Er… The Office was from the UK. The Aussie version is a spinoff of that, as are the French, Czech, Brazilian, American, Swedish, South African, […] versions.
I meant that Americans think their copy is the original in both cases. I only really know the UK office. I forgot we even had an Aussie spin off tbh. It was in the news for one week and then forgotten about.
Yeah, like the rest of the spinoffs I’ve seen (very much US included to be clear here) it wasn’t… very… good.
NBC regularly aired the entire UK series in the lulls between Office (American) episodes before they lost the rights. Maybe some people think that it was the OG now, but they were not subtle about it at the start (possibly because Gervais is an attention whore who craves credit). These days I can’t honestly think of anyone I’ve encountered who cares about that show enough to still remember it, yet is somehow unaware of the UK version. Even the subreddit is explicit about it:
This subreddit is for fans of the US version of the TV show, The Office. The show ran from 2005-2013 but is still watched just as much today. Join us as we discuss the show!
Er… The Office was from the UK. The Aussie version is a spinoff of that, as are the French, Czech, Brazilian, American, Swedish, South African, […] versions.
I meant that Americans think their copy is the original in both cases. I only really know the UK office. I forgot we even had an Aussie spin off tbh. It was in the news for one week and then forgotten about.
Yeah, like the rest of the spinoffs I’ve seen (very much US included to be clear here) it wasn’t… very… good.
NBC regularly aired the entire UK series in the lulls between Office (American) episodes before they lost the rights. Maybe some people think that it was the OG now, but they were not subtle about it at the start (possibly because Gervais is an attention whore who craves credit). These days I can’t honestly think of anyone I’ve encountered who cares about that show enough to still remember it, yet is somehow unaware of the UK version. Even the subreddit is explicit about it: