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    The Office!

    The office has been nominated for a Golden Globe (best television Comedy) as has Ricky Gervais (Best actor in a TV comedy).
    The Office is only available in the states on BBC America, which makes the fact it was recognised for the award all the more interesting (to me anyway).
    So just thought I'd ask, what do people think of it....

    I think it's class.

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    Pure quality. Up there alongside Fawlty Towers and Only Fools and Horses as my favourite UK comedies. Ricky Gervais is hilarious in it, but I reckon the bloke who plays Keith is a genius. The scene in Series 2 where he's answering multiple choice questions in a career review is eye-wettingly good.
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    brilliant stuff. Think my girlfriend got me the second series on dvd for christmas.

    Just on the awrds thing though, the golden globes are voted for bt foreign reporters in hollywood so some of them might have a broader interest than the yanks...
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    One of my favourite comedies. Brilliance.

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    I shared a house with a girl (and several cats) for few months and her friend thought it was a serious fly on the wall documentary thing.

    Childish humuor, terrible jokes, cheap set. Wonderful.
    Mind you, I know several people who hate it.

    Sat down on Sat/Sun night, all excited coz I saw on Aertel that there was a programme on called ~ "The Office Christmas Party". What a let down. Some sort of cr*p docmentary thing.

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    Absolutely top class stuff, its more cringe in your seat rather than laugh out loud. Brent is a genius with the best ever one liners.... fave one.. Theres no I in TEAM, but theres a ME in there somewhere!
    'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'

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    Very funny show.

    I saw the dance thing that Brent does for comic relief for the first time the other night.I was always wondering what your man on Bo'Selecta was doing when he was taking the p*ss out of ricky jervais.Hilarious stuff.

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    Missed the two Christmas specials of the Office, any idea if theres going to be any repeats, or the episodes coming out on video/DVD?
    'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'

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    the christmas specials were brilliant really managed to wrap things up well...
    there are plans to release a dvd around easter time
    also they are planning to release david brents version of
    "if you dont know me by now"


    brents latest hit

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    It's such a good show. Gervais and Merchant and both geniuses, but i'm glad the show has gone out on a high, unlike some others...

    The best quote is:

    ""People see me, and they see the suit, and they go:you’re not fooling anyone, they know I’m rock and roll through and through."


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    Originally posted by liamon
    Sat down on Sat/Sun night, all excited coz I saw on Aertel that there was a programme on called ~ "The Office Christmas Party". What a let down. Some sort of cr*p docmentary thing.
    Have to agree there, return of the office was fairly dire. Scary how close to office life the original Office series....
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    i can see im way in the minority here but id just like to say i dont get it at all.i just dont find the main man funny (about as funny as a terminal illness)at all so i suppose i dont have much of a chance of liking it.anybody else not like it????????????????

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    Originally posted by the scout
    i can see im way in the minority here but id just like to say i dont get it at all.i
    do you or have you ever worked in an office?
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    the best thing about the show is the fact that if you've ever worked in an office, chances are you've worked with a Gareth, or a Finchy....
    'Fascists dress in black and go round telling people what to do, where as priests.....'

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    Originally posted by the scout
    i can see im way in the minority here but id just like to say i dont get it at all.i just dont find the main man funny (about as funny as a terminal illness)at all so i suppose i dont have much of a chance of liking it.anybody else not like it????????????????
    Can't stand it I've worked with enough tossers like them, it's hadly comic genius to act like and english tosser. It might be the area I work in where there is a high number of english (not all) people who are like that so it could be that I just don't want to be reminded of work......
    It's only just begun...............
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    Thumbs up Re: The Office!

    Originally posted by tiktok
    The office has been nominated for a Golden Globe (best television Comedy) as has Ricky Gervais (Best actor in a TV comedy).
    ...and won in both categories.

    the office

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