My wife and I watch OFFICE SPACE for the FIRST time || Movie Reaction

[@fointnikfraudulant]

The best trivia from this movie: Swingline actually didn’t make a red colored version of their stapler. But because of the success of this movie, masses of office workers demanded to have a red Swingline stapler. And they complied, and it became their best selling stapler of all time.

[@schainaubb]

That begs the question: How did they get the original red stapler? If they painted it - why did they go through the trouble of painting it red!?

[@thelordofhellaz]

@@schainaubb Mike Judge's original cartoon shorts based on the Milton character had a red stapler on his desk. He didn't know back then that Swingline didn't make a red stapler.

[@jRoy7]

I bought my co-worker a red one!

[@paullanier3597]

I have a red swingline on my desk right in front of me.

[@joemckim1183]

@@schainaubb That's a question for the props department.

[@vm8886]

Office Space gotta be the most relatable movie I've ever watched

[@CharlesChristinaWH]

When i worked at a telemarketing office we had a woman named Sarah Michelle And she actually played into it and had a buffy photo at her cubicle 😂

[@joegreene7619]

It's the funniest possible look at PTSD.

[@oilyragsgarage7200]

add Falling Down 1993 to that

[@norwegianblue2017]

You're telling me. I even used to work at a place that ended with the word 'tech' back in the 90s.

[@hughfuller8416]

It is.

[@phohead]

My favorite Mike Judge movie is Idioracy(2006). Some people say Mike Judge predicted todays life and times some people say idiocracy is a documentary. I think Jen & Holden would enjoy this movie.

[@OwningMicrobe]

I support this comment

[@ozymandias3322]

I definitely agree, I'll throw in a comment for them to watch Idiocracy ​@@OwningMicrobe

[@Educated2Extinction]

We're quite a ways from Idiocracy, but people thinking we're already there shows we're heading down that path.

[@ascendinghigh2571]

Oh 100% would love a video on this movie!

[@ericlaw171]

When i was in the Army, one of the NCOs was trying to use the printer in the office and apparently it wasn't working and he very loudly announced, "PC load letter? Dafuq does that mean?" We all died 😂😂😂

[@None-lx8kj]

One of the many things I love about this movie is the non-verbal (possibly even unscripted) comedic moments. Probably the best one is at 12:57 when Lumbergh suggests that Peter isn't management material and Bob looks like he's going to jump across the table and strangle him. 7:30 is another great moment where the joke itself is a little funny, but that cut to Diedrich Bader looking dead serious turns it to comedy gold. I've never been a big fan of Beavis and Butthead or King of the Hill, but I watch this movie and think to myself: Mike Judge is a freakin genius.

[@CharlesChristinaWH]

3:44 Fun fact: Gary Cole based his Bill Limburgh voice , mannerisms and inflictions on Mike Judge's And Mike is also the Chaci's manager grilling Jennifer's character about flaire

[@libertyresearch-iu4fy]

Chotchkie's

[@Mauther]

Bill Lumberg is wearing what appears to be a class ring. It's actually an Earthforce Academy senior ring that he kept as a prop his role on Babylon 5: Crusade.

[@bobbabai]

flair

[@ExUSSailor]

Diedrich Bader is a seriously underrated comedic actor!

[@neopagn2004]

Also underrated voice of Batman

[@brucechmiel7964]

@@neopagn2004 “Batman does not eat nachos.”

[@dnllrnt]

The blank stare to Peter after he says "two girls at the same time..." is perfection. Still laugh no matter how many times I watch it.

[@gabeowens9248]

REX KWON DO

[@Tr0nzoid]

About the guy listening to the rap and singing along, Jenn said, "I don't think that would fly today." I see people still do that all the time. It is such a brilliant gag to show the typical listener act tough when he really has that fear and it is still very relevant now.

[@chrisrowe2308]

This was one of those movies that no one saw in theaters but everyone seemed to own it on DVD. It seemed like it was always on.

[@SnarkyRogue]

Same with Idiocracy. Judge really knows how to make cult classics it seems.

[@Tech-geeky]

I never owned the dvd .. I pirated it :)

[@billyp1836]

This and Idiocracy are not comedies. They are documentaries!

[@LadyIarConnacht]

Yep. One thing that I think is sad but true from this movie is how all the lunch places are big corporate-owned chains. It's so much sadder working for a company that's run from far away. They are so disconnected from their employees.

[@laudanum669]

I love this movie but "Idiocracy" just made me mad and sad at the same time. It was just to real.

