tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post8205650806747841284..comments2024-03-28T18:01:28.997-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: The Office, "The Delivery": She's having a babyAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-70921786818570097252010-03-10T11:41:17.725-05:002010-03-10T11:41:17.725-05:00Count me with the "this used to be funny"...Count me with the "this used to be funny" camp. The strength of The Office was how an ensemble cast played off of each other. That has been completely lost with the focuses on Pam/Jim, Michael & Dwight. <br /><br />For me, the few truly funny moments of this episode was when Stanley & Oscar excused themselves to go look at the internet, when Phyllis offered to aplly the lipstick and Kelly's commentary. If the show doesn't get back to the basics of the ensemble soon, it's probably going off of my DVR rotation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-61757066544143628742010-03-08T18:42:14.936-05:002010-03-08T18:42:14.936-05:00I thought it was fine, but I'm commenting abou...I thought it was fine, but I'm commenting about folks here who thought the nurse was obnoxious? I didn't see that at all. It was Pam & Jim that were playing the clueless, obnoxious first-time parents. Hanging around until 3pm on the dot, or insisting on keeping the baby out of the nursery for the nite are great examples. ("The baby needs to socialize"??)<br /><br />Difficulties latching on can be a little traumatic at first but it is on a spectrum so it's certainly possible that all Pam needed was some another go and a change of location to get everything aligned just right. Then again it took my wife about two months until our firstborn latched on a got milkdrunk.JMChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16527612988543040489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-85709731588431417042010-03-08T13:33:46.144-05:002010-03-08T13:33:46.144-05:00As a loooong time fan of both versions of the Offi...As a loooong time fan of both versions of the Office, I think that alas the series is running out of steam. It's not really the cast & writers' fault, it's just that here in the U.S., there are too many episodes to produce and it waters down (with few exceptions) a series. There's only so much to convey in an "Office". The best The Office will offer will be weak bits of business interspersed with laugh out funny moments until it jumps the shark....Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442721277125066843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-92218432801113469292010-03-08T09:48:59.241-05:002010-03-08T09:48:59.241-05:00This was my least favorite episode in a long time....This was my least favorite episode in a long time. It was the first time I found my self completely annoyed with Pam. The whole waiting until midnight was funny at first, but they went with it too long and ran it into the ground. Also, they would never let Michael drive them to the hospital. It just wasn't believable.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00571595075166713276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-90409112138844433792010-03-08T09:36:32.788-05:002010-03-08T09:36:32.788-05:00Surprised by how negative a lot of people are as t...Surprised by how negative a lot of people are as this was a good episode. Community and P&R have surpassed their Thursday predecessors but I missed the part where I now have to badmouth 30 Rock and Office. They are still good shows which provide more laughs than most shows on TV. Granted, TV is a lot better now that it used to be but there still isn't that much great stuff that I can afford to ignore shows like The Office and 30 Rock.<br /><br />As for this episode, I enjoyed it more than I expected purely because the whole baby thing doesn't interest me that much. However, as Alan said, it likely won't be a focal point for the show and the way they handled this was good.<br /><br />As for Dwight being too "unrealistic" ... yeah, kitchen cabinets, <i>now</i> he's gone too far. Everything up until now was perfectly reasonable.Captain Badgerhttp://www.gklife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-27048843446688270342010-03-08T06:59:50.541-05:002010-03-08T06:59:50.541-05:00Guys, no talking about the previews. It's one ...Guys, no talking about the previews. It's one of the commenting rules.Alan Sepinwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-15817502417280184162010-03-08T02:18:42.768-05:002010-03-08T02:18:42.768-05:00More Trivia: Jenna Fischer's sister went into ...More Trivia: Jenna Fischer's sister went into labor the same day, the first episode (of this 2 parter was filmed). Her sister came home the same day they filmed Pam's homecoming. The name of Jim & Pam's baby is the same name as Jenna's new niece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-43987002065397686832010-03-08T02:09:57.670-05:002010-03-08T02:09:57.670-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-56449623501932090922010-03-07T10:56:44.355-05:002010-03-07T10:56:44.355-05:00for all the people debating the insurance componen...for all the people debating the insurance component, Pam really didn't want to go because she was afraid of becoming a mom and was postponing it as long as she could..<br /><br />also, the line about Toby's grundle and Creed running after Pam & Jim as Michael takes them to the hospital yelling "Have Fun!!!!" like they were going on a cruise had me LOL<br /><br />also, anonymous on March 6, 12:24? The time you spent coming up with those punny names was well worth it. MUSH? 30 Crock? Bravo, sir, bravo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44823182542197014432010-03-06T23:22:47.252-05:002010-03-06T23:22:47.252-05:00Talk about telegraphing the jokes--I knew as soon ...Talk about telegraphing the jokes--I knew as soon as they had to share their hospital room what was going to happen...especially when that 2nd woman came in nursing. I found the whole thing not funny for a lot of reasons, but the "wrong baby' thing really hit home. I took my brother down to the nursery to see my new baby and proudly pointed him out. We both admired him until my mom said, " Honey, I don't think that's him..." And