Despite being off the air for a whole decade, “The Office'' still manages to elicit laughs and good memories from most of us. After all, the popularity of the show was grounded in human characters and relatable moments, all with a healthy dash of humor.
The “Dwight K. Schrute” Facebook page is definitely vying for “page of the year” through its constant dedication to bringing us the best memes and content from “The Office.” So get comfortable at your desk, stay warm when the AC is turned up, upvote your favorite memes, and be sure to comment your thoughts below.
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It's not fair... men can get old, grow a beard and suddenly become permanently sexy. That happened to me ONE SUMMER in high school and it's all been downhill from there. Dwight looks HOT
“The Office” could almost be described as “lightning in a bottle,” if it wasn’t for the fact that there are literally two, very successful versions of the show, the original, UK version and the generally better-known US version. A sitcom without a laugh track, filmed like a documentary with character interviews interspersed throughout each episode, it’s surprising that Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant ever convinced the BBC to produce it in the first place.
Greg Daniels had the unenviable task of adapting the smash UK to American television, but by season two, it was clear that he, the writers, and the cast had succeeded, as the show went on to win multiple awards and become one of NBC’s highest-rated scripted series while it was on the air.
if you overthink overthinking you come out OK: That's not a traffic light in the highlighted fraction of the picture; it's a portion of the case holding a traffic light.
For those who aren’t aware, first, I’m surprised you scrolled this far, but secondly, the show takes place in the Pennsylvania mining town of Scranton, with its iconic intro being filmed by John Krasinski on a research trip. However, principal photography was mostly done in North Hollywood on a variety of sets. Nevertheless, Scranton has embraced its newfound fame as the home of one of Dunder Mifflin’s branches and would display the fake companies ads and banners around the city.
One ingredient in “The Office’s” recipe for success was the decision to focus the show on something painfully and abundantly relatable, the titular reality of an office job. Credit here must be given to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for understanding the potential appeal of this kind of content, in contrast with the “tried and true” sitcom formulas of the time, whether it was a family sitcom, like “Married... with Children” or ones based on a group of friends like “Seinfeld” or “Friends.”
This is me 100%. I will try to get out of my own birthday dinner most years.
There is a way to make the images work: click format picture and select text wrap. This works well.
Of course, it’s impossible to understate just how important and iconic Steve Carell’s performance as Michael Scott was in cementing the show as one of the all-time greats. Beyond just an impossible lack of self-awareness, the showrunners made an interesting decision to veer away from the more morose and mean boss from the UK version, instead making Michael Scott likable at some moments, as well as surprisingly competent as a salesperson.
This always makes la laugh. Back in the nineties I worked in resort real estate rentals. Saturday was the busy day. People had to check out by 10am, and the condos had to be cleaned by 2pm which was check in time. Check out wasn’t so bad, because most people left their rental packet and keys in our dropbox. Then the office doors were locked, and there was a sign on them that said, in huge letters, that check in time was not until 2pm, and no early check ins were allowed. Even if someone pounded on the doors and/or tried to force the them open, we did NOT let them in. Every single Saturday, I would take two aspirin at 1:55pm, right before the doors opened, because I knew damned well that before the afternoon was over, I would have a splitting headache if I didn’t. Prevention is nine tenths of the cure. I also was one of the two people in charge of the cleaners, and took my complaints from customers whose units weren’t cleaned, or weren’t cleaned well, or just people who were dreaming about how perfect their cheaper older unit built in the sixties or seventies that has never been renovated was going to be. There are times when you could scrub a hole through something and it will never look any cleaner. Also, cleaners would start the dishwasher and put the wash in the dryer (departing renters were supposed to put the dishes in the dishwasher and the linens in the washer, and turn both on, before leaving), but didn’t have time to stick around to unload either one. People would complain the entire unit wasn’t clean because the dryer and dishwasher weren’t unloaded. Granted, sometimes there were cleaners who didn’t do their job, or were running late because of traffic and/or units that were ungodly filthy and took longer to clean, but I cannot tell you how many times we’d send the cleaning companies’ inspectors to condos people said weren’t clean, only to find the place was so clean you could eat off the floors but those two things were their only (non-)complaints. The condition that some people left those privately owned condos in would shock you. Believe me, I have seen some s**t and I have stories.
Understandably, Steve Carell was also one of the best-paid actors on the show, reportedly making $175,000 per episode, while some of his co-stars had starting salaries of around $20’000 an episode, although pay rose from season to season, as the show became more and more popular. Both Steve and Rainn Wilson were also known for the amount of improvisation they did during scenes.
The pilot was nearly word for word the pilot of the original British version. You have to watch more episodes to get a handle on the characters and story, as they grew and changed with each one, and made the series their own instead of a carbon copy of the original—-which played to an audience with a somewhat different sense of humor to ours (still hilarious, but then again I’m married to a Brit, so I get it).
The combination of heavy improvisation and overly long scripts meant that many episodes were significantly longer than they should have been, writer and actor B. J. Novak revealed. Often this would require the editors to cut significantly in an attempt to keep the run time around twenty-two minutes an episode. The producers still chose to treat deleted scenes as cannon when writing subsequent episodes.
While the “documentary” nature of the show might seem jarring at first viewing, most of the audience got used to it quickly and wouldn’t pay any attention to the cinematography. However, the producers made a conscious effort to have the “documentary crew” make sense within the office itself. They walk through the set to see if a character would be able to notice the “camera crew” from where they were sitting, for example.
Wasn't it Jim's footage from Scranton that is in the actual intro? Hold on- consulting my Office Encyclopedia
True fans, particularly ones who would pay attention to the credits will also know that much of the cast was actively involved in running the show. The aforementioned B. J. Novak was a writer and producer, while Paul Lieberstein, of Toby Flenderson fame, was the showrunner for a few seasons. Phyllis Smith, who played Phyllis, was a casting associate and simply had such good chemistry with the actors that she ended up with a role on the show.
Pam was actually kind of nice-ish to Dwight, and would even tell Jim when a prank had gone too far, or was inappropriate. So Dwight considered her a friend. I’ve always thought it was a residual effect of his head injury from the accident in “The Injury”. (If you know, you know.)
That is one of my favourite episodes! Cushions the blow a bit after Michael leaves
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Yessssss. Rewatching it currently. Would love it on Parks Rec too!
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I like the US version pretty much, but am I the only one who actually prefers the (very short) UK version ?
I liked the UK version. Wouldnt be a US wo UK paving the way. They are different tho so i dont compare them. Wish UK had kept going. Short & sweet tho. Get why Gervais did that.
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Omg hilarious. Different yet similar traits! Sad they arent making more seasons.
Load More Replies... Yessssss. Rewatching it currently. Would love it on Parks Rec too!
Load More Replies... I like the US version pretty much, but am I the only one who actually prefers the (very short) UK version ?
I liked the UK version. Wouldnt be a US wo UK paving the way. They are different tho so i dont compare them. Wish UK had kept going. Short & sweet tho. Get why Gervais did that.
Load More Replies... Omg hilarious. Different yet similar traits! Sad they arent making more seasons.
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