all the bants | The Office

[@Martment11]

"He went home to get it". Such a simple line but brilliant. You know Brent's character, and you play out your own scenario in your head of what led to him feeling the need to go home and get his guitar.

[@josemaria8177]

That customer care seminar is the eight circle of hell

[@Billiebluetwennytwennytwo]

😂😂😂

[@simonlawrencesings]

Sorry Jean I've got to go. I've got a customer.

[@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere]

it's a little cheesy and a little bit eighties but a lot of the ideas are still valid

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere😂

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

Dante would really struggle with it

[@jimmycampbell4983]

The Office is a seminal piece of art about the human condition. The fact they know the camera is there works because for the staff the mundanity of office life means they mostly just forget it’s there & act as they normally would which contrasts beautifully with Brent’s narcissistic obsession with it & allows for amazing subtlety as Martin Freeman communicates so much to the audience with simple glances acting as our everyman mirror who can see the absurdity that underpins ‘normal’ ‘boring’ office culture, people & life in general. The US office is just a sitcom set in an office.

[@JohnRice-vb2ze]

Yes, the type of people who watch and enjoy or would write the comedy for the US version are the same type of people who would watch or write the so called comedy on late night shows like Steven Colbert, John Stewart, Jimmy Kimmel, James Cordan and John Oliver. Thinking its so original and ground breaking. In their mind the Micheal Scot character is some buffoon how they see Trump, there to be laughed at and ridiculed by the rest of the cast and the audience watching from home. With the British Office it is deeper and more nuanced and subtle, with one of the differences being that the audience is privately rooting for and entertained by Brent and subconsciously agree or at least understand some of his actions and know deep down hes not all that bad. Its people like Brent that make life enjoyable and transport us away from the mundane, while ironically the bores who mock Brent behind his back because they are up themselves would love all those late night TV shows and find them hilarious but dont appreciate Brents humor.

[@controloz3310]

Why do Gareth’s harmonies slap so hard

[@MartinHiggins1972]

Deep down, he has a lot of soul.

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

@@MartinHiggins1972really really deep down

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

😂

[@Sasquiny]

​@@danielsaan1976when you Sean Connery a woman.

[@babyshaker8932]

​@@danielsaan1976 A slap is a woman who works in factory. Oh wait . That's a slapper😂

[@AM2K2]

Don't grab it unless you got one ready...

[@chembleton]

coz it slows it down

[@TheReverantChoir]

Oop, as an actress said to a bishop

[@layzyeye]

Brent looks so offended that the hotel manager doesn’t care about his complaint

[@komaa1712]

he definetly took that personally 🤣

[@-______-______-]

"There is no 362 in this hotel" is so ridiculous. I love it!

[@jerichon1000]

Sometimes the complaints will be false.

[@sammyhill69]

​@jerichon1000 I've rattled ya

[@OfWodensFolk]

"The wheelchair ones" 😂

[@happyclappyslappy]

"gammy little geezer in a wheelchair, screwing me out: furious!"

[@Hesgoneandwrittenitdown]

​@@happyclappyslappydone too much chang

[@rowancrew2934]

Ricky is in a class of his own.

[@simonlawrencesings]

Agreed. It's embarrassing when other "comedians" slag him off. They don't even come close.

[@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689]

@simonlawrencesings mind you , Armageddon It was poor.

[@michaelharrison3602]

Dawn's expression when Brent and Gareth are trying to be funny is priceless I've seen that expression so many times on girls in pubs when their guys are showing how funny it they are 😅

[@sdarbs]

“He went home to get it”

[@benlachenal771]

Can I be the first to point out: top quality backing vocals from Tim

[@KBL1974]

Lol I always thought that

[@chembleton]

they're cracking up

[@liverpoolfcx7]

Look at their faces

[@Choonzord]

They: 😐😐😐

[@jbri1]

'I call it team individuality'

[@sammyhill69]

That's unorthodox

[@MrBendixxx]

Brentmused

[@thedoctor1837]

'Exsperminate'

[@mooskamoo]

6:10 ‘No, it’s gone. BSE. No more beef.’ 😂

[@ThomasG84]

I never picked up on that ever until I read this comment.

