Okay, so remember how I’ve tried four different times to get through my friend’s DVDs of The Office? I didn’t really like the show because of how much of a caricature Michael Scott (Steve Carell) was. He was annoying, and all his cringe-worthy moments made the show very difficult to watch.
But I kept plodding on, and finally got all the way through Season 3 on DVD. By that time, the show sort of grew on me. I wouldn’t call it a favorite, and never felt the need to rush on to the next ep, but it was tolerable.
Anyway, I was rewatching some eps from Season 4 on TiVo earlier today, including the one called “Dinner Party” (4×13). Though I hated what happened to the Jan character in Season 4 (turning her into a psycho was a mistake, IMO), I thought this ep was pretty funny. My favorite part had to be when Michael was showing off his tiny plasma television. It was only like 12 inches or something, but he had it on a tv mount on the wall and said he could “stand there” for hours watching it! I just about died laughing because I could totally see Michael doing that!
I’m going to keep watching The Office during Season 5, but only on TiVo. The only comedies I’ll watch live are 30 Rock and How I Met Your Mother.