Showing posts with label The Office. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Office. Show all posts

April 14, 2011

Fight For Your Right - Revisited

Will Farrell, Jack Black, John C. Reilly, Seth Rogan, Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Will Arnett, Jason Schwartzman, Rainn Wilson, Ted Danson, Susan Sarandan, Shannyn Sossamon, Steve Buscemi, Amy Poehler, Alicia Silverstone, Chloe Sevigny, Kirsten Dunst, Maya Rudolph, David Cross and Orlando Bloom.

Yup, that's the cast for this 30 minute re-visitation of The Beastie Boys' classic "Fight For Your Right To Party". Yes, you read correctly, THIRTY MINUTES. All that talent jam packed into 30 minutes of film magic.

Cowbell at 1:44

January 27, 2011

Brick Tamland and Ron Burgandy Reunited

That's right folks, 'ol Ron Burgs and dipshit Brick are partnering up again. This time on The Office. Will Ferrell has signed on to guest star on four episodes of The Office, playing a branch manager just as incompetent and inappropriate as Michael Scott. Let the good times roll, fuck you San Diego.

June 29, 2010

Goodbye Scranton, Hello Hollywood

This just in:
Steve Carell to step away from The Office.
Dunder Mifflin will try to survive, but it's ultimate demise is inevitable.

March 27, 2010

August 3, 2009

American TV Blows

Not really, but when i compare it to the shows in this post, then yes, it does. The problem with American TV is the "beating a dead horse" scenario, in which studio execs and producers try to milk once popular shows and drive them completely into the ground. Heroes anyone? Should've stopped while you were ahead. It's like Michael Jordan's career. He had the right idea when he retired the first two times, go out on top of the game. But then he came back and failed miserably, much like American TV.

The following list of shows didn't succumb to this downfall. They created masterpieces and stopped before it got ridiculous.

1. Summer Heights High (Australia)
Total episodes made: 8 (yes, eight)

Summer Heights High was created by Chris Lilley (who also stars in the show, three times. I'll explain.) Lilley's mockumentary style show takes place in an Australian High School. The show follows three characters: Jonah Takalua (a year 8 student that loves breakdancing and fucking shit up), Ja'mie King (a 16 year old prissy little stuck up schoolgirl) and Mr G. (head of the theatre department at the school) . . . all three characters are played by Chris Lilley!

With only EIGHT episodes ever made, it's amazing that it made such an impact on not just myself but everyone who has come in contact with it. Here's a few clips from the show.

Jonah Takalua:


68IOU1 hahaha classic line




2. Trailer Park Boys (Canadia)
Total episodes made: 55 (Over the course of 7 seasons, that's about 8 episodes per season)

Trailer Park Boys is another mockumentary style show that follows the lives of residents in a Nova Scotia trailer park. The main characters are Ricky (a not-so-smart ex con that loves "dope"), Julian (the smarter, less idiotic voice of reason) and Bubbles (a near down syndrome coke bottle glasses wearing cat lover). All three strive for a get rich quick scheme and often pertains to selling dope or robbery.

Never Cry Shitwolf:


My autographed picture from Laheigh and Randy



3. The Office (UK)
Total episodes made: 14 (two seasons of 6 each, 2 special episodes, and a movie)

Before Steve Carrell invaded US households staring in the American version of the office, Ricky Gervais created this classic British mockumentary. Long before Dwight Shrute and Jim Halpert were butting heads, their English counterparts Gareth Keenan and Tim Canterbury were at each others throats too. Ricky Gervais was a smart man, even though his character (much like Steve Carrell's) was a complete idiot. Gervais stopped production of The Office after just 14 episodes citing that "it's done" and did not want to ruin the show by dragging it on. Instead, he sold the rights to American TV and made a fortune off of it.

Gareth was Milk Monitor

July 29, 2009

All Things Stapler

Word of the day: Stapler.

Don't ask why, just enjoy these clips that involve staplers.

First, naturally, Milton from Office Space gets done dirty.


Second, South Park tackles Rod Schneider's typecasting.


Third, quick comedy bit about being cut from a sports team.


Fourth, scene from The Office (UK). stapler = murder weapon.