Man Films Five Years of Family Home Videos in the Style of 'The Office'

Ever thought your life was like a sitcom? Jeff Hyer made that his reality after filming his family videos in the style of classic comedy series The Office. Five years on, Hyer has gone viral on TikTok after sharing the "episodes" from his childhood.

Now a professional videographer, Hyer took to TikTok to share his amateur attempts in response to a woman on the app saying she had always dreamed of her wedding video being made in the style of The Office.

"Hey, so I actually did this as a wedding gift for my brother's wedding in 2015," he said. "As a matter of fact, I documented every single family gathering between 2011 until 2016 in this mockumentary style, edited just like The Office."

"The one I did for the wedding was extra special, because it was a big event, and every character was there," said Hyer, with the characters in this case being his family members.

Hyer's home videos-cum-The Office parodies feature 10 episodes, each being around 30 minutes long. The snippet shown by Hyer in the original video shares the opening sequence of his series, fit with the classic theme song from the U.S. comedy series and montages of each "character."

After amassing over 290,000 views and requests to see full episodes, Hyer gave the people what they wanted and shared an episode on YouTube on Friday, gaining over 20,000 views in two days.

"While uploading to YouTube is the easy part, how do you think my family will react when I expose them?" he acknowledged. Regardless of what the star actors thinks of the upload, "Hyer Family Navidad," aka "episode seven," was posted to the channel on May 22.

The episode follows the family on a Christmas trip to Mexico, fit with The Office-style lens glares and confessionals. Hyer described the episode as, "Keeping Up With The Kardashians-esque," and the "peak of my childhood." Episode seven features a dramatic storyline, set with tense music, of Jenna refusing to do "dancer poses" for their mom's pictures.

Following the pilot's success, Hyer shared five more episodes to his channel, and is contemplating sharing the first episodes of the series too, which are "so bad, they're good."

Much like the real The Office, viewers were drawn to their own favorite characters, giving the likes of Jim and Pam a run for their money. Siblings Jeff, Jack, Jenna and Becca make the cast of this show, along with their mom and dad.

"Ngl, Jack was really carrying this episode," wrote one viewer.

"I love how Becca is just 90% of the time drunk. She's my favorite and I need more Jeff," added another.

Newsweek has contacted Jeff Hyer for a comment.