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The Office Idiot: Kevin Malone vs. Andy Dwyer
Before too long, both Kevin and Andy become known in their work circles for the incomprehensibly stupid stuff they say and do. For starts, Kevin admits in a Season 2 talking head that he needs to clear his search history to rid the evidence of porn on his work-provided desktop computer in advance of the IT checkup, while Andy breaks both of his legs after falling into a barren pit that he would later live in after getting kicked out by his girlfriend. Plain and simple: the premises of both these characters represent the major loser struggle that all of us have nightmares of ever resembling.
And for better or worse, both Kevin and Andy are both perfectly okay with being hopeless poor losers. The highlight of Kevin’s experience at Jim and Pam’s wedding was the fact that he was forced to wear Kleenex boxes as shoes with his suit. Andy doesn’t think twice about using a single red Frisbee represent his entire collection of China.
For whatever reason, creators Greg Daniels and Michael Schur approached Kevin’s character growth similarly to that of Office Ryan’s, as Kevin too became more and more unlikable as the series progressed; initially the boring, fat bald guy, Kevin Malone more or less develops an unmentioned mental handicap to the point I wonder how he remains employed.
Meanwhile, Andy grows from a lazy desperate-for-attention freeloader into a loving goofball with a huge heart for the influential people in his life. Not to mention, the now-superstar actor who played Andy has awesomely unassuming improv skills. Take a gander at the 3:58 mark of this video to see the clip responsible for what is literally the hardest I can ever remember laughing as an adult.
Point: Andy Dwyer, Parks and Recreation
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It’s a weird concept, but I think P&R has the better cast of characters but somehow The Office was the better complete show.
Completely agree here. Putting characters side-by-side like this was a great idea for an article btw. Love both shows, but Office is my favorite. Pam got worse for me near the end, but the ending of the show redeemed a lot for me.
I don’t know, I think the greatness of the Office is that everybody works with the same characters from the show. They nailed the personalities so well, everyone knows the Angela at their office, the Kelly, the Dwight. And every guy thinks they are Jim.
I literally could not agree more with you more, teammate. Not a weird concept at all.
Thanks. I think we can all agree Rashida Jones is a major pool honey.
You can’t compare Dwight with Ron. I love Ron dearly, but Dwight Schrute is the ultimate character. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
I thought the same thing – Both of those two are in a league of their own.
At very least, they should have been a wash. Dwight K is a fuggin boss. Well, an assistant to a fuggin boss anyways.
“Assistant fuggin boss”
Assistant to the fuggin boss
The Christ Pratt bloopers should be NSFW, just got caught watching them from laughing way too loud.
I have a man-crush on Chris Pratt. There I said it.
You’re not alone
Michael, Jim, Pam, and Deight can only be rivaled by Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer.
Dwight*. I could hear my boss’s footsteps towards my cube and didn’t have time to proof read.
Personally I thought parks and rec got kind of repetitive in episodes. There was no real character development, and all Aziz Ansari did was annoy the hell out of me. Overall, it was a good show, but I think The Office wins this battle. The Office had character development, it was always coming up with new ways for each character to play a funny role in the show, and no two episodes were really the same as far as humor.
Where’s Creed at?
… Orin?
No way 3:58 is funnier than the “comeback story” clip, or the responses to his ice cream cone take.
Had to pick between going to bed at a decent time last night or watching the Season 5 finale of Parks and Rec…guess who’s tired today.
Give me your keys.
Evan you haven’t even graduated yet. Fuck outta here.
Guilty.