The Day Today - The Office Skit, Extended Version (Steve Coogan, Chris Morris)

[@carsickmick5594]

The Day Today & Brass Eye were truly ground breaking........ My penance for loving this humour is to sit in an office with people who watch Mrs Brown's Boys.

[@grahamblack1961]

Someone I used to know tried to get me to watch Mrs Brown's Boys, claiming it was really funny. I never really respected them very much after that.

[@affalaffaa]

Yeah, I had some friends claiming that I would laugh at Mrs Brown's Boys as well. I very much proved them wrong.

[@handsandmouth7685]

I agree, British comedy has became too concerned with attracting a broad audience, though shows like 'People Just Do Nothing' are real gems. On a side note, please check out our development pilot kzbin.info?o=U&video_id=4rJGgPAOc40 #notthatbroad #justcheckthelackofviews

[@notryangosling3065]

Everyone here is being quite an arsehole to a bunch of people who just like a certain tv show.

[@jgharding2]

F

[@Vojife]

This is the most bizarre masterpiece I've ever seen

[@yewgong1248]

20+ yrs later masterpiece seems the best word.

[@hugevibez]

Wait till you see Chris Morris' Jam!

[@NeilRedfern]

"...an experiment they shall never forget, and from which one of them will never physically recover..." 😂

[@kerrysgold1]

Wtf have I just discovered, comedy gold? Having a shit day tbh, this has given me my first laugh all day.

[@opinionday0079]

ricky gervis must have watched this and thought " hmmm i have an idea for a tv show"

[@CS-mo7xp]

OpinionDay007 yep without this skit there would be no Extras, Derek, Meet Ricky Gervais, or Life's Too Short.

[@jamesduffy7549]

@@CS-mo7xp no derek wouldn't be such a bad thing

[@parlay-music]

james84 - it wouldn’t have been so bad if it wasn’t for that disgusting perverted character, he was just too much

[@elvisleeboy]

@@parlay-music The same is often said of Jim'll Fix It.

[@onlinetuna]

I've noticed lots of coogan and morris influence on Ricky's work

[@jwsgoodstuff]

Nice to see the origins of "The Office" training scene where Gareth is asked what his ultimate Fantasy is.

[@QuackersAhoy]

Absolutely brilliant. The Day Today is a comedy that is still head and shoulders above anything that’s on tv nowadays. Daring, sometimes though provoking but hilariously funny. Give me this any day over shite like Mrs Browns Boys

[@al201103]

Right there with you.

[@stevecox7075]

I was reminded of my last office job, and I experienced a horrible anxiety attack. Brilliant!

[@william-uk]

For the last twenty years, I have thought of this sketch and the “defecation scenario” line every time I see a toilet with the words ‘Armitage Shanks’ on it.

[@leytonjay]

I forget how good the long cut is, thanks for posting this.

[@AdamFunnell]

I love The Office, but this makes me feel more uncomfortable than that ever did.

[@stevechristie2569]

Adam Funnell even the interview with the female PA, where he tries looking up her skirt?

[@tangofizz77]

This sketch is a hidden gem.

[@robashton8606]

"Christine, hit Anthony."

[@olivergrayread]

'The pig that's the anger inside us?' 🐖 😂

[@zazuzazz5419]

Dynamic cast. What an impeccable team! Everyone knows their craft - - they play off of each other so well, so joyfully. Brilliant little gem, down to the last detail. 🐖

[@garbeal2397]

"You dress like an old lady and you've got a stupid face" is such a great insult.

[@rallokkcaz]

I still have a crush on her though.

[@Kevo216666]

I'm never going to say "can I borrow a stapler please" ever again. Haha..

[@stevechristie2569]

K Russell you work in an office?

[@zodrob7]

You couldn't borrow mine anyway, it's in jelly

[@divster1977]

Doon Mackichan falling over at 9:35 is exceptional acting

[@bibby5000]

its not even toward the pig, she just spaz's out XD

[@pinkzweibel985]

I love Doon xc

[@al201103]

Doon was amazing on TDT.

