Contest: Win a copy of 'The Office: Special Edition' on DVD
It's been a decade since Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant introduced the British original
Ricky Gervais showing off his boogie shoes as British "The Office" boss David Brent.
It's now been 10 years (and a few months) since Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's "The Office" debuted in the UK, and to commemorate the anniversary (and give TV comedy fans a good gift option for the holidays), a new DVD set is coming out today. "The Office: Special Edition" features all 12 episodes, plus the Christmas special that wrapped up that series and its characters, plus a variety of bonus features, some seen on previous DVD sets, some brand new (including the complete version of the original pilot, Gervais and Merchant introducing the season 1 episodes, and interviews with them and fans of the show like Hugh Jackman and Richard Curtis).
The UK "Office" burned hot, burned bright and then wisely got off the stage before we got sick of David Brent, Gareth and company. The US version is still going, and has seen better days, but managed to take the same basic starting point (world's worst boss, creepy lackey, unrequited crush on a co-worker) and produce a whole lot of episodes (many times more than what Gervais and Merchant did) of a very high quality. Still, the finite quality of the original version gives it a great intensity, and ending the series so quickly allowed the show to go out on an incredible high note with that Christmas special, two scenes of which you can see below.
For those of you who want to have the gang from Slough on your shelves, HitFix is running a contest to give away two copies of the DVD set. You have to have a Twitter account (and it's very easy to set one up just for this and then ignore it immediately after if you don't want to be sucked into the Twitter-verse), and then follow the instructions as outlined below.
We will randomly select one Winner on Monday, November 28th by tracking the hashtag #WinBritishTheOfficeDVD. The Winner must be at least 18 years of age, have a U.S. mailing address and follow @HitFix on Twitter. We will contact the Winner with a Direct Message on Twitter.
Good luck!
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November 22, 2011 at 1:13PM EST Reply to CommentIs it just me or does MacKenzie Crook look just like Joel Kinnaman from The Killing?
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November 22, 2011 at 4:39PM EST Reply to CommentAny rules on how many times we can tweet that message?
Viginti
November 22, 2011 at 5:05PM EST Reply to CommentWhy are all competitions around here Twitter based? It's kind of restrictive for those of us without an account. Not that I can enter as a non-US resident anywho, but still it seems a little strange to me.
Angela But it's so easy and quick to set up an account. I know because I did it, and I don't join these networking sites without thinking twice about it. Facebook on the other hand I wouldn't suggest on my worst enemy for an "easy" user interface and or speed in creating an account.
November 22, 2011 at 8:43PM ESTRobinson Angela: Your fantasies for your worst enemy stop short of having him sign up for Facebook, the site with the most universal and widespread membership in the world? If only all of us had such enemies...
November 22, 2011 at 9:29PM ESTTruck Everything is Tweet this and Facebook Like that because it is free advertising. The amount of people that will see these tweets and visit the site far outweighs the cost of a $20 DVD box set (which they probably got for free, for the reason I just listed above).
November 23, 2011 at 12:11AM ESTViginti I understand the point of this competition, though I'm not quite as cynical as you when it comes to a win-win situation like this. I just figure that you could get more entrants and thus more audience if you weren't restricting to one medium.
November 23, 2011 at 2:43AM ESTguest
November 24, 2011 at 6:29AM EST Reply to CommentI know this isn't really the place, but I'm the most awesome person. I am better than all of you. The Office is a good show but I could do better. I'm less smarmy than Ricky Gervais, and smarter too
Viginti Steve? Is that you?
November 24, 2011 at 6:50AM ESTguest Nah i'm serious. Do you think I'm a bad person?
November 24, 2011 at 7:01AM EST