The BOFH back on form!
I wanted to be the first to say this, as no one's said it in a while!
BOFH: Lift laughs
"You HAD to push the button, didn't you?" the PFY snaps angrily at the Boss in the dark of the elevator. "I only just TOUCHED it!" the Boss snivels. "It's not like I actually PRESSED it!" "Now, now," I say. "No use crying over fried control panels. We need to take a look at how bad it is before we start getting upset. And …
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Hmmm, Security vs BOFH/PFY
I really *really* wouldn't want to be in the way on that one. Just somewhere with a damn good view.
Lift me up Spotty
Spot-welded the access hatch to the lift eh? That's going to be the world's biggest set of spot-welding jaws by a massive margin. Or an interesting bolt-on to the PFY's pinch...
If the pinch atays in the story we need scematics
Detailed schematics required, enquiring minds wish to verify the veracity of this tale. Besides, there's a certain credit institution that I have to deal with who could do with a series of inexplicable hardware failures.
Fantastic Imagery as usual
I must admit that whenever I read BOFH I always try to picture the scene as in a movie, with well known actors taking the roles. In this case...
BOSS - Kelsey Gammer
BOFH - Ricky Gervais
PFY - ?? - open to suggestions
Rescuer - Bruce Willis
Paris - as herself, somewhere.
Title
Nice to see a bit of Boss and BOFH mutual partnership going on here - Clearly a Pointy-head who knows enough to keep on the right side of the digital rogues by signing things without question, and not intervining in the face of impending doom.
here's hoping for a few more episodes with this boss, before the status-quo returnes.
Epic. Truely Epic!
Its not often one laughs away to BOFH on a slow friday afternoon as the building lift gets stuck with three young ladies from sales in it. I had _nothing_ to do with it mind...
Oh if only i was in there.....
Awesome
Absolutely bloody awesome, can we get more continuations like this in future.
Re: BOFH - Ricky Gervais
What? Obviously, the BOFH is John Cusack.
PFY Actor
The guy with the false eye from Pirates of the Caribean <check IMDB> Mackenzie Crook apparently.
Pinch schematics?
Yes Please!
PS, the BOFH couldn't possibly be Ricky Gervais, as the BOFH is actually FUNNY, and does not appear to have his head up his own creative arse!
Standard issue 'Office' resistant one, with no 'Extras'
Nicely setup
Great bofh, one of my favourites. Just imagining the look on the PFY's face as he heads off to security...
RIcky Gervais? Narggh. Not John Cusack either. Hmm, I need to ponder on this one.
Re: BOFH - Ricky Gervais
Persoanally i always see them as the sociopathic trotter brothers ;-)
BOFH Movie Roles
I could see Simon Pegg doing a half decent job.
Re:BOFH - Ricky Gervais
John Cusack??? - way too young - Hugh Laurie would nail the part of the BOFH
BOFH - the movie
>BOFH - Ricky Gervais
Dylan Moran, surely?
>PFY - ?? - open to suggestions
Mackenzie Crook, IMO.
Re: BOFH - the movie
Mackenzie Crook would be ideal were he not in his late thirties.
Besides I'm sick of the sight of his giant eyebagged face on those posters.
No, No, No
BOFH - Christpher Walken
Boss - Rowan Atkinson
PFY - Simon Pegg
Rescuer - Paris (because she knows all about going down a shaft)
Why would anyone consider that talentless little tickturd Gervais
Suitable for any role, even a cheese and tomato one.
Stephen Tordoff
PFY - Simon Pegg
BOFH - Hugh Laurie
Boss - Rowan Atkinson
BOFH - the movie
Why care about actors. The question is: who owns the film rights?
(and who came up with the word movie - any Americans among us?)
Mine's the one with the St. Andrew's cross.
EAfH
So who gets played by Peter Lorre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8pqlpZGEaw
Re: BOFH - the movie
Heath Ledger would have been a great PFY.
@BOFH - the movie
> and who came up with the word movie - any Americans among us?
Texan here, close enough I hope...
My understanding was that the early movies were played in theaters that previously displayed slide shows, which were quite popular during the 19th century. Anyway, those venues had screens and power suitable for the projectors, and as the images moved...
CWR
Movie
Sylvester Stallone (because he's good at making things blow up?)
Wesley Snipes (because he's crazy, and, besides, equal rights and such)
Now y'all will have got me thinking about this all afternoon (instead of working!).
Dave
P.S. Mine's the one with the star on the back (since I have been an extra in some successful movies!)
Life following Art. Who said the Movies aren't Real?
"here's hoping for a few more episodes with this boss, before the status-quo returnes." .... By David Austin Posted Friday 11th April 2008 13:14 GMT
Dave,
I think you'll find IT is replacing it ... with something Beta. After all, papering over the cracks, still leaves all the old hacks in place and who would accept that as Progress whenever it is they who are the Problem.
"If the pinch atays in the story we need scematics" ... By Anonymous Coward Posted Friday 11th April 2008 13:07 GMT .......is on the right track for Crashing Foxy Poxy Proxy Systems.
BOFH Movie parts ...
BOFH => Alan Rickman surely (Sherriff of Nottingham, Die Hard mode)
PFY => Adrian Edmunson (Young Ones mode)
Boss =>Joanna Lumley (Patsy mode)
A Film by any other name...
BOFH - Eugene Levy (everyone would think he was the nice guy >_< )
Boss - William Shatner (a natural for the latest boss incarnation - you cant kill the shat)
PFY - Pat McKenna (of Red Green fame would play the geeky youth down pat)
Rescuer - Pamela Anderson only because Paris couldn't carry a tune, forget about any rescue gear
Mines the one with the little Maple Leaf on the pocket flap.....
