Ricky Gervais’ comedy The Office is a masterclass in subversive comedy.
Unlike most comedies, where witty characters get themselves in all kinds of amusing muddles and spend their spare time sitting around trying out-banter each other, the BBC Two mockumentary featured a cast of charmless, gormless characters whose sheer bleak desperation made us laugh either in sympathy or in schadenfreude.
Choosing the most artfully awkward scene from Gervais’ The Office is downright impossible, so we’ve compiled a list of 13 in no particular order to test both your funny bone and your cringe reflexes.
Did we forget any?
“He drinks”
Clip via wazzla.
“Oh for f*ck’s sake”
Clip via leegt5.
“If you don’t know me by now”
Clip via BBC Comedy Greats.
“… fused Flashdance with MC Hammer shit”
Clip via BBCWorldwide.
“… If anyone is”
Clip via BBC Comedy Greats.
“Simply the best”
Clip via BBCWorldwide
“I don’t agree with that in the workplace”
Clip via BBCWorldwide
David’s prank
Clip via BBCWorldwide.
“I think there’s been a rape up there”
Clip via SkyrimNiall’s channel.
“Racist”
Clip via Christopher Hitchens.
“Different drinks for different… needs”
Clip via BBCWorldwide.
“Don’t make me redundant”
Clip via Teal Gill.
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