The Office (TV series)
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What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.
Who talked about it
The Big Picture
- Sean Fennessey: 2 lines in Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
- Stephen Merchant: 1 line in Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130)
Came from
What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.
No line says it drew on another film or person.
Led to
What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.
No line says another film or person drew on it.
Connected to
Fighting with My Family: 2 lines career ×1 theme ×1
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theme (theme):
The Office (TV series) → Fighting with My Family.
Merchant says there is always a coming-of-age element in his work, whether the Office or this film.
“whether it's the office or any of the other things are done, there's always a sort of coming of age element to it”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:29:44 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
Sports Night (TV series): 1 line industry ×1
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industry (industry):
Sports Night (TV series) → The Office (TV series).
Sports Night tried to change the network sitcom form and was ahead of the curve.
“he was ahead of the curve on some things.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:09:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
Where it came up
- passing in The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’, first at 1:09:42, 1 time
- compared in The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130), first at 0:29:44, 3 times
What was said about it, by kind
career (1)
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career (career):
Fighting with My Family → The Office (TV series).
Fennessey says Paige is positioned not far from David Brent or Merchant's Hello Ladies character, with a presumed sense of accomplishment.
“not so far from David Brent or your character in Hello Ladies”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:28:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
industry (1)
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industry (industry):
Sports Night (TV series) → The Office (TV series).
Sports Night tried to change the network sitcom form and was ahead of the curve.
“he was ahead of the curve on some things.”
The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:09:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
theme (1)
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theme (theme):
The Office (TV series) → Fighting with My Family.
Merchant says there is always a coming-of-age element in his work, whether the Office or this film.
“whether it's the office or any of the other things are done, there's always a sort of coming of age element to it”
The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:29:44 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
Fun items about it
None.
Who the speakers said made it
As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.
- Stephen Merchant: co-creator/writer (The Big Picture, Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130))
- Ricky Gervais: co-creator (The Big Picture, Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130))