.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 25 September 2006 13:00 (eighteen years ago) link

Also also also, Dwight going in for his kiss, and Ed Helm's freakout and Jim's subsequent pretending-to-be-hard-at-work face (been there).

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Monday, 25 September 2006 13:13 (eighteen years ago) link

Hey, who is the actress that played the girl that called out Jim for that look he gives the camera? I know I've seen her before, and imdb has nothing.

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 26 September 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Rashida Jones, daughter of Quincy.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Not the coroner dude, the producer of Thriller.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 14:48 (eighteen years ago) link

haha, thanks for the distinction

― a naked Kraken annoying Times Square tourists with an acoustic guitar (nickalici, Tuesday, 26 September 2006 14:50 (eighteen years ago) link

i watched an episode of this on my plane back from ny, i thought it was great!

― Ste (Fuzzy), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link

it's on itv2 here in england at the moment. second series i think - last week's was the Dundies episode where he was giving out awards.

― Koogy Yonderboy (koogs), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link

I got Season 1 and Season 2 for my birthday! The extra scenes are utterly wonderful. The DVDs are also conducive to watching all of the episodes in one sitting.

I had missed a lot of Season 1. Really painful and wonderful stuff.

― molly d (mollyd), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link

I had no idea I was soooo in the minority on this. Love the show, enjoyed the episode okay, but I felt no tension as it just kept piling on non-stop.

― PappaWheelie demands you to ''only pick any'' (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:21 (eighteen years ago) link

So much better than the British version.

― vingt regards (vignt_regards), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:28 (eighteen years ago) link

I wouldn't say that either, but I was nowhere near being all "omg they're going to ruin a good thing".

They're both really good, but I worry about this season. I hope I'm wrong...

― PappaWheelie demands you to ''only pick any'' (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:30 (eighteen years ago) link

I bet I'd love the show if I stuck with it for an episode or two (I've heard plenty of good jokes from it), but whenever I catch a bit the sense of seeing a bunch of people imitate the UK Office (right down to the shaky-cam, which seems really forced for some reason) creeps me out enough to change the station.

― Zwan (miccio), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link

I have a major crush on Jenna Fischer, though. Hoo boy.

― Zwan (miccio), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago) link

(right down to the shaky-cam, which seems really forced for some reason) creeps me out enough to change the station.

this was my situation with Arrested Development

― PappaWheelie demands you to ''only pick any'' (PappaWheelie 2), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:34 (eighteen years ago) link

My experience with AD (initially horrified by the gratuitous joke-telegraphing narration, sat through an entire disc, became hooked) is why I assume I'd like The Office once I got over the Invasion Of The Body Snatchers element.

― Zwan (miccio), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 15:35 (eighteen years ago) link

There is only room for one denim cutoff wearing dude in the OC now. (;_;)

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:37 (eighteen years ago) link

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