the office

December 28th, 2005

 


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Something unexpected happened this season; thanks to the misguided and often downright unfunny six-episode “Little Britain” arc, Arrested Development dipped down in quality while The Office shot way up. I just finished re-watching the Office Olympics episode and it really got to me; the confused-but-grateful expression on Steve Carell’s face when he’s accepting the “gold medal for condo-buying” is a genuinely well-acted moment. It’s nice to see an American version of something actually equal, and in many respects surpass, the British version. 

~jeff



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  • http://joshua.swingpad.com/ Joshua

    Hey, is that Evan and Tucker on the left?

  • http://geirwerner.squarespace.com/dev-singhs-diary/ Geir Werner

    Well, I just had to commen on this. The Office in it´s original, Ricky Gerwais state is SOOO much better than the Steve Carell one. I am so disappointed after watching the american epiodes, but after a re-run of the original The Office I feel much better !

    Have a happy new year !

  • http://www.121s.com/viewtopic.php?t=947 Kracker

    I havent seen the British one, but I am too much of the American version fan to convert! Can’t wait for the next season.

  • David

    Yo Kracker, a real funny website you have there, thanks for sharing it. :P