Confessions of a TV Watcher

Almost as bad as secretly watching Fox News.

Dear Educated Upper-Middle Class White People,

I have a serious admission to make. I tell you this truth with great humility and embarrassment. As a media blogger and University student, I am shamed to admit that prior to last night I had never seen a full episode of “The Office.” I’d caught bits and pieces here and there, a Carrell one-liner here, a Pam joke here. I coasted by reading online commentators or slyly reading posted “Office” quotes on Facebook profiles. I mustered the faux-laugh when one of my enlightened peers made passing references. I was a entertainment fraud, a Making my lack of “Office” awareness even worse is that for the past two summers I have interned at NBC, the very home of the multiple Emmy winning show. Yes, it is true.

To repent for my sins, I used my well-deserved summer break time to drive myself to a Best Buy in an awful strip mall. I’m not talking about one of those newfangled hip strip malls with the fake nice restaurants and Pottery Barn. I’m talking about an unadulterated strip mall. Payless Megastore and all. Despite the beautiful weather and my extreme laziness, I propelled myself to the Best Buy in order to address my glaring lack of “Office” knowledge. No Geek Squad, I don’t want to “check out the latest Best Buy support services.” No, I won’t have a good day.

 Anyways, I located the TV on DVD section and promptly found “The Office Season 1.” Only 5 episodes? Seriously? What a let-down. Bulked up compilations of Season 1 and 2 were also there, but I thought I might be prudent and see if I liked the first season before getting the rest. Sort of a test drive.

That night I popped in the DVD and watched all 5 in a row, back to back (which isn’t that impressive considering each episode is only 22 minutes and I fast forwarded through the open and credits…). I have to say, I was wrong. I was stupid and ignorant and I apologize. “The Office” is an excellent show, better than almost everything on TV. I know, the British original series is supposed to be better blah blah I get it. But I’m still learning. My favorite episode was “Diversity Day,” and my favorite scene was a toss up between Michael telling Carlos that he only wants to use him for boxing or baseball and the scenes of Jim taping Dwight into a box.

In any case, I hope you all take the below “Office” highlight videos as a token of my apology. I promise to not let you down so badly in the future. I also vow to tune in September 25th to the new one hour Season 4 premiere. But I’m sure you already knew that.

Sincerely,

Megargel

P.S. – For the record, I’m currently catching up on another series I’ve never seen before, “Heroes” (Yes, another NBC show. I’m a bad intern). But that doesn’t count because only season 1 of “Heroes” was good, right? I’ll post some Hayden Panettierre pictures later to make up for it.

Best of Dwight and Jim Season 1 and 2

Best of “The Office” Season 1 and 2

Sneak Peak Season 4