The Office (UK)

[Michael Scott]

I love The Office and i've watched every single episode like 5 times, so I wanted to get into the original BBC version and I tried to watch it, but

a) i didn't understand WHAT the fuck anyone was saying
b) the parts that i did get were only mildly humorous

so what is so great about the british Office? Is it really popular in England or is it just another 'show that comes on but if theres nothing else good on you guess you'll watch it' type thing?

[mitchboy999]

There's a UK Office? :facepalm:

[ASBO]

Ha most Americans don't really get UK humour.

How can you not understand what they say??? They don't even have strong accents..

It is popular here, its classic.

USA! USA! USA! Wooo!

[constantinople]

I love The Office and i've watched every single episode like 5 times, so I wanted to get into the original BBC version and I tried to watch it, but

a) i didn't understand WHAT the fuck anyone was saying
b) the parts that i did get were only mildly humorous

so what is so great about the british Office? Is it really popular in England or is it just another 'show that comes on but if theres nothing else good on you guess you'll watch it' type thing?

Is this a troll thread? :confused:


Both of The Offices are pretty shit, but The Office (UK) is much better than the US version.


If you can't understand what they are saying then :facepalm:

[is all mememememe with me]

not really seen the US office properly but aren't they pretty much exactly the same? like the only time i saw the US version it was when they threw that guys shoes over the roof, which happened exactly the same way in the english one. so i never really bothered with it much after that.

i been watching US shameless tho, thats pretty much a carbon copy too, but its got emmy rossum getting nekid as fiona so that just changes everything.

edit: i gotta add, altho macy's a great actor, he really does fail as frank, like really fails.

[constantinople]

not really seen the US office properly but aren't they pretty much exactly the same? like the only time i saw the US version it was when they threw that guys shoes over the roof, which happened exactly the same way in the english one. so i never really bothered with it much after that.

i been watching US shameless tho, thats pretty much a carbon copy too, but its got emmy rossum getting nekid as fiona so that just changes everything.

It stems from the fact that Michael Scott is a huge twat and not in a funny way.

[is all mememememe with me]

Ha most Americans don't really get UK humour.

How can you not understand what they say??? They don't even have strong accents..

It is popular here, its classic.

USA! USA! USA! Wooo!

you know what i've noticed about the differences between british and american humour? why they don't get it?

we laugh at ourselves, like a lot. americans tend to take themselves a little too seriously(altho they'll never admit it). so they just don't get it when we take the piss out of ourselves, i think thats kinda unnatural to that 'america yeah' attitude. not saying thats a bad thing on americans or that it applies to everyone of them, just a fundamental difference i noticed going on.

[fuckbiscuit]

Yeah, i'm not really a fan of the UK office, it's not that funny.

[constantinople]

you know what i've noticed about the differences between british and american humour? why they don't get it?

we laugh at ourselves, like a lot. americans tend to take themselves a little too seriously(altho they'll never admit it). so they just don't get it when we take the piss out of ourselves, i think thats kinda unnatural to that 'america yeah' attitude. not saying thats a bad thing on americans or that it applies to everyone of them, just a fundamental difference i noticed going on.

indeed

[is all mememememe with me]

Yeah, i'm not really a fan of the UK office, it's not that funny.

you think thats not funny. i live in the town where its supposedly based. those places in the opening credits is where i live. its a fucking shithole

[constantinople]

you think thats not funny. i live in the town where its supposedly based. those places in the opening credits is where i live. its a fucking shithole

Houston is pretty grim.

[fuckbiscuit]

you think thats not funny. i live in the town where its supposedly based. those places in the opening credits is where i live. its a fucking shithole

Slough? lol.

That place is one giant industrial estate.

[---Beany---]

Americans aint great with subtlety.
UK office has a lot of subtlety.

[is all mememememe with me]

Slough? lol.

That place is one giant industrial estate.

i know, famous for the guy that discovered uranus lmao

[fuckbiscuit]

i know, famous for the guy that discovered uranus lmao

Full of moosleems too.

[is all mememememe with me]

Full of moosleems too.

that it is, and fucking polish too. every 3 shops now has a polski sklep sign hanging up, its fucking ridiculous.

[fuckbiscuit]

I don't mind the poles so much though, they're generally pretty nice people.

[Michael Scott]

It stems from the fact that Michael Scott is a huge twat and not in a funny way.

are you serious? Michael is awesome. David is the one who's not funny, its like he's an ass on purpose. Michael makes an ass of himself on accident which makes these twice as funny.

[zuperxtreme]

OP's username makes me lol.

[is all mememememe with me]

are you serious? Michael is awesome. David is the one who's not funny, its like he's an ass on purpose. Michael makes an ass of himself on accident which makes these twice as funny.

see you just dont get it at all. he's not trying to be an ass, he's an ass trying way to hard to be cool. but its the same story, same character told in two different countries. there can't be that much of a difference surely.

[Marsh]

UK humor is more of a dry humor

[HelloClarice]

UK Office relies more on cringeworthy humor. it's supposed to be funny, but funny in the way you would laugh at a fat kid falling on his face or something. personally, the episode where they do training day and David Brent yells about someone getting raped is my favorite.

[Denial]

I can kind of understand where the OP is coming from when he says he can't understand what the british people are saying. My favorite part of the UK office is the awkward stares of the boss. His character is actually great.

[The Pat-Man]

neither one is funny /thread

[Jive Talka]

I watched the English version first and I didn't really enjoy it. There were some funny moments but I bailed out after 3 episodes.

I loved the first season of The Office US and I thought the second season was great too, it became a cartoon at the start of season 3 and I couldn't stand it anymore.

[HelloClarice]

I watched the English version first and I didn't really enjoy it. There were some funny moments but I bailed out after 3 episodes.

