there's so many moments, so so many, that you think you know and remember all the funny jokes and quips and then out of nowhere on your 8th or 9th rewatch a certain line will hit you out of left field and you find yourself cracking up as if it's the first time you've heard it!!
The episode that changed my personal perception of Michael was the Halloween episode when he was so happy to hand out candy to the kids. You could just see in his eyes he was lonely & just wanted friends and family. He's had a soft spot in my heart ever since
Their biggest mistake with the Deangelo plotline, was casting a famous comedic icon. The whole premise of the show was built on using actors who were unknown at that time. But choosing Will Ferrell felt like they were panicking to figure out what to do after Carrell, so they picked him hoping that the audience would already like him because they know who he is.
I think I’ve watched it like seven times. It doesn’t get old! Perfect background noise show and when you watch with full attention it’s still hilarious even after multiple rewatches.
Regarding treating the camera crew as actual people, when Michael drives his car into the lake, you can see him helping the camera guy out of the back seat.
Now _that's_ some trivia I haven't come across before! I feel like I knew almost everything there is to know about this show lol. Thanks for sharing, I'll have to check it out!
He wasn’t. Watch the scene again, he says, “Get out, get out,” to the camera man while opening the door and then completely ignores the basket. He could have reached in and grabbed it easily if that was his goal.
I love all your content, but imo a huge office high is Dwight eventually owning the office and specifically "Nate" the maintenance guy, later warehouse worker.. that guy is next level for the series.
Those episodes were pure comedy. Most people related to the realistic points of the show with the fantasy combined which every person has of their workplace
This was an absolutely fantastic analysis of The Office! And I really appreciated the long format. The Office (US) actually has a youtube channel that's very active. They constantly upload compilation videos and even have had live streams, like having a live Office Trivia game during the holidays this past year (I can't remember if it was closer to Christmas or New Year's). I'm not sure if it's true, but someone in the chat once said it's the guy who played Mose who's in charge of the channel. I'd highly recommend any office fans checking them out. And yeah, the characters who tried to get in between Jim and Pam were most definitely strongly disliked. I know I absolutely despised the Kathy character who was trying to get Jim to cheat with her.
It would make sense if it were him, the guy who played Mose is Michael Schur, he was a writer and producer for the show too. And for Parks and Rec, and for Brooklyn Nine Nine, and for Black Mirror, pretty much anything the dude touches is gold.
The Office will always be my Desert Island show. Ive seen the show more times than I can count. I watch through the series at least twice a year. Sometimes more. It reminds me of a better time and the characters feel like old friends to me. I dont think there will ever be a show like it again. Im excited to see spinoff though!
Should’ve ended when Carrell left. Or, do one more full season after that, just tying up loose ends and story lines, and end it with one massive emotional goodbye episode.
I love how you elaborate how the american Office changed Michael Scott so he doesn't become a villain. The exact opposite approach of the German Office version : They took David Brent's mean nature and amped it up to a thousand to create "Stromberg". I couldn't even go through one episode. It's unbearable. I love the british and the american version :)
I think Parks & Rec as an spiritual successor to The Office learned a lot of its first season mistakes. Unlike Michael, Leslie Knope is actually extremely competent and passionate about her job and thats why you always root for her. Also a lot more emphatetic and less selfish; and even with those qualities is an extremely fun character to watch. You dont always need your main character to be a jerk to be entertaining, a mistake I feel comedies usually do when the main character is a man
@@madsjrgensen741 Agree. Not only that, I bet WAY the under on 80 percent. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Jam was the A story more often than Dwight (although it would be close).
when i first started the office, i could not get through the first season. I hated michael scott’s character and I just couldn’t do it. it was on my 3rd attempt to watch it that i actually got to season 2 and now it it my favorite show. my comfort show
i’m really confused why people hate brian so much, wasn’t he just comforting Pam? not actually doing anything romantic with her? what do people expect? pam to just cry by herself without anyone comforting her? isn’t that harder tho watch?
