The Office is right up there with the funniest shows on TV right now (Simpsons, Earl), and might even be more funny and acute than the always up in the air AD. It's honesty about people is magnificent, raw; on the office the nicest guys can sometimes be dicks and the biggest dicks occasionally nice guys, and even the biggest boob or nimrod can occasionally deliver truth and wisdom in a moment of actual honesty, as opposed to frontin' or pepetratin' on people or throwing your weight around, which is what we usually do (some more than others). It's also bloody hilarious, this week's booze cruise a fine outing for the gang. Kudos also to the show's peeps for populating the extended cast with sturdy, quirky, and real actors who act "real" (authentic), and give the show a "real" texture by capturing correctly the mid size office dynamic that inevitably develops when people spend more time with work people than their own people. They are also as funny in their own ways as the "main" characters, and always a source of humor and surprise. What a great show.