New Season of The Office

[Bob Sacamano]

Thought it was pretty good.... Andy was classic in this episode re: his rumor.

Side note: This show Community that came on after the Office had me laughing my *** off. Just the first episode, but it has potential.

really? cuz I noticed a lot of the cast are commercial actors
guess I might check it out after all

 

[CATCH17]

Thought it was pretty good.... Andy was classic in this episode re: his rumor.

Side note: This show Community that came on after the Office had me laughing my *** off. Just the first episode, but it has potential.

Looks like they got back to the basics this year and didn't try to be so extreme.

Good start to the season.

I liked when Dwight asked Pam who the father was.

 

[bbgun]

"Michael, am I gay?" :laugh2:

 

[peplaw06]

really? cuz I noticed a lot of the cast are commercial actors
guess I might check it out after all

The only actors I knew were Joel McHale, Chevy Chase and the British guy from the Daily Show, John Oliver.

I did see some clips from next week that apparently one of the professors is the Asian dude from Role Models who played the king of that fantasy game.

 

[masomenos]

Thought it was pretty good.... Andy was classic in this episode re: his rumor.

Side note: This show Community that came on after the Office had me laughing my *** off. Just the first episode, but it has potential.

Yeah, I liked that entire hour and a half comedy block actually, from Parks and Rec to Community. Even the SNL Weekend Update had me laughing with the James Carville interview. Is 30 Rock still going to be part of that comedy night, or did they movie it?

 

[Doomsday]

I thought this week's episode was good, much better then last season.

 

[CATCH17]

The Office threw up its dynasty sign last night.

Jims a co-manager and Dwight is not to happy about it :laugh2: .

LOL @ Darryls sister.

 

[Concord]

The Office threw up its dynasty sign last night.

Jims a co-manager and Dwight is not to happy about it :laugh2: .

LOL @ Darryls sister.

That was funny at the end...Dwight screaming.

It's all out war now.

:laugh2:

 

[Chief]

Last night's was outstanding, I thought.

Toby and Dwight staking out Darrell and his sister.

Michael asking probing questions on the eve of his colonoscopy "procedure."

 

[CATCH17]

That was funny at the end...Dwight screaming.

It's all out war now.

:laugh2:

I knew it was coming as soon as Michael agreed to it.

Dwight has been trying so hard for so long to get that position.

He is going to go nuts this season.

The disapointment in his face was like when we lost to the Giants Sunday x 10.

 

[peplaw06]

I thought the Wedding episode last night was possibly the best episode ever.

 

[bbgun]

I thought the Wedding episode last night was possibly the best episode ever.

It was very good, save for two things:

1) The vomiting scene at the beginning (ewwww)
2) No way in hell a grown man would wear Kleenex boxes on his feet to a wedding. Not even Kevin.

 

[Danny White]

I thought the Wedding episode last night was possibly the best episode ever.

Wow.

This show has been so disappointing to me for the past two seasons.

I thought it was terrible. I've almost given up on it entirely, but I still watch it mostly out of habit. The whole time I'm watching it, I have this feeling of disgust when I think of how funny it used to be.

I don't know what exactly happened, but I just can't find much humor in the show any more. It's sad because it used to be my favorite comedy, and I still consider the original version of The Office is some of the best TV ever made.

 

[CATCH17]

I agree about the puke scene. That was nasty.


But I thought it was a decent show last night. I had a few good laughs.


I like it better though when they are sticking to the basics and not trying to do to much.



I wonder how Pam feels about the Dwight and Michaels hook ups that went down at their wedding.

 

[MrMom]

It was very good, save for two things:

1) The vomiting scene at the beginning (ewwww)
2) No way in hell a grown man would wear Kleenex boxes on his feet to a wedding. Not even Kevin.

I was disappointed. The whole dancing down the aisle was lame on youtube and even lamer of The Office to ape it. And why was it that every office worker was able to partake in the dancing?

Too much cheese for me this episode.

 

[MrMom]

Wow.

This show has been so disappointing to me for the past two seasons.

I thought it was terrible. I've almost given up on it entirely, but I still watch it mostly out of habit. The whole time I'm watching it, I have this feeling of disgust when I think of how funny it used to be.

I don't know what exactly happened, but I just can't find much humor in the show any more. It's sad because it used to be my favorite comedy, and I still consider the original version of The Office is some of the best TV ever made.

For me last year was disappointing up until the introduction of the Charles character. I thought the final 8 or so episodes ended very strong. But the beginning of last season as well as the beginning of this year have been very meh.

 

[CATCH17]

For me last year was disappointing up until the introduction of the Charles character. I thought the final 8 or so episodes ended very strong. But the beginning of last season as well as the beginning of this year have been very meh.

I've felt like the beginning of this season has gone back to the old style of the office.

Last night though took a left turn but it was a wedding away from the office so I expected madness.

There was some stupid stuff but this season has been good so far.

I mean Darryls sister? Come on man that was funny.

 

[bbgun]

I was disappointed. The whole dancing down the aisle was lame on youtube and even lamer of The Office to ape it. And why was it that every office worker was able to partake in the dancing?

Too much cheese for me this episode.

I hated the real video more than the Office spoof. I mean, it's a church, not a disco. Show some respect by saving your dance routines for the reception.

 

[CoCo]

Last night was jusk ok for me. Some good, some awful. I've begun to kind of fear that each week.

I really don't like where they have gone with Dwight's character. I liked him best when he was Michael's incredibly naive and loyal lackey. Volunteer sheriff's deputy, down on the farm etc. Falling for all of Jim's pranks etc.

I don't like the new "street-smart" (relatively speaking) Dwight at all. So any episode where Dwight displays any smarts at all I don't like. Scoring Pam's best friend? The old Dwight would never be scoring anyone. They've totally changed his character.

Knowing when to be subtle and when to be out there has been this series strength and that balance is critical to my liking it. When they go over the top at the wrong time, it loses me.

Jim spilling the beans scene, Michael going over the top in making it worse, Kevin wearing kleenix boxes, Michael with Me-maw, Michael with Pam's mom, and Dwight scoring the maid of honor, and then treating her as a fling were all over the top for me.

Things I liked; Jim & Pam together, pretty much all of Andy's stuff, the staff burning Kevin's shoes for health reasons, Michael's inability to control his desire for center-stage, and the wedding dance. Didn't know it was a You-tube copy, but I thought it was great regardless.

 

[CoCo]

Favorite Office episodes or portions thereof...

1. Healthcare (Dwight at his absolute best - Michael was very weak in spots)
2. Hot Girl (again, Dwight)
3. Business Trip (just Michael's sheer delight at going on a business trip even while it was a bottom of the barrell trip)
4. Phyliss' wedding (Michael at his innocent "look at me" best)
5. The Dundee's (again, Michael loving life and trampling good judgment)
6. Dinner Party (how uncomfortable can we possibly make everyone?)
7. The Deposition (maybe not the title, but Jan's dismissal lawsuit)
8. Michael showing signs of maturity by breaking up with Jan, then it all collapses when she gets a boob-job.
9. Michael's tour of Utica - memory neumonics
10. Michael Scott Paper Company - right up to the edge of spinning out of control but overall beautifully managed IMO. The Dream Team presentation at the nursing home.

Not a complete list at all and some of the best Office stuff is just a scene here or there like the colonoscopy intro from a couple weeks back - CLASSIC!

A character I consider vital to this show is David Wallace. He gives the overall organization the credibility it needs to frame Michael's antics. Their relationship remains reasonably believable and I think that is really important.

Charles looked like he might play that part a bit until they swung him all the way over to just an idiotic kissup at the end of last year.