This is awesome. Pretty much what I wanted since Steve Carell was announced to be leaving The Office. It's the crossover The Office has managed to avoid until now but why the hell not with Carell leaving? Hopefully some of Ricky Gervais' award show shitting on Steve Carell will make it in the show. I can't wait for this.
OMGgggg. If this had been kept locked up as a surprise my head probably would've exploded when it aired. I hope they cameo every rumored replacement over the last month. Gervais, Danny McBride, Rhys Darby, Harvey Keitel(?), etc.
Originally posted by Vulture "David Brent will meet up with Michael Scott." Office executive producer Paul Lieberstein tells Vulture, "It's a little more than if you blink, you'll miss it, but if you don't set your TiVo right, you'll miss it."
"All RAW is these days is a cheap version of Saturday Night Live, so if you wanna tune in to watch the amazing star power of Al Sharpton and Nancy O'Dell, go ahead! Who's gonna host next week, Big Bird? Wow, that's must-see TV!" - John Morrison (10/16/09 Smackdown!)
Part of me wishes that Brent had actually been one of the people in Andy's seminar, so it would've been an actual appearance. But methinks the cameo was arranged somewhat at the last minute and just cobbled together as a cold open so a Brent/Scott meeting could happen before Carell left the show.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." --- Bart Giamatti, on baseball
Originally posted by Big Bad...well, that happened.
Part of me wishes that Brent had actually been one of the people in Andy's seminar, so it would've been an actual appearance. But methinks the cameo was arranged somewhat at the last minute and just cobbled together as a cold open so a Brent/Scott meeting could happen before Carell left the show.
You can tell the Gervais appearance was supposed to be a surprise. Looking at the cold open in that context, if it HAD been a surprise, it would have had jaws dropping and whatever Michael and David were saying and doing would have been secondary to "I can't believe they're on screen together!"
As the guy who started the thread, I ruined the surprise for some people, just as the surprise was ruined for me by whoever decided to leak the Gervais appearance to the media.
I thought the scene was funny. It was a throwaway, just for the sake of doing it. The only thing I actually found a little distracting was how fit and cleaned up David Brent is today considering how bald, bloated and gross he was on his show. (The same way Michael Scott was in season one before he cleaned himself up.)
I was really, really skeptical about this working, but I loved it. It was really great seeing David Brent again.
Originally posted by John OrquiolaLooking at the cold open in that context, if it HAD been a surprise, it would have had jaws dropping and whatever Michael and David were saying and doing would have been secondary to "I can't believe they're on screen together!"
I entirely agree with you. I really wish I hadn't known about it ahead of time. I saw it on CNN, so it wasn't John's fault.
The surprise was that I didn't know Gervais was appearing so soon. I thought his appearance was coming a couple of months down the road, not, like, a week after Paul Lieberstein's interview.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." --- Bart Giamatti, on baseball
Shouldn't the Brent character have noticed that he was being filmed by a documentary crew?
"Oh, that looks familiar." Y'know, some kind of response ...
"All RAW is these days is a cheap version of Saturday Night Live, so if you wanna tune in to watch the amazing star power of Al Sharpton and Nancy O'Dell, go ahead! Who's gonna host next week, Big Bird? Wow, that's must-see TV!" - John Morrison (10/16/09 Smackdown!)
Did anyone else have to back it up about six times to understand what Brent said? Probably me just not being used to it.
I thought the rest of the show was good too. Particularly Oscar's frustration of not being in control of the Scrabble game. And Erin's inablity to think of anything not having to do with cows.
The first 10 minutes got this show placed onto my normal early morning workout roster. My RPM's & Calorie Count far surpassed every other recent show I am watching. I love the premise and by the end of the show, I was hating Keri Russell's character.
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