The Office season 7 thread (1 Viewer)

[Mike Frezon]

Oh, yeah. He loved it.

 

[Citizen87645]

Watched it last night. He definitely loved it. He was getting misty in the interview!


BTW, Carell is leaving early: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hY9yVVRlVxM1GUnnROOtQdtW8K6A?docId=d28fc69fc9ff4a2b9fdef30614aaf297

 

[ScottH]

Cameron, personally I don't mind so much with this being a comedy show, but you might want to spoilerize that bit of information.

 

[TravisR]

^ I'd agree but I've already seen the same info in the headline of at least 3 news sites (movie and regular) sites today.

 

[joshEH]

It's official:


Ricky Gervais to appear as David Brent in the January 27th episode of The Office.


Next week, in other words.

 

[joshEH]

I'm trying to figure out if Jim only appearing in the pre-credits sketch last night was about keeping budget down or (and more likely) giving others room to grow. Regardless, as much as I like the cast, a Michael-less office is sure to suck epic donkey-balls.


("...Right back at you, BITCH!!")

 

[Jim_C]

Laughed a lot more during last night's ep than I have in a while. I'll miss Michael.

 

[Steve Y]

The scene with Kevin and the broccoli was intensely funny. He looked like a turtle. I don't know - maybe I've embraced the zany screwball cartoon this show has become, but this season has had some scenes that are so bizarre they become kind of brilliant.


They've been selling the Holly / AJ relationship too well. Does anyone really think she'd be better off with Michael, even with their rapport? (I'm with Erin on this one.) I'm finding myself much more invested in (for example) Daryl's exploration of a Kindle-style book. Anyone think this will tie in with changes to Dunder-Mifflin? I think they're absolutely setting him up to play a big part in the company's future.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Loved the Kevin-Broccoli bit, so funny.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

HUGE SPOILER:


http://www.tvline.com/2011/01/exclusive-the-office-hires-will-ferrell/

Will Ferrell has been hired for a multiple episode arc as the Scranton branch's interim regional manager, to provide a transition between the Steve Carrell era and the post-Steve Carrell era.

 

[Joe_H]

Originally Posted by Adam Lenhardt

HUGE SPOILER

Too bad it's already all over the news and hard to miss though.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

True. And let's be honest, there's no way the infamous NBC promos department would have been able to resist advertising that kind of stunt casting.

 

[Hanson]

I actually knew of the one thing but not this one.

Also, the spoiler tag only partly obscured the link, so I was able to read it anyway. No biggie -- like Adam said, it would have been all over the news and promos as the air date drew near.

 

[joshEH]

Could be fun, but this seems to signal that the producers still have no idea what they're going to do once Michael is gone. Are they going to rotate out a bunch of "guest-bosses" like Ebert & Roeper did while Ebert was in the hospital?

 

[Hanson]

I could watch an entire half hour of Kevin spitting out vegetables. Well, maybe not for an entire season, but that's some good filler right there.

 

[Steve Y]

More Kevin hilarity this week. He's kind of been stealing the show lately with his physical comedy, although he's not really part of the main plots. Maybe that's part of the reason why.


I missed the first few seconds of the Big Cameo this week since the intro aired so suddenly. It really was "blink-and-you'll-miss-it". I'll need to watch that again... it was kind of rapid-fire.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

If the post-Steve Carell "Office" fails to shine, they should make a spin-off with nothing but Kevin's antics in the office conference room.


When the pump-up-the-crowd music with the very extended intro started, I chuckled. When Kevin ran in circles over and over again high-fiving everybody while eating a sandwich, I was laughing out loud.


Purple Kevin delivering his speech while gasping for air, collapsing to the ground, and vomiting into the waste paper bin periodically had me gasping.


The only thing that came close to getting that kind of laugh out of me was Creed's description of the Loch Ness Monster.

 

[TravisR]

I thought I held a grudge but Jim's former friend must be nuts to still be pissed off over a comment made 20 or 25 years ago.

 

[joshEH]

Kevin walking into the seminar to inappropriate music is a direct lift from an episode of the British show, if I remember correctly. David Brent did the very same thing when he was asked to speak at a seminar.


With the exception of Creed's "Loch Ness Monster" speech, this was the weakest episode in a long while. I wish this show would stop force-feeding me Andy as the next lead.

Props to Gabe for being a Suspiria fan, though.

 

[Brent M]

Loved the Gervais cameo and I just wish it wasn't so short. There was absolute gold to be mined there with an entire episode of Gervais and Carell playing off each other. Too bad they didn't make it happen.