I've never heard anyone call it "bad" per se. More like the worst of the Michael Scott era, if anything. But I know "The Alliance," "Basketball" and "Diversity Day" hold up pretty well against the rest of the series for me. If there is a downside to Season 1, it creates the most inconsistencies with the rest of the series. For example, in "The Alliance," Michael can't think of anything to write about Meredith, as if he doesn't really know her. But from Season 2 forward, Meredith is pretty much a sad caricature of an alcoholic single mom - simply not someone for whom Michael would have nothing to say. (Also, the birthdays established in that episode do not jibe with Jim's subplot in "Survivor Man.") Season 1 also has faces in the background that we never see in subsequent seasons, and one could explain this by saying those people were laid off due to budget problems. In fact, this could have been retconed in Season 2's "Halloween." When corporate requires Michael to fire someone (eventually Devon), there could have been a single line inserted in there - e.g. "You told me there wouldn't be any more layoffs after last summer, and now you want me to can someone on Halloween?" Anyway, I'm with you... I think Season 1 is great. The tone of the season matched most closely with what the series was meant to depict - a documentary. The story lines were the most realistic and relatable to a real workplace. My guess is 90 percent of fans got into the show later (Season 2 for me, for example), so when they go back and watch Season 1, it seems too subtle and understated. For these fans, Kevin being surprisingly good at basketball isn't as funny as Kevin spilling a pot of chili. Jim putting Dwight's stapler in JELL-O isn't as funny as Jim staging a murder scene in the hotel. Stuff like that.
it wasn't michael leaving that killed the office. it was jim and pam getting together. the death started when they got together and was finished when they got married.
Who’s doing the narration? I recognize the voice as a RUclips video essayist who I really enjoyed, but I think the algorithm stopped giving me his videos. I’d love if you could link his channel so I can check him out again!
Honestly I think the reason why Mafia hits such a sour note is not only because it’s a bit of a boring episode but because it’s a boring episode coming off of a big two part event episode. I think any episode following Jim and Pam’s wedding was gonna feel kind of boring after the big climax of that 5 season arc which is why I think the writers should have worked harder and found a better plot for the episode after. Mafia kinda feels like everyone was so tired after Jim and Pam’s wedding that they just phoned it in.
If you haven't already you should check out the series "The Trailer Park Boys" They were one of the first to use the mockumentary style of filming a series and were geniuses at it. When watching TPB you'd swear these are real people and real conversations but all of it was meticulously written, rehearsed and shot.
I've actually only heard people from the UK say that they THOUGHT they would hate the U.S. version. That there was no way they could do it justice. And then they fall in love with our Office just like we did 😊.
Andy's character was so annoying that I skipped through the scenes he was in from START to FINISH. Even with his character change he was still annoying and keeping him was the biggest mistake they made with the show. To put it into perspective of how much I disliked the character, I would've rather preferred Robert California to stay until the end rather than have Andy become manager
The only part of Michael's character growth I would have liked to see more realistically spelled out were his racist, sexist, and homophobic antics. I think even when he kissed Oscar, it was mainly to make himself feel better, hence why he did in in front of a group. As the seasons wear on, he still does and says offensive, hurtful things but they don't have nearly as much zing as they used to. I would have liked a few plot lines of genuine growth where he is forced to reconcile with the damage he caused in a way that is genuine and doesn't have an undertone of off beat, meta irony to it, the same way Women's Appreciation or Gay Witch Hunt do.
A. Bernard was started unlikable and un-entertaining and became a different kind of un-entertaining. He ruined the Office. For those who seek a career in Entertainment, but lack appeal, find and sign with Ed Helms agent.
Scott’s Tots is my favorite episode…. How can people not like that one? So cringe… especially the dancing and singing and the lithium ion laptop batteries.
I'm not Gervais' biggest fan, but The Office was an absolute work of genius. A game changer. The US version just didn't hit the same. The changes to make the format more palatable to a US audience played a part, but I think none of the US characters being as compelling as their UK counterparts was a bigger factor. It ended up being a fairly generic sit-com.
The high was starting this series without Gervais involved. Dude is able to suck any heart or happiness out of anything he touches. And the office Americas wouldn’t even be on my list of favorite shows.
Introducing Holly ruined the show imo, she is not funny or memorable compared to Jan. Poorly written character and her episodes with Michael are usually either cringe or depressing.
