A Second Serving
Filed under: TV News
Because mainstream Hollywood has few original ideas….
NBC is developing a spin-off of The Office.
Like Private Practice and Grey's Anatomy, new characters will be introduced on a special episode of The Office. Unlike that ABC show, however, none of the original Office stars are expected to transition over to the new show.
Spin-offs are cute, but why not attempt a revival or reinterpretation of an old show?
We'd love to see a new Diff'rent Strokes or Facts of Life!
Who's Gonna Buy This Shiz???
god help us.
You take the good; you take the bad; you take it all and there you have Perez Hilton!
And you know Jo's gonna fuck Blaire!
eh whatev.
Rad!
NOOOOOOO!
Ha, great show!
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LORD ,.. WHY…WHY!!!!!
The British, i.e the original, version of The Office is miiiiiles better than this lame shit. You Americans just don't understand this kind of humor. Stick to your own fake, anemic Yank humor.
yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, h-i-j-k-l-m-n-o-p!!!!!!!
YAY! First.
WHY WHY WHY would my favorite show degrade itself like this? Just focus on keeping the original show good!
Why can't they just leave it, and end on a high note. I heard the American version of the office was really good. Ricky Gervais had the right idea to just make two series of the British version, and leave on a high!
who cares
TERRIBLE IDEA! booo
The Office is the best show on TV. This however is the worst idea.
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Who writes this shit? In your first sentence you say because Hollywood is so unoriginal they are doing spinoffs of the office and your idea is to bring back the GD Facts of Life??? Do you read or put any thought at all into what you type? Thats original? bring back an old show???? mmmkayyy jackassery!
The Office is making a spin-off,
would you like to see it?
Thats what she said.
What? I don't get that…
Thats what she said.
Choking Michael with both hands.
Re: Jasmine – Don't speak of us "not getting it" because you can't assume all Americans are alike. As an American from the Southeast U.S., I happen to love Ricky Gervais. SO FUCK YOU.
I Thnk Ppl B Waitin Jus To B 1st. Dang Americanz Haha. HellOo From New Zealand!! Dahaha! Go Britney!!
THE OFFICE ROCKS
Re: Reality –
Ha ha, I knew this would wind someone up. Glad to hear there's at least one American who gets British humor.
I just don't understand what you mean. I think it is a great idea to take an already horrible show and spin off another shittier less creative spawn there from. It's equal to spinning fabric out of shit. We in Hollywood want the whole world to were shit woven apparel because we are to banal to have a single creative thought for Christs fucking sake.
Re: Jasmine –
really!? REALLY!?
i think that a lot of you UK office lovers don't understand that Ricky helped make the US version, so obviously there is no problem. We each have different kinds of humor. so of course we Americans are going to like the American version better.
quit bitching about it already!
Isn't this The Office already a spin-off of the British original?
Remakes usually suck but what about What's Happening?
What about a new 90210, or a new saved by the bell, those were the best.
WTF???????? Ok so NBC Was pissing me off by ripping off BBC shows in the first place…does anyone remember the american version of Coupling? Nope cause it sucked ass!!!!!!!!! Now I will admit I did not watch the NBC version of The Office for a full year cause of the whole stealing BBC ideas, but once I did watch it……I loved it!!! But Why in the Fuck would they make a spin off? I mean come on, what could they spin off if there is not going to be any characters leaving the original Office
GOLDEN GIRLS 2008 BABY!
I hate all this American/British rubbish! As a brit, I love and grew up with some great American tv, and to diss the U.S by not saying they get our humour is really ignorant and narrow minded (Jasmine #11!!!) And, wasn't the American version of the office taken from the British version… they wouldnt re make for american audiences if they didnt think it was going to work!
how about "Friends" or "Seinfeld" that would awesome..
or even "Mash" in Iraq..
I LOVE FACTS OF LIFE!! THAT WOULD BE SUCH AN AWESOME REMAKE!!
Re: FIRST CRAP – YOUR JUST AS FUCKING BAD
YOU'VE BEEN POSTING THAT ON EVERY DAMN BLOG PROBABLY ON THE WHOLE DAMN FIRST PAGE, GET A LIFE, LOSER!!!!!!
I am all about a Diffr'ent Strokes Re-do!!!
Re: Jasmine –
British humor? That's an oxymoron!
The Office wasn't even an original idea to begin with. It's a knock-off of the British version.
It's funny that you mention Diff'rent Strokes and the Facts of Life. The Facts of life was an f-ing spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes!!!!!!! Mrs. Garrett was the overlapping character.
i love love love the office, but this is a horrible idea.
hello?? why not do a good spinoff of the golden girls!
Facts of Life was a spin-off of Diff'rent Strokes.
there is absolutely no reason why this shouldn't work just fine…one idea (found this on another board) would be that the spin-off could be about Vance Refrigeration ….now THAT could be a funny premise… also, it's not like it'd be stealing good ideas from The Office…it'd be another team entirely that would be working on it… my guess is that only the mock 'docu' style would copied..
i think it'd be fine…i think i can handle another half hour of good comedy done in the same vein as the office…bring it on….
Re: Jasmine –
I am American, but I grew up on British humor and I love it. I love both versions of the Office, but I love the American one more, probably just cause I relate to the characters more cause I myself am American. I understand loving the British version, but don't diss the American version cause it is just as brilliant (Ricky produces and writes for it also). It's still got the same element of wry wit and satire as the original.
But the spin-off idea is stupid.. they better not be taking any writers from the show.
Re: Jasmine – Fuck off, you stupid Brit. You are a total stereotypical nose-in-the-air pompous ass. The US had a lot more to do with the humor in the UK than the UK does themselves. Go watch Friends or Sex in the City, bitch. Because the Queenie-poo had nothing to do with them. We gave you Sex in the City, you gave us Mr.Bean. Point made.
And no, the Brit version of the Office is not even close to being as funny as the US version. The characters are poorly developed, the dialog doesn't nearly flow as well, and the story lines aren't really as well written.
JIM from the Office turns me ON!!! There is just something about him…he is hot in a quirky way. I would SO do him.
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Re: MandyJean –
You are hilarious. I'm not British at all. And I do watch Sex and the City.
Hey who knows, it might be good if it includes the same writers from this emmy award winning show I'm there!
Re: AMY –
They didn't steal the show. They paid RICKY GERVAIS a fucking shed load of money to develop the show for them. Bet he still get's paid wads of cash for doing nothing but generating the show in the first place.
Re: MandyJean –
Monty Python. Fawlty Towers. Blackadder. The Weakest Link. Deal or No Deal. Little Britain. Supernanny. Absolutely Fabulous. The Office. Extras. Doctor Who. Footballers Wives. Torchwood. Wife Swap. Plenty of British programmes that have done particularly well in the US. Oh - and if you think the US comedies are so funny why did JOEY bomb and not get a second series. Written, I think, by the same writers as Friends. It was so shit it got moved to a crap spot in the UK even by Channel Fives standards. Go fuck your brother. Redneck.
This is my favorite show….I think its an instant classic…but if they do a spinoff, they will ruin this show!
Original IDEA?????????????????????
Y Doesn't anyone know this show was already done in BRITAIN YEARS AGO!!!!
there's nothing original abour "the office", its a copycat of a british series w/ the same name…. but still funny.
Reading some of these comments is so depressing. Why does everything have to be a bloody competition. Can't you people see both countries write and produce some amazing tv shows. Isn't it about time we embraced and appreciated each others cultures rather than trying to knock each other all the time! So much for friendly allies hey!
An Office spinoff would never work with all new characters simply because the chemistry the cast has is so amazing. Why do they have to do this when the show is doing just fine?!
Re: Amy –
……………..Benny Hill………………………..
Go Amy, go Amy!!
Stupid Yanks need to be told off.
I WOULD RATHER SEE THE "REAL" OFFICE FOR AN HOUR EVERY WEEK …IT WAS GREAT THAT THE FIRST FEW EPISODES THIS SEASON WERE AN HOUR…I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT… IT'S THE BEST SHOW ON TV RIGHT NOW!
Re: Amy – Really? Fawlty Towers? Blackadder? Little Britain? A Extras? Doctor Who? Torchwood? Never heard of a damn one of them. And Footballers Wives is a joke - a total Desperate Housewives ripoff. Oh wait - Desperate Housewives; another American show you ripped off us. And you're comparing American television to 'Joey'? Of all the shows in the world, THAT'S the one you compare American humor to? Its was dead before the pilot. That shows that YOU have no concept of American humor or television in general in the absolute least. Shove that up your spotted dick, you dolescum twat.
Fuck off, you ignorant chav
Re: Jasmine – What the fuck? You're not even British.Re: Jasmine –
why?? the office is good, but we don't need two of the same show.
Re: Catherine Tate – Benny Hill was a dirty old man that didn't have a funny bone in his body . . .other than maybe his dick. That probably made a lot of gals laugh.
Re: MandyJean – You tell that stupid bitch! What a twat. Does she not realize we're talking about a TV show? If the only thing that she can be proud of in the UK is their lousy TV, she's one hell of a patriot.
Man, this whole thread just makes me more happy that we blew the damn Brits right back where they came from with their tails between their legs, back to crazy King George. Our TV might not be up to your crumpets and tea standards, but we still kicked your ass like the little pansy bitches you are.
Re: MandyJean –
You never heard of Fawlty Towers?? Jeez.. Not surprised, Americans are generally very ignorant. And you don't have to be British to appreciate British humor. The fact that you like Friends says it all.. it sums up what I hate about American humor - it's just fake and brainless.
Now go have an XL burger meal.
noooo! just leave the original. i love the office !
Re: Jasmine –
And you're a stinky cunt
Re: Jasmine – And you, my darling, are everything that everyone hates about the British all wrapped up in a neat little package. Why do my television likes/dislikes concern you so much? So I liked Friends - big deal. I also loved Dead Like Me, Arrested Development, Deadwood, and a multitude of news magazine shows and medical/surgical shows showcasing major surgeries and childbirth. Is that more respectable to you?
Isn't it tea time there now? So why don't you enjoy a cuppa Earl Grey and a scone, that is if you can bite it using those rotten English teeth of your without any of them falling out. If not, just shove it up your ass. Either will do.
Re: MandyJean – OMG! ROTFLMAO!! I almost wet my pants on that one. Mandy Jean, you rock! Give it to her for the rest if the USA! OMG - that was PRICELESS.
Re: Jasmine – Americans are generally very ignorant . . . and who won the Nobel Peace Prize this year? That generalization speaks volumes of your own shit stirring ignorance. If we're so damn ignorant, lets remove our medical advances from he UK and see how long it takes to kill you all off. And then we could have TWO Americas!
Re: Jasmine – Does this cunt rag not realize they have McDonalds in the UK? Wow, she's won the cool prize for the day. Don't you have some guys 'wanker' to suck in an alley or something?
No… just no. The Office is sooo much better than that.
The office is fucking brilliant. Best show on tv hands down.
with the exception of it's always sunny in philadelphia.
but after that, it blows everything else away.
Who thinks up this stuff? It makes no sense what so ever?? Why would anyone want to do this to The Office?? What did it do to deserve to be treated so badly?? Ugh. MMTB. More Money Than Brains.
no. just no. the point is, remakes are just equally as lame as spinoffs. god knows i'm don't put together t.v. shows for a living, but the people/companies whose job it IS should really show some kinda integrity by setting (and achieving!) higher standards for themselves as storytellers…basically: where's the originality???
Re: MandyJean – Oh my god… You really don't have a clue do you, dear?
Just so you know, oh ignorant yank, Footballers Wives was actually started in 2002 as far as I'm aware, and Desperate Housewives… Hmmm…. I do believe that was somewhere around the 2004 mark.. So, I'd be really interested in how the creators of Footballers Wives managed to rip of a show that hadn't even been devised at such a point on the shit TV time-line
(for the record; I think both shows are lame as fuck, but I will happily argue the matter of your idiocy, no matter how terrible the subject matter may be)
As for your claims of giving us Brits comedy… Fucking hell… Its more laughable than words could ever dictate! You think that SatC and Friends were the pioneers of comedy? For shame…
Re: MandyJean – Most of our comedy is totally original from the American equivalent; go look up Brass Eye, Peep Show, A Bit of Fry & Laurie, Are You Being Served?, I'm Alan Partridge, The Benny Hill Show, Victoria Wood, The Day Today, The Young Ones, Men Behaving Badly, Dinnerladies, Extras, Birds of a Feather, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Morcambe & Wise, Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom, Last of the Summer Wine, On the Busses, The Two Ronnies, Open all Hours, Coupling, Fawlty Towers, Dad's Army, The 'Carry On' series', Red Dwarf, The Fast Show, The Kumars at No. 42, Only Fools and Horses, The Likely Lads, Spaced, Desmond's, Trigger Happy TV, My Hero, Blackadder, Auf Wiedersehen Pet, Cold Feet, Rising Damp, Porridge, The Mighty Boosh, Father Ted, The Vicar of Dibley, Black Books, Nathan Barley, Keeping up Appearances, Waiting for God, Hi-De-Hi!, The Royle Family, Nighty Night, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, One Foot in the Grave, Steptoe & Son, The League of Gentlemen(!), So on and so forth; and that's just an 'off the top of my head' list… (My apologies if they haven't had a shit American rehash for you to be familiar with; you might actually have to use your brain here and type the names into Google.. I know, I know.. It's a hard task..) Seriously though, you should really think about what you're drawing comparison to before making such outrageous claims..
Re: MandyJean – Also; given that you may not know (or likely, won't care about) many of those titles; there are always the immortal two words that pertain to fabulously good British comedy (as well as the foundation for a plethora of amazing comedy in both the UK and US); Monty Python..
I challenge you to find a decent comedian who wasn't influenced by their works in one way or another.
Just so you know; Spotted Dick is a British pudding(desert), rather than a euphemism for genitalia as you seemed to imply it.. (clever attempt, but somehow lacking in delivery… sad but true..) It's thoroughly amusing - not to mention rather clearly dictating your lack of braincells - that you were trying to insult someone by telling someone to 'shove it in their desert'..
Also, an American using the word Chav is just downright ludicrous - and seeing as you used the word 'dolescum' as well (which should actually be two words given that it lends it's name from members of the British public that gain their weekly income from the dole office - 'dole scum'.. Get it yet?) I can only imagine that you're a fan of some British comedy to be using associated expressions so willingly… Which, kinda fucks your point sideways when you think about it.. But, never mind.. Your point blew more cock that Jenna Jameson to begin with…
UGH! Don't bring back old TV shows. You can go to any nursing home and see Different Strokes everyday. And that's The Facts Of Life!
Re: MandyJean –
Your memory seems to be very short. I am neither British, nor do I live in the U.K.
But considering that a lot of Americans think Europe is a country, I don't want to confuse you too much with geography.
Re: Jasmine –
Maybe you should move there…
Re: Jasmine – Yeah, just one. The rest of us are all morons. Asshole! Rick Gervais' new show "Extras" (would you believe an american is watching that, too) is so lame!
Re: MandyJean – Your good at this!
As Always it will be another all white cast !!!! Lets keep the blacks and asians out again.
Bunch of idiots!! You'll learn eventually.
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a spin off of an adapted show?! how lame!! the american version of the office doesn't compare to ricky gervais's original!!!