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[mindmetoo]

When the NBC version of The Office first came out, the blogsphere seemed to really put a drubbing on it. It sure made me avoid it. But one day I was at a friend's house and he was watching it. His observation was "the first few episodes they tried too hard to be just like the UK edition but they've found their own style now."

Anyway, I've been downloading it like mad and I have to agree it stands on its own two legs. Nothing, however, will best Gervais dancing/doing his little Hilter impression or Keith dressed as Ali G. The best episode of the second season I thought was Boys and Girls, where the boss goes down to the warehouse and pretty soon he's talked the warehouse guys into starting a union.

I've included a list of all the eps aired so far in the second season. What eps have you enjoyed? What are some memorable parts?

I forget the episode but it's the one where the boss (Scott) is buying a townhouse. Dwight comments something about having a crossbow range on his farm. There's this developing gag where Dwight seems to be involved in these geeky yet violent games: crossbow, laser tag.

2x01 The Dundies
2x03 Office Olympics
2x04 Fire
2x05 Halloween
2x06 The Fight
2x07 The Client
2x08 Performance Review
2x09 Email Surveillance
2x11 Christmas Party
2x12 Booze Cruise
2x12 The Injury
2x13 The Secret
2x14 The Carpet
2x15 Boys and Girls
2x16 Valentine's Day

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[Bulsajo]

I love it. I only saw a few episodes of the original UK one, but enough to think that trying to do a US version was a really bad idea.
It would have been a bad idea, except that they got Steve Carrell on board.

The basketball match was pretty funny, as was the corporate sensitivity training.

Did you catch Steve Carrell's acceptance speech at the Golden Globes?
This one:

"Wow, I really did not expect this... so I did not write anything,
however my wife did and handed me something.
[holds up piece of paper and starts to read it]
I'd like to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for this great honor.
I would also like to thank my wife Nancy for her constant support and for being so beautiful tonight...
[aside to audience] That's true
Thanks also to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for creating such a wonderful groundbreaking piece of television and to Greg Daniels for his talent, courage, and sheer audacity.
[aside to wife] This is good.. thank you
Also, to my wife for giving me two wonderful children as painful as her labor might have been.
Thanks also to an excellent cast, crew, and writing staff all of whom I am indebted to
... if it weren't for you I wouldn't be here right now.
[aside to self]Hmmm... I don't know about that
Steve Salor, Michele Bowen, Matthew Lavon, Holly Burrell....
Nancy, my precious wife, who put her career on hold in support of mine and who sometimes wishes I would let her know when I'm going to be home late so she can schedule her life, which is no less important than mine.
To my parents, for not making me go to law school...
and finally, to the love of my life, my wife Nancy.
Thank you very much."

[mindmetoo]

Great moment in the VDay ep. The boss is in New York. He quips how much he loves it in New York. He likes to visit "old haunts". The first thing he liks to do is get an authentic slice of New York pizza. So he goes to Sbarro.

Slate had a good write up of The Office US and the jokes it pulls about chain restaurants:

http://www.slate.com/id/2135824/

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[mindmetoo]

[ChimpumCallao]

Do you think, beause this is supposed to be a longer running series, that Pam will break up with Roy? Or that she'll hook up with the other dude? I think they either need to drop the story line and revive it later, or to do something soon....every 'will they' 'won't they' thing that gets to be over 4 seasons tends to jump the shark.

just look at the x-files.

the VD ep was awesome...but the sensitivity training is the only episode (minus every ep of entourage) that actually made me laugh out loud.

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[khyber]

my personal favorite was the alliance episode....
though the sensitivity traing was hella funny.

as for the

[Bulsajo]

*bump*

[shifty]

Mindmetoo, you haven't seen the final episode (Christmas) of the Brit series.

[mindmetoo]

Oh geez I forgot I posted this before I posted my other office thread. I DO LOVE THE OFFICE SO!

Hmmm I should delete this thread but that option is unavailable to me. Now, I could message a mod and ask but that would be asking a mod to do... work. I can, however, edit the title. And the only work mods really like to do is delete posts. So... I could edit the title in such a way that it will quickly attract the attention of a mod:

"Bring back the old English Spectrum web site I say"

"Where can I get me a hooker?"

"How can I seduce my students?"

"Corporal that biatch!"

"Wanna see naked photos of my Korean girlfriend?"

This will quickly bring Peaches in and get the thread killed ASAP.

Alternatively I could reedit the title in such a way as to make the thread seem so boring, it will quickly fall off the radar:

"Great English Canadian films"

"The Windsor, Ontario appreciation thread"

"Airports with great water fountains"

"I have a novel idea for car ashtrays!"

[Mills]

What does this have to do with "Great airport water fountains"? I am an avid airport fountaineer and was not amused on realization that I would not get some new scoop on awesome Gimpo/Incheon fountains. Way to kill my high.

[Bulsajo]

[mindmetoo]