A whole new art form emerging
This is brilliant! I can see it now - the next edition of BOFH will actually go BACK in time by a few days, to lay some groundwork for the welding of the hatch, and the developing relationship (!) with Security. Can't wait!
@Stephen Tordoff
ok Hugh Laurie would work too. I had him confused with Hugh Grant........
RE: Fantastic Imagery as usual
I think the perfect fit for the PFY would be Simon Pegg!
BTW great story as usual....
Re: BOFH Ricky Gervais
If Ricky is BOFH then MacKenzie Crook just has to be PFY. Boss has to be Rowan Atkinson.
Remember this is set in the UK.
Those guys would fit just perfectly. I think our Mr Simon T should seriously think about maybe throwing this up for possible future tv use. It'd be "to die for".
BOFH - The Movie?
BOFH - John Malkovich
PFY - Crispin Glover
The Boss - Tom Arnold
Paris - Ru Paul
Rescuer - Dennis Leary
Head of IT - Eddie Izzard
Head Beancounter - Frank Oz (doesn't he always play those kind of rolls?), Lewis Black or Simon Cowell
Ceo - Special cameo appearance Simon Travaglia
Fantastic!
Another great one. Good to see follow up from one episode to the next.
Now that you've said Ricky Gervais I can't see anyone but him! The sarcasm, the sharp edge to the voice... Simon Pegg could do it and he is a better actor by far but I think Ricky would have the edge.
PFY? It depends on if this is a re imagining etc. There is a long history here to try to bring to the screen so the actor could depend upon if we're looking at the young lad who arrived all those years ago or the bloke in his late twenties (or older) that the PFY must be by now.
Boss, same as above. The current boss seems to know which side his bread is buttered on and has stayed out of jail, the looney bin or the morgue by simply not getting in the way and showing a constructive interest rather than the intrusive interest others have.
Anyhoo...
Fantastic! AGAIN!
BOFH movie
How about Christopher Ecclestone for the BOFH role?
Pinch schematic
I would definitely agree with Dylan Moran for the BOFH and Simon Pegg for the PFY.
And without putting to much time into seaching here is a pinch link
http://www.powerlabs.org/pssecc.htm
You need the proper references for actors
"I need to go to Radio Shack and get some rosin core solder"
---Used Cars, 1980
It has a few BOFH moments.
Casting BOFH
> PFY - ?? - open to suggestions
Shia LaBeouf
Actors revisited
It just has to be:
BOFH - Alan Rickman
PFY - Charles Laughton (I know, but I can dream...)
Boss - Jim Broadbent
Rescuer - Jason Streatham
Head of Security - Jeremy Irons
Paris - herself
Guess that's why I don't work in casting... :-)
BOFH fillum
I could definately see Stephen Fry (BOFH), Hugh Laurie (PFY) and Rowan Atkinson (Boss). Maybe Tim McInnerny as a bean counter.
Anyone else see where this is going?
Well done Simon...
As for doing a movie, do a movies initially, but the TV series format is a better option for this kind of story line. Select your best and most historic episodes, pump them into a movie format, then go the TV serial. Your writing format suits the TV serial mode (like the old Doctor Who) but if you add the week to week connection between episodes ( like you have done with this latest contribution) you would have a recipe for a wickedly funny weekly serial.
Anyway, well done, I still have the image of the PFY heading for security central with the pinch in hand....
Cheers Mik.
@Trevor
Spot Weld, as in spots (dabs of) weld, as opposed to a continuous bead. Can be made with your common-or-garden MIG welder...
Mine's the anorak and leather welding apron...
P.s. Rowan Atkinson as the boss...brilliant. Rupert Grinch for PFY? (with a wig, natch, the PFY has enough problems without being ginger!)
Another great episode
Simon does keep outdoing himself on these.
After the week I've had I entertained visions of myself dragging in a roll of carpet and bag of lime to deal with the users and Management, (Management ppffttt, they couldn't manage a piss up in a brewery) I thought about using the Pinch but, considering the state of "pissed off" I'm in I'd just rip the internals out and fill it with brick so i could just swing at the head of the next manager grinning stupidly at me
Hugh Laurie would definitely have to be the BOFH he plays the BDFH so well, too well in fact.
Skull 'cause that's what I'm going to crack of the next person that hands me a job that was due last week and only just remembered to hand it over to me
BOFH Movie
I believe in BOFH 2000: Episode 4, the BOFH said that he...
...was working on the screenplay for a Bastard movie called A Few Good Simms, to star Jack Nicholson as me, Demi Moore as the unrequited love interest and Tom Hanks as the Boss. (I would have used Tom Cruise, but that's just cliche)
Being John...
Malkovich for the win. As any character. Cept Paris.
BOFH fillum
"I could definately see Stephen Fry (BOFH), Hugh Laurie (PFY) and Rowan Atkinson (Boss). Maybe Tim McInnerny as a bean counter. Anyone else see where this is going?"
Yep - and I think it has to be
BOFH - Rowan Atkinson
PFY - Adrian Edmondson
Boss - Hugh Laurie
CEO - Stephen Fry
Company Bike - Paris
Head Beancounter - Tim McInnery
BOFH Movie
BOFH = Chris O'Dowd
PFY = Richard Ayoade
BOSS = Chris Morris
Hmm, I'm getting a strange deja-vu feeling at the mo
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