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Oh man last night was hysterical... did you guys catch it?

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It's like they're playing a game to see who can make us the most uncomfortable. They're both winning.

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Hmm, this wine has a bit of an oaky afterbirth, doesn't it.

Um, what was that?

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[quote=FRPLG;439047]It's like they're playing a game to see who can make us the most uncomfortable. They're both winning.[/quote]


LOL! When I saw this thread, I immediately thought of this line.

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Damn, I missed it. Didn't even know it was on!

Is it on TBS?

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NBC 9pm on Thursdays

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I need to start watching this show. I think Steve Carrell is hilarious but I've only seen bits and pieces of The Office (when I do it's funny though). I usually tend to take a break between 30 Rock (awesome) and Scrubs (starting to slip a little, imo)

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Last night was pretty bad. Had a few little laughs but overall bland. I'm hoping its setting something up.

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;439064]I need to start watching this show. I think Steve Carrell is hilarious but I've only seen bits and pieces of The Office (when I do it's funny though). I usually tend to take a break between 30 Rock (awesome) and Scrubs (starting to slip a little, imo)[/QUOTE]

You are missing. This show is funnier than both. The first couple times you watch it you may get slightly uncomfortable with some of the comedy but once you get to know the characters you're set.

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[quote=Schneed10;439049]Hmm, this wine has a bit of an oaky afterbirth, doesn't it.

Um, what was that?[/quote]

My wife had to play it again to make sure Jan said that. Nice.

The episode was sooooo uncomfortable funny.

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I loved Michael's new plasma tv

"Sometimes I will just stand here and watch television for hours. I love it. I love this tv!"

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I loved last night's episode.

"It's purely carnal."

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;439064]I need to start watching this show. I think Steve Carrell is hilarious but I've only seen bits and pieces of The Office (when I do it's funny though). I usually tend to take a break between 30 Rock (awesome) and Scrubs (starting to slip a little, imo)[/QUOTE]

I started watching the show last season and I think it's one of the best shows on TV.

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Yea last nights show was great. This show is definitely my favorite comedy on tv. Loved when Dwight pulled up to the stop sign and his 'date' was waiting for the bus and he looked the other way and drove off. Or Dwights X-girl at dinner saying I dont want your beets in my mouth ever again. Love the show. Have been watching the office since the BBC and then when NBC made this version. Good stuff.

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Very funny. Michael giving himself up to the Cops during the "domestic dispute", and Jim stealing the CD. But topper was Angela slamming her ice cream cone into the side of Andy's car because he stole a bite. The show is priceless.

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Best show on TV, bar none. I thought last night was good but not great. Some funny lines, but overall seemed to be kind of out of line with what the show is usually about. SO awkward though! I've been to dinner parties like that...

Used to love Scrubs, but it's really tanked recently.

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[QUOTE=mheisig;439269]Best show on TV, bar none. I thought last night was good but not great. Some funny lines, but overall seemed to be kind of out of line with what the show is usually about. SO awkward though! I've been to dinner parties like that...

Used to love Scrubs, but it's really tanked recently.[/QUOTE]I feel the same way about Scrubs and that sucks.
I think the problem is that they have turned JD into a caricature of himself, much like The Simpsons writers have done with Homer. The characters are so out there now that they're not really relatable.

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[QUOTE=ArtMonkDrillz;439271]I feel the same way about Scrubs and that sucks.
I think the problem is that they have turned JD into a caricature of himself, much like The Simpsons writers have done with Homer. The characters are so out there now that they're not really relatable.[/QUOTE]

Seasons 1-4 were awesome, I think it started going downhill with Season 5, and 6 and 7 are just mediocre.

You are absolutely right - everything is so overdone now. What they did so well with "real" yet quirky characters early on is just chaos now. They've also reached the point where it's obvious they're digging for new content - they're attendings now, getting married, everyone is having first or second children, it's just ridiculous.

The whole idea of the show was this quirky young doctor trying to figure the job out - it's really lost it's way lately.