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

@@ThomasG84me neither and I’ve seen this loads 😂

[@damienomen68]

You can now give blood, even though you lived in UK 1989+ like me, in Australia

[@charliewright2474]

“Sue me”😂

[@user-bb8wu3ct4s]

When I watched this 25 years ago I was half my age. I look back and it makes me happy and sad watching these again after so long.

[@jamesryan82]

Finchy was coming down so they needed to be ready to go at 7 👊👍

[@stephenbutler6819]

But drinks at 6

[@sammyhill69]

​@@stephenbutler6819but starts at 7

[@rosscofox]

@@sammyhill69 definitely drinks at 6

[@Hesgoneandwrittenitdown]

​@@rosscofoxyeh but the quiz starts at 7 so......

[@hectorhaus1823]

"team individuality"

[@PlantBP]

Unorthodox.

[@theprophet9429]

How does it work? Quite literally.

[@sammyhill69]

​@@PlantBP it certainly is

[@jamesmilligan2797]

The expression of the seminar guy😂😂😂

[@joshuajames1720]

37:00 love how Dawn's Brummie accent comes out occasionally x

[@pamphletthebeanwolf5901]

"In my experience, Women who work in factories are Slappers, so..."

[@joshrhodes2988]

I thought I’d give the US office a go , having been a big fan of the UK - how anyone can suggest for a moment that the US is better than the British is beyond me, the US one is contrived , forced and generally deeply unfunny - whereas the UK is nuanced , layered , and quite easily one of the most cleverly written British shows ever made .

[@Willetts88]

I thought the same but I'd recommend continuing with the US version, it is different but becomes brilliant

[@Its_a_kind_of_magic71]

I hate it when the US calls our version “The UK The Office” No. It’s The Office USAs is USAs version of The Office. Yanks version is awful yet they have the nerve to criticise ours!!

[@michaelcarr3924]

They are different animals.. the US Office is very good, especially from S2 onwards.

[@jaserogers997]

Nah the US one is better.

[@awinbisa]

You can’t compare the 2. The only thing in common is the name. I liked the Uk one but I understand that the quality of the writing and characterisation of the us version.

[@MrStark110]

I enjoyed the US version but you can't beat the original.

[@based-ys9um]

Nobody asked is the crazy thing 😮

[@TomMarvan]

Right, that’s lunch.

[@sammyhill69]

Oook

[@TheJohnCooperShow]

The customer care training day deserved the Brent treatment! Awful cliched boring nonsense that doesn’t benefit anyone. Well done Brent for making a mockery of it and Rowan probably grateful in long run for being pushed into a new career path

[@awinbisa]

Drinks at 6.

[@jbri1]

Quiz starts at 7

[@rosscofox]

@@jbri1 But drinks at 6

[@CS-mo7xp]

2:08, as the voiceover starts he tries to claim ownership of "as much use as a chocolate teapot", never noticed that before. and that's crufts.

[@Chief_Brody]

Haha well spotted. I never noticed that either.

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

And I go don’t slag em off

[@matts9717]

He went home to get it.

[@michaelharrison3602]

You haven't already got one have you? Well you can never have too many 😂

[@mattdrake7197]

Who'd of thought that 'I think there's been a r*** up there' would be one of the funniest lines in the history of comedy.

[@TravelWithBen121]

Ringo Starr 🤣

[@lucasm3879]

Get.Their.Attention.👍

[@mellymarriott6637]

The US version is crap. They seem to have a reason to make things go on for too too long. The Office is 2 seasons and 2 Xmas specials and unforgettable. The us office goes on and on and on and on and on and on. Ricky knew how to end the show.

[@based-ys9um]

Nobody asked. Just enjoy this and stop crying 😂

[@SpinelessVermin]

Oh, bombleclotts!

[@user-bb8wu3ct4s]

Correct

[@carnivalimusic]

That’s lunch!

[@happyclappyslappy]

"a crack team"

[@Footystickersuk]

Anyone know what time drinks are?

