#1 on Auna's List of Loves is The Office (US)
I don't even know where to start with this one to be honest. Just flat-out, this is the absolute best show on television. If Arrested Development were still on the air, I might have a major conflict of interest. Thankfully, I can say without hesitation that The Office, is the absolute best show currently on television. Which of the two is the best of all time? Now there you have a sticky situation.
Anyway, down to business...
Let me just start by saying that my mother is a genius. Without her, I would not be exposed to the plethora of amazing network programming that has been produced over the past five years. Like Arrested Development, my mother is the one that coerced me into watching The Office. During my college years, I was hooked on cable television -- mostly crap. I didn't have cable at home, and suddenly having the opportunity to watch Comedy Central just seemed so much more appealing than NBC.
After moving back home at the end of last April, my parents watched My Name is Earl and The Office every Thursday night. I had no idea what the big deal about the shows were, really. My boyfriend and I would watch old DVDs of Northern Exposure (another great television show from the early 1990's) and really couldn't care that much about what was on television Thursday nights.
I'm not sure if it was "Drug Testing" or "Conflict Resolution", but I watched one episode one evening with my family and I was hooked. And if this gives you any indication of how quickly I was sucked into the show -- I nearly shat myself when I watched "Casino Night".
So this leads me to the #1 reason why I love The Office.
That's right. Jim and Pam.
Never, ever in the history of television -- since The X-Files (Mulder and Scully) at least -- has there been an on-screen male and female combination that are SO FREAKING COMPATIBLE! I mean, to be fair, the entire cast is just beyond amazing and they all compliment each other better than almost any other show on television. But these two: John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer...holy crap. If I could be in a polygamous relationship with anyone in the world, it would be these two.
That sounded a little creepier than I intended it to be.
But in any case! These two characters totally sucked me into a truly amazing show.
So throughout last summer, I spent every Thursday watching re-runs of The Office. By September 2006, I was about ready to jump off a cliff in anticipation for what was going to happen. Mostly between Jim and Pam. Meep.
Of course, to any of you that watch The Office, I was dragged along on a string until around...April or so. But! The point is! I became so unbelievably hooked on this show that I officially crossed over into the "religious viewer" stage this past year. Remember "religious viewer" from last post? Yes, that point in which that I would not do ANYTHING within the time frame that the show airs.
I love the show so much that for the first time EVER in the history of television (for me), I actually bought the first and second seasons of the show on DVD. Yes, I did this for Arrested Development, but the show was off the air by that point. Once I had caught up with the first couple of seasons (and watching shows that I had never actually seen before!), I was even more in love.
My love affair with The Office was only further solidified at the end of Season 3 with the episode "Beach Games" where Pam made her big speech that I had only been waiting for the whole damn season. Now not only do I have a secret lust for Jim and Pam, but I have a secret lust for just Pam.
Pam Beesly is my hero.
So uh...that about does it, I guess.
Now I have to spend a very, very long three months waiting for Season 4 to start.
My last words about this show: The cast, the writers, the producers, the directors, the entire damn team are the most absolutely brilliant people in the entertainment business in this day and age.
Here's hoping they never jump the shark.
Next up for Auna's List of Loves:
#3. France and all of Europe
and
#12 on Auna's List of Loves: The Ask.com commercial "Chicks with Swords"
Anyway, down to business...
Let me just start by saying that my mother is a genius. Without her, I would not be exposed to the plethora of amazing network programming that has been produced over the past five years. Like Arrested Development, my mother is the one that coerced me into watching The Office. During my college years, I was hooked on cable television -- mostly crap. I didn't have cable at home, and suddenly having the opportunity to watch Comedy Central just seemed so much more appealing than NBC.After moving back home at the end of last April, my parents watched My Name is Earl and The Office every Thursday night. I had no idea what the big deal about the shows were, really. My boyfriend and I would watch old DVDs of Northern Exposure (another great television show from the early 1990's) and really couldn't care that much about what was on television Thursday nights.
I'm not sure if it was "Drug Testing" or "Conflict Resolution", but I watched one episode one evening with my family and I was hooked. And if this gives you any indication of how quickly I was sucked into the show -- I nearly shat myself when I watched "Casino Night".
So this leads me to the #1 reason why I love The Office.
That's right. Jim and Pam.Never, ever in the history of television -- since The X-Files (Mulder and Scully) at least -- has there been an on-screen male and female combination that are SO FREAKING COMPATIBLE! I mean, to be fair, the entire cast is just beyond amazing and they all compliment each other better than almost any other show on television. But these two: John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer...holy crap. If I could be in a polygamous relationship with anyone in the world, it would be these two.
That sounded a little creepier than I intended it to be.
But in any case! These two characters totally sucked me into a truly amazing show.
So throughout last summer, I spent every Thursday watching re-runs of The Office. By September 2006, I was about ready to jump off a cliff in anticipation for what was going to happen. Mostly between Jim and Pam. Meep.
Of course, to any of you that watch The Office, I was dragged along on a string until around...April or so. But! The point is! I became so unbelievably hooked on this show that I officially crossed over into the "religious viewer" stage this past year. Remember "religious viewer" from last post? Yes, that point in which that I would not do ANYTHING within the time frame that the show airs.
I love the show so much that for the first time EVER in the history of television (for me), I actually bought the first and second seasons of the show on DVD. Yes, I did this for Arrested Development, but the show was off the air by that point. Once I had caught up with the first couple of seasons (and watching shows that I had never actually seen before!), I was even more in love.
My love affair with The Office was only further solidified at the end of Season 3 with the episode "Beach Games" where Pam made her big speech that I had only been waiting for the whole damn season. Now not only do I have a secret lust for Jim and Pam, but I have a secret lust for just Pam.
Pam Beesly is my hero.
So uh...that about does it, I guess.
Now I have to spend a very, very long three months waiting for Season 4 to start.
My last words about this show: The cast, the writers, the producers, the directors, the entire damn team are the most absolutely brilliant people in the entertainment business in this day and age.
Here's hoping they never jump the shark.
Next up for Auna's List of Loves:
#3. France and all of Europe
and
#12 on Auna's List of Loves: The Ask.com commercial "Chicks with Swords"
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