I know right. That's why it was such a Hit & Classic. I almost fell out laughing when they went to Chaser's and I heard Dane Bowers & Victoria Beckham duet except I didn't know who it was. The Scene that got me was when "Linda" made a play for Gareth and started dancing with him.
When I first saw him stand up with the bird costume, which just came out of nowhere, I swear I was seriously rolling over the floor laughing. This is one of the best scenes of the second season, easily.
I wasn't ready for that I laughed as well and Chasers. I heard Victoria Beckham & Dane Bowers Song for the first time. I live in Canada and I had no idea it was them. Their Music wasn't played here.
@@chrisjames6327 Yes. The Late Film Critic Gene Siskel bought it at Auction. He admitted he felt like a geek but when he tried it on, he felt so cool. Back in the day "That" was the Suit that so many guys wanted to wear. Maurice White (RIP) of Earth Wind & Fire wore it on the Dance Show American Bandstand when they sang Serpentine Fire, and Hugh Hefner (Playboy Magazine), wore it at one of his Parties in the 1970's.
The beauty of The Office is that in scenes like this it manages to make us feel sorry for Brent and somewhat hate Neil for firing him. Although Brent really does deserve to be sacked and Neil was just doing his job. But the difference between the characters is that Brent is so insecure and vulnerable that it makes him pitiful and sad, no matter how much of an arse he can be. Whereas Neil is confident in himself and shows no vulnerability, which makes us see him as a bully to Brent because we know that Brent probably had very few friends at school, whereas Neil probably had many. The Office is such a masterpiece.
@@jimmy2k4o One trick in the writing, which is very clever, is that we never hear Neil and Jennifer giving their perspective directly to the camera. We mostly see them through Brent's perspective.
It is sad simply because it finally dawns of David who he really is. He's obviously terrible at his job, but he knows for all his waffle he actually can't do anything else. His job is all he has. He has no family, no friends, no real skills or education to speak of. The cognitive dissonance finally subsides, and he realizes he's not going to be this great entertainer. If he doesn't have his job, he truly has nothing.
@@iorekby But David did leave Wernham Hogg and eneded up as a travelling toileties salesman. He then cashed in he's pensions and used his holidays to chase his deam of being a musician.
I'm a primary teacher. I once had to give a child a complete bollocking on World Book Day. I was dressed as Mr Bump and had covered my head in bog roll that was coming away as I gesticulated. This scene always reminds me of that.
@@felixthecat3n2 better than teaching boys can be girls and girls can be boys. Or cats. Or whatever crap they teach in many schools these days. Discipline and accountability are two of the most obvious things missing from today's society.
Pointing the birds beak to his head and out to the shop floor! It's those little things that are genius, it's just simple brilliant comedy that will never age and only Ricky Gervais can do it, he was born for a character like Brent.
As hilarious as this is, the fact that Brent has convinced himself of how many people love him ("I'd love to see you tell that lot out there, cos you will have a mutiny on your hands" etc,) is actually extremely sad. The pathos in this show is very strong, and it works. It's absolutely perfect.
Yes the American version tried to capture that essence of drudgery and peoples individual quirks and egos but it’s an English show and nothing quite captures that bored working class versus middle management vibe in the office quite like the original. It did more than make people laugh. It touched people. I just didn’t get that feeling off the American one but felt like it tried hard to. What I love most about the office is the fact that they don’t let a low budget ruin it. The beauty is in the script.
@@patriceaqa288 They wouldn't dare. They know they were very lucky that they were able to keep their jobs. David did "help" them but Neil & Jennifer are the HBOC's of Wernam Hogg. He called their bluff thinking he couldn't be replaced.
Neil is not a bad guy, until the very end of the series, when he's shown to be quite nasty and vindictive towards David. But he's good at his job. He's talented, personable, successful. I've met many like him in the workplace. And I've always hated them. Perhaps because they take it so seriously. Never question anything, ever. Just accept all the corporate bullshit, swallow it whole, never thinking for themselves. Whereas Brent is a real character, breaks the mould, a genuine oddball. That's why I'd much rather work for a Brent than a Godwin.
