Smash hit the Office returns

By: Tragen Herrick

The Office is Back for 2008 comeback  

The Office is coming again. The half-hour "mockumentary" is sweeping the nation, causing more laughs than most other comedies. This show has stolen every Thursday night from more than 20 million people in the nation. It has received 21 awards, like the Golden Globe Award and the Emmy Award from 2006-2008. 

When asked who their favorite character is, there is a three-way tie between the socially awkward Michael Scott played by Steve Carell, the all too serious Dwight Schrute played by Rainn Willson, and comedy buff Jim Halpert played by John Krasinski. According to freshman Austin Merrel, "Jim Halpert is the best because he is really funny and can act like a vampire." 

Most people find it difficult to choose a favorite character because each individual person makes show what it is. You can't take anyone out and have it be the same show. This is why we are going to miss Toby so much.

It may be hard to pick a favorite character but it is equally if not more difficult to pick a favorite quote. "There are so many different hilarious quotes in The Office," said senior Jeff Fitzgerald, "but my favorite quote is when Michael says, 'That's what she said' because he always says it at awesome times, and he uses it most every episode, and it just makes the show awkward, and that makes it more funny."  

The people I talked to did not all agree on a favorite episode, which is understandable because each one is hilarious, but  the one that came up a lot was "Business School". This was where Meredith was bitten by a bat and many other strange things happened, like Jim becoming a vampire.

Season five is going to top them all with more laughs then ever. Episodes are on Thursdays,  7 p.m. MT. According to Wikipedia, The Office is one of the top sit-com TV shows in the country. TV.Com gave the show a rating of 9.1 and it has a popularity rating of 41 of 17,691 programs.  Junior Dayna Rodriguez watches The Office "because I laugh my butt off, and it makes me happy in times of sorrow."  

People that do not watch this amazing show should find someone that has the first four seasons on DVD and get caught up.