Idk, I think Holly was the perfect match for Michael. She was similar enough to him that they got along rly well, but she was also, in many ways, a better person than Michael was when they met. This works because it forced Michael to grow and become a better person himself
Haven't watched the video yet but had The Office ended with S3, it would've gone down as the GOAT sitcom. There's a very noticeable decline from S4 onward.
I think I’ve watched it like seven times. It doesn’t get old! Perfect background noise show and when you watch with full attention it’s still hilarious even after multiple rewatches.
"The Office" will forever be my comfort show. No matter how many times I've seen it, I never fail to crack up. 😅
I've watched it 7 times.. I need help
How much Office is too much Office?
....the limit does not exist....
there's so many moments, so so many, that you think you know and remember all the funny jokes and quips and then out of nowhere on your 8th or 9th rewatch a certain line will hit you out of left field and you find yourself cracking up as if it's the first time you've heard it!!
Watch the superfan episodes, it's like watching for the first time
I’m on My second rewatch while listening to the Office Ladies Podcast. The Office has become a daily routine in my House.
The episode that changed my personal perception of Michael was the Halloween episode when he was so happy to hand out candy to the kids. You could just see in his eyes he was lonely & just wanted friends and family. He's had a soft spot in my heart ever since
Their biggest mistake with the Deangelo plotline, was casting a famous comedic icon. The whole premise of the show was built on using actors who were unknown at that time. But choosing Will Ferrell felt like they were panicking to figure out what to do after Carrell, so they picked him hoping that the audience would already like him because they know who he is.
also, when ever I get to that part, it reminds me of season 1 Michael, he was funny, but I couldn’t stand him
Plus his name. Deangelo…maybe I just hated the character so bad that his name got on my nerves too.
I think I’ve watched it like seven times. It doesn’t get old! Perfect background noise show and when you watch with full attention it’s still hilarious even after multiple rewatches.
7 times…that’s cute.
@@escoworld Hahah yeah, I would imagine for many people, "seven times" means Q1 or the baseball offseason or summer break or...
Regarding treating the camera crew as actual people, when Michael drives his car into the lake, you can see him helping the camera guy out of the back seat.
Now _that's_ some trivia I haven't come across before! I feel like I knew almost everything there is to know about this show lol. Thanks for sharing, I'll have to check it out!
Why do people keep saying this? He was going for the basket of chocolates.
Alternatively, it was Steve worried about the cameraman.
He wasn’t. Watch the scene again, he says, “Get out, get out,” to the camera man while opening the door and then completely ignores the basket. He could have reached in and grabbed it easily if that was his goal.
Highs: everything from S1 to S7
Lows: everything from S8 to S9.
Facts
Season 8 wasn’t bad
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain...
Still haven't watched season 9. I don't think it's relevant.
S5 and s6 were already not as funny as s2-s4.
There's still plenty of things I enjoy after Michael leaves, but he will forever be the heart of the show.
Just ur daily reminder that RYAN STARTED THE FIYAAAAAAH!!
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FireD guy (youngest VP in history)
It was always burning…!😂😂😂
I love all your content, but imo a huge office high is Dwight eventually owning the office and specifically "Nate" the maintenance guy, later warehouse worker.. that guy is next level for the series.
I promise I’ll come back and finish your video, ima go watch Office clips.
Ironically, The Farm is actually my favorite episode of the series. I understand why people don't like it but for some reason, I do
same i love it so much
Those episodes were pure comedy. Most people related to the realistic points of the show with the fantasy combined which every person has of their workplace
This was an absolutely fantastic analysis of The Office! And I really appreciated the long format. The Office (US) actually has a youtube channel that's very active. They constantly upload compilation videos and even have had live streams, like having a live Office Trivia game during the holidays this past year (I can't remember if it was closer to Christmas or New Year's). I'm not sure if it's true, but someone in the chat once said it's the guy who played Mose who's in charge of the channel. I'd highly recommend any office fans checking them out. And yeah, the characters who tried to get in between Jim and Pam were most definitely strongly disliked. I know I absolutely despised the Kathy character who was trying to get Jim to cheat with her.