[@Tech-geeky]

so what do you call documentaries ? aka. Titanic revisited.

[@adamkatt]

Damn it feels good to be a gangster

[@BoomGiggity]

One thing I didn't notice for years was that Lumbergh's parking space starts to show his demotion as the movie goes on.

[@CharlesChristinaWH]

Also he died in the fire according to Mike Judge

[@laudanum669]

One thing I noticed after a few watches is...That "INITECH" is in a bit of a financial mess. I base that on how many phone calls "Nina" is getting and she's the receptionist for corporate accounts payable. Meaning that "INITECH" is not up to date on paying their bills.

[@oscardiggs246]

The problem with the complaints about cubicles is that management went”we can save you from cubicles and put you in an ‘open office’ where you don’t have walls and sit right next to your neighbor with no separation in your workspaces and no assigned cube. It’ll save us money and it will be funny to watch you try to work on the phone while you have someone two feet away having a completely different conversation on the phone.” I love this movie, but I feel like it contributed to a worse working environment in a small way by opening up this conversation for misinterpretation. The cubes were a problem, but the open office plan is way worse. Wait, what were we talking about?

[@ExUSSailor]

"Hey, Peter... Watch out for your cornhole, bud." A HILARIOUS movie!

[@dsfddsgh]

Mike Judge seems to like cornholes. 🤣🤣

[@rickpedia6724]

"You think anybody thinks I'm a failure because I go home to Starla at night? Forget about it now".

[@wvman2374]

@@dsfddsgh I AM THE GREAT CORNHOLIO!!!!

[@maskedman1337]

"Some of these people waste their cakes, too. They don't finish it." That sounds like a man who has 100% experienced office life...and has been passed over by a slice of cake or two.

[@gwp4eva]

that shot at 16:15 when he gets hit by the car is low key one of the most insane shots i’ve ever seen. like…how did they pull that off?!

[@FestArc]

I would argue that missing out on comedy from the 90s and earlier is a blessing. Because there is such a dry spell of good comedy right now.

[@lordmortarius538]

There is a dry spell of good entertainment right now, period. Hollywood has been creatively bankrupt for a while because they don't want to lose money taking risks on new and unknown things, so they have been losing money instead on rehashing and ruining all the things we used to love because one or two of them ended up being good, but the vast majority are terrible. This started with the music industry in the early 2000's and has now made its way to film.

[@BGNewsReporter]

Can't make jokes anymore without social media getting up in arms about it!

[@Novacification]

True. The rest of us have live vicariously through reaction channels to get a short lived hit of what it was like watching this stuff when it was new.

[@Timbuktu407]

Skip to My Loo made me spit coffee all over my kitchen table! Brilliant idea! 😂😂

[@jorgeg2941]

George Costanza came up with that like over a decade ago, unfortunately.

[@peterreist2882]

@@jorgeg2941fact

[@laudanum669]

Sorry, someone already came up with the "Skip to My Loo" idea. It's an APP that shows you where all the public/private bathrooms are in big cities and their ratings. I used it when I visited NYC.

[@CrystalisQ]

I used to wander around mumbling to myself after watching this movie, always ending with 'I could burn this place down'.

[@V0ltron]

Ever see 'Grandma's boy?' It's hilarious!

[@bretthake7713]

One of the funniest movies of all time imo

[@restlessoblivion]

Oh hell yeah that'd be a great one haha

[@mryangstwitch]

Never expected to see this in the comments, grandmas boy is so underrated, it’s one of my top 5 movies

[@Scooterios]

Prob the best gamer/stoner flick

[@mrgotitfordalow]

Grandmas boy is very underrated.

[@matthewrtuck]

While "Office Space" was Mike Judge's movie about the frustrations of being an employee, his later movie "Extract" was about the frustrations of being a boss.

[@shogunn2517]

This is by far my favorite comedy ever made. Cannot count how many times I've quoted this movie. Everytime someone ask me what I do for a living or what I'd do if I had a million dollars, they DEFINITELY getting this answer. So much of this movie hits for everyone that's ever worked in an office.

[@mattp6089]

When my old boss left to move town, we got him a red swingline stapler and filled out a TPS Report cover sheet someone on the internet made based on guesswork and the couple of glimpses you see in the movie.

[@njdevilsfan-bn8qy]

Sorry, Holden. George Costanza already came up with the idea for that app and he called it the iToilet. It was in the Cub Your Enthusiasm episode called Seinfeld from November 2009.

