CBS to release own version of The Office
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007The Onion is reporting that CBS will be airing its own version of The Office — an idea which I believe is sadly misguided.
“You can’t just take a show that good, throw in a new set of actors, and expect the same results,” said Jennie Tan, who runs a popular fansite for the NBC show. “CBS just has to accept that there will simply never be another character like Michael Scott, ever.”
You got that right, Onion. You got that right.
Link: CBS To Release Own Version Of NBC’s The Office
Tipster: James
P.S. Ce n’est pas vrai, mes amis.
okay. that kinda scared me. good one. and pretty pathetic of me because I already knew what The Onion was.
110 | jkrasislove Sun. Mar. 30, 2008 at 9:57amoh my GOD, i thought for a moment that was real. and it was ridiculous.
seriously though, that picture of david spade is pretty authentic looking!
109 | Katie Fri. May. 4, 2007 at 6:17pmOMG! The Onion is a satire site, not real. OMG! As I was reading article I was like what the?? They are keeping the same name, same plot, same pilot and airing it at the SAME time as NBC? Then I read what The Onion really is - never heard of this site before. Okay, funny. Hardy-freakin-har! Ya got me!
108 | Employer of the Bride Fri. May. 4, 2007 at 2:37pmCBS will fail in this venture. They have CSI, what more do they need? It’s a compliment to Greg Daniels and the Office creators that they want to imitate it, very flattering, but The Office will reign supreme!
107 | Employer of the Bride Fri. May. 4, 2007 at 2:31pmThe only new piece of info I can add to this is that The Onion is definitely larger thant just midwest. Their website has been huge forever, and they have print markets, too. I remember visiting New York City in 1998 and being amazed that The Onion made print copies of their newspapers there. Just in normal newspaper stands. And they just broke into the Los Angeles market last summer. You can find print copies all over the city now. Mainly in the entertainment districts tho, I think. But it was awesome. I was reading that article on the toilet yesterday (The Onion is the best bathroom reading), and saw Jennie Tan being quoted, and I was like “I know she goes by tanster on her website, and I think I remember something about her name being Jennie. I think they just quoted officetally.com!” And now I come here and sure enough… I’m surprised that the bulk of your readers on here didn’t know it was a satire, considering the humor involved in our favorite show. But nevertheless, The Onion is really really funny. Some of their stuff has me laughing out loud.
106 | Tessa Fri. May. 4, 2007 at 10:49amMy dad told me earlier today that CBS was making a version of The Office, he’s asleep now, and thinking back I’m not sure if he actually knew that this was a joke, and I’m not sure where he heard it. But all I heard this afternoon was that there would be a CBS version, and I believed it (I didn’t hear any details or that it was from The Onion). I told him, “yeah, there’s the British, French, Quebec, and German versions, so I’m not suprised, but it won’t be as good”. I thought all day about how bad of an idea that would be, and then looked back here after watching the episode tonight. I saw the headline, remembered what Dad said earlier, and instantly started reading the article, not looking at where it was from. I was banging my head against the desk, going “What a TERRIBLE idea!!”. I even believed that those were really going to be the new Michael and Jim and Pam. My second thought was that I won’t be able to tell people about the (real) Office anymore becuase everyone will recognize it as a piece-of-crap CBS show. Thinking of how CBS really should have consulted my personal focus group of one, I was about to get on and comment on how a new version will damage the original so much that the real fourth season will be cancelled, when I scrolled back to the top and saw “The Onion”. Then I fell out of my chair.
105 | bushiestbeaver Thu. May. 3, 2007 at 10:58pmIt’s the Onion, a news parody site.
104 | Clarke Thu. May. 3, 2007 at 1:57pmthis is freaking awesome. I can’t wait to watch this
103 | Corporate Booty Thu. May. 3, 2007 at 1:11pmthe new Pam looks so hot!
yup, I believe so…
102 | Donald Williams Thu. May. 3, 2007 at 12:02pmWait is this fake?
101 | ER Thu. May. 3, 2007 at 11:03amRIDICULOUS! All the stuff they’re changing is insane.
1. Making the Tom (Jim) and Jen (Pam) story “more believable” by casting more traditionally attractive actors in the roles: I assure you it won’t be more believable when she leaves her fiance in the 3rd ep, thanks for not letting it be a surprise by the way.
2. A laugh track has been added to fill in any painful, awkward pauses: this is exactly the opposite of why we love The Office
3. David Spade as the boss: he is no Steve Carrell! Doesn’t Spade’s his record speak for itself and I love how they said that Spade’s kind of comedy can’t be beat when they first offered the role to Ray Romano and Kevin James (both smart enough to say No)
4. Naming the show The Office: Morons, no one will be fooled into watching your show. You should call it, Probably Won’t Make It The Slotted 12 Episodes
100 | ER Thu. May. 3, 2007 at 11:02amWhy does a fake newspaper need to quote a real person, such as Tanster? And while it’s kind of amusing, isn’t The Onion sort of a played out bit? Is it even all that funny? I’ve got to be honest, I don’t think this article or any article in The Onion is that great.
99 | Samuel L. Chang Thu. May. 3, 2007 at 7:02amSo this isn’t real is it? lol
98 | Number12 Wed. May. 2, 2007 at 9:35pmYou guys should also see the Onion report: “74% of All Compliments Sarcastic.” They’re brilliant
97 | Spud Wed. May. 2, 2007 at 8:00pmThe Onion is right on top of things, man. I wish other papers would report with same accuracy and depth as The Onion does.
It seems like a lot of these other papers just make stuff up.
96 | chris Wed. May. 2, 2007 at 7:41pmhaha, oh man…Somehow when I started reading this I skimmed over the whole “The Onion” part. So I was reading it, pretty confused for a while. Sadly it took me until the part that said they would add a laugh-track until I realized it was the Onion. Anyway, the article is pure genious!
95 | Eve Wed. May. 2, 2007 at 6:29pm[from tanster: please proofread and re-post. thanks!]
94 | Office Addict Wed. May. 2, 2007 at 6:04pm[from tanster: please proofread and re-post. thanks!]
93 | Number12 Wed. May. 2, 2007 at 5:16pmLOL. That was one of the best jokes I’ve heard from The Onion in a while.
92 | James Wed. May. 2, 2007 at 4:46pmwow, CBS maybe try coming up with your own ideas you sell outs
91 | iHaveA_Dundie Wed. May. 2, 2007 at 4:09pm