# Who saw NBC's The Office, but not the BBC's The Office? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 25, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154 "2005-03-25T04:28:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154/21 "2005-03-25T16:09:52Z")
I quite enjoyed it, I had seen on eo r two episodes of the BBC version and I had the same reaction. Pretty funny,but over-hyped with praise. I do like Steve Carell very much. It won’t be a must see but I suppose I’ll watch it if I happen to be watching TV when it is on. Maybe I will try and catch the BBC version on BBC America this weekend, I think they are having a marathon. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154/22 "2005-03-25T16:28:52Z")
I saw it last night with a few friends. All of us enjoyed it. It did well for a pilot episode- introducing the characters and the feel of the place and still being funny. I will definitely watch again. ---
**Author:** ![flyboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4da419/32.png) [@flyboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flyboy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154/23 "2005-03-25T16:37:02Z")
I’ve seen all of the original series and am a big fan, so I was really hoping they wouldn’t screw this up like they did Coupling. And I wasn’t disappointed. It was cast well and held the same appeal as the original. I’ll definitely be watching it next week. ---
**Author:** ![pokey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154/24 "2005-03-25T16:43:00Z")
I like Steve Carroll a lot, and he was funny, it’s just that right off the bat I felt like I was going to be a chore to watch him keep doing that oblivious horrible painful thing for a whole half hour. When he said Bono and God were his favorite people was when I gave up. I guess I thought it was kind of one-note. I think it’s that having a terrible idiot who thinks he’s funny but absolutely isn’t is too close to the bone for me or something. When he was doing the six million dollar man thing, for example, and the receptionist was sitting there thinking about throwing a butcher knife at his skull, I was daydreaming about that _too_! And I don’t want to spend any more of my day wishing people would die than I already do. So that’s what I didn’t like about it. Instead of allowing me to laugh at this type of terrible moment from a distance, it just realistically recreated it and forced me to live it out for no productive reason. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154/25 "2005-03-25T17:05:44Z")
> [@Gangster Octopus](#): > > Maybe I will try and catch the BBC version on BBC America this weekend, I think they are having a marathon. Yes, there’s a marathon of the first series (six eps, four hours) this Saturday (tomorrow) and then another of the second series (same length) next Saturday. However, there don’t appear to be any plans to rebroadcast the Christmas Special. (grumble) –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154/26 "2005-03-25T17:18:44Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > Yes, there’s a marathon of the first series (six eps, four hours) this Saturday (tomorrow) and then another of the second series (same length) next Saturday. However, there don’t appear to be any plans to rebroadcast the Christmas Special. (grumble) Seriously? Are they part of a bookstore that sells books missing the last chapter? The Christmas episode is, IMO, immensely satisfying, and the perfect coda to the show. Ya gotta see it. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154/27 "2005-03-25T19:28:35Z")
I have never seen the brit version and so far the yank version bored the piss out of me. I’ll give it a few more chances, because some of my favorite shows didn’t catch my fancy the first time. But right now, I’m not excited. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154/28 "2005-03-26T04:03:09Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Compared to the absolute crap that is ‘Joey’, ‘Raymond’, ‘Scrubs’, and nearly every other sitcom on TV, this was refreshingly quirky. Just because it doesn’t have a laughtrack doesn’t mean it’s not funny. I had to explain the ‘Does the carpet match the drapes?’ line to my wife, though. As I just mentioned in the other The Office thread, apparently it’s too highbrow for me because I really thought it was about the most unfunny “comedy” I’ve ever seen. Then again, I like Joey, Raymond and Scrubs, so, what do I know? 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-saw-nbcs-the-office-but-not-the-bbcs-the-office/296154.md?page=1)