I don't understand all the hate for Neil at all. He's like the perfect boss: totally efficient, professional, and with a decent sense of humour. I don't go to work to mess around and have fun, I go there to work hard, do my best, and get things done for the company, and Neil is clearly all about facilitating that. If you hate Neil for taking his job seriously it means you don't care about the company you work for.
Very few laugh out loud scenes but probably the most humorous 'sitcom' in history, Genius such as this simply redifined comedy. Purely unique and an untouchable masterpiece.
I believe you! It's just as bad with US Soap Actresses. When Tina Sloan caused a Marriage to break up on Guiding Light, as Nurse Lillian Raines they had to put her on Recurring (which meant she was only on the show when she was needed). She never lived it down and then only 26 Years later did she go to the Gravesite of her Best Girlfriend Maureen Bauer and apologize for what she did.
@John Saunders But the whole dramatic appeal is the debate as to who is more of a wanker out of David and Neil, or are they both as bad, or not that bad at all
I honestly think it's a nice retribution. Remember, David was prepared to throw all the branch under the buss just to get promoted. He's got some redeeming qualities but he's terribly self-centered and honestly deserved it if you analyze the whole story of the series.
I keep coming back to The Office every now and then. They all make me laugh. But this scene cracks me up. i just love the way he uses Big Birds head as a prop.
Brent is so confident when he says "you are gonna have a mutiny on your hands" if he gets the boot, and then it turns out that nobody actually cares one bit...
This scene must have been cut together. There's no way the actors who played Neil and Jenny could sit there with that bird looking at them and keep a straight face during this.
This is why they say there’s an element of tragedy in the best comedy. It’s a sad scene...and then Brent stands up. Poignant mix of sadness and buffoonery.
People who have rendundacy forced on them usually say that it's the best thing to happen to them, it's usually not. For me it forced me to do something as I was 45 years old and I worked for the same company from school. I started my own business, it's hard and if I'm I'll or I can't work there is no money. But I wouldn't go back to being employed.
This is painful for Brent on many different levels. Neil having power and authority over him full stop. Neil making him redundant. Neil making him redundant while looking good dressed as John Travolta. Neil making him redundant while looking good as John Travolta and having Jenny there with him in on it too, backing him up. Knowing that Jenny clearly respects/admires and probably fancies Neil and thinks Brent is pathetic.
Yeah but Brent deserves all of it he's a selfish, insensitive, narcissistic, lying douchebag who constantly abuses his power and takes advantage of kind hearted people like dawn
Lone Star nah I’m American and we actually have a lot better timing than the British. That’s why our entertainment (and technology, defense, everything, etc) is above and beyond Europe’s nowadays. Good day mate
What's really clever about this is that Neil is actually always pretty nice to David. They whole time Neil was in the show he was nothing but friendly to everyone, he was extremely fair at dealing with David and was actually a great boss. But because we sympathise with David you kind of resent him. He's everything David wants to be. Can you imagine the reality of having to work with David? Most people would have been much nastier to David because he deserves it really.
I think most are missing the point that he's sacked by Neil while wearing his high-collar 70's dancing suit. Brilliant episode and to arrive at this point.......
would love to see the outtakes for this.when David stands up.you can see Tim is doing his best not too laugh.bet it took them ages to get it...it still gets me everytime..
For those of you that have had a Neil as a boss, here's a pro tip. Go out for a beer with him, the veneer will slip, it takes a lot of energy to keep the fascade up, then the real person will emerge, like the type that gets angry at you when you are not happy enough at work! Good luck in the salt mines people.
I think he showed he can be "One of the lads" with how he gets in with chris finch it's just he takes his work very seriously and david doesnt exactly give the impression of being a good worker. Maybe if the merger happened while the cameras werent there it wouldve worked better
People find the bird laughable... i find it so sad and humiliating. This was hard to warch in tv and is hard to watch now. I feel so sorry for him and ashamed for the whole situation.
