Rolling Stone is a decent music magazine, but oh dear lord their movie reviewer, Peter Travers, as many know, is horrrrrrrrrrrrrible. He'll rave anything awardy and is a pretty major quote whore. Anyway, this isn't related to him, but I found Rolling Stone's list of the top 25 The Office moments ever. Let's dissect it, shall we?
1. No. "Grief Counseling" doesn't deserve to be #1 in anything...except maybe worst episodes (ooh burn).
2. No. But it's very funny.
3. Yes. It's still one of the funniest quotes in the series' history.
4. No, but still very funny. "The Merger" had way better moments, though.
5. YES. In the running for the best moment of the series.
6. Wha? "Phyllis' Wedding" is pretty underrated (yes, Michael acts like a sitcom character, but he's very funny until a certain point and a lot of the non-Michael-related humor is very subtle), but this isn't nearly the best moment in it.
7. Funny, but not the best thing in "The Negotiation."
8. No.
9. A classic, of course. But I still prefer "No, orange is whorish!"
10. Hilarious, but not one of the very best moments.
11. lemoñadé is a million times better.
12. HE'S ALWAYS THINKING ONE STEP AHEAD. LIKE A CARPENTER MAKING STAIRS. That's a way funnier quote. Also, the fact that Andy bought that quote back...when he was going to anger management.
13. that's the best part they could find in "Safety Training"? Not "Dwight, you ignorant slut!" or Kevin's thoughts on 10000:1 odds?
14. Funny, but not top-25 funny.
15. Yeah, this was really funny.
16. This is an absolutely PERFECT moment. God, I love it, and no matter how many times I see it, I just crack the shit up.
17. Funny, but not this funny.
18. Hysterical indeed. Classic moment.
19. ...this is one of their top 25 moments?!?!??! Yikes, Rolling Stone's TV critic must be as horrible as their movie critic. You picked this over second drink? Over Prison Mike? Over faxes to Dwight from the future? Over anything in "A Benihana Christmas"? Over "I'm in love with you"? Geeeeeeeez.
20. Yeah, it's very funny. But just the idea of Michael burning his foot on a George Forman grill is even funnier.
21. Dude, no. "Traveling Salesmen" is all about Harvey, Jim slapping Dwight (all of Jim and Dwight's moments, actually), Angela's murderous glare while Andy THs about his victory over Dwight, and DAWESOME.
22. Hysterical indeed. This is one of those moments that makes me wonder why "Phyllis' Wedding" is so underrated.
23. Of course. Though I probably wouldn't put it top 25.
24. Yup. One of Dwight's best lines ever.
25. Hahahaha yup. Not top 25, but good enough to justify being on it.
this list needs more Creed and Kevin...and better Andy... and not a minute from any of my top 5 episodes is used...
