Where's my Office, Damn it?!

I really should have known about this for at least the last 2 weeks, but for some reason, my brain only told me one thing. It's Thursday, and "The Office" and "30 Rock" are on. Ok, that's two things. "The Office" has been one of my favorite shows for a hwile now. (Wait, what did you say?) A hwile now. (Yeah, but why did you---ah, never mind...)

Anyway, ever since I glimpsed the original BBC classic with Ricky Gervais, I knew I had witnessed some smart comedy. I didn't see it again for a long time because at the time we didn't get any BBC America channel or anything like that, so it was up to trusty old PBS to ferry across the Pond and bring back some British goodness. When I heard there was going to be an American version, the first thing I thought (like just about EVERYONE) is that it wouldn't be up to snuff. British television is very different from American television for any number of reasons. Two reasons include less channels Over There, and the American audience is at times just plain stupid. I'm not going to sit here and detail the evolution of the show, the characters, and all that crap because it's been done to death. The point is, our Office is funny as Hell.

So like I said, I should have remembered that this was happening, but "The Office" and another gold offering "30 Rock" were not on the menu last night. Instead, the only plate to come out of the kitchen was 3 goddamned hours of "ER." I get it. The show has been on for 15 years, stars have come and gone, it was an emotional and well acted drama, and all that, but did they need to dedicate the whole damn night to it? Technically, the series finale of "ER" was only 2 hours and the preceding hour was a trip down memory lane with the show's past and present cast. We didn't need that. I'm sure that even the die hard "ER" fans (can I call them ERs?) wouldn't have minded that being a DVD extra for the inevitable release of the overpriced DVD/Blueray release. And it probably will be, over inflating the price of the disc even more because now it isn't "unseen." Realistically, there was no reason why we couldn't have had both "The Office" and "30 Rock" on before the "ER" finale, I mean that's the way they've always done it...great comedy leading into great drama. I'm not the biggest "ER" fan out there, in fact, I'm not a fan at all. I have watched it, and enjoyed watching reruns of the older episodes now in syndication, but it was never a show I made time for.

I did watch some of the finale, however. I was mildly interested in seeing whether or not the Chicago hospital was blasted into space, revealing itself as Scientology's vessel for the trip Home, or whether the characters just had a simple happy ending. It was the end of an era, (ERa? Ha! I made a pun....) and I thought it was worth a look. I enjoyed some of the direction and camera angles, and as always, the dialogue was believable and never seemed forced. I just couldn't get into it! I kept thinking of how violated, and robbed I felt about not having my other shows! Oh well. I didn't even finish it. I fell asleep. Not because it was bad or boring, I was just tired. I'll wait til next Thursday and see if the new show "Parks and Recreation" will be any good. It does look funny....we'll see.

_Lager_

PS- So I don't get sued, the NBC logo above is NBC's. Suck on that, legal team.