David Brent is the fictional manager of Wernham Hogg, played by Ricky Gervais in the BBC mockumentary The Office, first broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2001. Brent's comedy comes from his desperate need to be liked and his habit of bluffing through conversations he does not fully follow, and a simple huh captures that persona in under three seconds. Clips of his awkward pauses and failed jokes have long circulated as reaction sounds, because they work even for viewers who have never seen the full series.