[@nigelcarren]

My laughter soon faded and became a blank stare as I remembered similar bleak encounters whilst wearing a suit!

[@TREK5900cheats]

“It might have a baby” “It will if you keep shouting” 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BinarySecond]

At 8:12 you can see him barely hold it together but it was truly incredible.

[@MLB9000]

22 people don’t have a very fulfilled home life

[@Blackpool-no2vt]

Make that 23 dislikes

[@kemalziya]

@@Blackpool-no2vt make that 25 idiots

[@jasmoran66]

This extended bit is great. Thanks.

[@AmatriceBand]

Oh boy this made me crack up. Super well done. Thanks man

[@lewisb9226]

Coogan's character queuing up for another go at insulting Christine 😂

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

I love how when Steve Coogan cries in a Scottish accent he becomes Pauline Calf

[@liborsionko]

The full ensemble! Sublime!!

[@stevenman013]

"...and you're always there." 25 years later I want to add to the end of any sentence I say to any work colleague I speak to regardless of context

[@DiRtYLaWs2007]

"I don't think she has a fulfilled home life".

[@MattySadler]

Can't stop watching this

[@lewdwig]

I’m watching the Office management training section from The Day Today now. It’s a bizarre masterpiece. I don’t think I’d really noticed before that beneath the bullying and nonsensical consultant speak and pointless roleplay, Marber actually has a preternatural insight into the minds of the people he’s torturing. Marber really has a threatening aura, I love it.

[@stevolution666]

Stands up after all this time. So well done.

[@TheJoeMiller88]

Thanks for putting this up!

[@farmers2630]

"Get a knife, lets kill it!"

[@monstermunch4956]

farmers 😂😂😂😂😂

[@prestwickpioneer7771]

Put some paper down it might have a baby

[@purehyperbole5727]

I've said "CaN i BorRoW A sTapleR, pLeAsE?" in the office. That is bang on.

[@chrisheadcount9953]

They are all such great actors

[@rbarrowclough]

This is actually like a Gestalt group therapy session.😂😂😂

[@giteausuperstar]

"I don't think she has a very fulfilled home life" 😂

[@Yellowswift3]

"Buy a paper, Anthony!" :D

[@ChorltonOutlaw]

I like how they wear the same clothes even though it's different days

[@DutchVanHelsing]

Ms Front is truly amazing..

[@jonsummers9302]

Steve coogan is being Dennis nilson . The hair glasses , accent ,butcher history and psycho look in his eyes. I got you mr coogan.

[@MattySadler]

Spot on

[@Yellowswift3]

Patrick Marber is so funny in this. :D

[@JONXLR8]

Buy a paper Anthony!

[@uncletedscabin4625]

"Take your paper with you!"

[@Vaudevillain121]

Thank the gods for this!!!! I know every line of this sketch off by heart and this extended version will very soon be at home there as well.

[@oscargrainger2962]

I think Ricky Gervais owes these guys a few quid.

[@emer157]

Patrick marber is fantastic in this

[@tomkent4656]

Which one is Patrick Marber?

[@jayboy8080]

The guy doing the training. Buy a paper Anthony

[@92RedRevolver]

I feel completely the opposite.

[@TheRightLadder]

92RedRevolver Don't be a pussy, Red.

[@none167]

He reminds me of Marco Pierre White in this skit...

[@bigfan1041]

brilliant! thanks for uploading :D

[@shiv2nite]

welcome!

[@TheDEATHSTARIII]

errrrrrrr

[@SmugSuspenders]

@@TheDEATHSTARIII Eerrr!!

[@mr.d.8121]

Management consultants should be required to watch this.

[@skullsaintdead]

No, they'll get ideas!

[@nealbeard1]

Out of corporate life now, thank goodness. Couldn't watch this first time it was too realistic. Sell your soul. Still hard watching.

