The Office – Concrete Playground

Who knew watching paper company employees could be so amusing?

You’re at work. It’s an ordinary day. You’ve been doing your usual tasks and, in a completely unremarkable incident, you happen to notice a stapler. If your first thought is “hmmm, I bet I could set that in a bowl of jelly”, then you’re obviously a fan of The Office.

One of the rare instances where a TV remake is better than the original — it is based on the UK series of the same name, after all — this sitcom about paper company employees is far more amusing than it really has any right to be. In fact, it’s downright side-splitting, and it’s immensely easy to just keep rewatching. But that’s what you get when you round up Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer,…