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HalfMooner
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Posted - 09/17/2006 :  14:34:18  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
In two training videos (20 minutes and 17 minutes) made in cooperation with Microsoft, comedian Ricky Gervais reprises his David Brent idiot manager role from the British version of "The Office" to give pointers to the corporation's UK employees.

I'm still watching these, but I was especially impressed with "Brent's" personal choice of a hero: Nelson Mandela. Brent thinks Mandela is a hero because he spent 30 years in prison, has been out of prison for another 30 years, and yet "he hasn't re-offended."

“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard

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Posted - 09/17/2006 :  16:03:04   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message
Those were brilliant. My favorite bit when was he said Steven Hawking thinks too much and could do with a bit of telly. "Oh, look, Steven, Robot Wars is on!" And then when he suggested Hawking could indentify with the robots since he's "half man and half machine."
"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
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Ricky
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Posted - 09/17/2006 :  22:08:08   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
That was a parody of a training video? It looked absolutely nothing like one.

Overall, I think it's pretty bland. There are certain parts which I found pretty funny, but spread out through the 20 minutes dulls it down quite a bit.

Maybe I'll watch the other half tomorrow.
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