It would make sense if it were him, the guy who played Mose is Michael Schur, he was a writer and producer for the show too. And for Parks and Rec, and for Brooklyn Nine Nine, and for Black Mirror, pretty much anything the dude touches is gold.
Okay! Okay! I'll watch The Office again.
The Office will always be my Desert Island show. Ive seen the show more times than I can count.
I watch through the series at least twice a year. Sometimes more. It reminds me of a better time and the characters feel like old friends to me.
I dont think there will ever be a show like it again.
Im excited to see spinoff though!
Should’ve ended when Carrell left. Or, do one more full season after that, just tying up loose ends and story lines, and end it with one massive emotional goodbye episode.
Michael Scott - Highs of The Office
No Michael Scott - Lows of The Office
Dwight's home life should have been a mystery.
I love how you elaborate how the american Office changed Michael Scott so he doesn't become a villain. The exact opposite approach of the German Office version : They took David Brent's mean nature and amped it up to a thousand to create "Stromberg". I couldn't even go through one episode. It's unbearable.
I love the british and the american version :)
It was really nice and refreshing hearing Tyler’s voice on this channel again
I think Parks & Rec as an spiritual successor to The Office learned a lot of its first season mistakes. Unlike Michael, Leslie Knope is actually extremely competent and passionate about her job and thats why you always root for her. Also a lot more emphatetic and less selfish; and even with those qualities is an extremely fun character to watch. You dont always need your main character to be a jerk to be entertaining, a mistake I feel comedies usually do when the main character is a man
I'd say they overcorrected in the first season. Leslie was unlikable at first but for the opposite reasons, she was too perfect
Which is funny because in the first season and especially the first episode she basically is michael.
His hair transplant did wonders for season 2.
I attribute the hair transplant as the main root cause of the shows success
@@RockSmith-rl9qrmain ROOT cause of the shows success ☠️
Keep going with the long form videos these are fantastic
Oh we will, we have several more planned.
Im sorry but Dwight is who made the show what it was. He is the main plot character in 80% of the show.
Well, its obviously michael who carried the show, dwight is maybe your favorite character, but michael WAS the show
I equate Dwight to Barney Stinson of HIMYM. Not meant the be main character, but were so popular, they might as well be.
@@Psiros not a good comparison, the reason people saw Barney as the star of the show, was because ted was a bad mc unlike Michael.
@@madsjrgensen741 Agree. Not only that, I bet WAY the under on 80 percent. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Jam was the A story more often than Dwight (although it would be close).
when i first started the office, i could not get through the first season. I hated michael scott’s character and I just couldn’t do it. it was on my 3rd attempt to watch it that i actually got to season 2 and now it it my favorite show. my comfort show
i’m really confused why people hate brian so much, wasn’t he just comforting Pam? not actually doing anything romantic with her? what do people expect? pam to just cry by herself without anyone comforting her? isn’t that harder tho watch?
I love what you've done with your channel. I think Nerdstalgic is great. Would still love to hear your takes on what makes video games great.
Thanks for all the support! We actually have a video game centered video coming out in the next few weeks. Keep your eyes open!
Getting writers to act was a master stroke in that it would give them all the skills to pitch any ideas they had in the future.
I don't know why everyone says the 1st season is bad. It's amazing!
I've never heard anyone call it "bad" per se. More like the worst of the Michael Scott era, if anything. But I know "The Alliance," "Basketball" and "Diversity Day" hold up pretty well against the rest of the series for me.
If there is a downside to Season 1, it creates the most inconsistencies with the rest of the series. For example, in "The Alliance," Michael can't think of anything to write about Meredith, as if he doesn't really know her. But from Season 2 forward, Meredith is pretty much a sad caricature of an alcoholic single mom - simply not someone for whom Michael would have nothing to say. (Also, the birthdays established in that episode do not jibe with Jim's subplot in "Survivor Man.")
Season 1 also has faces in the background that we never see in subsequent seasons, and one could explain this by saying those people were laid off due to budget problems. In fact, this could have been retconed in Season 2's "Halloween." When corporate requires Michael to fire someone (eventually Devon), there could have been a single line inserted in there - e.g. "You told me there wouldn't be any more layoffs after last summer, and now you want me to can someone on Halloween?"