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[QUOTE=mheisig;439307]Seasons 1-4 were awesome, I think it started going downhill with Season 5, and 6 and 7 are just mediocre.

You are absolutely right - everything is so overdone now. What they did so well with "real" yet quirky characters early on is just chaos now. They've also reached the point where it's obvious they're digging for new content - they're attendings now, getting married, everyone is having first or second children, it's just ridiculous.

The whole idea of the show was this quirky young doctor trying to figure the job out - it's really lost it's way lately.[/QUOTE]

yeah it's a real shame. I'm not a doctor but some of my best friends are doctors and they've always said Scrubs is the most realistic doctor/hospital show on television (I don't know if they'd say the same anymore though). Rumor is it's coming to ABC next year for its final season. I wish they'd just let it end though.

30 Rock is really good though. And I definitely need to start watching The Office. How does it compare to the British one for those that have seen both?

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Yeah a good show. But one of my favorites is coming back to TV, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Very very underrated show.

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[quote=SmootSmack;439311]yeah it's a real shame. I'm not a doctor but some of my best friends are doctors and they've always said Scrubs is the most realistic doctor/hospital show on television (I don't know if they'd say the same anymore though). Rumor is it's coming to ABC next year for its final season. I wish they'd just let it end though. [/quote]
I thought this was the last season? I heard Braff wanted out.

[quote=SmootSmack;439311]30 Rock is really good though.[/quote]
I almost started a thread about 30 Rock. That is far and away the [U]best[/U] comedy on TV right now. Possibly the best since Seinfeld. I haven't watched season 2 yet, but hopefully they kept it up.

[quote=SmootSmack;439311]And I definitely need to start watching The Office. How does it compare to the British one for those that have seen both?[/quote]
I watched the British version first, and I was disappointed by season 1 of the American version. However, the American version has just gotten better and better, and now I would say they are on par, but just a bit different.

Also, it's hard to compare the two, since the British season is (literally) 6 episodes long. I would put the best 6 episodes of any season of the American version against the British version.

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[QUOTE=onlydarksets;439328]I thought this was the last season? I heard Braff wanted out.[/QUOTE]

That was the plan, and yes. But apparently there is some feeling that making this the final season would be incomplete since episodes were missed due to the writers strike.

[QUOTE]I almost started a thread about 30 Rock. That is far and away the [U]best/U] comedy on TV right now. Possibly the best since Seinfeld. I haven't watched season 2 yet, but hopefully they kept it up.[/QUOTE]

Season 2 is even better.

[QUOTE]I watched the British version first, and I was disappointed by season 1 of the American version. However, the American version has just gotten better and better, and now I would say they are on par, but just a bit different.

Also, it's hard to compare the two, since the British season is (literally) 6 episodes long. I would put the best 6 episodes of any season of the American version against the British version.[/QUOTE]

I knew it was essentially just one season but I had no idea it was just 6 episodes

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I've never seen 30rock. don't know anything about it. I don't watch a lot of tv, but the office is probably the best comedy on tv. my wife wanted to hate it at first, but its her fav. show as well. we just started watching the re runs on tbs a few months ago.

I lauged so hard I cried when the cold blonde (can't remember her name) smashed the ice cream cone against the prius...

and in one of the re-runs the other day, when dwight went up to toby and asked him what the clitoris is.... LOLOLOL....

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[QUOTE=SmootSmack;439311]yeah it's a real shame. I'm not a doctor but some of my best friends are doctors and they've always said Scrubs is the most realistic doctor/hospital show on television (I don't know if they'd say the same anymore though). Rumor is it's coming to ABC next year for its final season. I wish they'd just let it end though.

30 Rock is really good though. And I definitely need to start watching The Office. How does it compare to the British one for those that have seen both?[/QUOTE]

Huh...hadn't heard that. Everything I've heard said this was the final season for Scrubs.

