A Night At The Office - Ricky Gervais 

Imagine David Brent on 'Friends'?

Yes because without him there would have never been Diwight K. Shrute!

Everything on the US office is crazy over dramatic whereas the UK Office seems so real.

@ash evildead The Americans and the British don't share the same sense of humour in these types of comedy. Humour is different.

Agreed. His character is perfect. He plays that go getter persona who never seems to reach his goals. He self sabotages in order to fit in. He is meek, easily manipulated, so desperate for respect. Yet has this border line personality disorder where he grows on us. Dwight was an aggressive person who would tread on his mother for more respect. Garreth wouldn't do that. Deep down Garreth has a big heart. English comedy is so much better than U.S comedies that use slap stick predictable punch lines. English humour is well thought out & the skilful art of comedy during the silence between the lines. For some reason Americans can't find the humour & they have to present it in varying ways. The token black guy, the gay person, more romance, quarrels, someone to hate , the dumb guy & the over the top fool

I always thought that the American version was also very funny, just for other reasons and in a completely different way.

If you look at what made Seinfeld so special, it was the earlier seasons where it seemed like you were watching reality, not people trying to make you laugh. The last 2 or 3 seasons it lost its magic because the characters and their experiences became less real.

America realized pretty quickly it couldn't do British comedy, so soon after switched to bog-standard loud wacky humour

@@alstevens7060 I honestly think it should've been called The Mad World of Michael Scott, because it's plainly about him living in whatever schizophrenic labyrinth he's in, being David Brent but more annoying. The other characters like Pam and Dwight were luggage in his story.

@@alstevens7060 Spot on. It's also why Curb Your Enthusiasm is so good. It's no coincidence Seinfeld and Curb are the two best American comedies.

Still can’t watch that scene without looking away, too much cringe.

+Kasey Escape Also his analogy that the training was like a holiday for them. Thats sooo true and yet I never really saw it that way.

He was born in Maidstone. Anagram of Maidstone is I am Stoned. I think that speaks volumes ;)

He seemed genuine and anxious to me.

I know people who have worked with him and he’s a really nice guy

Yeah it was great!

Black Books is really good, too.

Smaakjeks K love that show

Please don’t make me redundant

Peep show is as good if not better I think

Fawlty towers was the best and funnily enough only 2 series were made of that as well. Sometimes it’s better not to keep going with something so fantastically unique in comedy because it can become stale and a caricature of itself. A lot of the best comedies didn’t have long runs with the exception being only fools and horses , but even that I’d say the earlier episodes were much better.

You clearly you have never got aids then

covid: hold my beer

Its fake and annoying. Its about as real as Jimmy Carr, even faker if that's possible. Gervais is a funny guy but he really needs to stop laughing at his own shit.

@@zapkvr it genuinely isn’t, watch him in interviews, chat shows, blooopers, anything. He actually is like that in real life

itchy scrot!!!

actually I think most people realized that when they watched the show.

I thought I would die before knowing what on earth was that he was munching consistently, turns out it was called a scotch egg, and I've had those made by my mother, just didn't knew it was called scotch egg.

@Mr Spitsworth The Brent movie felt After Lifey.

@@distinctloafer 0:01

Spot on casting

Brilliant low-budget series

Can you promise it?!

and now I'm cracking up too why is that line so good - it just is

I cannot stop laughing! I always loved "professionalism is...and that is what i want"

Andrew Hatcher defs was going to put this line, so so good.

you know which "philosopher" said that Dolly Parton, and they said she was just a big pair of tits.

Must....just....

Not fans of The Ricky Gervais show! Especially the XFM years.

I don't.

He is on a few episodes of Modern Family. He plays a butler in a hotel in Las Vegas. His delivery of each line is perfection.

he is, he came in to the restaurant I was working at in 2014 with his parents and they were all smiling and very polite

No, he’s being ironic

Very possibly.

No, I would give that to Seinfeld, but the UK office is #2 or at least tied for #2. What I don't understand is how terrible the American Office is- just totally missed everything that made the original funny and special.

@@alstevens7060 Seinfeld is nr 2 for me, love it!

@TheFbiFilesRepeat Peep show is the number 1 comedy; the office is tied with it's always sunny in philadelphia in 2nd 😁

@@TheFbiFilesRepeat Also, Frasier is the best sitcom and Curb your enthusiasm is better than Seinfeld IMO

Suzanne Peck ....why

Suzanne Peck it's the eyes

Goggle-eyed freak. Gotta love him.

@@stevechristie2569 Big eyes?

Das freakin goggle eye. das lanky pissen streak

20:30 lol ok Stephen

Even Malcolm?

@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere fuck malcolm, he's a dickhead

And the wave of romance when she returns to the party. What a moment.

When that happened I was an 18 year old Jack the lad idiot and I've never had to hold back tears so much in front of my mates!

It's just something in my eye guys, honest.

Fingaz MC exactly the same for me, i was 18. Magic moment, I was totally spellbound at the time

@@OfficialFingazMC A very nice comment.

A genuine masterpiece.

+Mark H hes the computer repair guy

oh i made a mistake, y u call me a lier?

you responded to me calling me a lier, with a name of some random guy lool

+Aimee Frost I think he's on about the bald fella that asks 'What's a Goblin, then?' But yeah, neither of them are Pilkington :)

people change with age, even look at steph, fuck rick for that matter, some of my friends i dont recognise after 15 years you idiots lol

my friends just don't get it at all...its by far my favourite British comedy like Curtis said every character was perfectly cast

The best comedy series ever!!!! It's complete comic genius.

Jermaine Dixon yeah i do believe many people just dont get it. Maybe coz u need to have certain similar experiences in order to feel the show.

Jermaine Dixon ~ I know how you feel man :/ my friends don't get it at all. Feels bad man

Your friends haven't watched The Office yet? I am so jealous of them!

Listening to the old xfm shows and the podcast is an integral part of my life. It got me through so many rough episodes. They give me comfort like nothing else. It's crazy.

Amen.

The real brains behind it all.

@@BennyH11 Steve Merchant is a better actor than Ricky Gervais but there's only one David Brent and it isn't Steve. Do you think that writing, on its own, can create something like the office?

True

Sophie Jones SJ big fan of the english version but the American was even better

You mean there are other versions of THE OFFICE? No. There aren't.

Daan Demeyer American version doesn’t even get close, Americans don’t get British dry humour, which is what made The proper Office so good.

@@FannyShmellar It's not a British thing - it's simply what is funny and what is not. I'm American. The UK version is funny - the American version is not.

Different shows, US version was brilliant but it morphed into something completely different, it had a lot of great funny characters, I'm never going to argue which one is better, pointless

He snapped his head back because she looked back at him and he was trying to look like he wasn't dancing you dummy 😆 Nobody was supposed to laugh at furniture getting in the way

@@Talisman09 he definitely is avoiding the bookcase

It's the guitar that gets me.

​@@hughoxford8735She's the serpent... who guards the gates of hell.

He's an alcoholic so he's as bitter as us Brits

@@cactusmalone where did he admit this?

Watch the interview where he basically claims he invested sarcasm

Matthew Perry was probably in the best sitcom ever , the response to friends in its day was massive the office Uk in contrast was so unique credit to gervais and merchant and their vision, backing themselves that the public are smarter than those watching saturday night at the palladium

I clocked that, sure it wasn’t intentional 😂

The Thick Of It is also brilliant.

One word, two syllables - demarcation

Haha, I can practically feel how much you identify with the show.

Hi Geoff . Watch Peter Kay's " Car ShareManagement Speak Cliches" 2 Minutes of Comedy Gold !

@ninja boy 96 You're right. Comedy should have stopped after The Office.

And pints after work

XBuryBoy 7:50

They can never recreate this ever dispite the us version

The US version isn’t anywhere near as layered

MrSpartanm33 Why apologise..

It was the original and better by miles

They're fairly different in tone. I think some of the U.S. The Office seasons are as good since the performances are different enough that its a fresh take on the same characters.

they should have just made a completely different show like they ended up doing anyway because the american sitcom named 'the office' is funny enough but it completely missed the point of what it is

yea way better than us version which is just ok

*is an immortal show

Fried not baked

I always thought Gareth & Alice from Vicar of Dibley were brother & Sister

This.

that

The Other ?

HostDisorder so true bro, the first few seasons of the american version is watchable, after it turns almost forced, and quite sad to be honest.

The American version is great but it's like fast food. The UK version is like fine french cuisine.

Totally agree

The American office is a very very funny comedy sitcom I love it, but the original is a work of art, top 5 tv show of all time. It’s brillant not many shows could ever match what Ricky and Stephen wrote.

The USA one is better in my opinion

You must be form the US then? Aus and Brit humour are very alike.

***** Yeah I can only laugh at the original one, it's my kind of humour. That and Extras, brilliant work. I'll take British comedy any day.

+oo0Spyder0oo Why do you assume that if someone likes the US version over the UK version, it must mean that that person is American?

American or of that style of humour. A generalisation I agree but, the two cultures are vastly different in that area. Let's say, a person has an American style of humour rather than actually living or coming from there if that helps. I think you get my drift.

I think the assumed backstory is essentially that he actually was not incompetent or inept when the cameras were not there in the past but he dreams of basically being an entertainer, So he is essentially playing up to the camera and forgetting his job

@@Two_Seat_Pete_FatA55 the camera has allowed him to just view the job as a vehicle to getting famous, the reactions of the office staff to his jokes show this too because it’s almost as if this hasn’t been the done thing before the camera crew arrived

@@Ben-xl4hp yeah, I think so. The whole thing is extremely well thought out, so i assumed that this part was implied this way purposely. If you think about the first season, that’s when he wins the votes to get the job that Neil ends up getting, which means he must’ve been doing a good job prior to the cameras turning up. part of his resentment towards Neil is that he knows he actually got more votes to get the job , because he probably knows deep down he was doing a good job in the past.