Anyway, I'm with you... I think Season 1 is great. The tone of the season matched most closely with what the series was meant to depict - a documentary. The story lines were the most realistic and relatable to a real workplace. My guess is 90 percent of fans got into the show later (Season 2 for me, for example), so when they go back and watch Season 1, it seems too subtle and understated. For these fans, Kevin being surprisingly good at basketball isn't as funny as Kevin spilling a pot of chili. Jim putting Dwight's stapler in JELL-O isn't as funny as Jim staging a murder scene in the hotel. Stuff like that.
It’s awful.
What We Do in the Shadows is now a series in FX. It has several seasons.
it wasn't michael leaving that killed the office. it was jim and pam getting together. the death started when they got together and was finished when they got married.
Who’s doing the narration? I recognize the voice as a RUclips video essayist who I really enjoyed, but I think the algorithm stopped giving me his videos. I’d love if you could link his channel so I can check him out again!
Thank you for your videos!
Thank YOU for watching!
I'm surprised the low doesn't just consist of everything after Michael left
Leslie may not be concerned a dream will be fulfilled as exspected as
Is this a reaploud? I feel like i have watched this already?
Can we please talk about Michael scotts ad for dunder mifflin is a million times better then the hired one with the wave
What’s this friendship ring? I promise you always love you. Always love you.
My grandson, Celine will become my Porsche
Honestly I think the reason why Mafia hits such a sour note is not only because it’s a bit of a boring episode but because it’s a boring episode coming off of a big two part event episode. I think any episode following Jim and Pam’s wedding was gonna feel kind of boring after the big climax of that 5 season arc which is why I think the writers should have worked harder and found a better plot for the episode after. Mafia kinda feels like everyone was so tired after Jim and Pam’s wedding that they just phoned it in.
Andy Bernard was the worst thing of the office. For me his arc was complete with his explosion. Not everyone needs a happy end.
the background music really drives me crazy after a while. can't keep watching
DWIGHT is the GOAT
If you haven't already you should check out the series "The Trailer Park Boys" They were one of the first to use the mockumentary style of filming a series and were geniuses at it. When watching TPB you'd swear these are real people and real conversations but all of it was meticulously written, rehearsed and shot.
I've actually only heard people from the UK say that they THOUGHT they would hate the U.S. version. That there was no way they could do it justice. And then they fall in love with our Office just like we did 😊.
Great show
Great comment
@@sp3ssgreat reply
@@SillyGoofyOllie Great Scott!
@@endrankluvsda4loko172 Great thread
I didn't read the entire title, was very confused to hear the OG narrator
If Kevin is as good as he came to be, maybe I might need a man like Kevin if he meets your recommendation
Brent is the antithesis of mean spirited.
Andy's character was so annoying that I skipped through the scenes he was in from START to FINISH. Even with his character change he was still annoying and keeping him was the biggest mistake they made with the show.
To put it into perspective of how much I disliked the character, I would've rather preferred Robert California to stay until the end rather than have Andy become manager
Its weird how season 1 sucked at first but then became one of my favorites
balding & unhinged mike from season 1 was still his best self
kevin isolating jim and pam is extreme stupidity? really? we've seen kevin admit to not knwoing the alphabet OR math, and he is an accountant.
Steve Carell got in much better shape for the 40 Year Old Virgin after season 1. That’s why he looks drastically different.
The part I don't like the most in the office is the introduction of Nelly I genuinely hate that character
The skaa version of Ryan started the fire lol
The only part of Michael's character growth I would have liked to see more realistically spelled out were his racist, sexist, and homophobic antics. I think even when he kissed Oscar, it was mainly to make himself feel better, hence why he did in in front of a group. As the seasons wear on, he still does and says offensive, hurtful things but they don't have nearly as much zing as they used to. I would have liked a few plot lines of genuine growth where he is forced to reconcile with the damage he caused in a way that is genuine and doesn't have an undertone of off beat, meta irony to it, the same way Women's Appreciation or Gay Witch Hunt do.
I’m too lazy to do my own research, is this just a compilation of other nerdstalgic office vids?
re-upload?
