WTF?! Lame-ass local NBC affiliate shows "The Nutcraker On Ice" instead of "The Office"

[Rob H.]

Instead of The Office: A Benihana Christmas those of us in the Memphis area were 'treated' to The Nutcracker On Ice starring Oksana Baiul (from 1994)! :mad:

Were we the only ones who were stuck with this? What happened on The Office?

[BlueJazz]

1. Geez...Why in the Hell would they do that? Seems that "The Office" would...

...bring in a lot more revenue than a 12 old skating program ???

[Dr. Strange]

2. Some Russian chick skated around to Christmas music.

Sorry, I was cooking, so I didn't get to see much of The Office.

[Arugula Latte]

3. What the hell? I'm too lazy to go look at our teevee listings, but

I had PLANNED on watching THE OFFICE, so my AFFILIATE had BETTER show THE OFFICE at NINE PM Pacific time instead of some LAME ASS ice show!!! Did you HEAR me, NBC? :grr:

[pokerfan]

4. A Benihana Christmas is a rerun from last year

Very funny and very cringe-inducing.

Michael gets enormously hammered on "Nog-A-Sakis" at the local Benihana.

Michael deadpans into the camera that not every Benihana's will make them because eggnog is seasonal.

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ETA: another funny plot point:

Michael sends out an inappropriate photoshopped Christmas card and gets his heart broken for the holidays by girlfriend Carol.

Jim: It's a bold move to Photoshop yourself into a picture with your girlfriend and her kids on a ski trip with their real father. But then again, Michael's a bold guy. Is bold the right word?

[Rob H.]

7. Thanks for the synopsis :-)

I didn't see it last year, either, because for some reason I wasn't watching The Office then. I'm also one of those people who didn't get to see Arrested Development when it was on but since watching the DVDs think it's one of the quirkiest, funniest sitcoms ever. In other words, I'm lame. :dunce: :P

[CreekDog]

12. I'm still running that joke through my head

I know it's funny, but it confuses me on multiple levels.

And why would a Japanese restaurant (well in the Olive Garden sense) have a drink that sounds like Nagasaki?

[pokerfan]

14. I think the joke is that Michael either made it up

or that someone told Michael that it was a real drink just to get him into trouble. Hence the comment about not all Benis making it because nog is seasonal. No Michael, they aren't making it for you because it's offensive.

At least that was my take on it.

[CreekDog]

15. That's what I like about the show I guess

It's not all ha-ha humor, though some definetely is, but as in this example, it's more observational humor, not like Seinfeld, where they tell you what's funny, just from the viewers point of view, where there's just a whole lot of cognitive dissonance and one wonders how much of that was intended --actually much like a real office!

[MagickMuffin]

5. We got stuck with old SNL christmas reruns :=(

I think the main reason the office isn't on is because of the fact that they had finished shooting for this year.

I hope the writers strike doesn't last much longer. It was wise of them to strike this time of year, with all the christmas specials throughout December. Here's hoping they get their demands met so they can get back to writing for the 08 season.

[pokerfan]

6. That's on right now

Adam Sandler Chanukah Song.

I prefer the updated lyrics to the lame NBC version...

NBC version:
So drink your gin-and-tonic-ah,
But don't smoke mara-juanic-ah,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Hmr5YOewww

Concert version:
So drink your gin-and-tonic-ah,
And smoke your mara-juanic-ah,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vrd9p47MPHg

[TheMightyFavog]

9. Please tell me they showed the most tasteless sketch in SNL history!

A gem from 1976 called "Let's Kill Gary Gilmore For Christmas"



Candice Bergen: One night this July, Gary Gilmore killed a Utah service station attendant and the next night he shot a twenty-five year old student twice in the head. He was convicted of the second murder and sentenced to death. Gilmore requested that the sentence be carried out by firing squad. Prison officials were flooded with calls with people volunteering to shoot Gilmore, a job which pays a hundred and twenty-five dollars. Gilmore's lawyer is negotiating with publishers and motion picture studios for book and movie rights and there has been a cry for public execution. All three networks have asked permission to film the event and, if permission is not granted, then there's talk of filming the execution, from a dirigible, helicopter or hang glider. And so it's in this spirit that Saturday Night has prepared a very special Christmas song.



Gilda Radner:
There's a little guy in Utah with a single Christmas wish For one special thing that can't be substituted Doesn't want to get electric trains, get toys or get pet fish All he really wants to get is executed



Cast:
So let's kill Gary Gilmore for Christmas
Let's hang him from atop the Christmas tree
Let's give to him the only gift that money can't buy
Put poison in his egg nog, let him drink it, watch him die



Dan Aykroyd:
Let's throw another yule log on the fire
And then let's throw Gary Gilmore on there too
With a ribbon so gay and a card that will say
"Dear Gary, Merry Christmas to you"

Jane, Laraine, Gilda:
In the meadow, we can build a snowman
One with Gary Gilmore packed inside

John, Garrett, Dan:
We'll say "Are you dead yet?" He'll say "No, man"

Cast:
But we'll wait out the frostbite till he dies

Gilda:
I've one Christmas wish

Jane, Laraine, John, Garrett, Dan:
Just ask it

Gilda:
Please put Gary in a casket

Cast:
So let's toll the silver bells for him
While he can still hear what they say
Ding dong ding dong
You're dead, so long
We can thrill Gary Gilmore
If we kill Gary Gilmore
On this Christmas Day



Talk about being so sick and wrong in so many ways. I couldn't believe it when I first saw it on a rerun years ago, and also can't believe that I laughed so hard at it.

[madinmaryland]

8. I'd rather watch the Nutcracker.

I have no interest in The Office.

:shrug:

[Pierre.Suave]

10. BLASPHEMER!!!!!!!!!!!

we shall burn you at the stake...:mad:
























jk, but The Office, is awesome.

[CreekDog]

13. But it's Nutcraker ON ICE

I'd rather see Sesame Street on ice.

[CreekDog]

11. Whoops.

And on The Office, they had the Christmas Party, or two actually.

Man, you missed out.