Off Centre

TV Series
2001–2002
TV-14
30m

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John Cho, Jason George, Sean Maguire, Lauren Stamile, and Eddie Kaye Thomas in Off Centre (2001)

A British stud and an American doofus share an apartment in Manhattan.A British stud and an American doofus share an apartment in Manhattan.A British stud and an American doofus share an apartment in Manhattan.

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Trivia
Will Friedle was originally attached to play Mike, but he had to drop out due to another commitment (Friedle had been cast on The Random Years (2002) that same time). The pilot was initially shot with Josh Radnor who was unknown at the time, but the network decided to replace him with better-known actor Eddie Kaye Thomas.

Quotes
[Chau is trying to organize a protest rally to bring back the recently cancelled T.V. show "The Education of Max Bickford."]
Chau Presley: Check out my sign.
[Holds up a sign that reads "We Don't Need No Education!"]
Chau Presley: We don't need no education. Get it? *"Education"*, "The Education of Max Bickford".
Euan: But it says we don't need it.
Chau Presley: No it says "We *don't* need *no* education". It's a double negative, which means we *do* need it!
Mike Platt: Chau, I'm not sure how to tell you this but, I think your sign's a little retarded!
Chau Presley: Yeah, retarded. Like a fox!

Crazy credits
In the episode "Little House on the Bowery". The "tire" is credited as "and introducing Steve the tire as himself"

Connections
Referenced in Family Guy: The Return of the King (of Queens) (2023)

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10/10

Off-Centre: an extremely funny comedy series

Off Centre has to be one of, if not the Funniest Comedies I have ever seen... You Know!

All the characters have a quirkiness about them... especially John Cho's character Chau, a Vietnamese restaurant worker / owner. The other characters are Euan an English stud, Mike an American dork (with principles) who roomed together at Oxford. As well as Status Quo an extremely sensitive and cultured gangster rapper (the mix is extremely funny). Besides the 4 guys there is the one girl who goes out with Mike but adds to the humour. There are also a mix of famous extras from Carmen Electra to Eugene Levy to Jason Biggs to Shannon Elizabeth as well as some characters who moved onto Heroes.

This show gives laughters from beginning to end and after the first couple of episodes, once you relate to the characters, you are hooked. The writers did an amazing job in finding the exact humour in each character and the actors perform them to a T (especailly John Cho). The story line / lines usually surround the premise that Euan is a stub and gets lots of girls while Mike and Chau do not. However, within this premise there are many sub stories that are just so strange and weird and that's what makes it extremely funny!

It is a pity that WB cancelled the show and didn't let them finish their 2nd season... what a waste - WB could have had high ratings, entered a new market for comedy or sold the show to another network, but apart from being their loss... it was ours too.