Apparently The Office is 17 years old today.

[Billy Goat Sverige]

I vividly remember turning it on at random and watching open-mouthed for 5 minutes, trying to decide if it was real or not, then realising it was a work of true genius.

He may be a bit of a twát, but wd gervais. And wd merchant.

That and Peep Show are two of the great comedy shows of that time. Nothing has really come close since.