'The Office'

podborski says on Jun 29, 2008, 12:56:

I've only seen the british one so far, it is brilliantly funny, and I refused to watch the yank version so far because I thought it just couldn't be as good and might be awful.

But maybe it's worth a look?

A friend gave me the boxed dvd set and I gave them to my brother to watch, he didn't like it, said he didn't like any of the characters...I thought that was the whole point? I think he just doesn't get the humour..

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MaFe says on Jun 29, 2008, 19:50:

I have seen the commercials, but never gave it a try,,,I might now!

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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kalder says on Jun 30, 2008, 00:39:

I read that Series 1 of the US version was rubbish- it wasn't much more than a slavish adaptation of the UK one and it just didn't work. But the writers made the subsequent ones very much their own and with much greater success. I've seen Series 2 (first on cable in Colombia, then rented online here) and I found it delightful.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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travelingirl says on Jun 30, 2008, 10:55:

Yeah, I watched an episode from the first series (US version) and it sucked. Not funny.
Since then I let some of my friends talk me in to watching a few other episodes (not from the first series) and they were pretty good.... as in, I'd actually laugh sometimes. ;)

Around her hair she wore a yellow ribbon...

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MaFe says on Jul 4, 2008, 17:10:

I actually like My name is Earl..anyone watched that?

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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houstongal says on Jul 4, 2008, 22:51:

One of my favorites MaFe! I thought they did a nice job this year by putting Earl in jail. Gave it a fresh perspective.

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

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kalder says on Jul 7, 2008, 00:42:

Never liked 'My Name Is...'. 'Married with Children' and 'Frazier' were popular US comedies over here. I liked them.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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kalder says on Jul 7, 2008, 00:43:

Series 3 of 'The Office' is out on dvd here in a couple of weeks. Nice.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

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