I need to catch up on both versions of The Office. I have not watched a comedy show in a very long time. Lots of different reasons -- none I've wanted to catch, and those that I did kind of want to see were up against something I wanted to see more.

Also, I've become spoiled on dramas, and now think half an hour isn't enough reward for my troubles, much like how I get irritated when paying full price for a movie ticket and only getting 90 minutes of movie, even if it's a very good 90 minutes. The price tickets are going for these days, I want two hours minimum.

I can't watch the BBC Office, and I sometimes watch the US version through my fingers because of teh cringe factor, but the non-cringey bits are gold. Jim seeing Dwight and Angela together and not telling anyone, not even Dwight, was just beautiful. I surprise myself with how much I want every character on that show to be happy, no matter how annoying they are.

>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.

Me too! But I am a shipper what ships at midnight, and always have been. I think it might have been the soap operas and romance novels from an early age. I am always shocked at myself that I like the Office because I humiliation comedy is so cringeworthy for me. I have trouble with Friends and Seinfeld a lot because of it. The episode of Buffy where that boy has the varsity jacket and Buffy comes on to him makes me want to crawl under the sofa. But somehow, there is something so realy about the characters on the Office that although it is painful and funny, it is a;so endearing.

Jim seeing Dwight and Angela together and not telling anyone, not even Dwight, was just beautiful

And the look on his face! When he said that was his gift to Dwight! Oh, Jim.

If I skip the cringey parts, the stuff in between makes me laugh. I loved the betting pool from last week--the one for Kelly made me laugh out loud, especially when Ryan kissed her, grinned, and collected his money.

I really wanted this thread and now I'm too busy at work to watch TV! But I will pimp 30 Rock without reservation. Too bad Andy Barker is gone; that was another great little sitcom for a minute.

Andy Barker is gone gone, not coming back? That's a shame, I really liked it.

Andy Barker is gone gone, not coming back?

I read somewhere that the remaining episodes would be aired on Saturdays.

It took me a while to figure out why I could never watch more than 2 minutes of The Office. It's ugly. It's so colorless. I know... mockumentary, whatever. My eyes need more.

I believe two episodes were relegated to last Saturday and there are no plans to air or create anymore. They should still be on the NBC website, however.

I am totally going to serial post in all the experiment threads because I don't want to work.

For anyone who watched the Salute to Fireworks episode of 30 Rock: there are totally fireworks outside right now! There are fireworks all the time down here, actually.

Definite fan of The Office here. I've had too many bad bosses to believe Michael Scott is fiction. Though I had one who was a dead ringer for Todd Packer (or whatever was the name of Michael's old friend with the "WLHUNG" license plate).

So for me, it's less humiliation comedy than revenge comedy.