The Office - American version

[CHAPPERS]

What a pile of shit that is.

 

[Redhead]

its completely wank

 

[Uncle Buck]

So was the English version.

 

[Robbie G]

So was the English version.

Boooo

 

[dwayne]

I'm sorry but the American version is BLOODY funny!! the guy from 40 year old virgin is a genius

 

[CHAPPERS]

No need to apologise dwayne but that guy is indeed funny but the timing and body language and everything that made the english version is completely lost on the actors and in the camera work.

It's weird hearing the same lines in both versions.

 

[Robbie G]

No need to apologise dwayne but that guy is indeed funny but the timing and body language and everything that made the english version is completely lost on the actors and in the camera work.

It's weird hearing the same lines in both versions.

I haven't seen the American one, but if i were to watch it, i would just be comparing it all to the English one, and how it wasn't the same

I expect if the english version didn't exist than the American version may have been all right. The English was so good, it would have taken something exceptional to beat it

 

[Simon Morgan]

So was the English version.

i tend to agree with you there

 

[Easy 10]

Just doesn't work, does it. What was the f***ing POINT of making a yank version using practically the same script ? They should either show the Brit version or just not bovver at all.

Fawlty Towers, I'm Alan Partridge, The Office. Three of the most superbly written comedies of all time, I can watch those all night.

 

[upnorthnow]

How spooky, i am watching series two, episode 2 now. (sexual harrassment) not a patch on our office, watching it out of morbid curiosity more than anything.

 

[Robbie G]

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[enigma]

i tend to agree with you there

Are you mad crackers and crazy?

 

[Simon Morgan]

Just doesn't work, does it. What was the f***ing POINT of making a yank version using practically the same script ? They should either show the Brit version or just not bovver at all.

Fawlty Towers, I'm Alan Partridge, The Office. Three of the most superbly written comedies of all time, I can watch those all night.

i reckon father ted and blackadder are better than those three, but each to his own etc.

 

[Simon Morgan]

Are you mad crackers and crazy?

ok maybe its not shit, but i just dont find it very funny. the bits where it is so terribly embarrassing that everyone laughs kind of baffles me. however, there are good parts of it as well.

 

[Simster]

i reckon father ted and blackadder are better than those three, but each to his own etc.

I think Fawlty Towers is finally beginning to look too dated to be all that funny. And "Knowing me, knowing you" was miles funnier than "I'm Alan Partridge", IMHO.

 

[Vlad the Impala]

They should either show the Brit version or just not bovver at all.

They did show the Brit version.

 

[bhaexpress]

The American version was tailored for an American audience and their sense of humour differs quite a lot from ours. The irony is that the British version went down well there which surprised me more than a little. I just didn't think they'd get it.

 

[CHAPPERS]

I think Fawlty Towers is finally beginning to look too dated to be all that funny. And "Knowing me, knowing you" was miles funnier than "I'm Alan Partridge", IMHO.

Just as well your opinion counts for shit then doesn't it, you minge.

 

[Easy 10]

i reckon father ted and blackadder are better than those three, but each to his own etc.

Father Teds ok, but not a patch on my Big Three.
Blackadder was excellent, but again, is just about on the 2nd tier of comedy classics for me. Brilliantly written, but not quite as many laugh-out-loud moments as FT, IAP or, err, TO.

As you say though, each to their own.

 

[Simon Morgan]

Just as well your opinion counts for shit then doesn't it, you minge.