It's easy to forget that the American adaptation of "The Office" had a rough start. Not only was anyone who had seen the original British version of the workplace mockumentary firmly against a remake of the brilliant series, but the short, six-episode first season was barely anything more than a carbon copy of the UK's debut season. Because of this, "The Office" almost didn't come back for a second season. But as we all know, creator Greg Daniels and his writing staff figured out how to use Steve Carell's bumbling but ambitious Dunder Mifflin paper company manage Michael Scott as the butt of many jokes without making him totally unlikeable and combined that with a lovely blossoming romance among employees Jim and Pam (John Krasinski and Jenna Fischer). The result was one of the most influe

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