Hullo again, Gareth & Tim? According to the NY Post, the British cast of The Office will be visiting the US Office (minus David Brent, although Ricky Gervais is currently writing an episode for the Carell version.)
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Mr. Burns & Mr. Brent.
“He caught our tone exactly, and then added his own Ricky Gervais/David Brent patheticness.” By way of Plasticbag, The Office and Extras mastermind Ricky Gervais has written and will star in a forthcoming Simpsons episode, and Matt Groening wants more. “[Gervais] moves into The Simpson household with Marge as the family take part in an episode of Wife Swap, while Homer moves in with his wife.”
Gervais Whisper.
So that‘s why David Brent grooves so remarkably well…apparently, Ricky Gervais of The Office and Extras was in a New Wave band called Seona Dancing. I must say, he looks very Spandau Ballet…but at least he didn’t get stuck with the grotesque ’80s hair. (Via Quiddity.)
Yanked out of proportion.
NBC begins its full-court press on the American version of The Office, premiering next Tuesday with The Daily Show‘s Steve Carell as Ricky Gervais and Six Feet Under‘s Rainn Wilson in the Gareth role. Hmmm…from the Screening Room clips, I’m not feeling it. Update: The NYT weighs in: “Luckily for NBC, which bought the rights to the British comedy, only a relatively small number of viewers in the United States have seen the BBC version. Those happy few should try to erase every trace from their brains – Eternal Sunshine of the Digital Cable Mind – because the NBC series, though it pales in comparison, is still funnier than any other new network sitcom.” Slate‘s Dana Stevens is less sanguine. “Remember that scene near the end of Annie Hall, when Woody Allen (as Alvy Singer) tries to recreate a fun date he once shared with his ex-girlfriend Annie (Diane Keaton), chasing live lobsters around the kitchen in an attempt to catch them and boil them for dinner?…That’s sort of how fans of the BBC series The Office will feel about the new American remake.“
Winter Kills.
Hope everyone in the local environs had a safe and lovely blizzard. I spent a good part of the weekend at a junkyard in Queens, surprisingly enough, helping a high school friend of mine attending the NY Film Academy with his latest project, an underground video for Death Cab for Cutie’s “Title and Registration” (Not this one.) Unfortunately, the interminable cold and some continuing camera problems interrupted our shoot, so it looks like my inauspicious video debut will never see the light of day. (Probably for the best — I think my face was frozen into a grimace most of the time anyway.)
Fortunately, during the actual full-on Saturday evening blizzard, Berk (who’s having serious issues with the snow-salt) and I were safely ensconced in my apartment, catching up on the remainder of The Office. A brilliant show, that, even tho’ the final 2-hour special turned out a bit more upbeat and saccharine than I might have preferred. And what’s Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman/Tim) going to do when he can’t look directly at the camera?
MI:3? That’s Management-Rot.
Take that, Tim. You may well be Arthur Dent, but Ricky Gervais, The Office‘s co-creator and smarmy boss David, has been promoted to the cast of MI:3. No word on whether Finchy will come along for the ride. (As this post suggests, I’ve spent a goodly portion of the past two weeks catching up on both The Office and Freaks & Geeks…good stuff, that.)