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The Office UK Season 1 Episode 3 The Quiz

🕑 Added 2020-11-12 18:31:00 +0000 UTC

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Ethan furness

EYYY it was jays dad lol

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LOL I have never heard of those but I totally see what he was saying now.

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I agree The Office has a very different feel to the other shows I have watched on here. I do agree with what you said about IT Crowd and The Simpsons though, they are both so silly and I love them.'

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Thanks for the input bud. I do enjoy the show but it is funny in a different way then some of the other shows I have watched.

Kyle Parsons

I'm a bit gutted you didn't get the Frey Bentos joke, but not surprised. That's my favourite joke out of the entire series !

Saul

...But watching The Office after watching Extras all the way through on this channel, The Office is much better in the way it hangs together. It's so much more subtle and cleverly made, and the situations are smaller and more relatably human. It's definitely the best thing the two of them ever wrote. I'd rate Peep Show pretty highly, probably slightly higher, just because it's so clever and deep in the way it explores the male mind. And it's just so funny. My favourite comedies aren't necessarily the greatest comedies though, they're just the ones that make me laugh the most. So they'd probably be IT Crowd and The Simpsons(when it was great, s3-7). They both just make me laugh until it hurts, I don't have to think for a fraction of a second.

Saul

I think it's one of them. I can appreciate it more than I can love it though, because I've never been that keen on cringe comedy, it makes me too uncomfortable.

Publico

I'll be honest with you Saul. I think. Gervais & Merchant simply harnessed every personality and cliche that everyone who has worked in an office for a moderately large company has experienced. Thats why, for me it was so funny. Anyone who's worked in such an office will easily identify a Brent in their boss or Gareth in their manager, and even been part of/or watched fondly at a distance an office romance in Tim and Dawn... They nailed al this perfectly and that is why it is the finest sitcom of all time.

Saul

That's Ricky's main writing flaw. I think the mawkishness and clumsy emotional manipulation was held in check slightly when he was writing with Steve Merchant, but ever since writing alone his stuff has been marred by it. It's balanced by his ability to really cut straight to the bone with some of his writing: there were parts in Derek that were heartbreakingly sad and just pierced me like a laser, made me tear up...and then there were parts that made me cringe at how mawkish and saccharine they were. There's an unbearable section where the staff at the home all go on extended, earnest monologues about how saint-like Derek is, and it just makes you want to turn off it's so clumsily, manipulatively sentimental. It's there in Extras too, the bits in the finale where Kate Bush is playing over Maggie doing cleaning work, just so we really get the point that she is not having fun. But I can only guess that Steve reined him in a little. I haven't seen After Life but I've heard it has some of the same problems as Derek. Having said that, when he does sentimental right, he has the ability to cut you to the quick or even leave the viewer dancing on air. It's just he doesn't seem to do that much of it anymore.

Saul

There's something very Trump-like about Brent. He's not as big of an ar**hole as Trump obviously, but there's something about the way he thinks he can talk his lies into existence, like when he says 'they're cracking up!' about a bunch of stony-faced co-workers. And when we see Brent in his office rifling through a book looking for general knowledge to stump the young good looking guy it immediately made me think of the way Trump is so easy to read. You can see the cogs revolving in both mens' minds when they're scheming because both of them are such simple, petty men, with so little shame.

Ash Jeffries

I can't wait for next week's episode- season 2 is stronger than season 1 but episode 4 of season 1 is top notch. Brilliant stuff. I must also remind you Josh of Karl Pilkington's Sick of It. I have just rewatched both series and knowing how much you love Karl, it's a must-watch! You would LOVE it. I have to say that as popular as it is, I don't quite get the love for After Life. It feels like Ricky is coasting on its premise alone, there just isn't the detail present in The Office and Extras, it's quite mawkish in places and it's not as "high concept" as Ricky thinks it is. It's performed well I think because Ricky is now very famous. I'm not entirely sure it would have been quite so well received had it been Ricky's first work as an unknown. I just feel it lacks nuance and subtlety and it's a bit up its own backside. Karl Pilkington and Richard Yee have created something far more natural, honest and relatable in Sick of It. Wonderfully written, directed and acted with so much more depth and detail. Less lazy "shock" dialogue and fewer ludicrous characters which seems to infest After Life. Great soundtrack (mind you the soundtrack for After Life is good too, I will concede). Just my thoughts!