Well, I ended up hating Andy at the endy
I think I saw this video before. Is it a reup?
No, we released a compilation of How I Met Your Mother videos last month.
@@Nerdstalgic oh I didn't realise it's a compilation.
And yet Lower Decks is the best Star Trek series. Prodigy season 2 is the best single season though.
The Office (UK) is not a “mini-series”
Then who is qualified to do such as then it’ll be well worth my wild
wtf is the change in voice halfway through?
Whose the voice over dude
Sounds like VideoGameDunkey
Haha he wishes@@davidlane8811
@@davidlane8811 i knew he sound familar
I stopped watching office after Steve Carell left the show
damn. 90 minutes dissecting the office? I feel like the intro, the part where Michael changes has been shown sooo many times already. Lost me there.
Ju-wight? Who tf is Ju-wight???
The highs were the original britisk The Office. The lowest the American one
And Rob california?
A. Bernard was started unlikable and un-entertaining and became a different kind of un-entertaining. He ruined the Office. For those who seek a career in Entertainment, but lack appeal, find and sign with Ed Helms agent.
They are different, but dramatically different? I personally disagree
Tyler ?!
18:57 Andy was insufferable throughout the show. The worst character.
Scott’s Tots is my favorite episode…. How can people not like that one? So cringe… especially the dancing and singing and the lithium ion laptop batteries.
What did you do to Jim and Pam in the thumbnail? Did you squish them to appear more thin/attractive? Weird and uncanny
I stopped after season 4,it became very boring and repetitive after that
Wait, wtf. There's a RUSSIAN Sunny
Hello
VideogameDunkey?
Will ferrel has never been, nor will he ever be, funny. The Office just made you realise it for the first time
dramatically different lol, they are similar man come on. you are misusing words.
I'm not Gervais' biggest fan, but The Office was an absolute work of genius. A game changer. The US version just didn't hit the same. The changes to make the format more palatable to a US audience played a part, but I think none of the US characters being as compelling as their UK counterparts was a bigger factor. It ended up being a fairly generic sit-com.
The high was starting this series without Gervais involved. Dude is able to suck any heart or happiness out of anything he touches. And the office Americas wouldn’t even be on my list of favorite shows.
Dwight is not the father.
Yet another remake 🙄
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The farm was a great episode. The show could have turned into sonthing if given time like Seinfeld.
Introducing Holly ruined the show imo, she is not funny or memorable compared to Jan. Poorly written character and her episodes with Michael are usually either cringe or depressing.
Idk, I think Holly was the perfect match for Michael. She was similar enough to him that they got along rly well, but she was also, in many ways, a better person than Michael was when they met. This works because it forced Michael to grow and become a better person himself
That's because you are a sad, depressed person and dont like joyfulness. Easy. Now go to therapy to heal yourself.
@@justanamericanidiot agreed
She matches Michael’s humor, Jan despises him, holly is so funny try watching it with a different mindset 😂 trust
Haven't watched the video yet but had The Office ended with S3, it would've gone down as the GOAT sitcom. There's a very noticeable decline from S4 onward.
True i stopped after season 4
Late stage capitalism makes this show less funny, like Steve Carell's character is too nice, the management class is not our friends
Don't you have a breadline to be in?
@@shinobi-no-bueno Conquering the Bread as explained by Anarchist Russian philosopher Peter Kropotkin? he knew the USSR wasn't real communism
Oh, you're one of them. Boooooooo!
@@endrankluvsda4loko172 A rebellious anarchist, yes I am, I say that with honor, stop bootlicking billionaires, they hate you and just r*** kids
You sound funny at parties
We don't like Pam and Jim. Or Stanley.
I grew to despise Micheal. his self-centeredness and ignorance just got to a point where it wasn’t redeemable
Well, they didn't fix Andy, he was insufferable till the end.
Nice one, waited for this🫶🏼
And now give me such a long always sunny in Philadelphia Video🗿
Michael Scott is an american hero and every manger should do their best to copy his management style. 🤌
I think I’ve watched it like seven times. It doesn’t get old! Perfect background noise show and when you watch with full attention it’s still hilarious even after multiple rewatches.
Can't Agree More.