Ooh! - i d watched the british show the office. it s one of the greatest cringe shows of all time. - no, i don t have a great many ethnic employees. that s true. but it s not company policy. i haven t got a sign on the door that says white people only. you know, i don t care if you re black, brown, yellow, you know orientals make very good workers. - wassap? - don t do that. - when the decision was made to make an american version. - wassap? - wassap? - wassap? - there was a lot of head-shaking of, like, oh, god, american tv. they re gonna ruin it. - are they breathing? - no, rose, they are not breathing, and they have no arms or legs. - no, that s not part of it. - where are they? - it used the same mockumentary format that the british show had. - [grunts] - and it went on to be this hugely influential hit.
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Who were extremely unlikable. [mariachi music] - [screams] - there are a lot more important things than jokes in a comedy. jokes aren t the most important thing in a comedy. - what s the most important thing? - character. [rolls tongue] it s all down to it. just, like, control of the body. and it s all that now, isn t it? - busy? - yeah, just keeping up the morale. - can we have a chat? - yeah. ooh! - i d watched the british show the office. it s one of the greatest cringe shows of all time. - no, i don t have a great many ethnic employees. that s true. but it s not company policy. i haven t got a sign on the door that says white people only. you know, i don t care if you re black, brown, yellow, you know orientals make very good workers. - wassap? - don t do that.
Lot of characters on a comedy who were extremely unlikable. there are a lot more important things than jokes in a comedy. jokes aren t the most important thing in a comedy. what s the most important thing? character. that s all stuff. you just like take control of the body and it s all that now, isn t it? yeah. busy? yeah, keeping up morale. can we have a chat? yeah. i d watched the british show the office. it s one of the greatest cringe shows of all time. no, i don t have a great many ethnic employees. that s true, but it s not company policy. i haven t got a sign on the door that says white people only. you know, i don t care if you re black, brown, yellow. orientals make very good workers. whassup?
Lot of characters on a comedy who were extremely unlikable. there are a lot more important things than jokes in a comedy. jokes aren t the most important thing in a comedy. what s the most important thing? character. that s all stuff. you just like take control of the body and it s all that now, isn t it? yeah. busy? yeah, keeping up morale. can we have a chat? yeah. i d watched the british show the office. it s one of the greatest cringe shows of all time. no, i don t have a great many ethnic employees. that s true, but it s not company policy. i haven t got a sign on the door that says white people only. you know, i don t care if you re black, brown, yellow. orientals make very good workers. whassup?