I ended up rewatching The Office and I forgot how stunning she really is. Now she's become a LGBT Icon as Paula Cunliffe Martin on Coronation Street. I wasn't ready for The Bird Costume. Are there any clips of her in Little Britian.
Never understood the hatred towards Neil. Keep in mind that he only becomes nasty to David AFTER the ‘documentary’ is released, which is when he would have seen how bad David was behind his back: especially the scene where he tells Tim and Gareth that Neil was slagging them off. Nothing Neil did to David was anywhere near as bad as what David did to him, with all the constant insulting and insecurity. People who think David is a ‘good guy’ seem to forget how he acts towards others when he’s on a high: i.e constantly talking about himself and treating them poorly (Edit) AND the fact that David was perfectly willing to sell out and get his entire team made redundant for the promotion that he failed to secure
Liam plus slightly racist (Asian employee, black women's dating profiles ignored, awkward with black jokes), and unfair towards non-beautiful women (blind date and laughs at relief for not having a date who's fat)......plus ignores his dad in the nursing home when he gets a call from there so he can focus on some hopeless socialising
Brent is crushed here but is also a master of evasion,pretending to just shrug it off so it re bounds on Neil and Jennifer,trying to guilt trip them.The Neils and Jennifers of the world can be hard going in the work place,quite ruthless,but without them nothing would function, we would be in a worse mess than we currently are.Otherwise it would be all about 'just having a good laugh'.
"The Neils and Jennifers of the world can be hard going in the work place,quite ruthless,but without them nothing would function, we would be in a worse mess than we currently are" Wrong. We'd all be better off. The system they reside over is one of soul crushing irrelevance that has no meaning other than the abstracts to maintain economic growth. Nothing more.
This is a difficult scene to watch. I certainly couldn't laugh at any of it - I have been made redundant five times. It's well written to the extent Brent is able to tell them to get out of the room, his authority, what's left of it, and integrity intact. Of course Neil and Jennifer are not bad people. This the way the world works, if that's what you call it.
I love how he uses the bird's head to point at people.
When its plastic beak taps his head breaking up the excruciating situation.
@@bensmithkent22and it sounds so hollow
Neil makes Brent redundant, wearing a John Travolta costume. Underrated bit
Also when Brent stands up
Being called in the office or being told a manager wants to speak to you. Reminds you of being at school.
@John Saunders Jennifer unattractive? She's fucking gorgeous.
@@fraz6354 read his comments again
and he's a better dancer than Brent, ouch !
I remember watching this the day it aired, when he stood up... good lord this was the funniest thing ever
I know right. That's why it was such a Hit & Classic. I almost fell out laughing when they went to Chaser's and I heard Dane Bowers & Victoria Beckham duet except I didn't know who it was. The Scene that got me was when "Linda" made a play for Gareth and started dancing with him.
I showed The Office to my mom and she cried laughing when he stood up
@@johnzackarias11 Good Old Mom. I think that The Office is next to Wentworth the Shows that have Multiple Versions all over the world.
When I first saw him stand up with the bird costume, which just came out of nowhere, I swear I was seriously rolling over the floor laughing. This is one of the best scenes of the second season, easily.
7 years later i concur hahha
I wasn't ready for that I laughed as well and Chasers. I heard Victoria Beckham & Dane Bowers Song for the first time. I live in Canada and I had no idea it was them. Their Music wasn't played here.
The bird's face and the guy's and woman's faces at 1:21 make it even much funnier. Cringe comedy in perfection.
Neil still in his Travolta costume as well
@@chrisjames6327 Yes. The Late Film Critic Gene Siskel bought it at Auction. He admitted he felt like a geek but when he tried it on, he felt so cool. Back in the day "That" was the Suit that so many guys wanted to wear. Maurice White (RIP) of Earth Wind & Fire wore it on the Dance Show American Bandstand when they sang Serpentine Fire, and Hugh Hefner (Playboy Magazine), wore it at one of his Parties in the 1970's.