[@Khay-77]

Growing up, this movie and Clerks were so relatable. Watching this movie inspired me to quit one of my jobs even.

[@dannyd.5324]

Whenever I hear Milton say, “I’ll put strychnine in the guacamole” I’m like, Seek the Lord, brother. 😂

[@everyonelovesmajima]

Fun fact: Swingline never made a red stapler until this movie came out and people demanded them.

[@robotto8858]

Stephen Root (Milton) is awesome. Sitcom called News Radio. Check out the Halloween costume episode.

[@bp51082]

I was a junior in high school when this came out. I had just done my first internship in a cubicle the summer before. Nice people, mind numbingly boring work. That and this movie firmly set me on a non-cubicle path. Thanks Mike judge

[@xenonuke1194]

Going through training after navy bootcamp we would always ask our instructors what the fleet was like. The best description we got was "office space meets down periscope"

[@ianhill8345]

great reaction holden and jen this movie is hilarious so true of the office environment big thumbs up

[@restlessoblivion]

I think you two would really enjoy The Other Guys with Will Farrell and Mark Wahlberg, it's one of my favorite comedies 😂

[@HoldenHardman]

Aim for the bushes

[@wiggletones]

@@HoldenHardman hey have you guys remember those halloween stuff

[@SLKRR]

I was working in one of those cubicle jobs when this movie came out. My software development team would quote it all the time... it was really spot on and 100% relatable.

[@meminustherandomgooglenumbers]

Yup it was during the tech bubble. Lots of useless corporations were hiring. I was getting calls at work, companies willing to pay me $1,000 to come in for an interview.

[@adamkatt]

i worked in a call center for a bank.. so yeah i could relate

[@markhellman-pn3hn]

(fun fact) the producer, Mike, Judge, did a cameo role - he was the manager at Chatchkeys

[@mikemath9508]

In any media i've ever watched, the character I'm most envious of is Awakened-Peter where he just _can't_ care, how zen, how fulfilling and freeing at the same time.

[@MartinBeerbom]

I once flew into Baltimore with one of those business flight. We landed, every one was grabbing their stuff, and a guy in front of me whipped out his phone. And then he literally said "If we could do that, that'd be great, m'kay?" Totally serious unironic.

[@edwardlasso3092]

Mike Judge made an animated short titled "Milton" which was the inspiration for "Office Space".

[@Jose-h4y4z]

Holden doesn’t realize Jen is still his supervisor. 😂

[@Bevans93]

I fully plan on putting, “you guys clearly have never watched Office Space,” on my exit survey for my current job. It blows my mind that you guys haven’t watched The Office. It’s one of my favorite shows of all time.

[@KR-mr1hn]

Don’t know if you both noticed it or not, but the scene when Peter is talking to the Bobs the white board has a big diagram titled planning to plan 😂. Gets me everytime

[@jimsansone4102]

At the party, when he shows Peter his invention, lose a turn, is loose a turn. Great reaction!

[@0okamino]

Well, it’s a prototype. I’m sure they’ll get the bugs conclusively worked out, before jumping into production.

[@bayareathrasher666]

This movie is based on a animated short called "Milton" by Mike Judge...it was part of the Spike and Mike Animation Festival

[@mn-wk3ju]

I have a red Swingline stapler on my desk because of this movie. I would freak out if someone took it 😂

[@backforblood3421]

6:32 That exact idea was mentioned in a Seinfeld episode about 30 years ago.

[@xavvi]

I feel like depending on your work life Office Space can either be a great comedy or a downright terrifying horror movie. Some of the cubicle life is almost downright dystopian and i think we all had fantasies of just taking the money and running.

[@Shad0wmoses]

i saw this as a kid in the 90's. my only frame of reference when watching this was my dad coming home wiht the same type of shirt and tie. those parking lots and offices were where we played organized peewee hockey lol. pure nostalgia.

[@Dracounguis]

The stapler maker Swingline was inundated for requests by people for red staplers after this movie. They did not make red staplers. 😆

[@richardnguyen6359]

Awesome! You worked at NFCU! I’ve been working at NFCU for a few years now at HQ in Vienna, VA!! Excellent reaction to this his bonafide cult classic!

[@Mrryn]

I vibed with this movie so much even as a teen when I first saw it. So many lines still stick with me, and a couple of close friends and I even "recreated" the copy machine scene, set to "Still" by the Geto Boys and all, with a bunch of old equipment we had just replaced for fun. Lowkey classic comedy that just ages so well.

