Is the office funny???

I watched 2 episodes, didn’t “get it” and stopped watching. Maybe I didn’t give it enough of a chance. I tend to like humor like in Big Bang Theory, wit and sarcasm. I thought The Office would be like that.

I kind of feel about Steve Carell the same way I do about Will Ferrell, I'm sure to some people they're very funny, but not to me. Both of them are talented actors (Stranger than Fiction is a fantastic film) but if it's a comedy I'll pass. I've never been able to get into the Office, I have friends who think it's hilarious. It may just not be your type of comedy.

FTR I don't care for the UK version either.

I never found it funny.

We were warned that we needed to push thru the 1st season, and good thing we were warned, because we would have quit after the first episode. We ended up loving it!

We tried the UK version, but just couldn't.

We couldn’t get past the first 2-3 episodes.

It's hilarious and makes you cringe. Season 4 has the best episode of the series, imho. I'm gonna spoil the title, so don't look unless you don't care.  I'm sorry that you have covid.  Yuck.  Feel better very soon.

I watched it a few years ago. I found it laugh out loud funny. And bring tears to my eyes also. It’s a go to if I want a background program on when scrapping. And, I still laugh out loud.

I love it. It’s one of my comfort shows that I can practically recite word for word. Along with Parks and Rec, Brooklyn 99, Thirty Rock and The Good Place.

You definitely Ed to get past the first season. IMO, it’s worth it. There’s good character development and most of the show is the interactions between the characters

It's clever but I find it cringeable. Not for me, either the UK or the US versions.

The UK one is not my scene. I've worked with too many people like the characters and I don't want them in my home. I can't stand Ricky Gervais either, who plays David Brent and is one of the writers here, but I do respect him for his morals and beliefs.

I’m pretty sure the first US season was a copy of the first UK season. And a lot of the humor didn’t translate well. So it took more a life of its own after that first season, most noteably the character Michael Scott became less of an asshole. And like someone else said, character development is a big thing in this show. If you push through and start liking it, you will fall in love with them all. Even Michael Scott, even though he is pretty unbearable in the first season.
I had to push through the first season of Parks & Rec, but endes up loving it.

Absolutly loved the UK version Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant captured alot of cringe stuff from a typical British office / workplace and & alot of the humour did not translant well to the American version , It helped alot that the Brit version did not waver from the ' Mockumentry'format & only lasted for two short seasons plus a xmas special then later on a film following David Brent again in a ' Mockumentry ' style .

I actully had a boss like David Brent He was proper cringe AND He played with His tie like David Brent did

I loved both the British and the American series but the British one was way more cringe.