The IT Crowd - Classic or Dud?

I saw episode two being taped and it was excellent, at least on par with the best of Black Books.

I think it will be the show that makes Richard Ayoade into a (deserving) star.

Chris Morris is excellent in it too.

It also guest stars Adam Buxton and Noel Fielding.

I hope it is at least as good as Hippies. (Actually, it is a good premise for a trad sitcom of the BB/FT style so am looking forward).

Bring back good "laugh-tracks" (they were always from a studio audience anyway). I never had a problem is the sit was right.

I think Morris is obsessed with hipsters.

HI DERE (dollsnatch)

that Jaaaam soundtrack thing came out on warp.

the person who did technical consultancy popped up on the slashdot thread about it. said they had real geeks dressing the set and making sure all the references were ok. he says they did a good job.

thread:
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/12/1556232

post:
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=173780&cid=14458539

I thought it was pretty weak (though the aforementioned set design is amazingly detailed - down to the Dan Clowes' Pogeybait action figure on the Robert Pollard lookalike's desk). Don't know that I'd watch it again.

The jokes are apallingly lazy, and that is the world's worst Dylan Moran impersonator. It does get better as it (the episode) goes on, mind.

Morris is CJ; Father Ted-style edgeless silly; live audience not a bad thing - never seemed to hinder my enjoyment of Porridge or Ever Decreasing Circles; blah blah blah.

But, I killed the online version after 8 minutes cos I felt bad watching something new without the missus.

Katharine Parkinson was pretty good but underwritten, I enjoyed her detailing her computer skills at the start.

how did hyperdrive get past initial scripts eh?

I read somewhere that Linehan wanted him mainly for his slightly bizarre way of speaking. Matt Berry was better than him as Dixon Bainbridge in Boosh though (Ayoade was Bainbridge in the pilot - which had a laugh track OH NO!)

Darkplace had some good moments too.

If I had something better to do, I wouldn't have watched all of this. As it were, it was 1/2 an hour well spent, since I now know that this is a rubbish show, with paper-thin acting, rehashed stereotypes masquerading as characters, and the worst comedy script I've experienced outside of Last of the Summer Wine. I laugh easily, and for me to go the entire time without laughing once is quite a feat. The girl was okay in it (I can see what you mean about her part being under-written) but she still didn't elicit so much as a smile from me.

I don't have a problem with a laughter track, I have a problem with rubbish shows. And I cannot stress this enough - this is a rubbish show.

Charlie, you really aren't missing anything.

Yes, it's as if he hasn't quite decided how to play it - gruff Yorkshire industrialist, Eton-educated blusterer, bit of Ted Maul, etc...

-- Michael Jones (tourajsig...), January 28th, 2006.

Both David Mitchell and Robert Webb (peepshow boys) are from footlights.

where can i download episode 1?

taking it too seriously by wanting my comedy to be funny? then yes. 8)

I mean, Kevin Eldon maybe could have worked extensively with a French dialogue coach before tackling the role and possibly Graham Linehan should have paid greater attention to the economic circumstances that lead to some countries having a heavy call centre presence than others...

I won't abide anyone bad mouthing Eldon, by the way.

i don't know, i think it's important to get the little details right. e.g. the gags about the food at heston blumenthal's restaurant which weren't anywhere near what they could have been and the peddle-stool/damp squid joke which it seemed to me would have been better integrated into the storyline. also the richmond as a witness thing ending with "oh no, that's not her" was v poor.

would have been better integrated into the storyline in the previous series', i mean.

see, i liked the fake food jokes.

i blame the writer for KE's poor showing, he's usually better than that. (pope + whoopie cushion = francis bacon painting comes to mind)

also the richmond as a witness thing ending with "oh no, that's not her" was v poor.

goddamn I love this show

was very impressed with roy's acting in "jen the fredo" during the dramatic D&D game

Roy's really hit his stride this series.

the last episode was a little weaker but was saved by matt berry's line readings ... the way he was addressing the judge in the courtroom scenes killed me

so is this series/season over now? (ie was this another 6-episode series)?

that was last one, yes.

