The Office
Finally, the American version of The Office came through this week with an episode as consistently laugh-out-loud funny as the original from the BBC.
If you haven't seen the BBC version, you must rent it, or borrow it from me. Especially if you work in an office. Cuz David Brent is about three of my former bosses rolled into one huge mess.
But back to the American version which lacks Martin Freeman but is starting to get darned funny.
This week (which I taped because hey, it's on versus The Race and even if it's the Family Race, I have priorities) was sorta about Michael, the Boss, procrastinating simple deadlines (he had to sign three types of forms and refused to do it because he was too busy bugging the intern). But the funny parts, just like in the original, involved the Jim v. Dwight battles.
And finally, they had Jim come up with something that was just like the original. In the original, the same basic character was named Tim and he used to torture his coworker something awful. Why? Because he's far too smart for the job he's stuck in and he's bored silly and he's trying desperately to impress the receptionist. Tim's best work was when he built a wall of binders to shut out his deskmate (they don't have cubes; their desks are just pushed next to each other). He also had fun with sex toys and hiding someone's stapler in jello.
Well this week, Jim moved Dwight's entire desk into the men's room and set him up with working phone line and computer and everything. And then called him to ask a simple work question like nothing was different.
And then JIm started a war between Dwight and Michael that involved West Side story jokes, and the best sissy fight in tv.
Watch The Office sometime.
It makes work bearable.
If you haven't seen the BBC version, you must rent it, or borrow it from me. Especially if you work in an office. Cuz David Brent is about three of my former bosses rolled into one huge mess.
But back to the American version which lacks Martin Freeman but is starting to get darned funny.
This week (which I taped because hey, it's on versus The Race and even if it's the Family Race, I have priorities) was sorta about Michael, the Boss, procrastinating simple deadlines (he had to sign three types of forms and refused to do it because he was too busy bugging the intern). But the funny parts, just like in the original, involved the Jim v. Dwight battles.
And finally, they had Jim come up with something that was just like the original. In the original, the same basic character was named Tim and he used to torture his coworker something awful. Why? Because he's far too smart for the job he's stuck in and he's bored silly and he's trying desperately to impress the receptionist. Tim's best work was when he built a wall of binders to shut out his deskmate (they don't have cubes; their desks are just pushed next to each other). He also had fun with sex toys and hiding someone's stapler in jello.
Well this week, Jim moved Dwight's entire desk into the men's room and set him up with working phone line and computer and everything. And then called him to ask a simple work question like nothing was different.
And then JIm started a war between Dwight and Michael that involved West Side story jokes, and the best sissy fight in tv.
Watch The Office sometime.
It makes work bearable.
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