[@victorsixtythree]

6:30 - Your "skip to the loo" idea of some kind of database of public bathrooms rated by cleanliness...I had a similar idea years ago, mostly born out of necessity as I was living in Taiwan at the time and I found that the availability and cleanliness of public toilets varied wildly around the city (also some toilets were the squatting type as opposed to the sit down style - ugh). It got to the point where I learned where some of the "good" bathrooms were and if I found myself anywhere near one I'd use it even if I didn't really need to.

[@JoshuaC0rbit]

When this came out I was actually working where this was filmed in a giant call center dealing with the whole scenario. I'll tell you that everybody everybody loved this movie and Mike judge is our hero

[@christophertorres2666]

I saw this movie when it was in theaters, and it’s not an exaggeration to say it was life changing. Forever after that’s kind of how I approached office work (best I could approximate, of course, no major crimes) and I’m pretty happy with the result. It’s a shame this film wasn’t appreciated more at the time, it’s solid.

[@Jimforxst]

Wait, have y'all not seen The Office!!!! ...... 😮😮😮 That HAS to be the next thing you watch. Binge it! Do it!

[@mostlyharmless1]

You married your supervisor, you're my hero!

[@Joe93187]

Just wanted to say, you guys are my favorite reactors out there. Keep up the good work.

[@Skrimshady]

My first watch of Office Space, I did it for a Sociology report at college. So hilarious, and I got an A+

[@bluetarantulaproductions6179]

This movie was based on a animated short that Mike Judge did before Beavis and Butthead or King of the Hill called "Milton". The guy who plays as Milton in this movie is the same actor who voices Bill in "King of the hill".

[@TheTrollingMaster-xr9el]

You are now legally obligated to watch the office.

[@MrPonU717]

When I saw this come up on your page, I knew you would both enjoy this. One of the few movies I watch anytime I catch it on. Next time you don’t know what to watch, check out Grosse Pointe Blank, a late 90’s comedy.

[@IamnotJohnFord]

Gross Pointe Blank is a great movie that many people never saw. It's so darkly funny.

[@allisterfiend_2112]

This movie gets funnier every time you watch it. The wife and I watch it at least once a year.

[@undergroundwarrior70]

Back in the 1980s I worked at a Aerospace Co. and I went through about 6 different supervisors, one of them was just like Bill Lumbergh on the looks, the way he spoke and the attitude. After working there for a little over 7 years I was laid-off. That was on a Friday, Labor Day Weekend, 1988.

[@mil2k11]

There was so much to relate to for me when I first saw this flick. I was three-four years into working in the world corporate office of a fortane-500 company at the time. I've seen it now about 10 times. Love this movie.

[@Xonslaught1]

John McGinley that plays the younger Bob is one of my favorite character actors. He's in a lot if action movies and was a main character in Scrubs. Gary Cole that was Lumbergh was in a great series called American Gothic. For comedies, you should do O Brother where art thou, Eurotrip (probably heavy editing), Better off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Napoleon Dynamite, Beverly Hillbillies

[@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh]

Omg. Can you believe that the actor who played Milton played a Klingon ship captain *K'vada on Star Trek the next generation in 1991.

[@bludreem121]

This is the PERFECT representation of office life, just as Waiting... is a perfect representation of restaurant life. If you haven't seen that, it's definitely worth checking out.

[@izorion6443]

Hell yeah. One of my favorites

[@reflectionist]

You gotta find the "Neo runs from Mr. Lumbergh" video

[@DarkEnv2]

Such a classic comedy. Films like these just can’t get made today. This, Dodgeball and Anchorman are some of my favorites of this era

[@stevenfriedman2902]

Honestly Milton sounds a little like Holden's voice for Boston. From now on whenever Holden makes fun of Boston I'm gonna imagine Boston mumbling "I could set the building on fire...."

[@dnllrnt]

My brother and I watched this together as kids and we wanted to rewatch it with our folks. About 35 minutes into the movie, my Mom was begging for us to turn it off. "Boys, about 95% of this happens in my office, too close to home."

[@JustAnotherNerd420]

The hidden gem of the DCAMU. I mean a popular Batman voice actor is in this.

