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Creators of The Office (UK) In An Internal Promotional/Training Video for Microsoft UK

In case you weren't familiar with the British version of the popular TV Series The Office, Ricky Gervais stars as David Brent, the manager of a paper firm. Microsoft UK comissioned him and Stephen Merchant (co-creator) to do an internal training video for them, with hilarious results. I'm a huge Office fan, so I was stoked to finally see this!

Part 2 [Google Video]

9:17 PM on Fri Aug 18 2006
By Jason Chen
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  • That would be The Office, the original version. "The British version" makes it sound like the hugely inferior American version somehow came before it, which is totally incorrect.

  • Gee. Thanks for that tidbit of info there Neil. I mean, if you would have never post that I would have never known that the original 'The Office' was from the UK. Especially with those hugely inferior white DVD cases at the end of every Best Buy aisle that read, 'The Office'. Because everyone lives in a cave. Like, totally.

  • This was a great post! I miss not having new David Brent stuff. I wish there was more.

  • A well planned and impressively articulated reply, Bweetza.

    Neil, you should have known better: everyone acknowledges that white is inferior to black.

    Like, totally. (huh?)

    In other news: does this make Gervais a Microsoft sympathiser? Gutted! Last time I watch [insert British version of programme here].

  • Not to be too literal, but WTF is this supposed to be training/promoting? Is it just me, or is this a pandering masterbatory celebration of the failure of office management? Always nice to insult your people and confirm their fears and complaints about management.

    Is MSUK actually above the issues they raised? Maybe I should have a CD in the car there, you know, always looking, yeah.

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