the office

[LMP]

Ok guys, I don't know if this has been said before in the other thread but I've gotta say it anyways.

The original Tim from the British version is waayyy cuter than the guy who would be Tim in the US version.

In a related comment, I thought the Dawn from the BBC version wasn't as pretty as her corresponding character Pam on the US version.

 

[got_edge]

Bumpity bump bump!

...

 

[XHendrix24]

Ahhh, I just started getting into this show over the last few days or so. Mainly the US version, but I downloaded the pilot episode of the UK version and that was hilarious, too. The stapler in the jelly really got me.

Oh, and I managed to catch the latest episode of the US version yesterday. Absolutely hysterical. This is definitely one of my new favorite shows.

 

[lmjhitman]

i FINALLY watched the entire british series.

i absolutely tim.

everytime he gave the camera one of his exasperated looks, i nearly peed myself laughing.

keith: boring isn’t it? just staying in, watching peak practice with your life.
tim: mmm, yeah.
keith: not for me. i like it.
tim: yeah. i just stayed in, had a big wank.

 

[1stepcloser]

Gareth to Tim and Ricky: "He's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?"

 

[got_edge]

I just watched my first episode of the US version...

I thought it was supposed to be different. I mean, it has the same situations and even the same lines! Well, the Pilot does anyway.

UK version is waaaaaay better

 

[UberBeaver]

I just watched my first episode of the US version...

I thought it was supposed to be different. I mean, it has the same situations and even the same lines! Well, the Pilot does anyway.

UK version is waaaaaay better

Yeah, some of the lines and stories are lifted right from the English version, some plot lines are changed to make them more American, and a few are completley new. I think the English one was more true to the concept of a reality show in an office. The American one tends to get sit-com-y.

 

[Queen Bee]

Yeah, some of the lines and stories are lifted right from the English version, some plot lines are changed to make them more American, and a few are completley new. I think the English one was more true to the concept of a reality show in an office. The American one tends to get sit-com-y.

Well said

While the first season was a bit slow, the American version really takes off into its own in the second season.

 

[elevation2u]

"I'll have the chicken breast- hold the chicken"
- Michael at Hooters

 

[Queen Bee]

Ray: Can I take a photo? It's for the website and the newsletter, if that's OK?

David: No problem. You taking a light reading?

Ray: I think it'll be OK.

Ray: If you just...

Ray: Just be yourself. A bit more relaxed.

David: Something like that?

Ray: Not quite.

David: OK.

Ray: Maybe if you just sit down.

David: You're the boss.

 

[got_edge]

5 MILLION PICTURES

Does that mean that you got your hands on Season 2??

 

[U2Girl1978]

I haven't watched the UK version but I really love the US one. Steve Carell is a hoot. It's too bad everything is on at the same time on Thursdays.

 

[Queen Bee]

I'm starting to like the US version much more than the original UK series. The UK version is definitely worth checking out

Favorite moment from last night's episode:

Ryan: Jim's been looking at me... kind of a lot all week. I would be creeped out by it, but it's nothing compared to the way that Michael looks at me.

Gif of Michael staring here.

 

[BigMacPhisto]

^ Yeah, I pretty much died during that opening scene, so bizarre.

As for the two shows, the original is one of the best shows ever. The new one is finding its ground and is quite funny, but it's hurt by Michael being WAY overwritten, compared to the more realistic David Brent.

 

[Chrisedge]

Pam: "I get ten vacation days a year, and I try to hold off from taking them as long as possible, and this year I got to the third week in January."

I prefer the US version!

 

[got_edge]

Pam: "I get ten vacation days a year, and I try to hold off from taking them as long as possible, and this year I got to the third week in January."

What I like more about the US version is that there are more episodes. I'm just a sucker for British accents... and Tim.

 

[Queen Bee]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4687784.stm

Gervais to write US 'The Office'

Ricky Gervais is to swap Slough for Scranton, Pennsylvania, as he has agreed to write another episode of The Office - but only for American viewers.

Gervais and co-writer Stephen Merchant will pen an episode of the US version of the show, the star's spokesman says.

The comedy, starring Steve Carell in the Gervais' David Brent role, has been signed up for a third season after attracting an average audience of 10m.

Gervais recently wrote and appeared in an episode of The Simpsons.

US network NBC has commissioned another 22 episodes of the The Office.

The American version of the BBC comedy re-locates the action from a dreary office block in Slough to an equally uninspiring working environment in Pennsylvania.

Awesome news!

 

[1stepcloser]

 

[BigMacPhisto]

Definitely interesting news and it should have no problem being the best of the US episodes.

 

[XHendrix24]

Oh my God. I about died when Michael showed the movie for his presentation and "With or Without You" started playing.

 

[Queen Bee]

Oh my God. I about died when Michael showed the movie for his presentation and "With or Without You" started playing.

That was amusing. I loved the Conan O'Brien cameo too.

 

[got_edge]

That was amusing. I loved the Conan O'Brien cameo too.

Dammit, I should've watched!

 

[mabel]

Tonight's episode was really funny. The WOWY and Conan bits were great, as was "Whenever I'm in New York, I like to go to my favorite New York pizza place." Pan to Sbarro...What an ass!

 

[thetitans2k]

Tonights episode was so good. I was laughing so hard at the video with with or with out you.

 

[Queen Bee]

Tonights episode was so good. I was laughing so hard at the video with with or with out you.

I love how he added his own production bumper at the end of the video.

Edit:

 

[Miringeltje]

Oh my God. I about died when Michael showed the movie for his presentation and "With or Without You" started playing.

The WOWY was great

Tonights episode was so good. I was laughing so hard at the video with with or with out you.

Ditto that.
Same here.
That was hilarious!


Also liked: "Maybe I should have slept with you too!"

 

[Miringeltje]

I'm starting to like the US version much more than the original UK series.

I prefer the US version!

Me too!
I saw one of the original UK episodes on a local broadcaster the other day.
And couldn't get into it.

Perhaps it makes a difference, if you watched the UK version before you saw an episode of the US version.
Or the other way around.
I don't know.

 

[Queen Bee]

I uploaded the video presentation to YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/?v=vgihWz1zd2I

 

[stammer476]

"I was thinking about submitting it to some festivals."

 

[lazarus]

(David Brent celebrating the trivia contest "victory")

"You're shit, you're shit!"