The Great Office War
Encyclopedia
The Great Office War is an online video produced by Runaway Box
and originally uploaded on YouTube
on June 18, 2008. As of February 2011, the video has been viewed over 5,000,000 times.
In 2009, Funny or Die
, in cooperation with Hasbro
, produced an official series of comedy sketches titled Nerf on the Job. While not related to this video, the sketches use the same premise of using Nerf blasters in an office environment.
department worker grabs his Nerf blaster
and shoots at the I.T.
department worker holding the pen. Another I.T. worker "guns down" a Sales worker on the other side in retaliation. This results in both I.T. (blue) and Sales (red) departments rushing to their lockers and arming themselves with Nerf blasters to battle each other. For the next 30 minutes, both sides exchange dart fire with each other until every office worker is "killed". Then, when the clock strikes 5:00 p.m., everyone gets up and greets each other goodbye before calling it a day, leaving the janitor with an office littered with foam darts.
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and originally uploaded on YouTube
YouTube
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on June 18, 2008. As of February 2011, the video has been viewed over 5,000,000 times.
In 2009, Funny or Die
Funny or Die
Funny or Die is a comedy video website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's production company, Gary Sanchez Productions with original and user-generated content. Funny or Die contains exclusive material from a number of famous contributors and also has its own Funny or Die Team, which creates...
, in cooperation with Hasbro
Hasbro
Hasbro is a multinational toy and boardgame company from the United States of America. It is one of the largest toy makers in the world. The corporate headquarters is located in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States...
, produced an official series of comedy sketches titled Nerf on the Job. While not related to this video, the sketches use the same premise of using Nerf blasters in an office environment.
Plot
It is 4:30 p.m. at a busy office. Irritated by the sound of a ball pen being clicked on and off, a SalesSales
A sale is the act of selling a product or service in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity....
department worker grabs his Nerf blaster
Nerf Blasters
Nerf Blasters are toy weapons made by Hasbro that fire foam darts, discs, or, in some cases, foam balls. The term "Nerf gun", however, is often used as a blanket term for any foam dart blaster, regardless of whether or not it has the brand name. Nerf guns are manufactured in multiple forms,...
and shoots at the I.T.
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
department worker holding the pen. Another I.T. worker "guns down" a Sales worker on the other side in retaliation. This results in both I.T. (blue) and Sales (red) departments rushing to their lockers and arming themselves with Nerf blasters to battle each other. For the next 30 minutes, both sides exchange dart fire with each other until every office worker is "killed". Then, when the clock strikes 5:00 p.m., everyone gets up and greets each other goodbye before calling it a day, leaving the janitor with an office littered with foam darts.
External links
- Original video on YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....