IT Crowd - Who's excited?
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Hey as as been said by others, comedy is subjective. I love Father Ted, all of it, and there are people who don't. Same with Monty Python, or indeed any show.MHR said:
Also there's Garth Marenghi's Darkplace from several of the people in the IT Crowd which is one of the funniest things ever made. I'd be surprised if many people here have ever heard of it, it just didn't get viewers.
IT Crowd is far from the worst comedy I've seen, it seems to be well enough acted, and made, it just doesn't click for me. I don't know why.
I think the real issue here is context, most of the IT Crowd humour is brought on from running gags throughout the episode that you really have to see the build up to enjoy (Like when Jen Moss and Roy go to the Theatre to see a film, and Jen walks into the bar after the show to find Roy in a wheelchair getting fawned over, turns to the barman to order some alcohol and discovers Moss serving drinks - As an individual scene not that funny, but in the context of the run up to it, I found it absolutely hilarious)Blood Brain Barrier said:
Youtube code doesn't work here.bak00777 said:
Its [.youtube=Jumbled mess at the end of the url, after the = sign]
Remove the period from in front of youtube as well.
I just don't find it funny. I've seen a few episodes of it, and while it wasn't shockingly bad like The Big Bang Theory or 2 Broke Girls, it just didn't entertain me. It was inoffensively mediocre.
Kathrine Parkinson got pregnant and quit to go take care of that. They offered to delay filming and she turned it down. Everyone else went to do their own things, and by the time Kathrine Parkinson was up for it again, everyone else was knee deep in their own stuff.jackdeesface said:
I'm tempted to say something derogatory about the female gender, but that would be rude and not fair.
Well there's a huge number of fans who would disagree with you on that. Truthfully I can see how you'd need the right kind of sense of humour to fully enjoy the show as with anything by Graham Linehan but the long and short of it is that a lot more people found it funny than didn't. No one's forcing you to watch it and you're only asking for trouble coming on a thread clearly aimed at fans just to complain about the show.Blood Brain Barrier said:
On topic I can't wait for the new episode, I've watched this show so much now I could basically read every episode line for line but I do think it could do with a more solid ending. As for a favourite scene really anything with Moss was just brilliant but the whole "walk away" thing is probably one of my favourite comedy moments ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G7vL-k7DaI
I haven't seen any of that stuff so probably the latter. I heard a lot of people talking about IT Crowd saying it was the best thing ever so I decided to watch it. Even accounting for taste, "best comedy show ever" suggested to me it was up there with Fawlty Towers, South Park, Monty Python, Seinfeld.Silvanus said:
I know I'm excited. Favorite scene? So many...
"Four! I mean five! I mean, fire!"
But eh, I'll actually go with this one at 1:28.
Anybody a fan of Snuff Box? It's got Rich Fulcher and Matt Berry! The show is generally pretty soul crushing, but it's got some great music.
"Four! I mean five! I mean, fire!"
But eh, I'll actually go with this one at 1:28.
Anybody a fan of Snuff Box? It's got Rich Fulcher and Matt Berry! The show is generally pretty soul crushing, but it's got some great music.
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Yeah I really should have filled in the context for the church scene. My bad. (though I could find the scene hilarious on it's own since I enjoy slapstick sometimes)
Actually as other people said, the show in general has a lot of running gags that would require context to really get.
But then that's one of the draws for me about the show. Continuity. Most things actually develop throughout, instead of resetting every episode.
The writing in the show is exceptional, at least as far as what I'm use to seeing here in America. Everything leads into something. Hardly anything is just done or introduced for it's own sake.
Canned laughter? Is it? I never honestly could tell. It doesn't bother me though regardless. I'd be laughing every other line regardless of whether the audience was or not.
The show kind of turns into a lighter, geekier version of Always Sunny In Philidelphia as it progresses though. They aren't quite the level of despisable human beings as Dee, Dennis, Frank and Charlie are, but they sure seem to try as the series goes on.
But anywho, yeah subjectivity and all that. Someone mentioned Darkplace, which I want to like since it has Matt Barry in it, but I can't. Just doesn't click with me.
Actually as other people said, the show in general has a lot of running gags that would require context to really get.
But then that's one of the draws for me about the show. Continuity. Most things actually develop throughout, instead of resetting every episode.
The writing in the show is exceptional, at least as far as what I'm use to seeing here in America. Everything leads into something. Hardly anything is just done or introduced for it's own sake.
Canned laughter? Is it? I never honestly could tell. It doesn't bother me though regardless. I'd be laughing every other line regardless of whether the audience was or not.
The show kind of turns into a lighter, geekier version of Always Sunny In Philidelphia as it progresses though. They aren't quite the level of despisable human beings as Dee, Dennis, Frank and Charlie are, but they sure seem to try as the series goes on.
But anywho, yeah subjectivity and all that. Someone mentioned Darkplace, which I want to like since it has Matt Barry in it, but I can't. Just doesn't click with me.
The laughter is live. The blooper reels for the show actually have several instances where they have to redo a scene because someone in the audience accidentally blurts something out in the middle of there laughter, which makes the cast start busting out laughing.piinyouri said:
I only got that for the female cast member, but to be fair she's shown as being a pretty rotten person from the beginning. Roy can be pretty bad with the leching, but he never reaches anyone is Sunny's crew.piinyouri said:
I'm actually surprised you could compare the two. The people in Sunny are beyond terrible - They're the worst people ever to live that haven't murdered someone (Yet).
I'm incredibly excited. I love the IT Crowd so damn much. My favourite scene would have to be the bomb defusal scene in series four.
True, true, it's mostly Jen who get's really petty and insecure, but Roy seems to quite enjoy making her uncomfortable later on and even Moss get's a bit weird.AccursedTheory said:
Yeah maybe the Sunny In Philadelphia comparison was a bit much. Ha ha.
Anybody who finds that funny has never had the displeasure of trying to fix a computer for someone who is a complete fucking moron. Personally it just kinda makes me want to get drunk before the repressed memories come back.MHR said:
OT: Hallelujah and praise jebuz its finally ending. Seriously, I know comedy is subjective and its all about taste and yada yada yada, but IT crowd stands out because of the nasty combo of being immensely popular and (IMO) incredibly annoying. I mean the very first clip in the thread just kinda made me want to punch the guy for managing to be a massive dickhead and unbelievably stupid at the same time.
I found that my experiences fixing computers made this more hilarious.major_chaos said:
But thats just me.
Well, that just shows how subjective humour is. Whilst I know others love it, I've never liked Fawlty Towers, it just seems to be John Cleese getting angry at things. Personally I find the IT crowd much more enjoyable.Blood Brain Barrier said:
Well the whole sub plot of Roy pretending to be crippled at the theater was great.
I did not know about this so thank you OP for informing me.
I also love the line where Richmond( I think...the goth? It's been a while) was describing his bad evening and says "I trod on a piece of Lego. Oh, it went right in the heel."
I did not know about this so thank you OP for informing me.
I also love the line where Richmond( I think...the goth? It's been a while) was describing his bad evening and says "I trod on a piece of Lego. Oh, it went right in the heel."