The Office is the most beautiful and brilliant thing on American tv right now
The Office has filled that special place in television comedy. Dry, intelligent yet poignant humor. If you loved the British version (as I do) think of the US one as the American cousin. There are so many reasons why this show rocks my world every week. A few reasons to watch the show after the cut.
1. Pam and Jim: the only couple on tv that can match Kara and Lee for unrequited love. It hurts so good.
2. Ryan and Kelly. You've got to see it to believe it.
3. The fact that this show produces things like These April Fool's Day PSAs. Watch the Beer one and both workplace romance ones (Ryan and Kelly do the workplace romance ones).
4. Dwight's Blog
5. Scenes like this one from "The Fire""
Jim: Okay, so, three books on a desert island...Angela.
Angela: The Bible.
(Everybody waits for more)
Stanley: That's one book, you got two others.
Angela: A Purpose Driven Life.
Jim: Nice. (waits) Third book.
Angela: (bluntly) No.
Jim: Okay. Phyllis.
Phyllis: Um, The DaVinci Code.
Angela: (scoffs) The DaVinci Code. I would take The DaVinci Code, so I could burn The DaVinci Code. (Angela scowls at Phyllis)
Dwight: Okay great, that is going to keep you warm for like 7 seconds. (hands the fire extinguisher to Stanley) Question, is there firewood on the island?
Jim: I guess.
Dwight: Then I would bring an axe, no books.
Jim: (OS) Uh, it has to be a book Dwight.
Dwight: Fine. Physician's Desk Reference.
Jim: (OS) Nice, smart.
Dwight: ...hallowed out, inside, waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars...
(Quick cut of Jim listening, Pam is looking at Jim and laughing at the absurdity of Dwight, Jim glances at Pam then back to Dwight)
Dwight: ...NASA blanket, and, in case I get bored, Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone. No, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Question, did my shoes come off in the plane crash?
1. Pam and Jim: the only couple on tv that can match Kara and Lee for unrequited love. It hurts so good.
2. Ryan and Kelly. You've got to see it to believe it.
3. The fact that this show produces things like These April Fool's Day PSAs. Watch the Beer one and both workplace romance ones (Ryan and Kelly do the workplace romance ones).
4. Dwight's Blog
5. Scenes like this one from "The Fire""
Jim: Okay, so, three books on a desert island...Angela.
Angela: The Bible.
(Everybody waits for more)
Stanley: That's one book, you got two others.
Angela: A Purpose Driven Life.
Jim: Nice. (waits) Third book.
Angela: (bluntly) No.
Jim: Okay. Phyllis.
Phyllis: Um, The DaVinci Code.
Angela: (scoffs) The DaVinci Code. I would take The DaVinci Code, so I could burn The DaVinci Code. (Angela scowls at Phyllis)
Dwight: Okay great, that is going to keep you warm for like 7 seconds. (hands the fire extinguisher to Stanley) Question, is there firewood on the island?
Jim: I guess.
Dwight: Then I would bring an axe, no books.
Jim: (OS) Uh, it has to be a book Dwight.
Dwight: Fine. Physician's Desk Reference.
Jim: (OS) Nice, smart.
Dwight: ...hallowed out, inside, waterproof matches, iodine tablets, beet seeds, protein bars...
(Quick cut of Jim listening, Pam is looking at Jim and laughing at the absurdity of Dwight, Jim glances at Pam then back to Dwight)
Dwight: ...NASA blanket, and, in case I get bored, Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone. No, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Question, did my shoes come off in the plane crash?