I'm all, "Yeah right, Mom. Like I don't know my own baby!" And, of course, it wasn't my baby. So Pam, Jim and I are all idiots. Also? It can take quite a while to get the hang of nursing, so while Pam's stress was real, the easy outcome by the time she got to the parking lot was not. Or, perhaps, I am once again projecting my own sit-commy problems.CincyNathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17674464576702200923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-90187147426985326842010-03-06T17:04:53.615-05:002010-03-06T17:04:53.615-05:00I am confused about the love of early seasons offi...I am confused about the love of early seasons office. Micheal and Dwight have always been over the top and cartoonish with their behavior from the beginning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-45674622500917542102010-03-06T12:24:31.478-05:002010-03-06T12:24:31.478-05:00All you Office haters who spend WAY too much time/...All you Office haters who spend WAY too much time/words yammering about its "declining" quality? Have you SEEN the last four or five years of M*U*S*H or Frasier lately? Remember when your kind thought Frasier was so wonderful & so much better than Seinfeld? Anybody thinking that way now?? So go watch Overrated Community with the reanimated corpse of Broken-down Chevy Chase and 30 Crock, along with Real Waste of Time With Shill Maher, because that seems to be the kind of hip, with-it trendy programming you latte drinkers seem to prefer!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-15932609734279965672010-03-06T09:41:40.956-05:002010-03-06T09:41:40.956-05:00I thought this episode was absolutely hilarious--t...I thought this episode was absolutely hilarious--the fact that Dwight was using Mose's goat fungus (!) to get pity sales had me falling out of my chair, and I laughed out loud many times throughout the hour.<br /><br />As for those who thought the baby-switching was unfunny and/or unrealistic--it actually happened to a friend of mine, the nurse brought her the wrong baby during the night and she tried to nurse him before realizing OH CRAP WRONG BABY. Not funny at the time, but funny now, and even though I saw it coming when Jim picked the baby up they played it out long enough that I giggled when Pam finally realized it.Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01787237015552235434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-47626127136951350022010-03-06T06:24:52.558-05:002010-03-06T06:24:52.558-05:00To the people saying "why is it cool to hate ...To the people saying "why is it cool to hate on The Office all of the sudden?" I have one thing to tell you. Go watch an episode from Season 2 and then watch this episode again. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Don't even try to say that it is close to the same show. I'm going to keep watching, but now it's more out of habit than actually looking forward to it week after week. That's not to say that there aren't "funny" parts in new episodes. There are (few). However, the jokes are all "HEY THIS IS A JOKE YOU SHOULD LAUGH NOW." Take, for example, Dwight throwing stuff out the window of his car. Yeah I got a chuckle, but come on. Where is the subtlety? Where is the smart office parody? Everyone who said that the characters are all caricatures of their former selves now are dead on. I miss the old Office, but there is no way it's coming back. I hope for it's own sake that next season is the last, because I want it to have a good end. It will keep embarassing itself it goes on much longer than this. It pains me to see a show I loved so much fall so far. I watch The Office after Community and Parks now, which I didn't think could have happened.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873017156244649211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67745839477051262692010-03-05T18:38:26.835-05:002010-03-05T18:38:26.835-05:00For some reason, I didn't like Dwight in this ...For some reason, I didn't like Dwight in this episode but it's really funny how the cops knew it was Dwight even BEFORE he came out of the car!boneshttp://bittenapple.etsy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-24743696220769129152010-03-05T18:32:29.881-05:002010-03-05T18:32:29.881-05:00Overall, I really liked the episode. Based on the ...Overall, I really liked the episode. Based on the podcast, I was expecting the second half to be horrifically awful, so I was pleasantly surprised when it actually turned out to only merely have a few less laughs than the very funny first half.<br /><br />For the pure randomness of it, Michael chewing out the IT guy for his unfunny casual joking made me laugh.<br /><br />Dwight's behavior was insane and not at all believable (and since when would Dwight willingly miss work?), but I really don't see how it's any LESS believable than his actions in "Stress Relief," when he cut the face off of the expletive-ing CPR doll and wore it around like Anthony Hopkins. (I was one of the few who didn't care for that episode.) Why can THAT just be chalked up to the writers "going a little broad," and this instance be the unspoken limit of acceptable Dwight behavior?Savvy Veteranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05627758255798608356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-10499958985467963952010-03-05T17:57:49.070-05:002010-03-05T17:57:49.070-05:00Many, many inconsistentcies throughout but still v...Many, many inconsistentcies throughout but still very, very funny and I thought the second half was just as funny as the first half.Diana Frostnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32050744663803318042010-03-05T17:09:29.413-05:002010-03-05T17:09:29.413-05:00I would've been in the same mindset as Jim was...I would've been in the same mindset as Jim was, helpless to do anything about the fact that there's a male lactation consultant who's touching his wife's breasts. I just cringed at the whole sequence because I could see the payoff for the joke coming. The guy walks in, Jim's waiting for a female lactation consultant, and the camera crew's gonna film the awkward reaction. And I just didn't find it funny. If the show is gonna telegraph their jokes in such a not-so-subtle manner, it hurts me to watch an episode like that. Jim and Pam are the de facto "heroes" of the show and I openly root for them to have somewhat normal lives compared to the rest of the characters in the show. It didn't feel that way in this episode. I dunno. Just didn't like the episode overall.Henrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-23973801239399981682010-03-05T16:59:24.510-05:002010-03-05T16:59:24.510-05:00some one asked:
If anyone knows, can you let me kn...some one asked:<br />If anyone knows, can you let me know if it's possible to have contractions only 2 minutes apart and then remain in labor for another 19 hours?<br />It's entirely possible. I could raise the fictional 19 hours to 26. Human bodies respond very differently to pregnancy.<br /><br />I must be wierd because I liked the second half more than the first. The part in the conference room was cringe inducing and not in the comic way that the Office is known for.<br />No way that Jim walks back into his destroyed house and doesn't go postal on Dwight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-73036945734928768632010-03-05T16:33:04.951-05:002010-03-05T16:33:04.951-05:00I usually agree with your reviews, but I have to d...I usually agree with your reviews, but I have to disagree with this one. I haven't been feeling this show for quite some time and while I wasn't expecting some groundbreaking episode, I was still left disappointed.<br /><br />There were funny parts, to be sure, and there's no way that I will stop watching, but if they stopped this show after this season, I'm not entirely positive I would be disapointed.<br /><br />The majority of the comedy for this show in its golden years was centered around the sexual tension. Without that there anymore for Jim\Pam and without a clear and static comedic spotlight on Andy\Erin (there was a veritable goldmine there that they mostly left untouched in favor for more sappy, non-comedic Jim\Pam action) there's just been too much lacking.<br /><br />Interestingly, this has made me reconsider my desire for some other shows (namely a certain NBC spy comedy) to follow a certain plot arc.Jeff Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-89786573549673998132010-03-05T15:48:01.192-05:002010-03-05T15:48:01.192-05:00I liked, but didn't love this episode. Moment...I liked, but didn't love this episode. Moments like Pam letting the gender of the baby slip and Dwight throwing the weapons out of his car as he was pulled over by a cop that knew him were, to me, a terrific balance of heartwarming and hysterical. <br /><br />That said, as happy as the new baby made me for Jim and Pam, there was too much in the second half that bugged. <br /><br />- I didn't find the nurse funny. I found her to be obnoxious and I'm not sure that's the writers' intent here. If she's supposed to be a bad nurse, that's one thing, but I didn't get that impression.<br /><br />- Pam breastfeeding the wrong baby was not funny. I wasn't disgusted but I can't find humor in something like that. It's just wrong on so many levels. I think they could've used the joke of Jim tiredly reaching for the wrong baby in a different manner and still achieved the same effect.<br /><br />- I thought the orderly leaving Pam outside on her own to wait for the car was absurd. I can only assume this is true everywhere, but here you can't leave the hospital with a newborn until they see that your car seat has been properly installed. And Jim with his four books about having children didn't know to have the seat put in before going to the hospital? Come on. If the gag was that Jim wasn't prepared, that's one thing, but he clearly had read up on everything.<br /><br />Overall, the excitement over the baby finally getting here was enough to make me happy, but I agree that this episode wasn't nearly as strong as the wedding one.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538344700004923252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52321515828712541502010-03-05T15:39:12.348-05:002010-03-05T15:39:12.348-05:00I really did not like this episode. I'm not g...I really did not like this episode. I'm not going to say it wasn't funny, because there certainly were a great deal of moments that made me laugh out loud (loved Stanley getting into the elevator, Dwight stopping to point out the deer, etc.). However, those few moments aside, the main plot fell flat for me, and the utter ridiculousness ruined the episode.<br /><br />Some things that really annoyed me:<br /><br />- Everything about Dwight being in Jim/Pam's house, including Jim's underwhelmed reaction at the end.<br /><br />- No one from Jim or Pam's family being at the hospital except Pam's mom.<br /><br />- The entire office hanging out in the hospital for hours on end before delivery.<br /><br />- Michael throwing Jim's car keys away, which didn't seem to become an issue when they left. Also, the fact that his car would remain untowed in an ambulance zone for several days.JamesGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59499751206218787792010-03-05T15:32:06.149-05:002010-03-05T15:32:06.149-05:00I'm surprised there are so many negative comme...I'm surprised there are so many negative comments on here as I thought this was a very funny episode. Dwight throwing the weapons out of his car was great. Michael's excitement about the distractions and the baby in general were very well played.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-25502443838694089462010-03-05T14:36:40.967-05:002010-03-05T14:36:40.967-05:00The Office is reaching the Robin Williams stage. A...The Office is reaching the Robin Williams stage. As in: Please stop, you are embarrassing yourself.<br />I loved the Office but it is past its due date and starting to smell bad.blinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04284135060900752329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8484515138750509292010-03-05T13:09:36.876-05:002010-03-05T13:09:36.876-05:00Dave T-
I agree with you about the lactation coun...Dave T-<br /><br />I agree with you about the lactation counselor. I was referring to how Henry portrayed it as "The guy felt up Pam."Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924119954199649577noreply@blogger.com