Its such a sad scene but makes you crack up just with the stuff that goes on when he stands up with that custume on its classic.
Actor playing Neil is trying very hard not to laugh when the camera pans back to him
@@pietropes1322 No doubt they had to do multiple takes. If an actor cracks up laughing while filming, that's called "corpsing."
Rickys acting here is so realistic....the moment they tell him hes being made redundant..his face says it all.
The beauty of The Office is that in scenes like this it manages to make us feel sorry for Brent and somewhat hate Neil for firing him. Although Brent really does deserve to be sacked and Neil was just doing his job.
But the difference between the characters is that Brent is so insecure and vulnerable that it makes him pitiful and sad, no matter how much of an arse he can be. Whereas Neil is confident in himself and shows no vulnerability, which makes us see him as a bully to Brent because we know that Brent probably had very few friends at school, whereas Neil probably had many. The Office is such a masterpiece.
Objectively Neil was a really nice decent guy and Brent was a bit of a arse.
@@jimmy2k4o One trick in the writing, which is very clever, is that we never hear Neil and Jennifer giving their perspective directly to the camera. We mostly see them through Brent's perspective.
@@jimmy2k4o neil is not a nice guy, he was caught making fun of brent's date on the christmas special
@@josephsullivan7645 snitches
I dont feel sorry for an asshole versus a nice guy
got little pockets and everything.....
it's got little pockets & everything ...
I've got money to raise.. MOUTHS to feed.
XD
strong man, believes in what he does. still goes out of his office to make everyone "laugh"
"You are going to have a mutiny on your hands. They will go beserk. Definitely!"
I love the coldness of how they're talking about stuff unrelated to Brent before wandering into his office to ruin his life
how are they ruining his life, he's not doing his job
I agree with you. I'm talking about them in this comment though.
Good spot
I think they were talking about the 'proper' redundancy meeting, and putting it in for tomorrow around lunchtime.
The scene where Brent begs them not to make him redundant is truly heartbreaking.
It is sad simply because it finally dawns of David who he really is. He's obviously terrible at his job, but he knows for all his waffle he actually can't do anything else. His job is all he has. He has no family, no friends, no real skills or education to speak of. The cognitive dissonance finally subsides, and he realizes he's not going to be this great entertainer. If he doesn't have his job, he truly has nothing.
@@iorekby yeah
@@iorekby what he has skills, playing the guitar and singing, which he later pursues in life on the road.
But when Gareth makes fun of David about it in the special, it sas pretty hilarious.
@@iorekby But David did leave Wernham Hogg and eneded up as a travelling toileties salesman. He then cashed in he's pensions and used his holidays to chase his deam of being a musician.
"It's got little pockets and everything". How brilliant is that line under the circumstances?
In the midst of being fired he still finds time to compliment the pockets on the costume.
hahaah genius!
1:32 when the bird pecks his head.
Never noticed before haha
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm a primary teacher. I once had to give a child a complete bollocking on World Book Day. I was dressed as Mr Bump and had covered my head in bog roll that was coming away as I gesticulated. This scene always reminds me of that.
I so hope this is true :D
@@marcuscastle For the future of our children, I hope it's not...
@@felixthecat3n2 better than teaching boys can be girls and girls can be boys. Or cats. Or whatever crap they teach in many schools these days. Discipline and accountability are two of the most obvious things missing from today's society.
As a fellow primary teacher, I can just picture that 😂
@@unrealeck I agree with you there! Spot on.
1:18 Mumbles “lil pockets and everything” 😂
Neil is so accurate of every manager/boss I’ve known “Polite Twat,who’s only thing in life that matters is his position at work”
Yeh was just thinking the same - the writing is spot on and the actor plays the role perfectly.
Neil is a great boss everyone likes but Brent. Brent deserved more shit than Neil ever gave him.