30 Rock is excellent, but not as good as The Office in my opinion. Personally I thought the British version of The Office was miserable. Maybe I just don't get British humor or something, but it was decidedly not funny. Steve Carrell is also head and shoulders above anyone on the British cast - he's just fantastic in that role.

Another good show to catch up on is Chuck. I wasn't expecting much, but I ended up really liking it. Funny and interesting story line, and the blonde spy chick is hawt.

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[QUOTE=mheisig;439351]Huh...hadn't heard that. Everything I've heard said this was the final season for Scrubs.

30 Rock is excellent, but not as good as The Office in my opinion. Personally I thought the British version of The Office was miserable. Maybe I just don't get British humor or something, but it was decidedly not funny. Steve Carrell is also head and shoulders above anyone on the British cast - he's just fantastic in that role.

Another good show to catch up on is Chuck. I wasn't expecting much, but I ended up really liking it. Funny and interesting story line, and the blonde spy chick is hawt.[/QUOTE]

[url=http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=27bd7007-17a3-4b43-9b80-011d425995ec&sid=fd-kristin]Watch with Kristin - <i>Scrubs</i>: Where Things Stand[/url]

I've watched Chuck a couple of times, not bad. Not bad at all.

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Other than Pam drilling the red-head in the face with the football, I'm not really feeling the comedic love in tonight's episode.

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What the hell is going on with Ryan tonight? Dude was tweaking on coke.


[I]"It's not the horniness, ok? It's the loneliness."[/I]

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I know how to throw a football.

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;442660]What the hell is going on with Ryan tonight? Dude was tweaking on coke.


[I]"It's not the horniness, ok? It's the loneliness."[/I][/QUOTE]

Seriously, that was just very....weird, as was the thing with Toby/Pam...this "season" (last few weeks) has been funny and entertaing, but very different from "The Office" if you ask me

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[QUOTE=Mattyk72;439062]NBC 9pm on Thursdays[/QUOTE]


And with the return of The Office, the world is back in order and begins to make sense again! Oh how I have missed my show... What was up with Toby? Is he gone? That was the most random thing I have ever seen!

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The Toby moment was comedic gold. That knee rub was the most uncomfortable thing I've seen all season.

The post strike episodes have been truly awkward... and I think I like them even more than normal. They're getting closer to the uncomfortable sleaziness of the British version. Toby pulled a Gareth tonight lol.

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[quote=itvnetop;442699]The Toby moment was comedic gold. That knee rub was the most uncomfortable thing I've seen all season.

The post strike episodes have been truly awkward... and I think I like them even more than normal. They're getting closer to the uncomfortable sleaziness of the British version. Toby pulled a Gareth tonight lol.[/quote]
I agree - that whole scene was the funniest part of the season so far, IMO. Him running away and scaling a 10 foot fence to go to Costa Rica still makes me laugh!

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[QUOTE=itvnetop;442699]The Toby moment was comedic gold. That knee rub was the most uncomfortable thing I've seen all season.

The post strike episodes have been truly awkward... and I think I like them even more than normal. They're getting closer to the uncomfortable sleaziness of the British version. Toby pulled a Gareth tonight lol.[/QUOTE]

There isnt a show on TV where akwardness is a good thing... except this one.

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I thought last nights episode was really funny. did anyone hear of a spinoff coming this year after the Super Bowl? Wonder who they will take with them to the spinoff.

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Last night's episode was pretty good. Andy running the cart into the trap was great, I had headphones in when I was watching, and the people behind me started laughing out loud.

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"kiss her... kiss her good"

that had me in tears.

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[QUOTE=EternalEnigma21;447672]"kiss her... kiss her good"

that had me in tears.[/QUOTE]

Yeah. I was on the floor laughing and cringing at the same time.

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Definitely a quality episode leading up to the Finale...I'm guessing we'll see Jim pop the question...

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I propose.............that we keep this going.

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I can't believe this season is over with already. I thought they would go longer because of the strike. My heart sank when they said that the season finale is this week. Back to watching the DVD's I guess.