Ricky Gervais audio show

[grady]

Originally Posted by myrrh

Speaking of Gervais, I can't believe that this was made! Poor Americans are thinking this show is great, but I can't see it ever comparing to the original. I doubt people even know that this is a rip off.

Did you know that Gervais and Merchant are involved in the US version as exec. producers?

[b.miller]

actually, this second season of the show they have really grown into their own and the show is pretty freakin hilarious. The first season started off uneven, especially with the direct translation of the pilot script, but by now the characters have pretty successfully grown apart from their British counterparts... Steve Carell plays a much different loser manager than Gervais does and the episodes are pretty great. I'd now rate it on par with the british series... but of course there's like 22 episodes this season so that's awesome.

After Arrested Development this is currently my favorite sitcom on tv.

[grady]

Originally Posted by b.miller

After Arrested Development this is currently my favorite sitcom on tv.

here here. I would also throw the simpsons on that list despite the inconsistent nature of quality from episode to episode.

If NBC really wanted to make a solid hour of TV they would pick up AD and run it leading into or following the Office. That might be a bit too much for some viewers but it would be a damn enjoyable hour of TV.

The second season has really gotten onto a nice rhythmn as of these past few episodes too. I wonder how much more of the storylines from the BBC version they will be using for the remainder of the season.

[myrrh]

Originally Posted by grady

Did you know that Gervais and Merchant are involved in the US version as exec. producers?

I didn't know that. But I don't watch TV either, I only happened to catch an ad for it, while at someones house.

And when I mentioned that it was a BBC show, no one knew what I was talking about (Riko).