Slog - Comments on Overheard in the Office

Comment by madamecrow

madamecrow — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:13:28 -0800

That show needs to be on DVD.

Comment by Barth

Barth — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:19:33 -0800

whhhhhhhaaaah i heard that.

and it's true, too.

Comment by Chris

Chris — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:20:26 -0800

I had a schoolboy crush on Alasdair on that show.

Comment by this must be the introduction to the opposites

this must be the introduction to the opposites — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:36:52 -0800

I found a few episodes on-line a while back. Still funny and there's no way they could be aired today. I mean, a recurring skit featuring kids facing a firing squad? An episode themed around revenge, complete with an opposites sketch where a school principal shows up at the home of a student intent on gunning him down? The red scare one where they get taken over by the Soviets?

I need to search around again.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:43:19 -0800

You Can't Do That On Television rules! And, like all Canadian TV shows, it continues in the long, and still running tradition of having firing squads and mockery of everyone - just check out This Hour Has 22 Minutes (a reference to commercial TV in the USA) and Little Mosque On The Prairie if you're a doubting Thomasina like Fnarf ...

Comment by Chris

Chris — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:44:04 -0800

It's true. You really can't do that on television today.

Watching a few episodes on youtube.com today reminded me just how much they got away with.

Comment by brandon

brandon — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:02:03 -0800

all those fat jokes directed at girls who weren't actually fat really confused me as a child. i wonder how many young girls developed eating disorders from that show?

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:09:10 -0800

I didn't know that, but then, my television probably hasn't been used for more than 20 hours total in the past five years - not counting videos, that is.

Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penls

Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Penls — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:16:58 -0800

You know what I wish was on a TV show...an enormous penls!!!

Comment by pissy mcslogbot

pissy mcslogbot — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:53:28 -0800

Alanis? bitch, step off. give me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Kant_Tori_Read

thats mad props for cheesy girl pwrr right there.

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:04:14 -0800

@9:

Does Morton Downey, Jr. count?

Comment by brent

brent — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:05:02 -0800

Whaadya think's in the burgers?

(FWIW, in retrospect one of my favorite parts about the show was that the Dad's in-character job was "senator".)

Comment by Sam

Sam — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:19:26 -0800

You can't do that!

Comment by stinkbug

stinkbug — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:30:46 -0800

But can ECB name the show in which AM kissed a female as part of spin the bottle?

Comment by Will Power

Will Power — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:12:36 -0800

Sex in the City - where Carrie can't do Bi-guy

Comment by Greg

Greg — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:24:21 -0800

I didn't know that. Although I did watch that show a lot.

Comment by Non

Non — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:34:12 -0800

Alanis' new album drops on June 10, I hope you guys will review it. 's dark and electric and awesome and shit!