The Office - Seasons 1-4 Collection (DVD, 2008, 13-Disc Set)

I don't get the channel "The Office" airs on, so I had only seen snippets of it--enough to know I would probably enjoy watching it at my leisure and to think it would be worthwhile to spring for the first four seasons.

I loved it so much, I buzzed through those DVDs in a couple of weeks, and recently ordered Season Five on eBay.

The awards this show has won, particularly for ensemble performance, are well deserved. I think Steve Carell made a wise choice to stick with "The Office" after his big screen movie career took off. The show would have died without him, and it deserves to live. I'd be hard pressed to pick out my favorite character. The show is full of the kind of characters you love and the kind you love to hate. All of them, without exception, are majorly funny. The "mockumentary" format works for this show. It could easily have been a farce, but in deft directorial and acting hands, it's a genuine hit and a delight to watch.....and that's what she said!

After reading all of the horrible reviews coming from the UK, I felt the strong desire to comment. I learned that most of the reviewers bashing it have only seen a few (at most) episodes from the first season - many haven't seen it at all, and are simply bashing it because of an overwhelming sense of pride in the original. I'd be surprised if this review isn't skimmed over and marked unhelpful by them. Obviously I'm not speaking to all the British, but the majority that unfairly judge this show with little to no basis in the truth.

This whole fanaticism is juvenile and petty. The casts of the US and UK versions love each show. Ricky Gervais even wrote and executive produced a few episodes of the US version. Open your minds, people! Most of the US fans KNOW that it's based on a British version. It has gotten the credit it deserves for being a brilliant and hilarious show.

But the American version is also brilliant and hilarious. I've read comments ranging from 'bad acting' to 'direct copy', neither of which are true. The first season may have had its borrowed bits, but that was to get it on its feet. The second and third seasons have proved that it is a show entirely on its own, with scenarios and characters having NOTHING to do with the UK version at all. The acting is just as convincing and real as the UK version.

This is the funniest, smartest American television show in recent history. Not since Seinfeld has a show made me laugh so hard and smile so much. This show gets better with each viewing and is great because there's so many levels of humor, from the apparent outrageousness to the minute details that are noticed after repeated viewings and are often funnier than the surface material.

First of all I just love this TV show, I love the obnoxious wierd humor. I just don't have the time to watch it when it's on, so I bought the DVD's, and what a deal, I seasons 1-4 for a low price. I have watched almost all of it now, it's Steve Carrell at his best.

I have always been a fan of The Office ever since its debut. I finally had the chance to purchase all four seasons of this show and I do not regret it at all! The shows are hilarious and Dwight is the best!!

The Office is definitely my favorite tv show. Investing in all of the seasons is well worth it for anyone out there! Each episode is funny in itself, but you can also follow the story as a whole season. Each character is great!!