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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
 Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:01:07
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| Is anyone else obsessed with this show? |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:02:42
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oh yeah. i loved THE OFFICE and thought this would dissappoint. its not OFFICE but its still pretty great
-Brian
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:08:37
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| I haven't seen the Office yet, you say it's better huh? |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:14:09
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THE OFFICE might be the single funniest per-episode show in television history (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT gives it a run for its money). it is really worth tracking down either to rent or own.
-Brian
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 11:48:36
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| Y'know what, I've seen all The Office, but I missed every episode of this. Hav'nt seen the US Office, either. |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 12:05:18
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The U.S. Office was not very good at all. Don't bother.
"The arc of triumph" |
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misleadtheworld
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1222 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 12:18:48
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I loved the Patrick Stewart Extras episode. So funny.
"and of course, I've seen everything..."
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 12:24:44
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Originally posted by pixiestu
The U.S. Office was not very good at all. Don't bother.
Wrong. It's very good. The only weak link is the Gareth character.
Extras is also quite good. |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 12:34:00
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I love the back to back Curb Your Enthusiasm/Extras. Makes Sunday nights fun again.
You run all kinds of red lights except the ones on the street.
When you run out of exits you can always count sheep. |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 12:36:13
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I agree that 'Extras' is good, but I just didn't find the american office funny. Maybe I'm just biased because I loved the original so much.
"The arc of triumph" |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 12:53:09
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I like the American Office as well. It doesn't have the exceedingly good creepiness of the UK Office, but it's funny. Steve Carrell is a funny man. Love live Produce Pete!!
Anyone else watching My Name is Earl? The first episode seemed promising. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 13:04:15
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Originally posted by pixiestu
I agree that 'Extras' is good, but I just didn't find the american office funny. Maybe I'm just biased because I loved the original so much.
I also loved the original and had dire hopes for the US version but gave it a chance because I like Steve Carell since his days as a "reporter" on The Daily Show. I honestly don't know who else could have pulled it off.
The first episode of this season wasn't so good, but "Sexual Harrassment" was excellent ("I am getting a boner!"). |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 17:06:49
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| How do I differentiate between the U.S. and U.K. versions? Is Ricky Gervais in both? |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 17:08:57
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| i was an extra once, on a Reel Big Fish video. it was a low point in my life |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 17:21:48
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| It takes real guts to admit something like that floop, I got new found respek for you. I was in a band that used to practice next door to that crap band, they were very nice to us though. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 17:29:31
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that was at a time in my life when my car was broken down and my mom had to drop me off at set.
you want guts, i'll give you guts |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 10/10/2005 : 17:32:06
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i remember at the time thinking there should be a documentary (or mockumentary) about extras. there's like this whole underground scene of people who do it all the time. as in, the bottom of the barrel of wannabe Hollywood people. it's funny and sad at the same time.
i haven't seen the show |
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bazza
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1439 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 01:33:31
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extras was a bit like the office for me - i started off not really liking it but grew to absolutely love it. the episodes with samuel l jackson and les dennis were fantastic.
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PixieSteve
> Teenager of the Year <
Poland
4698 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 11:39:04
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the american office was ok... but it wasn't as good as the original, and they basically tried to copy it word for word, from what i could see. so i just didn't see the point in it. i think it probably emphasised what americans found funny about the office, which must differ.
extras was pretty good.
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Ziggy
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
2463 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 12:08:22
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Patrick Stewart episode was fabulous.
"Come on you, huggybears!" |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 12:39:24
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Originally posted by PixieSteve
the american office was ok... but it wasn't as good as the original, and they basically tried to copy it word for word, from what i could see. so i just didn't see the point in it. i think it probably emphasised what americans found funny about the office, which must differ.
extras was pretty good.
I think the first episode copied the script of an original UK episode, but they may have already shot more episodes of the US Office than the UK Office. Making copying scripts impossible. |
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BLT
> Teenager of the Year <
South Sandwich Islands
4204 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 14:49:35
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| The first couple shows relied pretty heavily on the UK scripts, but after that it's more or less on its own. For instance, there was no UK show about a basketball game. |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 16:05:20
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Is Ricky Gervais in just the U.K. version?
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 16:25:44
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| Yes, but he's an executive produce or such on the US show. I don't if that means has any real involvement or just receives a check. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 08:54:31
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I can't wait to see his Simpsons episode! |
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pixiestu
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
2564 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 09:28:27
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I think the basketball game episode was loosely based on the UK quiz night episode. I know they are totally different, but they both emphasize the characters competitive nature. It's just that a basketball game would probably be more relevant to Americans.
"The arc of triumph" |
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klikger
= Cult of Ray =
693 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2005 : 12:10:50
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| The Office is my fave show of all-time (and I LOVE Seinfeld and CYE), the U.S. version is shite compared to it, and Extras is really good. I've only seen the first 3 episodes yet, being in the U.S. |
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darwin
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
5454 Posts |
Posted - 10/15/2005 : 13:45:33
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| I've watched a couple more of "My Name is Earl" and it's great. It's got a little of the "Raising Arizona" vibe and is irreverant (one episode had Earl being beaten with a large print Bible). Good stuff. |
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s_wrenn
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
1851 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2006 : 09:55:46
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Season 2 Guest stars:
Episode 1: Orlando Bloom
Episode 2: David Bowie
Episode 3: Daniel Radcliffe
Episode 4: Chris Martin
Episode 5: Sir Ian McKellen
Episode 6: Jonathan Ross
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mr.biscuitdoughhead
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1729 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2006 : 09:59:22
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Originally posted by darwin
I've watched a couple more of "My Name is Earl" and it's great. It's got a little of the "Raising Arizona" vibe and is irreverant (one episode had Earl being beaten with a large print Bible). Good stuff.
