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  • Riverrunner
    Riverrunner Posts: 2,419
    mca47 wrote:
    Yeah, Earl was hilarious last night. The whole Cops in Camden county idea was great!

    One of the funniest: when Randy was stuck up in the tree and the cop said they sent a couple of guys up to get him but they got bit. Then they got the tranquilizer gun and a trampoline. Randy fell out onto the trampoline, but then bounced onto the ground.

    Oh yeah, and the starpwr drunk driver.... was that really somebody famous?
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  • pineapplesandwaves
    pineapplesandwaves Posts: 584
    Riverrunner wrote:
    One of the funniest: when Randy was stuck up in the tree and the cop said they sent a couple of guys up to get him but they got bit. Then they got the tranquilizer gun and a trampoline. Randy fell out onto the trampoline, but then bounced onto the ground.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uom00FNxdo

    It was definitely a funny hour of t.v. last night.
    duggro wrote:
    i'll say without doubt the show is great, but if you havent seen the british original version, then watch it. it is infinitely better! gervais and merchant are so good at what they do.
    I've watched the first six episodes of the original version, and I have to say I like the American one better. It's probably because we've had 30+ episodes for character building and to love the show and its characters, but I like the American supporting cast so much better. Also, Pam is so much more adorable and likeable than her British counterpart, Dawn. Dawn is boring. I will say, though, while I absolutely adore Carrell, Gervais creates so much more awkward and uncomfortable moments. I love it! I really like Gareth, but he has nothing on Dwight. Dwight is in a league of his own. :) I'd like to watch the remaining six episodes and the Christmas special from the original version. Perhaps my opinion would change.

    It's kind of weird how the two versions are so similar, yet so different. They're awesome!
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  • AllIAm
    AllIAm Posts: 1,309
    off_the_record wrote:
    guess i'm alone, but i can't believe you guys thought that was a good episode. it was one of the stupidest storylines they've had to date and the show went nowhere. i kept waiting for something funny to happen and it never did.

    i need to watch season 1 to remember how good this show was when it started.

    nope im with you. the fact that i went "awww" more times than i laughed is a clear and present danger. not ok. i too am going back to season 1 and 2... you can all have season 3
  • drivingrl
    drivingrl Posts: 1,448
    off_the_record wrote:
    i need to watch season 1 to remember how good this show was when it started.

    You need to stick to the British version, then. The entire first season was copied from the British "Office".
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  • ledvedderman
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  • Shawn Smith Collective
    Shawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    drivingrl wrote:
    You need to stick to the British version, then. The entire first season was copied from the British "Office".


    I haven't seen the British version yet myself, but everything I've ever read said that only the 1st episode of the US version was a remake of the British version, and that the remaining episodes were all original.
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    mca47 wrote:
    Yeah, Earl was hilarious last night. The whole Cops in Camden county idea was great!
    How did I miss Earl last night? I wonder why my DVR didn't record it???
  • blackngold
    blackngold Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 308
    aNiMaL wrote:
    How did I miss Earl last night? I wonder why my DVR didn't record it???

    Earl was great last night. havent laughed that hard in a long time. "Owwww, i skinned my pecker"
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,335
    blackngold wrote:
    Earl was great last night. havent laughed that hard in a long time. "Owwww, i skinned my pecker"

    Yeah, it was hilarious!!
    :)
  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    drivingrl wrote:
    You need to stick to the British version, then. The entire first season was copied from the British "Office".
    well yeah. everyone knows the british version was better. i was just talking about the us version.


    and if you guys thought earl was funny, did you watch scrubs? that trumped earl AND the office.
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  • wasting life
    wasting life Posts: 12
    I was very apprehensive about the us version when it first aired. I was a HUGE fan of the british version and thought that there was NO WAY the us version would even compare. Surprisingly, the Americans did just as well and I love the supporting cast members much more.
    But the first season is my least favorite season just because it is the exact same as the british down to the same lines.
    And the brits did it better.
  • duggro
    duggro Posts: 1,343
    I'll Ride The Wave wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uom00FNxdo

    It was definitely a funny hour of t.v. last night.

    I've watched the first six episodes of the original version, and I have to say I like the American one better. It's probably because we've had 30+ episodes for character building and to love the show and its characters, but I like the American supporting cast so much better. Also, Pam is so much more adorable and likeable than her British counterpart, Dawn. Dawn is boring. I will say, though, while I absolutely adore Carrell, Gervais creates so much more awkward and uncomfortable moments. I love it! I really like Gareth, but he has nothing on Dwight. Dwight is in a league of his own. :) I'd like to watch the remaining six episodes and the Christmas special from the original version. Perhaps my opinion would change.

    It's kind of weird how the two versions are so similar, yet so different. They're awesome!

    each to their own and all that:) but i disagree so strongly about dawn and gareth (pam and dwight). I feel dwight is just an unreal version of gareth, far too exaggerated, and I really struggle to like pam whereas I couldnt help but love little dawn

    oh well, its all a matter of personal taste
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  • DOSW
    DOSW Posts: 2,014
    wasting life wrote:
    I am now chopping off Phyllis' head with a chainsaw!

    :D

    I thought the episode was pretty funny. One of the better ones of the season. But the Jim/Pam/Karen drama is spiraling downhill quality-wise. I felt like vomiting when they showed Pam crying. And not in a "oh, poor Pam" kind of way. More like a "why the hell is this in the show?" kind of way.

    Pam's character used to be sexy in a realistic kind of way. Now she's just overly nice and lacking any real cleverness to her. Yuck.
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  • off_the_record
    off_the_record Posts: 843
    DOSW wrote:
    But the Jim/Pam/Karen drama is spiraling downhill quality-wise. I felt like vomiting when they showed Pam crying. And not in a "oh, poor Pam" kind of way. More like a "why the hell is this in the show?" kind of way.

    agreed.
    DOSW wrote:
    Pam's character used to be sexy in a realistic kind of way. Now she's just overly nice and lacking any real cleverness to her. Yuck.

    agreed :)
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  • holtz
    holtz Posts: 509
    Riverrunner wrote:
    Oh yeah, and the starpwr drunk driver.... was that really somebody famous?

    http://imdb.com/name/nm0821048/
  • libragirl
    libragirl Posts: 4,632
    I thought the episode was good...I really wasn't expecting things to turn out like they did...as for Earl...that show isn't too funny anymore. I didnt find that episode funny at all.
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  • eddievedder1977
    eddievedder1977 Posts: 549
    As much as MANY people enjoy the Pam/Jim dynamic, and now the Pam/Jim/Karen dynamic, I personally DO NOT. Its way too much of a Ross/Rachel thing. They take an off the wall comedy that is always outlandish, and then it gets serious for those few moments. Granted if thats why part of the viewers tune in, I can see why the writers put it in there. But personally I'd rather see more of Kevin and Creed.
  • DaytimeDilemma
    DaytimeDilemma Posts: 2,008
    eddievedder1977 wrote:
    As much as MANY people enjoy the Pam/Jim dynamic, and now the Pam/Jim/Karen dynamic, I personally DO NOT. Its way too much of a Ross/Rachel thing. They take an off the wall comedy that is always outlandish, and then it gets serious for those few moments. Granted if thats why part of the viewers tune in, I can see why the writers put it in there. But personally I'd rather see more of Kevin and Creed.


    Exactly. I know they write that cheesy shit in there for viewers, but I really only tune in to see Steve Carrell. Michael is the fucking man.
  • eddievedder1977
    eddievedder1977 Posts: 549
    DaytimeDilemma wrote:
    Exactly. I know they write that cheesy shit in there for viewers, but I really only tune in to see Steve Carrell. Michael is the fucking man.

    Carrell is why I started watching in the first place. But Dwight is hilarious. Overdone most definitely, but still hilarious. And even though Kevin and Creed only get a line or two each episode, they almost always deliver with something fantastic each time.
  • Fighting Hellfish
    Fighting Hellfish Posts: 3,175
    I think Kevin and Creed are used just right. Too much of them would hurt them

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