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The Office was not the first good workplace comedy.


Every time I hear about how great The Office is, I think about Working. Then I mention it, and no one remembers it. How is that possible? I think Working had some pretty smart observations about the corporate life.

In the very least, someone in cableville oughta be rerunning it right now.

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There have actually been several good workplace comedies:

-Just Shoot Me
-Spin City
-Newsradio
-Norm
-Drew Carey
-WKRP
-Mary Tyler Moore

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did u just say norm?

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Norn ruled,

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Loved this show, and Newsradio!

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Working, Newsradio, and wkrp in Cincinnati rules !!!

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Drew Carey? BARF. I hated that show...Working was so much better. I hate how all the good shows aren't given a chance.

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Working, Spin City and The Office UK for me.

Esta es mi firma


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The Office (US)...I didn't like the UK version because it was a bit too uncomfortable for my taste, though I did watch that series first before the US version.

Working...loved this show, just wish I could find it on download or DVD. Or Amazon Prime. Or even Crackle.

Spin City...though it went way downhill after they added Heather Locklear.

Just Shoot Me...just watched this through and it was better than I remembered. Quite funny.

And of course, the end all-be all of workplace TV series: NEWSRADIO. Nothing even comes close. Phil Hartman was amazing in it, but I enjoyed it nearly as much with Jon Lovitz after the insane Hartman murder. The show actually made Andy Dick tolerable. That alone should be worth 10 seasons!

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I'm posting this here because this thread has the most recent activity


What city did this take place in?

I always thought NYC but in The Retreat Liz suggest they go to New York, so it's probably not that. Chris's kids had a snow day, so it's probably not LA or anywhere in the south or southwest. Maybe Chicago, but Matt once said "back east" so I assume it's somewhere west of the Mississippi River, like Denver, San Fransisco, Portland, or Seattle. Never got any shots of the city, just the building. It was probably intentionally ambiguous.


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