>>>>>I've heard that argument but if you look at the American and Brit versions of The Office ...
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>>>>>I'm sure Gervais could have gone on much longer than 16 episodes at the same quality and I don't think the American version - with over 100 in the can - has even come close to running out of gas.
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>>>>He couldn't have continued it as a fly-on-the-wall docu spoof, as they never last that long. The US version is pure sit-com style, nicht wahr?
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>>>The U.S. version is very similar to the Brit version actually. I watched the entire season of the Brit version in one sitting before the U.S. version aired.
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>>But it wasn't fly-on-the-wall docu style, was it?
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>>BTW if you like Gervaise's work, have you yet seen his series "Extras"?
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>I watched the HBO version. Is there a different version in the UK?

Well I don't know of an HBO version. Extras stars Gervaise and has big name guest stars, like Stiller, Bowie, et al.