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Comedy is job one (Office Space Thread)
Newsday ^ | 10/31/05 | Gene Seymour

Posted on 10/31/2005 11:04:16 AM PST by Millee

'Office Space" opened in theaters in February 1999 and pulled in roughly $4.2 million in its first weekend. By May of that year, its total theatrical gross had crawled to about $10.8 million. For perspective's sake, consider that two weekends ago, "The Fog" opened - opened, do you hear - with $14.2 million.

Of course, any movie tempts lackluster receipts when it opens in the dead of winter with no big-name stars except Jennifer Aniston - regarded back then as a small-screen fixture, with no Brad Pitt in her immediate vicinity.But I, at least, expected better initial results. When reviewing "Office Space" for this newspaper, I figured that there were so many people disgusted with their jobs (or, at least, who weren't too far removed from jobs they hated) that a big, quick, box-office score was inevitable.

I was wrong. But in the long term, I wasn't.

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To: YouPosting2Me
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21 posted on 10/31/2005 11:14:14 AM PST by PaulaB (No comprende..... it’s a riddle)
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To: Terpfen

I thought that New Kids on the Block guy was actually pretty good in it. And the guy that played "Wild Bill" Guarnere had him down perfectly.


22 posted on 10/31/2005 11:14:25 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

"We're going to Federal "pound me in the a** prison..."


23 posted on 10/31/2005 11:15:24 AM PST by Snardius (The seventh seal has been broken, the goat entrails point toward gotterdamerung, it's on.)
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To: RockinRight

"Samir Naga....naga....Not-Gonna-Work-Here-No-More."


24 posted on 10/31/2005 11:15:45 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Snardius

Is that Jane Seymour? Damn, I knew she was hot back in the day, but not that hot.


25 posted on 10/31/2005 11:17:04 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Snardius
"Ya uhhh we're goin to need you to go ahead and come in on Saturday"

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26 posted on 10/31/2005 11:17:06 AM PST by PaulaB (No comprende..... it’s a riddle)
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To: Millee

"You steal from the crippled kids?"


27 posted on 10/31/2005 11:18:49 AM PST by jw777
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To: dfwgator

"Hey Peter man turn on channel 9, it's the breast exam!"


28 posted on 10/31/2005 11:20:26 AM PST by smith288 (Peace at all cost makes for tyranny free of charge...)
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To: Millee
Have your FAXed you TPS report with the correct cover sheet?
29 posted on 10/31/2005 11:20:37 AM PST by pikachu (You're unique and special -- just like everyone else.)
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To: Millee
"PC Load Letter? What the **** does that mean?!?"

(I hate printers).

30 posted on 10/31/2005 11:20:53 AM PST by ThinkDifferent (I am a leaf on the wind)
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To: ThinkDifferent
(I hate printers).

It was a fax machine... PROOF you arent a REAL Office Spacer... ;)

31 posted on 10/31/2005 11:22:22 AM PST by smith288 (Peace at all cost makes for tyranny free of charge...)
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To: dfwgator

I've been told I resemble a lighter-skinned version of Samir.


32 posted on 10/31/2005 11:23:03 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: Millee

I may have mentioned this before, but an absolutely hilarious "office comedy" is a little sleeper called Haiku Tunnel. It's a parody of the "temp worker", to a t.

Favorite scene from movie:

JOSH (after being offered a "perm" position on his first day at a law firm): "Oh well. I've worked for worse. Young litigators on crack".
(Cut to head shot of very cracked up lawyer talking very quickly: "Joshhe'stalkingtometildawnI'llpayyoudouble")


33 posted on 10/31/2005 11:23:57 AM PST by Woman on Caroline Street (Go sell crazy somewhere else. We're all stocked up here.)
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To: pikachu; Millee
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34 posted on 10/31/2005 11:24:10 AM PST by PaulaB (No comprende..... it’s a riddle)
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To: smith288; ThinkDifferent

Actually, "PC Load Letter" is an error message from old HP Laserjet printers - I remember it quite well ;)


35 posted on 10/31/2005 11:24:26 AM PST by Senator Bedfellow (g_r)
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To: Millee

Show her my O-face!


36 posted on 10/31/2005 11:24:31 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: PaulaB; Cagey
Lol! Milton petting his Swingline.

I still crack up everytime I watch Office Space. I know it by heart.

37 posted on 10/31/2005 11:24:47 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Senator Bedfellow
"PC Load Letter"

(P)aper (C)assette...
38 posted on 10/31/2005 11:25:37 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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To: dfwgator

Guarnere was good. So was Bull Randleman. But the rest were just... well, let me put it like this: they had CHANDLER as a company commander?!


39 posted on 10/31/2005 11:25:41 AM PST by Terpfen (Libby should hire Phoenix Wright.)
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To: PaulaB
PaulaB, you be the QUEEN of the gifs!!!

40 posted on 10/31/2005 11:27:00 AM PST by Millee (As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!)
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