Oh, and I forwarded his desk phone to mine.

This might be a waste of your time if you don't care about The Office.

Tonight was a great episode of The Office. In an otherwise bland/less-funny season, this one definitely stood out as my favorite. It felt more like an old school season one or season two episode. I was so glad to see Jim prank Dwight in the cold open; that was when I knew there was hope. The Kevin story-line was hilarious, Jim "coaching" Michael was funny, Holly, aka Michael's soulmate, (aka Amy Ryan) was a good addition I thought, Creed is always fantastic and Andy (and his parents) was awesome. I will admit that part was also a little frustrating because I think just about everyone wanted to see Jim propose. But good job recapturing a lot of the original charm of the S1 and S2 episodes and creating/building on new stuff for next season. I just hope they keep Jan out of it.

Basically it's like they read everything that I complained about in my other blogs and changed it to make me happy--and I think any readers will agree that I was right! This one was way better... and I loved the ending. Everyone cross their fingers and hope for the return of Dwangela.

maybe Dunder Mifflin should go on strike

Last night constituted what was in my opinion the worst episode of The Office ever. Almost entirely unfunny, save perhaps the scene in which Meridith takes one to the face. Last weeks episode was passable, and I thought maybe there was hope that The Office was going to redeem itself, but I'm afraid to say that it appears to be all downhill from here. Apparently there's no room for comedy amongst all these scenes of uncomfortable awkwardness that the show now revolves around. The appeal of The Office before was the characters who all had a these weird quirks and character flaws which made their interactions really funny. (and yes sometimes awkward) But there was always a human side to them that made you sympathize and appreciate them, especially with Michael. Though he was a blundering idiot, he usually had the best intentions of the office in his mind and he really cared about everyone and even considered them his family. Now he is cold, mean, and a ridiculously dense idiot, which makes him basically inhuman and no fun to watch. Everyone's flaws and quirks are now being played up to the max, to the point that the characters don't really exist outside of their trademark idiosyncrasies. Not to mention, there is hardly any character interaction anymore, outside of Michael, Jim, Pam, and sometimes Dwight. The very heart of the show, the characters, has been cast aside in order to make way for 30 minutes of Michael being an unfunny retard at a dance club.

Scrubs, The Office, Carson, and please no more Jan

I'm about to make two pretty bold statements about some things that are pretty near and dear to many people's hearts, that the masses will probably disagree with.

1. I like Scrubs better than The Office.

It didn't start out this way, believe me. I used to love The Office and would watch it over and over again. And I still love The Office, but as time has gone on I think it has gotten more and more tired. Too many of the good characters come and go, the comedy feels more and more forced and each week the characters somehow outdo the previous week's awkward ridiculousness. I think The Office is really funny, I just wish it didn't focus so much on making the viewer cringe with awkwardness and went back to the more fun office antics that it started out with. I mean when was the last time Jim pranked Dwight or Creed had a great one-liner? And I'm so sick of Jan.

Scrubs is great. Sure maybe it's not as funny as it used to be, and sometimes the jokes are a little too over the top. But it's not that big of a deal because there are always hilarious parts around the corner. Plus they use cool film techniques, great music, mix up the narration, usually have a good message (albeit sometimes very corny), and is just a lot of fun to watch. It's great on it's premier on NBC, great on reruns, great in syndication, and great on DVD. Hilariously quirky, sometimes uncomfortable, always honest. It's just a great show.*

*This is just my opinion, it seems to be a fairly polarizing show, because most people either love it or hate it.**
**Don't hate me just because you hate Scrubs.***
*** I stole some of that stuff I said about Scrubs from a messageboard I read.



2. I think the Last Call With Carson Daly show is good.

This is a big statement because I don't think I've ever met someone that agreed with me. Most people I know hate it and him. And I was one of them at first. But as I endured many a late night with nothing else to watch, it grew on me. This is not the same Carson Daly that leaves a bitter taste in our mouth from his MTV VJ days. No. He is actually very funny in my opinion. Not in a crazy, did that really happen, Conan O'Brien way (which is maybe what people want since his show is right after Conan's) but in a very understated, dry, sarcastic way. His stand up isn't that great, so he hardly ever does any of it, maybe one or two jokes. I love him for that. His interviews can be very funny, just because I think he realizes the idiocy of many of the celebrity guests on his show and very subtly pokes fun at them. The interview he did with his ex girlfriend Tara Reid was hilarious too, because he mainly just asked her awkward questions about why they broke up. Finally, the musical guests that he has on there are usually quite good. A lot of times they are smaller indie type bands that are really rockin', or underground hip hop stuff that is also really good but wouldn't make it on a big show like Conan or Leno. I think if you watch this show a few times with an open mind (which is key) you might just start to enjoy it.