# Crikey! Put another remake of \_The Office\_ on the barbie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [September 19, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455 "2024-09-19T03:16:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/1 "2024-09-19T03:16:04Z")
An Australian remake coming soon. > **[The first trailer for Amazon's remake of one of the most-streamed shows of...](https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/comedy-shows/the-first-trailer-for-amazons-remake-of-one-of-the-most-streamed-shows-of-all-time-is-here-and-fans-are-divided/)** > > The (new) Office hits Prime Video next month ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/2 "2024-09-19T06:24:45Z")
Every episode should end with one or more major characters being bitten by one of Australia’s many venomous animals and dying in the background, and then when the next episode starts the character is alive again without any comment or acknowledgement on the prior episode. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/3 "2024-09-19T07:00:35Z")
Of course, this genre has already been seen here (2008-2011) with a perhaps even more appalling expose of organisation disfunction as [Swift and Shift Couriers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_and_Shift_Couriers) ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/4 "2024-09-19T07:23:08Z")
I was a bit surprised to find that this is [the 14th franchise remake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office) of the Office. Chile, Germany and Saudi Arabia have already had a crack at it, so why not us. As well as Swift and Shift, which definitely had its moments, but maybe too much time between each one, we have a superb office-based comedy in [Utopia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(Australian_TV_series)) [released in other places as Dreamland], which shoots higher than the Office. Track that down. It sets a high bar for office/work-based comedies. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/5 "2024-09-19T14:09:57Z")
“The dingo killed Kenny!” ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/6 "2024-09-19T15:04:04Z")
Hey, that’s Deacon from what we do in the shadows. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/7 "2024-09-19T15:23:29Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > we have a superb office-based comedy in [Utopia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(Australian_TV_series)) [released in other places as Dreamland], which shoots higher than the Office. Track that down. It sets a high bar for office/work-based comedies. Agreed - though I view it more as a “political-disfunction” satire in the vein of _The Thick of It_ or _Veep_. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/8 "2024-09-19T19:26:24Z")
I was surprised how much I liked that trailer. I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/9 "2024-09-19T20:46:42Z")
I’m little surprised it’s taken this long. And I wouldn’t mind seeing various versions side by side, to see the subtle differences. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/10 "2024-09-19T20:50:43Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > we have a superb office-based comedy in [Utopia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(Australian_TV_series)) That was on the air while I was working for an Australian government-funded infrastructure finance and policy project in Indonesia. It was all kinds of awesome; in fact, the head of the project set up office gatherings where we all watched it together. As Piers Morgan once said, “it’s funny because it’s true.” ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/11 "2024-09-19T21:39:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And I wouldn’t mind seeing various versions side by side, to see the subtle differences. I went searching for other versions last night. Saudi Arabia [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fV7RphQ2PJY/maxresdefault.jpg "The Office-AL Maktab Trailer Official") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV7RphQ2PJY) India [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hmVFk-vUd3o/hqdefault.jpg "The Office US vs The Office India first few minutes comparison") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVFk-vUd3o) It took me a while to realize that this wasn’t the real Russian one [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-uh8btOy8r4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Office (Russian version)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uh8btOy8r4) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/12 "2024-09-19T22:10:55Z")
Don’t forget the Japanese version 😉 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BmTfxyoEqAc/maxresdefault.jpg "Digital Short: The Japanese Office - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmTfxyoEqAc) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/13 "2024-10-18T21:41:36Z")
I watched the first four episodes today. Completely unfunny. The attempts at humor are so dry that they make _The Office_ UK look like _The Office_ US in comparison. I don’t find a single character on the show likable, but I especially dislike Australian Dwight. (Australian Dwight is actually the receptionist in this one with Australian Pam being the salesperson who sits by Australian Jim.) Australian Creed is a woman, but still kind of favors American Creed. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/14 "2024-10-19T02:45:08Z")
Okay, I watched the second four episodes, and the series did improve some. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/15 "2025-10-21T02:21:30Z")
The barbie has gone out. > **[Australian Version of 'The Office' Axed After One Season](https://au.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/the-office-australia-axed-85934/)** > > The Australian version of 'The Office' has been dumped after just one season it has been revealed this week.  ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2025, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crikey-put-another-remake-of-the-office-on-the-barbie/1007455/16 "2025-10-21T04:50:50Z")
Well, now that I am at no danger of becoming hooked on a a potentially never-ending and open-ended commitment, I may just have to watch it. Someone, somewhere must have done an Office-off, and worked their way through the [14 national remakes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office) [excluding UK and US versions] to judge the overall Best, Best Brentalike and so on. Good task for some of you Yanks while you’re doing bugger-all in your government shutdown.