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Thanks bud!

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Ok thanks for the heads up man. I appreciate it, I don't really care to watch that. Take care!

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That is awesome man I keep hearing that episode is great =]

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LOL that is hilarious =] He does seem so annoyed.

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Ok thanks man, I have never heard that before.

Steve Small

Calling someone a Benny is akin to calling them a bit of an idiot.

Michael

yo just a heads up, someone was suggesting you react to London CCTV and mobile footage, but i wouldn't suggest you do. It's basically a compilation of gang violence, stabbings, actual murders of people,sometimes just innocent and caught in the crossfire/mistaken identity etc. Its mainly a "yea we bout that life/ the uk hoods just as gritty as american hoods" type of video for american UK Drill music reaction channels to look at. It's not exactly "funny" content, its disturbing

William Jewell

next episode is probably the funniest, looking forward to it

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Thanks bud!

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Interesting.. thanks man. I am looking forward to it!

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Thanks bro!

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Awesome man I am looking forward to it =]

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LOL =]

Danny

I always love Brent's annoyed little grumbles under his breath each time he comes over saying his trivia he just looked up and is unable to respond because he doesn't know and has go look up about that to 😆

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Hey bud I don't have a specific schedule for the movies, I hope to be doing it soon here when I can squeeze it in my schedule.

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Ok cool man thanks for the info

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Oh ok lol I have never heard that term before.

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That is a good idea man I will have to add that to my list!

grandtheftadmin

Calling him a 'benny' is referring to him as a miserable idiot. It isn't related to sexuality and isn't that common a term now. 'Throwing a benny' is also to have a temper tantrum

PoPaDoMZz

Could you try watching the full ricky gervais 'Humanity' Stand up at some point? 😁

Logan Jukes

I dunno man, I think Brent is a nice man underneath, he is just extreemely insecure. His insecurity is what manifests that shitty personality. He wants to be liked and tries way too hard.

Steve King

A bender is a homosexual. The term was referenced in the Inbetweeners when Will calls Niel's dad the portmanteau "Bumder"

Steve King

Frey Bentos is a brand of pies you cook in a can in the oven.

Michael Harrop

Like I said after episode 1 David Brent is not Michael Scott. Hes not at his core a nice man. Him and Chris Finch together are uncomfortable to watch, what makes you feel for Brent a bit is how obviously his only friend doesnt actually like him at all.

Ben

I kind of tuned out a little towards the end of the video, only to then hear you say "a bisexual Jewish person with a monobrow and greasy hair and extremely posh and enjoys helicopters". Needless to say I was very confused and thought you were losing it :P haha! I'm sure other people have said this before, and it's probably annoying to have people "explain" why a show is funny rather than let it speak for itself, but this show is a very good parody of a certain type of documentary series that was popular at the time. It's hard to believe now with Ricky being so famous, and the US remake being so well known, but when this series first aired some people weren't sure if it was a real documentary or not. I'd say the US remake is a sitcom primarily, whereas the original is primarily a mockumentary.

Michael Harrop

I use 'hes thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you ever done?' Whenever I defend anyone in real life 😂

Michael Ledger

The next episode will be the decider in how you like this show as it is considered one of the best episodes, series (season) 2 is much better but episode 4 stands alone in series 1 IMO

mwdoom

When he talks about the cuban leader question and he says "fray bentos" thats a brand of pies in the uk lol

Claire Prowse

Fray bentos is a make of tinned meat pies if you didn't get the Fidel Castro reference. Next episode is my favourite of the 1st season....team building!!!

DS292

Just so you know, there's always a little something after the credits of 'The Office'. Not always funny, but just in case you miss something...

Steve King

Nelson's Column is a monument is London, so the joke about "What is black and slides down Nelson's Column" works because the punchline refers to Winnie Mandela having sex with Nelson Mandela