[@SmugSuspenders]

"Let's kick some ass into life" 😂

[@TheBarnem13]

absolutely brilliant

[@ryanfoley123]

"Will it be killed soon? Will that die?"

[@Sums75]

You’ve got no sense of humour and you’re always there!

[@superiorbeing95]

7p for a copy of the Mirror, I still wouldn't buy it!

[@T0mat0S0up]

27p

[@forgive7449]

@@T0mat0S0up errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 😕 errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[@normanno8514]

is that because youre a racist?

[@Hacienda_27]

@@T0mat0S0up27p too dear

[@mattgarbutt254]

Rebecca Front is brilliant in this

[@mrneutral8423]

I love the way he plucks his beard 1:18

[@marcusmaher-triskellionfil5158]

Then checks the hair fibre (not before stroking Doon's head) the creepy, subtle nuances are brilliant

[@MontyCantsin5]

'These are unwritten rules.'

[@jamespwcreative]

"Can I borrow a stapler please?"

[@hafstrat]

I remember a trading course a bit like this back in 83. Exegesis or something! There was a documentary about a sales office trained to this method. SALE!!

[@Sums75]

Buy a paper Anthony! Errrrrrrrrr!!!

[@YorkshireRetroGamer]

“Shake Adnan’s hand, Anthony” 😂😂

[@fingerhorn4]

So much better than "The Office" after countless episodes. THIS one sketch IS the office. The Day Today has never been surpassed.

[@sillygoose635]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHa of course they have

[@ThemeParkChomp]

fingerhorn4 This doesnt satirise office worklife though like The Office (the Gervais and Merchant show). This is more satirising corporate ‘team building’ programmes. The sketch is very different

[@martinironfoot2844]

“Always there” 😆

[@tdurb0]

“Two lesbians. Sisters. I’m just watching” “I never thought I’d say this, but I’d like to hear more from Gareth”

[@pascalansellful]

tdurbo Thank you. What a show!!

[@jamesmuir7840]

Spot on

[@al201103]

You're standing in a news grave.

[@tdurb0]

@@al201103 ...”and what does it say on that grave Peter?” “News” 😂

[@al201103]

@@tdurb0 classic! "Rotate it 180 degrees in my favour"

[@OnlyOneKenobi]

THE BEST sketch in The Day Today! 🤣🤣🤣 Also great to see this extended cut! 😉 O.O.K 👌🏼💙

[@CelticSaint]

I'VE GOT THE MIRRRRORR!!!

[@MarkMathewsMusic]

"Open Mum to the carpet" 👌😂

[@carpetfluff35]

He says 'help him onto the carpet'.

[@MarkMathewsMusic]

@@carpetfluff35 No. No he doesn't.

[@carpetfluff35]

@@MarkMathewsMusic Yes he does. I'm not going to get into some stupid back and forth over this. Feel free to go download the scripts if you really really don't want to hear it right.

[@jakesworldtour1280]

Actually went on a similar course! Based on a New York fish market ethos. I'll never forget it, made some good friends and failed the course with flying colours

[@imaginitivity7853]

Christ, you've just unearthed a suppressed memory of mine. We had to watch a bunch of fish sellers (thought it was Vancouver though) and then draw a picture of our hopes and fears related to a coming merger (which ultimately failed and cost our company billions). Management consultancy must be the biggest racket out there

[@jdt617]

hilarious, gut wrenching, and various other superlatives love that pig...so cuddly

[@tomdavies6368]

I like meat, I like working with meat.

[@kattyhaley1811]

Hilarious send up, and 13:41 reminds me of so many so called ‘Blue Sky Thinking’ seminars I was forced to go on in the late 90s and 00s

[@firstnamelastname-oy7es]

Imagine if the meat that employee was cutting up at the end was actually the same pig that was playing around in the office.

[@eoghanlyng5074]

"Are we human? Or are w dancers?"

