The Office

Before there was a Michael Scott, Dwight Schrute, Jim Halpert, and Pam Beasley – not to mention a bunch of us obnoxious types who can’t help but mention how the American version of “The Office,” while entertaining, doesn’t hold a candle to the original British version – there was the brilliant Ricky Gervais, who created and starred in the funniest television show ever made. I was hooked from scene one of the first episode:



I told Beni that a documentary about her home office had potential for laughs. (Who wouldn’t crack up at the sight of a pregnant woman working out of a room in her basement, communicating with her co-workers primarily via fax, and shuffling her slippered feet upstairs for a snack every hour to combat pregnancy-related nausea?) Well, the comedy gold mine just got richer now that Olivia’s created an office space in the closet of her mom’s office.