Secrets of the City

I found the Office’s dance scene really cheesy. It wasn’t a spoof so much as a direct copy. A spoof would’ve been funny, but this was just a rip-off. They didn’t even do their own take on it!

Just another example of how the Office has totally jumped the shark (like two seasons ago).

Mary I am pretty sure that was the point. The humor was that it was not original at all.

I stopped watching the office last season, and it looks like I made the right decision.

I stopped watching The Office after they took it out of England.

I thought it was hilarious. That was a fantastic episode… and how crazy for the kids from MN who did that dance the first time. Pretty cool.

Was it your network they stabbed in the back, Jason, or the competition?

That was ABC.

I thought it worked pretty well.

The whole point to me was that they knew their family/friends were lame enough to copy it that they had to have a plan B.

yep…and like a said in the open thread…the three baying wolves shirt that dwight rocked was a nice homage to the internet.

Speaking of TV,Fringe last night was really good.

Mary I am pretty sure that was the point. The humor was that it was not original at all.

Very much so. In fact, Jim, at the end of the episode, said he had bought the sightseeing boat tickets the moment he saw the original YouTube.

I thought it was a pretty good episode. Mostly funny and kind of touching. The only scene that really failed for me was the bit about Kevin’s shoes. It just made no sense.

Like Rat said, the BBC version is way better. The flirting and eventual hook up with Tim and Dawn was more effective because Tim was a bit of a dweeb. The American show replaced him with a tall, good looking guy. So there’s not really much affirmation when eventually he gets the pretty girl.

“So there’s not really much affirmation when eventually he gets the pretty girl.”

Didn’t you get that last night with Dwight’s hook-up with the bride’s maid.

The only scene that really failed for me was the bit about Kevin’s shoes.

TV Squad was of the same opinion, although I thought it was funny if only because of the manner by which Kevin was told by the hotel staff.

Like Rat said, the BBC version is way better.

The BBC version ran only for the equivalent of less than one season — 12 episodes, plus a couple of 45-minute specials.

If American TV were not so open-ended, we’d probably have fantabulous series all around. It’s much easier to have better-than-average material included in every episode when you know the run is finite, a la the BBC version.

BBC version is way better. The flirting and eventual hook up with Tim and Dawn was more effective because Tim was a bit of a dweeb. The American show replaced him with a tall, good looking guy. So there’s not really much affirmation when eventually he gets the pretty girl.

I guess I still would’ve preferred something more Office-y than the St. Paul wedding dance, even if they were making fun of it. They could’ve at least made it more awkward, as is the Office’s staple. Instead it came across as rather earnest, at least to me.