[@ruthadler7176]

This is like a typical day in the NHS

[@kurisensei]

Way ahead of The Lobster of The Killing of a Sacred Deer

[@jaytorr6701]

This is genius

[@iklock]

"Mommy's gone"

[@Pickchore]

“Buy a paper Anthony” & “Armatage Shanks defication interface” stayed with me and get used accordingly.

[@motorheadschwaby8087]

Mummy's gone, and you want to cry like a baby.

[@imanihekima1659]

One of the funniest Day Today sketches. I believe it's a send-up of the Exegesis Seminar that ran "motivational" courses in the UK during the 70s and 80s. There's a couple of contemporaneous documentaries on youtube, as well as a Play for Today episode, "Instant Enlightenment Including VAT". You'll spot the similarities. 😉

[@CS-mo7xp]

I'm 5 minutes into that Play For Today and it's so similar already... even having to raise their hand to speak

[@al201103]

Came here to rewatch because watching Episode 8 of The Vow reminded me of it. Horrifically close. Genius.

[@flavourboss4997]

Let's kick some ass into life!

[@Fumpage]

It’s a mockumentary set in an office and the logo looks similar to the Ricky Gervais sitcom but that’s where the similarities end really. The Office was all about realistic social interactions and the documentary aspect was really just an excuse to loosen up the rules of more traditional acting. This sketch is more about surrealism, and one of Chris Morris’s big interests at the time was in meticulously and accurately recreating the tone and style of the type of show they’re making fun of, so kind of the opposite if The Office. If Ricky Gervais ripped off anyone it’s Christopher Guest.

[@usagiwerd6664]

Good comment i agree

[@BillSikes.]

I'd like to do one of these development courses with all my colleagues, it'd be a right gas

[@06comment]

brilliant

[@powernoid]

and so "The Office" was born

[@farmbrough]

powernoid except The Office wasn't funny.

[@shirleymental4189]

Fuck off.

[@stevechristie2569]

dfarmbrough I think there's been a rape up there!

[@Xt-tt6mc]

Not really much similarity apart from the obvious name etc

[@tiarnan76]

theres definitely a lot of office in this skit - dawn is very like rebecca front in this....for example

[@lochvids108]

I wonder if ricky gervais spotted this

[@Moledmc]

Happy days.

[@adgreyx]

BUY A PAPER ANTHONY!

[@monstermunch4956]

AHHHHH!!!!! ERRR!!!!!!!

[@jamesfield1674]

ERR!

[@quirkypurple]

Is that Tony Hayers from the BBC with the moustache? :P

[@TheUnperson]

Bread Harrity yep!

[@quirkypurple]

@@TheUnperson 18 minutes. Wasn't expecting that! :D

[@perlefisker]

These comical geniuses are not only talented in comedy, they are real actors. Look at 6:30 till 6:39 - that is some serious acting right there!

[@andybanjo7530]

6 years before Ricky Gervais! Haha Ground breaking comedy 👍

[@tomburgess2707]

It's not a f8cking skit, it's a f8cking SKETCH

[@maverickstclare3756]

vignette

[@jimreily7538]

Gervais really knocked this off, even the font is the same

[@Fumpage]

I mean it’s a standard typewriter font. I bet that if you asked 10 graphic designers who were born before 1970 to make a title screen for something called The Office 9 of them would use the same font.

[@jimreily7538]

@@Fumpage Yeah that's fair enough. But the font on black background is just one aspect; in its totality I think it's not coincidence - it's just my view but it seems likely that Gervais was, at the very least, inspired by this skit

[@SmugSuspenders]

That's some great pig exposure therapy 😂🐷

[@BillySnowball]

"deal with the fucking pig!"

[@BillySnowball]

Additionally "see the pig doesn't care about you, but you care about the pig - this is your problem"

[@biddygrunter2507]

David Brent stole the brown leather jacket idea from Neil Godwin, who we now know stole it from Lester Beck