This film or show by BBC has come up 3 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Michael Schur, guest, host. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-08-20 and the most recent from 2022-01-21. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Michael Schur — Lessons from "The Office" and SNL, Moral Philosophy, Storytelling, and More
“i the british office it was my i found it to be maybe the greatest comedy that had ever been made i thought it was a work of pure genius”— Michael Schur
The guest here is Michael Schur: TV writer and showrunner who created The Good Place and co-created Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, after writing on SNL and The Office. He is also the author of the moral-philosophy book How to Be Perfect. Michael Schur on the Harvard Lampoon, SNL's brutal lessons, learning to write from Greg Daniels, and turning moral philosophy into comedy.
Yannis Pappas: History and Comedy | Lex Fridman Podcast #175
“the british office one of my favorite shows was was that it ended very quick you know it's only a couple seasons”— guest
The guest here is Yannis Pappas: A New York comedian who co-hosted the comedy-history podcast History Hyenas and now hosts Long Days; known for fast-paced, irreverent riffing and a free YouTube special, Blowing the Light. Comedian Yannis Pappas riffs with Lex Fridman on power, mortality, dogs, hyenas, the Battle of Crete, con men, and the magic of comedy.
Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #117
“i think the british version is actually more brilliant than the american one but both are pretty amazing”— host
The guest here is Sheldon Solomon: Social psychologist at Skidmore College and co-developer of Terror Management Theory. He co-authored 'The Worm at the Core' and built decades of experiments on how mortality awareness shapes human behavior, extending the ideas of Ernest Becker. Social psychologist Sheldon Solomon argues the fear of death secretly drives nearly everything humans build, believe, and destroy.
