The IT Crowd

I only saw episode 1 but have episode 2 recorded somewhere. I honestly didn't find it that funny to be honest. I've been told it perks up alot more in ep. 2 so I may go and hunt the video with it on out. When I did watch ep. 1 I was also sitting at my computer going between looking at the TV and internet so my attention wasn't properly focused.
 
Episode 5 wasn't too funny, but the one before it with the goth guy was pretty good.
 
Episode one was rubbish, but yes, it has got a lot better since then, much more of the surreal-ness and sillyness of Father Ted...
 
Got a tiny smirk from me in one episode, but overall, i'd have to say its very poor. Painful to watch sometimes. The irish guys pronouciation of bastard will stay with me for a long time though.
 
I saw the one where he has the shit on his face. Yeah it wasn't bad.. not great, but not bad either. To be quite honest I was waiting for something else to come on (The Friday Night Project I think) when I started 2 watch it.
 
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StardogChampion said:
Episode 5 wasn't too funny, but the one before it with the goth guy was pretty good.
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Lol, he so reminded me of the hippy guy from The Young Ones.
 
watched the 1st episodes, its not a patch on father ted and i didnt really lol much, i quite liked the swarmy boss though..
 
THere's been a lot of these kind of old-style british sitcoms with shoddy production values popping up lately. Mighty Boosh, Hyperspace, and this...

I didn't think The IT Crowd was all that great. Some of the writing was great but a lot of the acting is terrible. Mighty Boosh is ok, but has some of that same acting problem. Hyperspace got really good towards the end after starting out terribly, I thought.
 
Mighty Boosh is ok, but has some of that same acting problem.
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Some peoples acting is stiff, like naboo's character, but that makes his character funny,,I mean he's supposed to be a shaman.. and he owns a gorilla who lives with them and DJ's at top club's on the weekend's... Noel's acting is great and so is that other guy's, it's about as origional and colourful a comedy ive seen.

Using the submarine in naboo's loft to go rescue Howard from Old Gregg, you couldnt dream that stuff up. The blend of some serious acting like Howard and Vince's combined with ridiculous stories and general outlandishness makes it the win.

my point is.. in comedy like this people can still act like a nonse and add to the funny.
 
clarky003 said:
Some peoples acting is stiff, like naboo's character, but that makes his character funny,,I mean he's supposed to be a shaman.. and he owns a gorilla who lives with them and DJ's at top club's on the weekend's... Noel's acting is great and so is that other guy's, it's about as origional and colourful a comedy ive seen.

Using the submarine in naboo's loft to go rescue Howard from Old Gregg, you couldnt dream that stuff up. The blend of some serious acting like Howard and Vince's combined with ridiculous stories and general outlandishness makes it the win.

my point is.. in comedy like this people can still act like a nonse and add to the funny.
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Yeah that's why I'd rate Mighty Boosh above The IT Crowd from what I've seen. I've only seen about 2 ep's of each one though.

BTW there are so many weird connections between these series, it's crazy. There's that guy in MightyBoosh who used to be in Nathan Barley, which was written by Chris Morris (Brass Eye). Chris Morris appears in the It Crowd as that boss guy (Denim?), and so do at least 2 of the actors I've seen in MightyBoosh. Tons of Big Train actors used to pop up in Brass Eye (including that Spaced/Shaun of the Dead guy), and there's a Big Train fella in Hyperspace, too.

I hear the Mighty Boosh crew are doing some kind of tour right now?

edit: oops turns out that thing is called Hyperdrive, not hyperspace
 
Laivasse said:
THere's been a lot of these kind of old-style british sitcoms with shoddy production values popping up lately. Mighty Boosh, Hyperspace, and this...

I didn't think The IT Crowd was all that great. Some of the writing was great but a lot of the acting is terrible.
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I'd rather have this than the latest Neil Morrissey husband & wife crap. Those are the "old-style" sitcoms, not The IT Crowd.

I thought the acting was pretty brilliant, especially Jen. Chris Morris as the head of the company is hilarious too. It's a comedy, not shakespeare. I don't like the Irish guy that much though.
 
StardogChampion said:
I'd rather have this than the latest Neil Morrissey husband & wife crap. Those are the "old-style" sitcoms, not The IT Crowd.
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I didn't mean it in a bad way. I meant classic british stuff in the vein of Red Dwarf.

I thought the acting was pretty brilliant, especially Jen. Chris Morris as the head of the company is hilarious too. It's a comedy, not shakespeare. I don't like the Irish guy that much though.
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Jen's the only good one in it IMO. Chris Morris isn't in it enough to make a big difference. The two IT guys form the backbone of it and I don't find them very funny.
 
The whole show is pants to be fair, could've been so much better given the talent behind and in it...i still rate Peep Show as the funniest recent British comedy series by far
 
Laivasse said:
Yeah that's why I'd rate Mighty Boosh above The IT Crowd from what I've seen. I've only seen about 2 ep's of each one though.

BTW there are so many weird connections between these series, it's crazy. There's that guy in MightyBoosh who used to be in Nathan Barley, which was written by Chris Morris (Brass Eye). Chris Morris appears in the It Crowd as that boss guy (Denim?), and so do at least 2 of the actors I've seen in MightyBoosh. Tons of Big Train actors used to pop up in Brass Eye (including that Spaced/Shaun of the Dead guy), and there's a Big Train fella in Hyperspace, too.

I hear the Mighty Boosh crew are doing some kind of tour right now?
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Yeh I heard that too, and when its finished I think their making a 3rd series.
 
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