My girlfriend got me into this show a couple of weeks ago. I've watched all of seasons 1 and 2 and just watched the first 2 episodes of season 3 on youtube. I have to say that the season premiere of season 3 is probably the funniest episide of any show I've ever seen on television. I had tears coming out I was laughing so hard, sitting here by myself. This show is pure genius, so much further ahead in terms of quality and entertainment than any of the other shows on TV. I hate TV in general, but The Office is simply a great show.
Oh, and Jim being at Stanford has actually added some slightly needed change to the show, and I personally like it. I could barely catch my breath laughing so hard at the jello scene when the guy started going apeshit.
I hope they extend Jim's being at Stanford for teh whole season because Jim + Stanford is funny and uncomfortable, which the show pretty much thrives on.
I just read that the scene where Michael and Oscar kiss was completely improvised BTW. It wasn't on the script and Steve Carrell made it up on the fly. The looks of horror and anticipation on the casts' faces waiting to see if they kissed is completely real. They said it was incredibly hard to hold in their laughter to see if they could get it on film, and they did.