Yeah, Earl is one of the best shows on NBC. I didn't notice the Rasing Arizona thing until now, but yeah it does sort of seem like it. The one where they burned down the barn when they were kids is great.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
11546 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2006 : 13:03:37
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http://www.mckellen.com/video/extras/index.htm
Ricky Gervais is the greatest actor in the world. He says so Himself on His website. It's not always easy to know quite when RG means what he says, so it was with enormous trepidation that I joined him at Pinewood Studios for two days filming an episode of the second series of Extras, the hit show for BBC TV and HBO. It wasn't made any easier that the character I was playing was called "Ian McKellen". In Extras RG plays another actor Andy Millman, star of a dodgy BBC sitcom When the Whistle Blows, who is eager for a change and comes to audition for a part in a new stage play which Ian McKellen is to direct. With me so far?
There are many jokes in this episode of Extras, one of them being that Ian McKellen is gay and also that he is unsufferably pompous. That makes for tricky territory, particularly when the script has been written by two experts in irony, masters of the put-down, the snigger and the snub, RG and his partner (in, I'm pretty sure, the non-sexual sense) Stephen Merchant, now graduated from co-writing The Office to be an actor as Andy Millman's agent.
I don't want to spoil the fun but this is how my first scene began:
INT.CASTING ROOM.DAY
An ASSISTANT is walking ANDY in. Assorted theatre-types are sat around talking. The ASSISTANT and ANDY approach SIR IAN MCKELLEN.
ASSISTANT
Excuse me. This is Andy Millman.
IAN McKELLEN
Ahh, hello.
They shake hands
ANDY
It's a pleasure to meet you Mr McKellen.
IAN McKELLEN
Oh no, it's not Mr McKellen...
ANDY
Sorry, Ian...
IAN McKELLEN
No, Sir Ian.
ANDY laughs, taking this for a joke. IAN McKELLEN looks completely dead-pan. ANDY realises he's not joking.
ANDY
Sir Ian... etc
As I'd been invited to comment on the script to suit my personality, I called RG to suggest the script had got me wrong, a little. I am one of those knights who prefers not to use the title professionally. Perhaps RG and SM had confused me with another acting "Sir". I suggested a substitute joke more in keeping with my attitude to such formalities:
ASSISTANT
Excuse me. This is Andy Millman
IAN McKELLEN
Of course it is. Welcome Andy.
They shake hands
ANDY
It's an honour to meet you Sir Ian.
IAN McKELLEN
Oh no, please, it's not Sir Ian.
ANDY
Sorry, Mr McKellen.
IAN McKELLEN
No, not him either. No titles please. Please don't separate me out from the rest of you. Please. We are all workers at the coal-face. If you're going to call me Sir Ian then I'm going to have to call you Mr. Milkman and that would never do would it?
On his mobile, RG was non-committal. You can judge the compromise we made when the episode is aired later this year.
It was a thrill to be so close to a comic actor in his prime but nerve-making too. So I was relieved somewhat when after one of my lines (which he had co-penned) RG guffawed so loudly that we had to start the scene again -- and then again, as he laughed some more. This was reassuring and alarming simultaneously. I mean, if he ever stopped laughing would it mean I was no longer being funny? I said I wished he could control the open expression of his glee as I wasn't sure I could be much good if he kept interrupting. "But that's it you see," RG confided straight-faced, "My job is make you look crap so I can win the BAFTA". Then the greatest actor in the world roared with laughter. So did I. One of us, at least, was acting. -- Ian McKellen, August 2006
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
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Posted - 09/02/2006 : 13:32:08
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Cool stuff. I just finished watching the Patrick Stewart episode again, I can't wait for Series 2.
 "No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself." |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2006 : 19:18:07
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Chris Martin? Hopefully they berate him and his sleep inducing, muzak tripe.
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"My name is Doug and I'm outta hhhhheeeere." |
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Suicide_Samurai
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
431 Posts |
Posted - 09/02/2006 : 22:42:39
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| I hope the second part of that Ian McKellen thing is tongue in cheek. I can't really tell. The whole point in Extras is that stars show they can make fun of themselves by playing up to this exaggeration of the publics perception of them, whether it be true or not. Changing the script to make himself appear better is like something straight out of Extras itself. For that reason it's probably a joke.. |
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blue cadet3
- FB Fan -
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2006 : 00:37:03
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I love the BBC OFFICE. I have seen 4 episodes of EXTRAS. Has the new season already started? Great sense of humor this show has.
-Opinions were like kittens I was giving them away- |
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a guy in a rover
= Cult of Ray =
United Kingdom
535 Posts |
Posted - 09/03/2006 : 06:26:09
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Extras is hilarious. I cant be arsed with people who are always saying its not as good as the Pixies. Much like the idiots who say Frank Black is not as good as the Pixies, they need to realise that time moves on and people do different things that might not be exactly to everyones liking.
Kiss my ring...I am the greatest
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Extras (Ricky Gervais)
