[Other] The Office

I recently rewatched the original BBC series with Ricky Gervais and two things immediately struck me: 1) the David Brent character (Michael Scott in Scranton) is exceedingly unlikeable. Whereas Michael's meanness and ignorance seems to stem from a deep need for friendship, David's ego is just so big that he believes he has friends as an extension of his greatness. 2) It's not that funny. Certainly not in the punch-line a minute sense of the American series. All of the humor is drawn out of awkward situations that could actually reflect reality. But if they happened to you, you wouldn't be laughing. It's really very depressing in some ways.

Also rewatched Extras which, if you haven't seen, I highly recommend. The episode with Sir Ian McKellan is probably one of my favorites of any series.