0 emotion when they talk. Know the type exactly. May as well be a robot.
‘Polite twat’. I should use it more often.
Love it
Curly Bizkit and he was probably shagging Jennifer
I'm not sure what's funnier the bird costume or your boss dressed like Tony Montana offering him redundancy lol
He’s dressed like John travolta lol
Gervais..say hello to my little yellow freind...
Pointing the birds beak to his head and out to the shop floor! It's those little things that are genius, it's just simple brilliant comedy that will never age and only Ricky Gervais can do it, he was born for a character like Brent.
Such a subtle and absolutely hilarious part 😂😂😂
redundancy package
.. Bless back in the day.. When there was jobs jobs jobs..
They will go berserk..... definitely
As hilarious as this is, the fact that Brent has convinced himself of how many people love him ("I'd love to see you tell that lot out there, cos you will have a mutiny on your hands" etc,) is actually extremely sad. The pathos in this show is very strong, and it works. It's absolutely perfect.
Yes the American version tried to capture that essence of drudgery and peoples individual quirks and egos but it’s an English show and nothing quite captures that bored working class versus middle management vibe in the office quite like the original. It did more than make people laugh. It touched people. I just didn’t get that feeling off the American one but felt like it tried hard to. What I love most about the office is the fact that they don’t let a low budget ruin it. The beauty is in the script.
@@brosephyolonarovichstalin2915 David Brent expects a mutiny a bloody battle and no one says a word
@@patriceaqa288 They wouldn't dare. They know they were very lucky that they were able to keep their jobs. David did "help" them but Neil & Jennifer are the HBOC's of Wernam Hogg. He called their bluff thinking he couldn't be replaced.
@@laminagethey didn’t say anything because they didn’t give a shit, he thought he was Mr Popular but everyone saw him as a dick this point
Neil is not a bad guy, until the very end of the series, when he's shown to be quite nasty and vindictive towards David. But he's good at his job. He's talented, personable, successful. I've met many like him in the workplace. And I've always hated them. Perhaps because they take it so seriously. Never question anything, ever. Just accept all the corporate bullshit, swallow it whole, never thinking for themselves. Whereas Brent is a real character, breaks the mould, a genuine oddball. That's why I'd much rather work for a Brent than a Godwin.
Godwin is a cock of the order...
End of.
Fletcher B. Stainthorpe what the fuck are you talking about!?!? It's not fucking real.
Me Me - But it SEEMS real, and that's the point.
Fletcher B. Stainthorpe Not if David didn't pay you on time.
I don't understand all the hate for Neil at all. He's like the perfect boss: totally efficient, professional, and with a decent sense of humour. I don't go to work to mess around and have fun, I go there to work hard, do my best, and get things done for the company, and Neil is clearly all about facilitating that. If you hate Neil for taking his job seriously it means you don't care about the company you work for.
Very few laugh out loud scenes but probably the most humorous 'sitcom' in history, Genius such as this simply redifined comedy. Purely unique and an untouchable masterpiece.
So many genius moments...tapping his head with the beak...the big reveal of the costume...I could go on.
This is such a sad ironic scene.
Superbly crafted.
Just like you... superbly crafted, I mean... ❤️
Love the way he has not bothered to fill the trouser legs which makes the whole thing act look completely unconvincing. 😆
01:36 when he points the bird in different directions is just genius! this must have taken so many takes!
The good news tho is Gareth is being promoted...
Brent is still thinking about the bad news...
Every cloud has a silver lining!
Amazing comment!
I think promotion is generally considered good news.
"its got pocket and everything"
The character who played Neil said that he the most hated man in England the week this came out
What about the actor who played Patrick Baladi
I believe you! It's just as bad with US Soap Actresses. When Tina Sloan caused a Marriage to break up on Guiding Light, as Nurse Lillian Raines they had to put her on Recurring (which meant she was only on the show when she was needed). She never lived it down and then only 26 Years later did she go to the Gravesite of her Best Girlfriend Maureen Bauer and apologize for what she did.
