The Office
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Topic: The Office
Posted By: Padraic
Subject: The Office
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 21:50
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I just watched the first season of the British version on DVD last night. I think it was better, but only slightly (this was after hearing from multiple friends that it was vastly superior). I guess I'm sort of lukewarm on both versions - they have their laugh-out-loud moments, but certainly not the funniest things I've seen on TV. |
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 21:51
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The American is my favorite- I am a huge fan of BOTH though-
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Posted By: Proletariat
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 21:51
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the british have less regulations and can do more in a show. ------------- who hiccuped endlessly trying to giggle but wound up with a sob |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 21:54
I think the character Dwight on the USA version is simply one of the best characters EVER. 
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 21:55
That's for damn sure. That big inflatable appendage that Tim got for a birthday gift? You'll never see that on NBC. |
Proletariat wrote:Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 03:29
| I only know the British one, which I think is very good. |
Posted By: Faaip_De_Oiad
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 05:23
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The us version ! I watch it every thursday. ------------- 
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Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 17:17
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the UK version was briliiant and kills the US one by far. David's monologue about being asked to be the godfather of a young greek employee's child was fantastic. Then stupid writers decided "hey lets take that wonderful, hilarious quote and americanize it". So they did. Changed greek to mexican and added crap into the monologue somehwere. It was horrible. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: April 24 2007 at 23:21
by far? The USA Office didn't win an Emmy for nothing  ------------- |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 03:38
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Uk version. But I'm biased. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 08:05
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I know the British versions inside out, but I've only seen a few episodes of the US version. I need to see the whole thing and get a feel for the characters. It looked ok, but not as good.
One thing really stood out in the first episode of each. When the boss in the US office introduced his receptionist he said something like 'I'm sure everyone in the office will agree she's a bit of a 'hotty'' In the UK version David Brent introduces receptionist, Dawn by saying 'I'm sure at some point every bloke in the office has woken up at the 'crack of Dawn'' Thats the difference. On UK TV we can be as vulgar as we like after 9:00pm, and we find vulgarity hilarious. Well I do anyway! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:09
That was hysterical.  |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 10:11
This is also why the most popular recent American shows like Sex and the City and Sopranos have been on HBO (cable television) and not the regular networks - no rules, they can swear and be as raunchy as they like.  |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 14:57
You're not kidding! I've seen one episode of 'Sex and the City' and it would have made a hooker blush! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: April 25 2007 at 21:24
Award shows are showbiz politics. |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 01:14
you, as well as many others who voted- have CLEARLY not seen enough of the US version to vote. ------------- |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: April 26 2007 at 23:51
| I've seen enough to know that UK > US |
Posted By: Pezmerga
Date Posted: April 27 2007 at 22:56
| I think the US version is funnier, but the UK Version is so much more uncomfortable with the stuff Gervais says. So I like em both the same really, but for different reasons. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 28 2007 at 07:52
This is the principle difference between the two versions, and hi-lights the basic difference between what makes a US audience laugh, and what makes a UK audience laugh. I know the UK version was a big hit in the US, but to reach the biggest audience possible, the focus of the humour had to be 'tweaked' For some reason British people love comedy that makes them cringe, and I'm no exception. I sat through that Borat movie watching through the gaps in my fingers thinking 'Oh God no, he can't say that surely! He's going to get shot if he keeps this up!' But I loved it. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 28 2007 at 08:20
The master of this kind of humour is Steve Coogan. I sit through most episodes of I'm Alan Partridge looking like I've just consumed a very bitter lemon..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtURTBLuNtg - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtURTBLuNtg
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 28 2007 at 08:22
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Classic David Brent (UK)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KraMLLuUNvI - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KraMLLuUNvI
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 28 2007 at 10:14
Alan Partridge is such a brilliantly observed character. I must have watched those chat shows, and the follow up series a thousand times. I love it when he shoots 'Forbes McAllister' at the end of the last chat show, with one of Lord Byrons duelling pistols! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 28 2007 at 10:26
I love this bit.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M08cYvOPlck&mode=related&search= - I dont agree with that in the workplace!! ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: May 17 2007 at 21:36
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My best tv series. I laughed so many times. British ofcourse ------------- 
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Posted By: Atomic_Rooster
Date Posted: May 18 2007 at 01:07
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I find the US version better because the characters are more differentiated (have more individual character) and Steve Carell is less of a one-trick-pony that is Gervais's only shtick. And in reality, Gervais's character would have been fired long ago, while Carell's would have just barely have hung on like in the show. and of course theirs Dwight... ------------- I am but a servant of the mighty Fripp, the sound of whose loins shall forever be upon the tongues of his followers. |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: May 18 2007 at 08:55
I like both, but I usually just watch the American version. Dwight is classic.
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Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: May 18 2007 at 22:26
| British, by farrrrrrrrrrrr |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 18 2007 at 22:28
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British, though Carell is excellent
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Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: May 19 2007 at 16:59
| Is the Territorial Army an actual organization? If so, what is its purpose? |
Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: May 19 2007 at 17:12
It is a real organisation - it's effectively a privatre army, nearly all of whose troops are part time soldiers, although the Territorials can (and do) get to serve alongside the British army from time to time - I think all the members are reservists, meaning that they can be called into action at any time.
The territiorials have also been used by the British government in more underhand ways; during the Vietnam war Harold Wilson's government dispatched members of the Territorial SAS to act as 'advisers' on jungle warfare. As they were members of the Territorials, they weren't officially representing the UK which meant that the government of the time could distance itself from the Vietnam war and simultaneously give some low key support to the Americans - Harold Wilson frequently played both sides against the middle.
And Gareth may not be completely typical of the TA, but I used to know a guy in the Territorials who was uncannily like him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Army#Postwar_re-establishment_and_Cold_War_to_Present_Day - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_Army#Postwar_re-establishment_and_Cold_War_to_Present_Day ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |