tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post7957945655720614162..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: The Office: Crash into youAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-31992721296810484572007-10-12T13:28:00.000-04:002007-10-12T13:28:00.000-04:00The episode had its moments, but I agree -- too lo...The episode had its moments, but I agree -- too long. Michael's musings on various animal-deity combinations made me turn to my husband and say, "This is what happens when the show gets an hour."CMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01559451322234777335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-57211501497557998892007-10-04T10:36:00.000-04:002007-10-04T10:36:00.000-04:00What about the background shot of Darryl feeding t...What about the background shot of Darryl feeding the squirrel? That killed me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-11457805375714825552007-09-30T23:32:00.000-04:002007-09-30T23:32:00.000-04:00Alan: I'm on board: PB&J it is and shall be! :)Alan: I'm on board: PB&J it is and shall be! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-23086279285064657802007-09-29T17:15:00.000-04:002007-09-29T17:15:00.000-04:00"Rashida Jones' father wasn't a GI, he was Quincy ..."Rashida Jones' father wasn't a GI, he was Quincy Jones"<BR/><BR/>"Was your father a GI" refers to what Michael said the first time he met Karen. By the way, Pam's reaction to that comment was great.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75548947771657260112007-09-29T12:50:00.000-04:002007-09-29T12:50:00.000-04:00Rashida Jones' father wasn't a GI, he was Quincy J...Rashida Jones' father wasn't a GI, he was Quincy JonesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-65227210128308536702007-09-29T09:15:00.000-04:002007-09-29T09:15:00.000-04:00The shows that revolve mainly around Michael tend ...The shows that revolve mainly around Michael tend to fall flat for me. Some are winners, but most...? He is way too over the top unbelievable for me to want to have him carry the whole hour. I like it better when he is just a supporting player.<BR/><BR/>However, I did laugh quite a bit throughout Thursday's show. The part with the cat was hilarious...the ripped up bags of frozen french fries...I did NOT expect that at all! Jim's face whenever Michael referred to his genitals. Creed. Ryan's five-o-clock shadow.<BR/><BR/>I think they are setting up this season for an Angela/Andy romance, which would be SO funny with Andy & Dwight pretty much hating each other. More to be rivals over.<BR/><BR/>Also, I'm wondering if there might be some kind of crazy Kelly/Toby thing that might develop.<BR/><BR/>I think there is a lot of good territory they can cover with Jim/Pam in a relationship. Either from outside forces intruding or them figuring out how to be a couple. I think it would actually work to have them be the only normal couple on there as a comparison for the rest of the weirdos in the office and their failures. <BR/><BR/>Here's to a few more hour-long episodes!K J Gillenwaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12023089365553324315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-4750188463798673102007-09-29T07:37:00.000-04:002007-09-29T07:37:00.000-04:00I'm surprised there's been no mention of the lame ...I'm surprised there's been no mention of the lame "Nissan" contest. The name of Angela's dead cat???? C'mon! This show attracts educated & intelligent viewers (although not a ratings gangbuster, this demographic is the most coveted by sponsors), and 5 people will win this car for (basically) submitting viewer data? I'd expect this type of no brainer "contest" on some of the other network shows, but not on "The Office." "A 5K run is not five thousand miles", brilliant!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-20946499900521612982007-09-29T01:36:00.000-04:002007-09-29T01:36:00.000-04:00wait til you see the episodes in syndication. it ...wait til you see the episodes in syndication. it will work better for you guys who feel it's too long.<BR/><BR/>damn. i'm sick of this being a complaint.<BR/><BR/>it was obviously two seperate episodes.shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03142294403953771198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18274761220244085192007-09-29T01:17:00.000-04:002007-09-29T01:17:00.000-04:00Oh, there were thirty minutes of laughs in this ep...<I>Oh, there were thirty minutes of laughs in this episode, but another thirty minutes of what the hell?</I><BR/><BR/>Agreed. I thought it started off brilliantly, and things went gradually downhill.<BR/><BR/>The reveal that Dwight euthanized Angela's cat did have me rolling, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44875654237461530962007-09-29T01:06:00.000-04:002007-09-29T01:06:00.000-04:00I agree Dwight seemed way out of character this ep...I agree Dwight seemed way out of character this episode. Not so much that he would euthanize the cat, but the coldness with which he told Angela Sprinkles was dead and walked away from her as she cried. It felt like a knee-jerk move by the writers to add tension between Angela and Dwight to counter the new romance between Jim and Pam. <BR/><BR/>The "French beach" line was definitely the biggest LOL of the night, but I also loved the deadpan delivery from Phyllis on "You shot Dwight."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35859936227331482362007-09-28T20:32:00.000-04:002007-09-28T20:32:00.000-04:00First of all, a little nitpick. Casino Night was n...First of all, a little nitpick. Casino Night was not an hour long episode. It was a supersized 40 minute episode. The only two hour long episodes they've done were Benihana Christmas and The Job, which are two of my favorites of the series. This wasn't quite up to those standards, but I still enjoyed it. <BR/><BR/>If anything, I think the show woulsd be better if it was an hour long. Whereas Seinfeld just had 4 main characters, The Office has a multitude of characters that just can't be properly accomodated in 20 minutes of screen time. Looking at the DVD, almost every episode has so much great material left on the cutting room floor. I'd rather see it in the episodes.Larry McGillicuddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03907320963547114422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-544545205504303472007-09-28T16:44:00.000-04:002007-09-28T16:44:00.000-04:00Yet another continuity moment: Kevin, trying to ge...Yet another continuity moment: Kevin, trying to get out of the 5K run, bringing up Michael's lack of concern for his skin cancer test back in season 2.<BR/><BR/>I remember reading somewhere (maybe here, perhaps?) that Greg Daniels has said 28 minutes, the length of the supersized episodes, is the ideal length for the show, and I agree. I thought it started slow, but overall was a very good episode, and I'm pretty sure most of the flat moments/weaker jokes would have been cut for a shorter length. My two favorite moments, if I have to pick, were Jan sprawled out on the bed at the beginning, and the tag with Michael and Meredith "sharing" the lollipop. Oh and anything involving Angela, she was incredible.<BR/><BR/>Hopefully the next three hourlongs will be a bit tighter. I really wish NBC hadn't scheduled them this way. But it's great to have The Office back, in any length.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19294847616923286302007-09-28T16:12:00.000-04:002007-09-28T16:12:00.000-04:00I thought that most everything involving PB&J was ...I thought that most everything involving PB&J was great, but the rest of the show was rather blah and unfocused. However, I did love Andy's bleeding nipples, however gross that scene was.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806449586505280425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-84531076628277816842007-09-28T15:28:00.000-04:002007-09-28T15:28:00.000-04:00Bigted --My impression of Creed being "81" was tha...Bigted --<BR/><BR/>My impression of Creed being "81" was that he was lying about his age in order to get into an easier age bracket to win prizes and money...hence his question about what there was to win.TuckPendletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09205887129563034955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18714459329929623652007-09-28T15:15:00.000-04:002007-09-28T15:15:00.000-04:00I love the show, but found this one disconnected, ...I love the show, but found this one disconnected, like two shows smashed together instead of the nice smooth hourly ones from the past. The cat killing could have been a show itself. <BR/><BR/>I was sad they copped-out and got rid of Karen so soon. She should have been around long enough to cause some tension with PB&J and give them a better reason to hide their relationship.<BR/><BR/>I love that Dwight and Angela have a real reason to fight. Dwight was pretty callous. Also note that Andy was much more sensative to Angela. Will that come back to haunt Dwight. Maybe Andy will give her a kitten. Would make for nice Dwight/Andy tension.<BR/><BR/>But, I am still happy the summer is over and we have new office episodes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2285280435974803292007-09-28T14:14:00.001-04:002007-09-28T14:14:00.001-04:00Michael seems to be undergoing a transformation fr...Michael seems to be undergoing a transformation from a hilariously flawed character to a cartoonish buffoon who says and does things that defy credibility. The same thing happened to Homer a few years into "The Simpsons." And while it opened up new possibilities for his character, at times it prevents the show from being rooted in any kind of recognizable reality. I'd hate to see that happen to "The Office," too.<BR/><BR/>The other problem with this episode was that a lot of the jokes were what Ken Levine would describe as having been written at 3 in the morning: Funny, sure, but without making a lot of sense for the characters. <BR/><BR/>On the plus side, there were more fantastic revelations from Creed: In addition to learning that he enjoys being involved with cults, we find out that he's 81 years old. That's the kind of reality-bending I can live with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-65443537485434775672007-09-28T14:14:00.000-04:002007-09-28T14:14:00.000-04:00There was a definate dropoff in the second half (e...There was a definate dropoff in the second half (episode, whatever), but I was still entertained enough. Part of that is probably because I think Angela Kinsey's the best actor on the show--or at least the bravest, as I can't think of a television performance so fearlessly dedicated to an unlikable character since Bebe Neuwirth's Lilith. I mean, Gandolfini at least had the wish-fulfillment glamor of amorality; Angela's just a self-absorbed prig. It's the very thoroughness of the portrayal--no winks to the audience or campy self-indulgences to show Kinsey's not really <I>that</I> bad--that paradoxically makes me so sympathetic to her.<BR/><BR/>Plus, Andy's nipples.<BR/><BR/>Steve Pick: "Was it just me, or did Dwight seem just off in this show....I just don't buy that he would kill the cat, even with the logic of his farm-raised explanation."<BR/><BR/>I agree the bulk of his actions were too broad to be funny, but I bought the cat euthenasia entirely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-37034563952965571252007-09-28T13:40:00.000-04:002007-09-28T13:40:00.000-04:00Karen may not be off the show completely according...Karen may not be off the show completely according to an interview with Mindy Kaling on <A HREF="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/09/courtesy_of_nbc_mindy_kaling.html" REL="nofollow">NYMag.com</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-65975760576590087802007-09-28T13:10:00.000-04:002007-09-28T13:10:00.000-04:00Was it just me, or did Dwight seem just off in thi...Was it just me, or did Dwight seem just off in this show? I thought it was nice to see him interact with Angela in private, but then they made him do something he knew would hurt her. In the past, he's given up his job to help her. I just don't buy that he would kill the cat, even with the logic of his farm-raised explanation.<BR/><BR/>Most of the time, his mind seemed in other places, even when trying to figure out why Michael would want to kill Meredith.<BR/><BR/>Oh, there were thirty minutes of laughs in this episode, but another thirty minutes of what the hell?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-34998106673936510122007-09-28T12:53:00.000-04:002007-09-28T12:53:00.000-04:00Aw I loved it. I loved the whole hour. Didn't disa...Aw I loved it. I loved the whole hour. Didn't disappoint me in the least. Parts dragged on but it didn't bother me, I was just too happy to see the Dunder Mifflin crew again. I will miss Karen though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59235068805395846962007-09-28T12:28:00.000-04:002007-09-28T12:28:00.000-04:00Another continuity point from the episode: the IT...Another continuity point from the episode: the IT guy that Michael thought was a terrorist from Season 2's "Email Surveillance" makes a reappearance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-74641097959783779122007-09-28T11:51:00.000-04:002007-09-28T11:51:00.000-04:00The check made out to "Science" got my biggest lau...The check made out to "Science" got my biggest laugh of the night...TuckPendletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09205887129563034955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-80290460016015925162007-09-28T11:18:00.000-04:002007-09-28T11:18:00.000-04:00Come the halfway point, I had an impulse to turn o...Come the halfway point, I had an impulse to turn off the TV and watch the rest today. Regretfully, I stayed up and finished. I wonder if the second half mightn't have seemed better had it not been viewed so close to the superior first half.<BR/><BR/>The pause-the-DVR-and-phone-my-viewing-buddy line: "What is, We're fine?"Jon88https://www.blogger.com/profile/16908049871851563389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-76320797635234708052007-09-28T11:06:00.000-04:002007-09-28T11:06:00.000-04:00Believe me, I did not invent the concept of 'shipp...Believe me, I did not invent the concept of 'shippers and 'shipping. You can peruse <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipping_%28fandom%29" REL="nofollow">Michael Scott's favorite website</A> for a brief history of the concept.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-22208638207367221632007-09-28T10:59:00.000-04:002007-09-28T10:59:00.000-04:00Is "'shippers" your term, or is that something alr...Is "'shippers" your term, or is that something already in use to describe that subset of the viewership? If so, is that a term those folks use to describe themselveS?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com