Wow. I've been wanting to but haven't had a chance to catch The Office on BBCAmerica. I'll try harder.
I'll be in my bunk.
Jayne ,'War Stories'
All Ogle, No Cash -- It's Not Just Annoying, It's Un-American
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candyb - Feb 11, 2003 4:04:16 am PST #1870 of 9843
Jim - Feb 11, 2003 4:25:23 am PST #1871 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
A lot of it is very UK-specific - what anyone outside Britain will make of a line like "Look at him! He looks like a Fisher-Price man!" is anyones guess. But it's worth seeing.
Angus G - Feb 11, 2003 5:40:59 am PST #1872 of 9843
Roguish Laird
Isn't Fisher Price an international brand? Or is the reference not to the toy company?
Anyway, I've just seen the first episode of Season 7 and am still gasping. HOLY SHIT!!! So glad I wasn't spoiled for that ending.
Theodosia - Feb 11, 2003 6:04:27 am PST #1873 of 9843
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Fisher-Price is a well-known brand of kids and toddler toys here -- actually I'm surprised that you know it, because I'd thought they were American-only.
billytea - Feb 11, 2003 6:11:12 am PST #1874 of 9843
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Fisher-Price is a well-known brand of kids and toddler toys here -- actually I'm surprised that you know it, because I'd thought they were American-only.
An idea of Fisher Price's international operations can be found here. Mostly Europe and North America, Australia too.
evil jimi - Feb 11, 2003 6:15:37 am PST #1875 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Anyway, I've just seen the first episode of Season 7 and am still gasping. HOLY SHIT!!! So glad I wasn't spoiled for that ending.
AMEN to that! After all those hoots and woohooes, my neighbours must now be convinced I'm a psychotic.
Of course, my absolute delight at what must rank as the best opening ep ever, is tempered by the sheer frustration at what we missed!!!!! I swear to fucking Gob that Channel 7 Australia is the big fucking bad of this season. 39 fucking minutes (including at least a combined total of 20 seconds of commercials before hitting the pause button)!!! What the fuck is all that about Channel 7?!?!
UTTAD - Feb 11, 2003 6:21:46 am PST #1876 of 9843
Strawberry disappointment.
The Office is simply the best comeedy (tragedy?) on TV. If you get a chance watch it. It's utterly brilliant. And David Brandt is the best comic creation since Basil Fawlty. In fact he's probably better.
Just make sure you have a cushion to hide behind.
evil jimi - Feb 11, 2003 6:32:29 am PST #1877 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
The Office is also out on DVD (or will be shortly in Australia).
evil jimi - Feb 11, 2003 6:47:24 am PST #1878 of 9843
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
I'm just reading through the first Buffy thread. If anyone wants to catch up on what the Yanks said, the discussion starts here: brenda m "Buffy 1: No, You're Not the Only Watcher [closed]" Sep 24, 2002 8:02:35 pm EDT
MissCreant said waaaay back then:
3. While I'm not sure I like the actor portraying him, it's nice that Sunnydale High, a school in Cali-freakin'-fornia, finally has at least one Latino student.
Actually, this might be the first Latino student who had proper lines but there was a Latino "student" extra who made numerous appearances and who I've become somewhat ... umm ... obsessed with but y'know, in a good way ... a drinking-game kinda way. I've dubbed him the Did-you-see-what-he-wrote-bloke because that's what you overhear him say to another student during the ep, "I Only Have Eyes For You". It's during the scene where "Mr Miller" writes, Don't walk away from me, bitch, on the blackboard. Ever since then I've looked out for him and he appeared in the background of quite a few eps, both at Highschool and then at Uni.
Noumenon - Feb 11, 2003 9:53:02 am PST #1879 of 9843
No other candidate is asking the hard questions, like "Did geophysicists assassinate Jim Henson?" or "Why is there hydrogen in America's water supply?" --defective yeti
If anyone wants to catch up on what the Yanks said, the discussion starts here:
Un-Americans following along at home can find links to the NAFDA reaction to each episode in Nillytown.