Holy shit, this episode really sucked. I actually cheered when the basketball hoop fell on the steaming pile of acting shit.
Farrell can’t disappear soon enough. And what’s with Jim’s pompadour?
Damn, that should have been 5/5/11. Need coffee.
I actually enjoyed it, more or less. It wasn’t until it was over that I remembered I was supposed to miss Michael.
Yeah, not a good episode. I’m more than ready for WC to leave. But I did like Pam’s version of ball-less juggling. The way she sort of bobbed her head to the “no hands” juggling was cute.
ETA: WC= WF = Will Farrell.
Yeah, the Will Ferrell stunt casting has been a dismal failure. They’ve just put a bunch of whimsical character failings into a bag and let him play.
I’m an idiot just like Michael! I suck at selling! I’m a compulsive eater! I do motivational juggling! I’m a sexist!
None of these things had long-term story impacts.
Bad episode!
I thought it was solidly in the middle. In particular, I really enjoyed the Ryan/Kelly business. And there were some other great moments, such as Kevin’s talking head about being in the inner circle.
I agree that DeAngelo hasn’t been a great success as a character, but I don’t think it’s Will Ferrell’s fault.
I thought it was hilarious.
Not the worst, but not a particularly good one. There were a lot of little great moments, including Kevin “getting” DeAngelo (and being in the inner circle), Ryan as Kelly’s boss, and Pam’s non handed juggling. But this whole Will Ferrell business fell flat. I find Will hilarious and he can also be a great actor (see: Stranger Than Fiction), but they didn’t really let him do either.
It felt like they had four writers make each episode, and at no point did they ever talk to each other. DeAngelo went from fairly normal business guy to scared of crowds to insane horrible salesman to sexist motivational speaker. The whole “basketball hoop” incident felt like a really cheap way to get rid of him and felt like something out of The Simpsons. Especially went it seemed like they were setting something up with how crazy he was during Michael’s last episode.
Also, is that executive assistant sticking around? Because it felt like a joke with no punchline.
I sure hope so.
I had a better ending for Ferrell’s character written in my head. I figured he wasn’t DeAngelo at all, but had escaped from a lunatic asylum and killed or kidnapped the real DeAngelo and was replacing him for some reason. But having a basketball goal fall on him was easier I guess.
Make him the Scranton Strangler, and you’ve got a 6-episode story arc.
That really works well because Toby, who was a Scranton Strangler juror, said, in a previous episode, that he thought they had convicted the wrong guy.
I’ve got to wonder if maybe I’m special or something. Do the writers not realize that I didn’t like the HOLY FUCK MICHAEL IS A TOTAL RETARD episodes, and I’m not going to like the HOLY FUCK DEANGELO IS A TOTAL RETARD episodes?
-Joe
Apparently, they’re not reading your blog.
Well, either I’m special or I’m not the only one. I’m not sure which.
-Joe
Yeah, good riddance DeAngelo. Still some good stuff in among the crap. Pam can pretend to juggle balls any time she wants.
It was also pretty funny how Kelly outing Ryan as not being her boss led to DeAngelo actually making him her boss (I think).
Dwight has 70 cousins? Why does Mose get all the shout outs then? Or maybe they’re all named Mose… hmm…
Mose is the only one who lives with him, so it males sense that he comes up a lot.
Yeah, that bit was funny. And because it involved Pam it was of course cute, too.
Amazing what a suck up Jim has become though, huh?
-Joe
i thought it was all pretty funny - definitely funnier than a lot of episodes as of late. when ferrell started fake-bouncing the balls off phyllis’s head, i lost it. just one man’s opinion though.