# "The Office" remade for the USA **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 19, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920 "2004-05-19T05:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920/41 "2004-05-21T05:58:30Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > At least there’s one aspect of “Office” that’s impossible for NBC NOT to improve on: the attractiveness of the cast. And in the end, isn’t that _the_ most important thing over here? This “Office” is going to be a hit. But-but-but [Tim](http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/comedy_games/the_office/the_office_pf_tim_interview2.jsp) is so cute! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920/42 "2004-05-21T06:25:09Z")
> [@BobT](#): > > That was likely[That’s My Bush](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0268077/) Wow - Matt Stone and Trey Parker. They must be the funniest bastards in the USA. ---
**Author:** ![Atticus\_Finch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Atticus\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atticus_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920/43 "2004-05-21T06:28:44Z")
> [@Lisa-go-Blind](#): > > But-but-but [Tim](http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/comedy_games/the_office/the_office_pf_tim_interview2.jsp) is so cute! ☹ I’m a [Dawn](http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/comedy_games/the_office/the_office_dawn.jsp) fan myself…but that could just be the character. ---
**Author:** ![xvxdarkknightxvx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/34f0e0/32.png) [@xvxdarkknightxvx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xvxdarkknightxvx)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920/44 "2004-05-21T07:01:59Z")
> [@](#): > > At least there’s one aspect of “Office” that’s impossible for NBC NOT to improve on: the attractiveness of the cast. And in the end, isn’t that the most important thing over here? This “Office” is going to be a hit. I think one of the reasons _The Office_ works is because of the relatively mundane looks of its cast. I wish instead if them trying to make an Amercian version, they’d just funnel money to the original cast to make more seasons. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920/45 "2004-05-21T13:36:40Z")
That’s My Bush was about Bush Jr. though. ---
**Author:** ![jimdigritz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@jimdigritz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimdigritz)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920/46 "2004-05-21T15:37:49Z")
> [@antechinus](#): > > Are there any good USA comedy shows that I could find on DVD or cable? There are a lot of ‘humourous’ sitcoms set in peoples living rooms, like Seinfeld and Friends, but thats about it. One immediately springs to mind - Scrubs ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920/47 "2004-05-21T15:48:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Does Newark smell alternatively of Chocolate some days and Poo on other days? Does it have the biggest industrial park in Europe? and is it named after the word for a bog or marsh? > I think not… Actually, where my wife grew up (in NJ) she either got the smell of Walker-Gordon Dairy Farms or the smell from the plant fabricating Jell-O artificial flavorings, depending upon the way the wind was blowing. Of course, she wasn’t near Newark. I was closer to Newark, which isn’t far from the Industrial Wasteland at the northern terminus of the Texas-to-Linden pipeline, filled with chemical companies and petroleum cracking towers. Newark doesn’t get Poo or chocolate – just generic air pollution and the occasional industrial refinary odors. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-office-remade-for-the-usa/245920.md?page=2)