I saw one bit so far, and I’ll rejoin later after watching it on tape, but before anyone asks, no, yeast infections are not as rampant here as Dwight would lead you to believe.
Watched both of these for the first time in a long while, and was pleasantly surprised by both (makes the sting of Arrested’s fate a little less painful. A little). Love Earl’s brother in his nun costume, and Steve Carell’s improv is fantastic (and realistic. some people are only good at killing a scene). When he whispers to the Asian guy… I was just rolling.
OK, I am officially dying to see the resolution to “Stole a car from a one legged woman.”
The dog humping the artificial leg was the funniest thing I’ve seen on TV in a long time.
“The IT tech guy and me… did… NOT get off to a great start”
LOL!
Though I loved that the IT guy was invited to the party and Michael wasn’t.
“Randy?”
“…no”
That’s Gold, Jerry. Gold!
The being drowned out by planes when we’re in the flight path was a funny joke when I saw it in 1977 on Reginald Perrin and it’s STILL funny! Loved the parents, although they do seem a smidgen too high on the social and class ladder to have spawned Earl and Randy (OK, Earl mostly).
The Office was just painful, but hilariously so. The Sikh IT guy, the remarks by Kevin and Stanley, Michael’s nosiness coming to bite him in the ass, the improv class (and I’ve done those, and witnessed the worst version of ‘Long Day’s Journey into Night’ EVER), the awkward interaction at the party, the Angela/Dwight affair (ewwwww), Jim’s cool roommate, etc. Lots to digest, lots of layers.
BTW, the guy who played the one-legged girl’s boyfriend is a cool surfer dude named Cameron Clapp, who had an unfortunate encounter with a train a few years back (granted, he was tipsy and sitting on the tracks). I last saw him without protheses and with makeup that made him look like Gollum playing Management in CARNIVALE.
I’m coming to believe that “The Office” is the best show on TV; “My Name Is Earl” interests me less, for some reason. I like all the various parts of “Earl,” but for some reason they don’t add up to a show that I want to pay attention to.
“The Office,” though, just gets better and better. I thought the English version was great, but I like the American version even more. The writing is so sharp:When Dwight walked into the party and there was the Birkenstocks comment, and then Blonde Gal (I forget her name) made the bitchy comment about sap on her shoes, I didn’t even remotely foresee that we were going to have a payoff at the end wherein we see both of their shoes again. It could have been cheesy and contrived, but I thought they played it off perfectly.
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“The Office,” though, just gets better and better. I thought the English version was great, but I like the American version even more. The writing is so sharpQUOTE]
When Dwight showed up and said, “you hide your key in a rock?”
The roommate says, “you must be Dwight.”
Perfect.
I haven’t commented on the show much this year, but Carrell is doing much better with the character. He’s toned it down a lot, and the show has been excellent as a result. Jim is great this year.
I also liked the gag last night where the camera-man got Pam’s attention and then pointed his camera at Dwight. I’m not sure what you call that technique, “breaking the 5th wall” maybe. Great gag.
(also, I don’t think you need to spoiler stuff from the shows in the duscussion threads.)
Earl was good - I loved the no-legged boyfriend. I agree with randy, those robot legs were pretty cool. (The actor’s experience only confirms what I learned in first year torts class - stay AWAY from train tracks!) Am I a bad person for laughing my ass off at Joy getting tasered? I also loved last week when they did the dead-on Warner Bros cartoon gag of her getting hit and whipping around to face the camera - priceless.
The Office was great. I loved the “Michael is actually human” bits, like “OK, Dwight, if I step on a land mine in Pennsylvania and die, you can have my job.” And Jim stepping in at karaoke was sweet all around. I like that they’re making Michael somewhat sympathetic at times, while still making him an ignorant, prejudiced, trying-way-too-hard doofus. I think the British version did it so nicely in the Christmas special with David, it’s nice to see some of that earlier in the U.S. show.
Also, loved Phyllis going from fun conspiratorial mode to awkward foot-in-mouth mode, and Pam’s reversal afterwards. Yeah, Pam, if you linger in a guy’s bedroom after the tour’s over, it doesn’t mean you *lerve * him, you’re just friends!
Birkenstock and Sap Shoes was hilarious. Not even my husband figured it out in advance - I think it was just such an Angela thing to say, it didn’t jump out at you.
Michael Scott having to start sing the female part of his duet nearly killed me.
Yeah, I loved that part. It seems the “camera guy” is getting more integrated into the show. I’m not sure what you’d call that either, but that was a great touch.
Also at the very end with Dwight is running into the office after noon on Friday was priceless.
I think that is last week’s you’re thinking off.
And by the by, both Dwight and Angela were wearing Birks. I got the foreshadowing as soon as I saw her little sappy clog.
Oh, and the best in my book was Dwight leaving the office (and Michael) passing by the camera and mouthing “he has no idea.” Gold! Jerry
I also can’t decide If I want Pam and Jim to get it on just yet, if ever. the anticipation is always the best part anyway.
Crabman’s rant on the electoral college on Earl cracked me up. And Joy’s “It must be a black thing. Ignore him.” had us HOWLING.
The Office was fantastic last night. It just gets better and better every time, it really does.
E.
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Nevermind.
Yes, that was freaking hysterical. I love Crabman!
“Gotta have real thumbs. Real thumbs are good.”
There’s so many WTF scenes in this show that you can’t help but laugh at the ridiculousness of it all.
I think what Randy wants is a Swiss Army knife. 
Did you notice during the scene between Earl and his father, when his father blew him off and acted like he didn’t know him, Randy was off to the side, with his hands up to his mouth making fart noises?
No, I didn’t catch that! OMG…this show kills me.
Yes! I also loved Earl’s total cluelessness in the debate. He clearly had never watched one. However, I wish they had found a better way for him to cost his father the election. It wasn’t quite as clever as most of the resolutions.