@John Saunders But the whole dramatic appeal is the debate as to who is more of a wanker out of David and Neil, or are they both as bad, or not that bad at all
@@TheSchemer1 Finchy and the obnoxious IT geek are the only obviously hateable characters.
I honestly think it's a nice retribution. Remember, David was prepared to throw all the branch under the buss just to get promoted. He's got some redeeming qualities but he's terribly self-centered and honestly deserved it if you analyze the whole story of the series.
1:55 first time noticing the bird's head tilting like that and it's crackin me up 😂
So painful to watch. Reminds me of the time I got fired (unfairly in my opinion), one of the the most traumatizing moments of my life.
I hope all turned out well for you
The amount of managers I saw in finance that were as incompetent as him was ridiculous.
And Law.
How'd they get past the application process?
@@harrisonwestphall2381 good contacts
I keep coming back to The Office every now and then. They all make me laugh. But this scene cracks me up. i just love the way he uses Big Birds head as a prop.
I would like a very generous redundancy package
Me too.
Give Jennifer a generous package lol
@@TheRuddster95 Get out.
@@itsTheJork I mean it.
I like the episode where she is in the warehouse and getting mouthed at by the guys down there. Unfortunately I can't find that clip on UA-cam lol
Brent is so confident when he says "you are gonna have a mutiny on your hands" if he gets the boot, and then it turns out that nobody actually cares one bit...
He was totally delusional about the world around him...
Jennifer's look to the camera at 1:13 is brilliant.
She's so sexy
"the day of laughter. Brilliant"
This scene must have been cut together. There's no way the actors who played Neil and Jenny could sit there with that bird looking at them and keep a straight face during this.
They probably couldn't get through it and had to do some creative editing. A lot of moments like that in this show I think
This is why they say there’s an element of tragedy in the best comedy. It’s a sad scene...and then Brent stands up. Poignant mix of sadness and buffoonery.
People who have rendundacy forced on them usually say that it's the best thing to happen to them, it's usually not. For me it forced me to do something as I was 45 years old and I worked for the same company from school. I started my own business, it's hard and if I'm I'll or I can't work there is no money. But I wouldn't go back to being employed.
You’re contradicting yourself.
@@Simon1985_ thanks for pointing this out
@Ex troll Now living clean life I will not have, her tunnel, banded around this office, willy nilly.
It was the worst thing that ever happened to me. Depression, anxiety . The list goes on.
The bird's smiling face throughout the whole scene 😂😂😂
One of the greatest scenes in David Brent history. Smh poor guy.
"IT'S THE BEST THING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME"-he lied
This is painful for Brent on many different levels. Neil having power and authority over him full stop. Neil making him redundant. Neil making him redundant while looking good dressed as John Travolta. Neil making him redundant while looking good as John Travolta and having Jenny there with him in on it too, backing him up. Knowing that Jenny clearly respects/admires and probably fancies Neil and thinks Brent is pathetic.
Yeah but Brent deserves all of it he's a selfish, insensitive, narcissistic, lying douchebag who constantly abuses his power and takes advantage of kind hearted people like dawn
Thaddeus Griffin Brent needs a fucking good therapist that’s what he needs, he’s a victim of mental illness
square shield and he gets a therapist in ‘on the road’! Well said
@@rqneo5361 For all his faults, Brent is ultimately a sympathetic character who overcompensates for crippling low self-esteem.
@@TomRipley7350 I completely disagree !
He's a stupid nasty egomaniac.
Great writing though, that such differing opinions are possible !
little pockets and everything line gets me everytime
_"Well that's that ruined isn't it?"_
Only the British understand timing like that.
Lone Star nah I’m American and we actually have a lot better timing than the British. That’s why our entertainment (and technology, defense, everything, etc) is above and beyond Europe’s nowadays. Good day mate
John Waas What a colossally bad troll.
