The King’s English
We Netflix’d the BBC version of The Office and watched the entire series over Christmas break. It was some of the best TV I have seen in a long time.
We have since queued up the NBC version. In the past I haven’t liked American remakes of BBC shows (eg Coupling), but this one has been surprisingly good. While I have been a proud owner of British English for over 10 years, the BBC’s version of The Office contained several words I had never heard before, so an Americanized version was probably a good idea.
I also recently stumbled across Ricky Gervais’ podcast. I listened to it the other night and laughed out loud, but I still don’t know what it’s about.
Did you see Steve Carell’s acceptance speech for his Golden Globe for The Office? Hilarious. It was the best acceptance speech I’ve seen in a long time.
Loved the British Version of the Office. I also agree the American version was funny, but was kinda dumb since we couldn’t think of the idea ourselves and had to copy (rip off) the idea from somewhere else? Why can’t we think of any original entertainment these days? Or rather, why can’t (wont) Hollywood take risk on new ideas?
You need to see The Mighty Boosh.
I loved The Office too. Have you guys seen The League of Gentlemen? We’ve queued it up in Netflix, but haven’t received it yet — it’s supposed to be very funny. Also, for American comedy, I’d also recommend Arrested Development. We just finished season three and it’s brilliant with some very funny characters (Buster is great).
Hope you guys are well and thanks ever so much Doug for all your kind feedback on my blog!