I loved the first season of The Office US and I thought the second season was great too, it became a cartoon at the start of season 3 and I couldn't stand it anymore.


once every episode became about jim and pam getting together, then married, then having a kid i lost interest.

[Michael Scott]

once every episode became about jim and pam getting together, then married, then having a kid i lost interest.

yeah that whole Jim and Pam arc is the only thing I don't like about the show. Why does every show feel its mandatory to add a love plot??? a lot of shows would be better off without it.

[constantinople]

yeah that whole Jim and Pam arc is the only thing I don't like about the show. Why does every show feel its mandatory to add a love plot??? a lot of shows would be better off without it.

So more women will care about the show. Appealing to a broader market to make more money.

[Fuck the FBI]

I really dislike Ricky Gervais, and the actors in the UK Office are just so bland. US Dwight = 100000000x better than UK Dwight.

[BoneThugJones]

People that don't like the office are probably rather unintelligent in real life and like shows like 2 and a half men where it's very obvious shock humor. The office is very subtle which just makes it that much more awesome. That being said I've never watched the UK office but I'm assuming Ricky Gervais plays the equivalent of Steve Carell? Could be funny Idk.

[is all mememememe with me]

I really dislike Ricky Gervais, and the actors in the UK Office are just so bland. US Dwight = 100000000x better than UK Dwight.

no no no, no. you don't get a UK dwight, you would never get a UK dwight. nobody in this whole fucking country would be stupid enough to call themselves or their kid dwight ffs.

[OcEaNEyEz]

I tried to watch it but had the same problem

Did not find it all that funny or couldn't understand what the fuck they were saying

That is why they remake good UK shows in the US, the original series does not translate to well to an America audience

Plus I find Ricky Gervais annoying, his laugh is way over the top, and he is not that funny.

are you serious? Michael is awesome. David is the one who's not funny, its like he's an ass on purpose. Michael makes an ass of himself on accident which makes these twice as funny.

Ricky Gervais is an ass IRL, so he's basically plays himself on the UK show.

[Fuck the FBI]

no no no, no. you don't get a UK dwight, you would never get a UK dwight. nobody in this whole fucking country would be stupid enough to call themselves or their kid dwight ffs.

whatever the dwight counterpart is named. I dont really care because theyre all fucking awful and bland

[Shrike]

whatever the dwight counterpart is named. I dont really care because theyre all fucking awful and bland

That's the point, dickface.

[Fuck the FBI]

That's the point, dickface.

That's the dick, pointface.

[Michael Scott]

That's the point, dickface.

the point is for the characters to be as bland as possible?

[Fuck the FBI]

the point is for the characters to be as bland as possible?

I don't understand how bland = funny.

[Shrike]

I didn't particularly like the show, or even watch it that much, but yeah. It's a fucking nondescript office in Slough, it's not meant to have attractive "zany" people in it.

[Fuck the FBI]

Mundane for the sake of mundane is not funny.

[Shrike]

Zany for the sake of zany is not funny.

You are so right.

[reject]

I don't understand how bland = funny.

Because you're american and only understand a joke if it's slapped in your face.

[Oct]

There's a UK Office? :facepalm:

:facepalm:

Ha most Americans don't really get UK humour.

How can you not understand what they say??? They don't even have strong accents..

It is popular here, its classic.

USA! USA! USA! Wooo!

Another spastic trying to cause UK/US argument. Well it's not happening. As much as i don't find the US version funny, i respect their taste in humor. If you think any Brits are going to get butt hurt over some stupid comment your wrong, The Office isn't some nationally loved comedy, far from it. I've hardly watched it to be honest, Ricky Gervais is A completely overrated dick. FA-IL!

[Fuck the FBI]

Because you're american and only understand a joke if it's slapped in your face.

bland =/= subtle

l2argue

[RadioFree]

The UK version is hilarious and Ricky Gervais is fucking awesome in it. As for the US version, Steve Carell is probably in my top 3 least favourite comedians of all time.

[Fuck the FBI]

The UK version is hilarious and Ricky Gervais is fucking awesome in it. As for the US version, Steve Carell is probably in my top 3 least favourite comedians of all time.

I hope you die. Ricky Gervais is as funny as a dead raccoon on the highway. Sure, its funny when he dies, but other than that, nobody likes him.

Steve Carell isn't my favorite actor, but he does a lot of funny shit.

[Oct]

To be honest i couldn't see anyone else playing Ricky's character apart from Steve, but it still fails to make me laugh sorry. The whole idea of making an office workplace funny died a long time a go.

[Keith Lemon]

There's a UK Office? :facepalm:

the office first started in the UK retard

[lowballer]

The UK version is better. Actually it's fucking hilarious. Unless you're too stupid to understand it.........like the OP.

[Fuck the FBI]

The UK version is better. Actually it's fucking hilarious. Unless you're too stupid to understand it.........like the OP.

it is not funny at all
:picard::picard::picard::picard::picard::picard: :picard:

[Oct]

Yeah The Office is shit but you guys have had way better comedies, e.g, "Will & Grace", "Frasier". Please :smug:

[is all mememememe with me]

Yeah The Office is shit but you guys have had way better comedies, e.g, "Will & Grace", "Frasier". Please :smug:

i dunno, curb your enthusiasm is awesome. one of my favorite comedies ever. it reminds me of extras a lot, i'm pretty sure gervais copied the format a lot when he wrote it. extras was still fairly good tho.

[Oct]

You see him at this year's Golden globes...What a fucking embarrassment.

Ricky Gervais vs. Steve Carell Round two - YouTube

The people were saying, "Oh the friendly banter between Carrel and Gervais is great". No i bet he actually snubbed him.

[Fuck the FBI]

its always sunny in philadelphia is pretty lulzy

I just watched the episode where they were taken hostage in the bar. xD