30 Rock and Scrubs are new, but no new Office, unless they're doing a newpeat, which I haven't heard anything about.
Jayne, you'll scare the women.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
Experimental TV: Comedy
This thread is part of an experiment to determine Buffistas' interest in television discussion. It will close on June 1st, 2007, after which there will be a brief skirmish to sort out what we want to do next. This thread is for discussion of all comedy, regardless of airing station. [NAFDA]
esse - Apr 18, 2007 1:09:09 pm PDT #11 of 447
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Ailleann - Apr 18, 2007 2:02:30 pm PDT #12 of 447
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
except TDS!
Can we talk about Daily Show and Colbert in here? (I don't think it fits in reality/documentary, really...)
Amy - Apr 18, 2007 2:05:27 pm PDT #13 of 447
Because books.
I think this is the first time ever I don't watch any comedies. Unless you count reruns of Friends and Sex and the City.
I keep wanting to try The Office, but it's been on so long, and I'm too lazy to catch up on who's who and all that.
esse - Apr 18, 2007 2:09:03 pm PDT #14 of 447
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I think TDS/TCB would be more non-fiction, Aileann. But I'd be happy discussing it in either place.
AmyLiz, The Office first season is a really accessible 12-13 episodes.
Amy - Apr 18, 2007 2:12:39 pm PDT #15 of 447
Because books.
AmyLiz, The Office first season is a really accessible 12-13 episodes.
Really? That's cool. I'm so lame -- I never even watched the British version.
Theodosia - Apr 18, 2007 2:24:11 pm PDT #16 of 447
'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"
It took me a while to catch on to The Office which is funny, because I've been following My Name is Earl from the beginning, but the style between the shows is SO different -- Earl is all single camera, whereas Office is mockumentary in tone with hand-held shots, "interview" scenes and so on. Once I watched a whole episode, though, I was hooked, even if I didn't have the whole background.
Jessica - Apr 18, 2007 2:35:16 pm PDT #17 of 447
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Amazon has the complete BBC Office (S1, S2, and the Christmas Special) on sale for 33% off right now, FYI.
erikaj - Apr 18, 2007 2:38:36 pm PDT #18 of 447
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, you don't need it to watch one...the first I saw was either the Injury or Dwight finding a joint in the parking lot. Catching up will make seeing it more of a habit, though. Like I need another show. Which reminds me, now I remember the other thing I was going to post this morning...I saw John C. McGinley on a Frasier as a plumber yesterday. He whistled but he didn't call either Crane a girl's name.
Topic!Cindy - Apr 18, 2007 2:45:26 pm PDT #19 of 447
What is even happening?
AmyLiz, The Office (US) first season is only 6 episodes. But it is a sitcom. You don't have to catch up to start watching now. You can start watching now and catch up later. There are some serial elements (and granted, those are my favorite) but you won't be lost.
I saw John C. McGinley on a Frasier as a plumber yesterday. He whistled but he didn't call either Crane a girl's name.
What's going on with his hair, lately? It was nearly orange and differently curly. Then a few episodes ago he was bald, then the next new episode had him with hair, then the most recent had him nearly bald (it looked like it was growing in from shaving his head).
esse - Apr 18, 2007 3:17:28 pm PDT #20 of 447
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
The Office does a lot of humiliation comedy, which I fast forward through for the most part. I don't find it funny, I find it cringeworthy, though other folks don't get pinged by it like I do. But my intro to the office was a set of youtube clips that were all of the Jim/Pam parts clipped together, and it got me something hard in the chest. This is the first season I watched in realtime, and while the fast-forwarding still happens, I understand a lot more about the whole show now. Also, Dwight/Angela is HILARITY.