‘Office Space’: How Mike Judge Brought Flair and Red Staplers to the World

Pocket Worthy ^ | February 27, 2020 | Susan King

[Cecily]

“The Hangover” was pretty funny.

[Political Junkie Too]

I was hooked by the opening scene, when he's stuck in traffic and keeps changing lanes, but the old lady with the walker on the sidewalk beats him to the intersection.

-PJ

[wildcard_redneck]

[John Milner]

That’s the OLD TPS form cover. Didn’t you get the memo?

[Stosh]

“The greatest movie ever made...”

Now don’t go jumping to conclusions . . .

[higgmeister]

I worked night shift in a cubicle environment that had a clone for every and I mean every character in the film...

That whole Office Space scenario struck home for me.

I worked for MCI for 31 years and of course that included the long and drawn out Y2K hysteria. I was in the Southeast Long Distance Junction/Terminal. For months we methodically swapped out chips on shelves in the digital switches and other processors while the control centers and vendor support worked on the software. We were all on-site and in alert mode for the great Y2K millennial changing. And almost nothing happened at all ever for our customers. I normally worked the midnight shift and always worked the holidays just the same as any other day so that part was not much of a burden for me but that cubicle was that night not working on anything else, just waiting for something to happen.

[CaptainPhilFan]

What an interesting article! Thanks for posting. My whole circle will be getting this :)

ALSO - had no idea the real Michael Bolton did scenes. What an absolute hoot!

[gundog]

First I get my name in the phone book and now I’m on your ass! You know, I bet more people see that than the phone book.

Classic.

[Viking2002]

I’m only here for the memes.

[Skooz]

Bfl

[Rastus]

Thanks. That’s definitely one more in the “do not watch” column. Life’s too short to watch junk!

[Tired of Taxes]

LOL

[treetopsandroofs]

Note To Self,
Red Stapler

I’ve had mine for years, I see the price has risen...

https://www.amazon.com/Swingline-Stapler-Miltons-Office-S7064698/dp/B07NVZTBJJ/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1LMZM2V1RC0B7&keywords=office+space+red+swingline+stapler&qid=1582861022&sprefix=office+space+re%2Caps%2C174&sr=8-4

[donaldo]

Lundbergh f***ed her!

[impactplayer]

Watching squirrels out of the window: “. . . and they were married . .”

[time4good]

Aniston was actually cute in the movie.

The one that really made me laugh is when I started watching The Man in the High Castle. I could just not take Steven Root seriously as a save-the-world kind of guy with Other-World films - I’d always picture him mumbling about his red stapler.

[dfwgator]

"I got my pistol point cocked ready to lay shots non stop until I see your monkey ass drop...."

[dfwgator]

“Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.”

[Batman11]

PFL

[LittleBillyInfidel]

I chatted with Ajay just this morning! He’s a great guy, moderate, always polite, and Buddhist. He’s enjoying the heck out of his young son, who’s about four. Ajay (pronounced Azhay) and I met 11 years ago as he was gonna guest on my TV show, but was canceled. Would have been fun to work with him!