David Brent shows Microsoft how it’s done

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[We’re going to repost this item from a few weeks ago, in light of Microsoft’s lawyers getting in touch with us. See comments section. For now, the videos remain up at Google Video.]
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant apparently filmed two videos in 2004 for Microsoft as training materials for its U.K. employees. Check them out here and here. They’re long (20 minutes and 17 minutes) but often hilarious, with Gervais reprising his David Brent role from The Office.

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