According to popular rumor, SNL star Amy Poehler is in talks to star in the spin-off series from NBC's The Office. If this is true, she'll be joining fellow SNL alumnus (and former Weekend Update co-anchor and co-star of the movie Baby Mama) Tina Fey as part of NBC's comedy prime-time line-up. No word yet on how Poehler's real-life pregnancy would affect this situation.All I can say is: wow, what a fantastic choice. I've always been impressed with Poehler's work since she co-founded the Upright Citizen's Brigade (which is still going strong on both coasts). I've had the pleasure of seeing her perform comedy improv a few times and noticed how she is leaps and bounds more talented than most of the other people on the stage.
If anybody can lead a sitcom, it's Amy Poehler. If this news is true, I very much look forward to this spin-off and think it may be one of those rare cases in which the spin-off equals or is even greater than the original.
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7-16-2008 @ 11:10AM
Joe Coughlin said...
And yet Variety says that it won't be a spin-off after all. I wonder what's going on over there...
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989011.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
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7-16-2008 @ 11:42AM
pacheco said...
All I can say is: wow, what a terrible choice. She's not funny, she's annoying, and I'm always shocked that so many people like her.
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7-17-2008 @ 6:39PM
delusionaryx said...
You sir, hit the nail on the head.
7-16-2008 @ 11:47AM
Elf said...
OK, so technically it would not be a "spinoff" if there are no characters transplanted from the original to the new series? But in a way, the Dunder-Mifflin "company" is almost a character unto itself, and at the very least it is its own fictional universe. So at minimum this would be an extension and depending on how one defines spinoff, it may well qualify as that as well.
That said, I'm not sure how much I'm looking forward to it with Poehler in the lead role. Some of her characters are great and I thought she was pretty good in Baby Mama, but some of her SNL characters are too broad, with too much mugging and facial contortions. The Office requries deadpan subtlety and I don't know how much of that we've seen from Poehler in the past.
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7-16-2008 @ 4:23PM
ac said...
"If this news is true, I very much look forward to this spin-off and think it may be one of those rare cases in which the spin-off equals or is even greater than the original."
Blasphemy!
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7-16-2008 @ 5:49PM
Davy Fields said...
Yeah, I'm sorry, but maybe to you the spin-off equals or is even great than the original, but her style of comedy does not jive with the kind of clever/sarcasm/irony that makes the Office great. If you'd like a different kind of show, then sure, maybe Amy Poehler will work out well, but to say that it will be better than the original is flawed logic... it will certainly be different.
7-16-2008 @ 6:35PM
ac said...
Um the part in quotes was not my opinion. It was a quotes from the article above. The blasphamy comment was the only part that was actually my opinion. I think a spin off is a dumb idea
7-16-2008 @ 1:24PM
deebopalula said...
Love Amy Poehler. I would watch for sure. I doubt many would have predicted that Tina Fey would have been so successful outside of SNL but she's doing great and 30 Rock is one of my faves.
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7-16-2008 @ 1:29PM
MosquitoControl72 said...
I agree with #2.
While I enjoyed her on the UCB, I can't stand her now. She just plays the same really stupid, really obnoxious character Will Ferrell does. Over and over.
I don't see how that could translate into a sitcom.
But then again, I think she and Will Ferrell are terrible and don't translate into film, either, so what do I know?
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7-16-2008 @ 1:37PM
Argus said...
But... Would the new spinoff have pathos from Poehler? I've never play anyone sympathetically before...
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7-16-2008 @ 2:12PM
gooby said...
Oh god let this happen! I loooooove Amy Poehler.
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7-16-2008 @ 7:28PM
joey S. said...
I don't care much for Poehler. I know that she has her share of fans, but I can't imagine how someone could tolerate her on a weekly basis. Of course I also think a spin-off is just a crappy way for NBC to cash in on a great show, so maybe Poehler is perfect!
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7-17-2008 @ 1:17AM
nattyff said...
i thought that loren graham was a better idea for these show...
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7-26-2008 @ 11:14AM
Mike said...
According to E! Amy will be part of a show by the creators of the office, however, this show not the spin off...
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