[@deek60819]

Hahaha this movie largely reflected my experience moving to ATX to work after college. I even live right next to the Chotskie's in the movie. It's a chase bank IRL

[@Agg1E91]

Wow! I just now put 2 and 2 together (I'm a bit slow on the uptake) and realized Gary Cole/Manager is the guy who replaced Gibbs on NCIS. Now i want them to tongue in cheek re-enact the TPS reports scene, but with McGee.

[@CrowTRobot]

I just looked you up to see if you uploaded your X-Men '97 reaction but this was a pleasant surprise!!

[@ivanhernandez8070]

And not a day after I just bought the red stapler for my office!

[@AdamGregoryOfficial.]

This movie is awesome! For years I quote “Peter, what’s happening”😂

[@jaredschuster3010]

Milton is the batman of the movie. Not the hero they needed, the hero they deserved

[@stevematthews7686]

I worked for Motorola when this movie was released. Yeah

[@MrChromeJob]

Holden, I'm pretty sure your 'Skip to my Lou' idea is literally George Costanza's idea from the Seinfeld "reunion" on Curb your Enthusiasm. He called it iToilet.

[@alexput]

0:54 that edit f*cking killed me LMAO

[@WolfFX13]

A few things about this film, first off it is based on a Mike Judge comic strip called "Milton" in which sad-sack Milton is the main character. Mike Judge played the manager at Tchotchke's who tells Jennifer she needs more 'flair'. About 15 years ago I was living in LA and went bowling with some neighbors and the guy who played Brian (Jennifer's overzealous co-worker)went with us, really nice guy, nothing like what he played here, lol. Unfortunately Funko only made Pop figures for a few of the cast Peter, Joanna, Bill Lumburgh, Milton and 'Sticky Note Guy' who wasn't IN the movie but was a part of the advertising... I would live to add Raj, Micheal and the Bob's to my collection IF they made them...

[@JoeLion55]

Your “skip to the loo” idea - that was George Costanza’s idea for the “iToilet”, during the Seinfeld reunion season of “Curb your Enthusiasm”

[@Chillbilly204]

Great timing! I was just thinking of this one and watched it after work yesterday hahaha. Also, your skip to the loo idea has been around for a good while now unfortunately lol

[@Tyhar93]

This movie is timeless. They don't make comedies like this anymore. Things can't be jokes. Everyone takes everything too seriously now.

[@StudentTrader]

By far my top 5 movie of all time! I watch it once a week at work

[@3DJapan]

You can download your own TPS reports and cover sheets if you like.

[@kevinmatthew1050]

All time classic comedy. One of my favorties from the 90s for sure. Can't hardly wait is another super underrated 90s comedy. And the American Pie movies are great if you haven't seen them.

[@amzngspdr62]

You know what this means, don't you? We MUST have a "My wife and I watch THE OFFICE for the FIRST time"

[@josuepizarro5721]

Great reaction as always!!

[@carm3d]

This is based on an animation by Mike Judge. Gary Cole, the actor that plays Lumberg sounds exactly like his animated counterpart.

[@Matthew_Cordle]

My top 3 favorite comedies from the early 2000’s are Dodgeball, Benchwarmers, and Without a Paddle.

[@postshanna]

Damn never seen a reactor call the Superman 3 plan before they say it. Congrats 😂

[@PatrickStewart316]

Appreciate yall watching this one. It’s in my top 10 comedies. Never gets old. And Jen listing some of my fav comedies here at the end. 😎. 8.5 is solid 💪

[@jamisonbb]

I hate to tell you, but in the Seinfeld reunion episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, the George character got rich creating an app that uses GPS to guide you to the nearest bathroom anyplace in the world.

[@ChrismicroART]

Yeah the box set I got came with an Initech coffee mug and the jump to conclusions mat.

[@Awhmanitsdanttv]

My dad works in a banking office. For 30 years my entire life. This movie is too real lol especially that late 90s early 00s stage where tech advances

[@BGNewsReporter]

Love the T-shirt Jen!

[@randyrocket4546]

i went to watch this with friends back in college and now im the guy that's been stuck at the same job for 30 years so i can relate

[@jaredhardman3378]

Fun fact: this film was based on a comic strip. Milton was the main character of the comic

[@shiplabi4454]

I love this movie!

[@freshsmilely]

that comment with Drop Dead Gorgeous is on point. such a great hidden gem.

[@drivers99]

There's a book about why 1999 was the best year for movies. This is one of the great movies from that year.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Mike Judge kept going with this type of humor and subject matter in the series "Silicon Valley." Same quality and tone, and one of the most fun TV shows ever made.