Rainn Wilson on Saturday Night Live

We don't get Saturday Night Live over here in the UK, and from most of the clips I've seen of the show I'd say this is not a terrible thing. But lately there's been a couple of chucklesome moments which I'm glad to have had access to. The first was the funny Justin Timberlake sketch / song 'Dick In A Box'... search for it on YouTube if you somehow missed it's proliferation on the web... and the second was the fact that Rainn Wilson from the American version of The Office presented it last week. Here's his opening monologue and some pitch perfect impersonations of the rest of his castmembers...

Joss Whedon 'does' The Office

Yes, geeks like me the world over are so damn excited about Joss Whedon (creator of TV's Buffy, Firefly and follow up film Serenity) directing an episode of The Office (the fantastic American version, airing this week in the US).

In the episode it looks like Jim will be playing one of his fabulous pranks on Dwight by pretending he's turning into a Vampire... it looks set to be a hilarious classic.

For a list of other pranks Jim has played on Dwight over the three seasons the show has been running, check out this site.

This version of the comedic UK show has surprised me beyond belief by how funny and touching it is. I don't think anyone thought it could be as good as the British original, but it really is and has a life of its own now. I think it owes a lot to staying true to the original formula.

Steve Carell (Little Miss Sunshine, The Daily Show, The 40 Year Old Virgin) plays a very much Americanised version of the David Brent (Ricky Gervais) character and is backed up by a flawless team of supporting players such as John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer and Rainn Wilson as the slightly psychotic Dwight.

Genius.