(thankfully!) 8)

The revival in this thread prompted me to give this show another chance last night and dear god it is poor. You get better writing/acting/gags on Ceebeebies for pity's sake.

the last episode was particularly poor

Yeah I didnt much care for that last episode. The plot was ridic thin and the jokes way too diluted. I love Richmond but his cameo was really ... pointless (tho goth2boss was kind of amusing).

will probably always watch IT Crowd because of Moss, the Reynholms (both have been great) and because some of the writing is really great but I do feel it's really let down by Roy and Jen as well as some really, really awful jokes that remind me of execrable 90s pre-watershed sitcoms - i'm thinking Thin Blue Line or The Upper Hand sort of level.

oh yes and also all the "geek" references feel so shoehorned in and maladroit.

i watched almost all of this over the weekend and the irish guy is awful, the girl is bad but in a way that i lol at, and i dunno that i buy that they're into jim woodring

it's kinda like how on the big bang theory they all dress like highly art-directed old navy ads instead of gross nerds

did i just get suckered into basically watching 20 episodes of the big bang theory because of british accents?

nah, this is way better than BBT. if it was just 'lol nerdz' it wouldn't be worth the time, but there's at least one or two great episodes per series

Yeah the nerd factor really doesnt have a lot to do with it, its just a vehicle really. Tho I do like playing "spot the item" in the basement - Pivot poster!

And they had an AXE COP poster in a recent ep too!

The revival in this thread prompted me to give this show another chance last night and dear god it is poor. You get better writing/acting/gags on Ceebeebies for pity's sake.

― Stevie T, Monday, 2 August 2010 15:39 (Yesterday)

^^^^

Just not getting it.

Jim also right about the type of vibe- tho I'd argue it's closer to The Brittas Empire than his examples. Which is a pretty damning indictment.

Uh, confession, I always kinda liked "The Thin Blue Line"!

Dmac probably right with brittas empire rather than thin blue line. thin blue line written by Ben elton iirc I.e. baulk.

ben elton is poison to a seed of funny

rab florence and iain connell of video gaiden and burnistoun "fame" are going to be on the writing team of the next series of IT Crowd. although i thought burnistoun was very hit and miss i generally find them funny and look forward to what their input might bring.

Interesting. Though it makes me wonder what the hell happened to Ryan? Also when was it confirmed that there would be a fifth series?

well i've only just found out about matt berry's psych-folk album and it's alarmingly not bad

Thought the final episode was shite. Too many ideas, none of them developed properly or paying off well.

Game Board is based on The Dice Tower which is the only reason I watched some of this. I find it hard to believe laugh track sitcoms still exist.

The first Game Board clip was the funniest bit.

It's a shame, I thought series 4 was fairly solid.

synthesizer patel.

also Chitter.

I thought it was poor too and no way was the funeral scene ever going to live up to the one in series er, 2?

haha was that the cradle of filth scene? great.

oh i'd forgotten about that! was thinking about denholm's funeral and the vibrating phone

Sorry for your loss. move on.

All funeral-based sitcom scenes pale next to the time they let Dougal do a funeral.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a210/Cristovalice/the-it-crowd-funeral.png

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a210/Cristovalice/the-it-crowd-funeral.png

I've had "I Love Willies" From Gay: The Gay Musical in my head all day. I've had a shit day/week/month and I think I might have to watch that ep tonight.

classic

https://i.imgur.com/XkMTf1I.gif

Have you followed Richard ayoades career

No, haven't. Aside from this and the Mighty B I don't think I've seen him in much. Why?

oof, obviously the replies and whatnot are trash

https://x.com/BadWritingTakes/status/1702089349024596042?s=20

Being discussed on the rolling uk comedy thread rn.

surprising that there were no clues in this show that Linehan is a dumb thin-skinned bigot likely to double down when called on it