Get off your high horse, I'm mexican and I got it.
@@johnwaas4864 your arts ain't above Europe (and would you rather have a Ferrari / Rolls-Royce or a Ford/Oldsmobile/ Chrysler ?
English comedy will always beat the Americans
What's really clever about this is that Neil is actually always pretty nice to David. They whole time Neil was in the show he was nothing but friendly to everyone, he was extremely fair at dealing with David and was actually a great boss. But because we sympathise with David you kind of resent him. He's everything David wants to be. Can you imagine the reality of having to work with David? Most people would have been much nastier to David because he deserves it really.
The Day of Laughter. A quiz show hosted by David Brent.
Neil is someone who’d run your business well for you but as an employee you’d want to punch him out.
I think that Ricky is one of the most underrated actors out there, because he directs he knows what's required 👍
Haven’t watched this scene in years. What an absolute piece of genius comedy!
I swear when Brent stands up to reveal the bird costume, its funnier than anything in the US version
in every scene there is something memorable!
Jennifer’s sideways look at the camera at 1.12
I think most are missing the point that he's sacked by Neil while wearing his high-collar 70's dancing suit. Brilliant episode and to arrive at this point.......
Brilliant! He's like my lazy, manipulative brother in a lot of ways. Always someone else's fault and they ignore what they want to ignore.
"im gonna love to see you turn that lot"
and he moves the birds head lol
He says 'telling that lot' you melt.
Dr. Sam Hill do you feel proud of yourself for calling someone a melt for something they had commented 10 years prior?
@@sammyhill69 you're wrong watch it again, you puddle
@@siont6439 he does indeed say "telling".
@@fishyc150 no he says turn that lot want to fight about it ?
Using the puppets head when he’s making a point is genius
would love to see the outtakes for this.when David stands up.you can see Tim is doing his best not too laugh.bet it took them ages to get it...it still gets me everytime..
They really could have waited until after the photo-op.
They didn't know at that point, that he had the photo op planned.
Jennifer is quite simply the sexiest over 40s women I've ever seen
Well thats why in the Office US they got Jan...
Absolutely, she's unreal
Stirling Galacher is beautiful.
The day of laughter..
I love that bit
"Got little pockets and everything"
Oh, Stirling! Such a beautiful woman.
Thirsty virgins
@@bigsexy.6686 😕
How do you know the yellow bird is a 'she'?
Jennifer is my dream women lol nothing gets better in terms how a women should look than this women in this scene. Lol
I'm gonna watch the series again........Long time since I watched them!!!
Usually a costume would be the lowest form of humour, like it would barely get a rise out of children and yet here it's so savage and riotously funny
I like how deluded Brent is. Does he genuinely believe "they will go berserk".
For those of you that have had a Neil as a boss, here's a pro tip. Go out for a beer with him, the veneer will slip, it takes a lot of energy to keep the fascade up, then the real person will emerge, like the type that gets angry at you when you are not happy enough at work! Good luck in the salt mines people.
I think he showed he can be "One of the lads" with how he gets in with chris finch it's just he takes his work very seriously and david doesnt exactly give the impression of being a good worker. Maybe if the merger happened while the cameras werent there it wouldve worked better
Your gonna have a mutiny on your hands...
Definatly
This scene is just brilliant
Love this serious scene. A genius
Jennifer is sooooo damn fine.
faf
Sterling
How the other actors kept a straight face during this scene is amazing
Jennifer is gorgeous
The periods of silence are underrated in the writing of this.
How can they see him in the bird costume without laughing?
needles1987 lots of effort!!
Take 25 lol
needles1987 the answer to that question is the crux of the success of the series/genre.
PROBABLY THE 10TH TAKE
Search UA-cam for Office UK outtakes...There's loads lol.
People find the bird laughable... i find it so sad and humiliating. This was hard to warch in tv and is hard to watch now. I feel so sorry for him and ashamed for the whole situation.
