"The Office" Gets Down. All The Way Down. To, Like, Chile.
Chile, that mystical land where hot dogs are served with mayonnaise, is getting its own version of “The Office:”
Chilecorto TV’s Canal 13 has bought the rights to remake the show from the BBC, with the new version launching in May.
Creator Ricky Gervais, who has made a fortune from the successful US version of the show, told The Sun: ‘We stopped making The Office in 2003 but the rest of the world didn’t.
‘I won’t be happy until I have seen an Inuit doing David Brent’s dance.’
You know, we thought we knew what happiness was, but now that we have the image of an Inuit doing this locked away deep in our mind’s eye, we realize we can never know true happiness until we see it for ourselves on Chilean television.
The Office goes to Chile [Chortle]
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- Managing Editor
Daniel Mauser
- Editor
Cindy Casares
- Associate Editor
Alex Alvarez
- Contributing Editors
Gabriel Caro - Camilla Rowan
- Video Editor
Marcelo Cunning
I wonder what the main characters’ names will be? I’m not familiar with Chilean names, but I’m going to assume there will be a Maria somewhere in the cast. In fact, it would be generally awesome if Pam and Jim (or Dawn and Tim) became Maria and Tony. Granted West Side Story is about Puerto Ricans, I just like the idea of continuing that saga is some modern form.
Posted by Fat Elvis | January 15, 2008
Aww, how sweet! England gets a “Betty La Fea” franchise of its own.
Posted by Latin_Princess | January 15, 2008
Preemptive obnoxious “the british version is mejor”
Posted by andonthatnote | January 15, 2008
Que bakan, po! Mientras tomemos once, miramos La Oficina con la tele que compramos de Johnson. Espero que este programa siga Quien Merece Ser un Milionario con Don Francisco. Estai de acuerdo, po ?
PO Chi, Chi, Chi, Le, Le, Le, Viva Chile Huevones
(Give me a shout out if you can relate to this)
Posted by BornAgainChicano | January 15, 2008
What is this mumbo jumbo
Posted by ponte | January 17, 2008
We Chileans had the original version of The Office, it was called the Jappening Con Ja. It was about the zany happenings at an office. And it was funny. And yes there was a Maria.
over and out.
Posted by Ann | October 14, 2008