[@BankJunction]

The Office is a work of genius on many levels. Comedy, satire, politics, business, the human condition - envy, status, greed, despair, hubris, pathos, ambition, failure, success etc. The viewer is taken on a journey that obliges laugh out loud and deep cringe at the same moment. Truly Shakespearean in depth and breadth. But I feel Gervais, the writer / observer is still not recognised as the truly great actor he is. For me his bodily gestures - face, hands, standing position relative to others and overall demeanour at all times in character in front of the single camera, reflect the massive preparation he must have put into the role of David Brent. One day someone will do a PhD thesis on the Hand Gestures of David Brent. The Brent character so dominates yet supports, enhances, adds to and sits alongside the other characters (Lucy, Martin, Mackenzie et al) on the stage of the office. The US version was scripted comedic artifice whereas the UK Office was Observation put into art form. A post modern comedy of manners.

[@Bowzilla666]

10:03 still send me 💀

[@dangrahamdrums]

...drinks at six.

[@pantherpink9170]

...but starts at seven.

[@Soliloquy-gy6zf]

​@@pantherpink9170hopefully Finchy isn't late

[@pantherpink9170]

@@Soliloquy-gy6zf He wouldn't dare! Top, top Salesman. It's not in his nature!

[@rosscofox]

@@pantherpink9170 Drinks at 6

[@pantherpink9170]

@@rosscofox ......but starts at seven....

[@user-bb8wu3ct4s]

Side note - I got Stacey Rocas number in the Steeles pub, Hampstead about 24 years ago. The same night I was doing coke with Jeremy Edwards. (Hollyoaks). Fun times.

[@whiteshadow59]

bunce and bants

[@TinPanAlleh]

2:00

[@paul-dq6lk]

All in all Brent was a good bloke

[@JonWilde-m9b]

Compared to Harold Shipman, he was a great bloke. It's all relative.

[@SuperMisterKory]

She’s not dead

[@lodgecav490]

Who else has seen this filth?

[@martinmills135]

I have, they printed it out for me.

[@rhysburge9715]

Who printed this out for Martin?

[@cplcummins]

2:02

[@SilvertortoisePiano]

Anyone else think that some of David Brent’s jokes are actually hilarious?

[@JonWilde-m9b]

Nope. Just you.

[@bipbipbopbop]

Thomas the tank engine rolled into town

[@michaelb2388]

Exqueeze me instead of excuse me. I'll have to use that one.

[@guidadiehl9176]

Make sure you credit David Brent.

[@michaelharrison3602]

Can't believe anyone finds it that funny

[@michaelharrison3602]

Love the way Gareth thinks he's Art Garfunkel too Brent's Paul Simon

[@adambattersby8934]

You can't show Brent's eyes?

[@jbri1]

'You're not a comedian....'

[@maxington26]

Thanks for all the comments everyone. Right, that's lunch.

[@JoanneDwyer-e8i]

Exsperminate...meanwhile Dawn and Lee look at him thinking ...what a knob 😅😅😅😅

[@Hanking-Warry]

What's a "bant"?

[@thomsboys77]

Banter

[@Hanking-Warry]

@@thomsboys77 Oh I see, it was yoofspeak.

[@henri-pierrevaldeolivas9552]

I cringe at the is guy, his acting is just brilliant

[@lucasm3879]

Mckenzie Crook is so cringe as Gareth 😆

[@williammewett5050]

Genius acting.

[@Fit.For.A.Firefight.]

I don’t care if you’re British, I just ask that don’t do it in front of me.

[@tomgreen2737]

The good old days before the woke destroyed comedy.

[@jimmycampbell4983]

Curb your enthusiasm, it’s always sunny, South Park, Eric Andre show, F is for family…. Look harder

[@briankenyon1543]

Oh Faaaaaaark... Calm down.

[@based-ys9um]

​@@jimmycampbell4983they have digitally removed episodes that offend black people on its always sunny 😮😮😮😮 so you're wrong

[@nickshugg7122]

Give the Us office some credit. They have a lot of episodes. Excellent quantity

[@thomsboys77]

No

[@YourLocalGP]

​@@thomsboys77read his comment again

[@readmycomment3157]

Not as good as the US version but still ok at times

[@based-ys9um]

Not as good as the superior us version but its good .

[@Soliloquy-gy6zf]

Sorry. You must leave

[@markwood6615]

What a ball bag

[@BenBoydMindset]

@@markwood6615Don’t slag him off

[@Hesgoneandwrittenitdown]

​@@BenBoydMindset'when you see someone look at a little handicapped'