God! That's exactly the point. That's why it's so great. Its tragedy/comedy and irony. Its designed that way.
they're trying not to laugh makes it so much better.
I can no longer see your comment, but thanks. hehehehe
Don't worry about me i've got other Irons in the fire...It's probably the BEST thing thats ever happened to me hahaha
Martina could you be the best thing ever to happen to me?
i'd drink your bath water
Mister Guy it’s the gamer way bro, get with the times
God she's stunning
I ended up rewatching The Office and I forgot how stunning she really is. Now she's become a LGBT Icon as Paula Cunliffe Martin on Coronation Street. I wasn't ready for The Bird Costume. Are there any clips of her in Little Britian.
absolutely. she's really beautiful.
Too yellow for me
Her husband's loaded
@@YourLocalGP He does ok.
1:12 When he gets up with the big bird costume, and the looks on their faces. GENIUS!
"The day of laughter"😂
I would give my left ball for a generous redundancy package.
Never understood the hatred towards Neil. Keep in mind that he only becomes nasty to David AFTER the ‘documentary’ is released, which is when he would have seen how bad David was behind his back: especially the scene where he tells Tim and Gareth that Neil was slagging them off.
Nothing Neil did to David was anywhere near as bad as what David did to him, with all the constant insulting and insecurity.
People who think David is a ‘good guy’ seem to forget how he acts towards others when he’s on a high: i.e constantly talking about himself and treating them poorly
(Edit) AND the fact that David was perfectly willing to sell out and get his entire team made redundant for the promotion that he failed to secure
That's a good point, I never looked at it from that angle of everyone having seen the documentary.
at what point have they seen it?christmas special??
Yep.
Liam. I like the way you think sir.
Liam plus slightly racist (Asian employee, black women's dating profiles ignored, awkward with black jokes), and unfair towards non-beautiful women (blind date and laughs at relief for not having a date who's fat)......plus ignores his dad in the nursing home when he gets a call from there so he can focus on some hopeless socialising
And then to top it off Brent finds out later that the paper likely won't even run the picture.
She's gorgeous.
What the chicken?
All the little subtle laughs. Like the one where he points to his head and the bird is pecking him 😂
Brent is crushed here but is also a master of evasion,pretending to just shrug it off so it re bounds on Neil and Jennifer,trying to guilt trip them.The Neils and Jennifers of the world can be hard going in the work place,quite ruthless,but without them nothing would function, we would be in a worse mess than we currently are.Otherwise it would be all about 'just having a good laugh'.
"The Neils and Jennifers of the world can be hard going in the work place,quite ruthless,but without them nothing would function, we would be in a worse mess than we currently are"
Wrong. We'd all be better off. The system they reside over is one of soul crushing irrelevance that has no meaning other than the abstracts to maintain economic growth. Nothing more.
It's the Neil and Jennifers of the world that have exploited the worker and privitised the country. They are the hedge fund trader, the bailiff
I still fancy her.
This is a difficult scene to watch. I certainly couldn't laugh at any of it - I have been made redundant five times. It's well written to the extent Brent is able to tell them to get out of the room, his authority, what's left of it, and integrity intact. Of course Neil and Jennifer are not bad people. This the way the world works, if that's what you call it.
It's not funny because he was made redundant, it's funny because of the bird costume.
@Hamish Munroe Hello fellow Hamish.
@HerrNilssonTheMonkey If you note i speak for myself. it's clear that people get different things out of this scene. Fine
The office will be funny forever. Every clip comedy gold. Connects because we've a known a David Brent...
.... but at the end of the day you just wanna give Brent a big hug and give Neil a smack in the chops. And give Jen a good seeing to....
LOL. Speak for yourself !
Agreed about Jen though.
The scene gets a new dimension if you focus your attention to what the bird is doing.
How hard must have been to stay serious on this one?
Poor them :)
I'm sure there were a load of outtakes here lol
It's the little legs and the fact he uses that bird head to reinforce his serious tone.