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Extras is extra funny
Today, I braved the snow for five minutes to hit the library and pick up some books I had on hold. I wandered into the DVD section browsing for a TV show on DVD that I could use as background noise while I worked on my grading.
In that sense, I failed. I picked up the first season of Extras, the show Ricky Gervais made after putting a conclusive point of punctuation on his original series, The Office (that's the UK edition, of course). Though the show was, in fact, hilarious, I lost four hours of my afternoon to it. Too much funny! Could not concentrate on anything else.
But I can highly recommend the show! In fact, I will surely be hitting the library tomorrow to pick up season two. (What's awesome about Gervais' series is that they're never longer than six episodes. Even though I fritter away my time, it's not really a huge loss.)
The premise is that Andy, a pale, paunchy dude who has crossed the threshold of middle age, thinks that he has what it takes to be an incredible actor. The only work he can get, however, is playing the guy in the background. So, he sucks up to the famous actors he meets in hopes that he will make connections.
In this clip, Patrick Stewart of Star Trek fame regally outlines his script idea for the befuddled Andy.