GreyHorace
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So earlier this week I made a thread about BBC's Sherlock on Netflix and how much I despise it. This time, I thought I'd counter the negativity by heaping praises of another show I've been binging on Netflix during the quarantine, the British sitcom The IT Crowd from Channel 4.
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I'd heard of the show before because of it's supposed 'rivalry' with The Big Bang Theory as they're both shows about nerds interacting with regular people. While The IT Crowd does have a couple of IT nerds as it's main characters, the focus is not on their awkward interactions with the people they work with. Rather, the show is all about putting it's characters in the most ridiculous and hilariously absurd situations that provide the most laughs. I've lost count at the number of times I've laughed my ass off at how the show goes insane with it's gags.
The three leads are brilliant and play well off each other. You have Chris O'Dowd as the wannabe ladies man Roy, Katherine Parkinson as the delightfully neurotic Jen, and of course, Richard Ayoade as Moss, probably one the greatest characters I've ever come across in a sitcom.
As I said, the show is fucking hilarious and has some of the most memorable gags, like the ridiculously long emergency number:
And thank God for this show coming out at a time before Britain became woke with social justice mania. It's got some really great politically incorrect humor, like the Gay musical:
The show is so funny even my mom has taken to watching it. But what about you GAF? What's your verdict on The IT Crowd?
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I'd heard of the show before because of it's supposed 'rivalry' with The Big Bang Theory as they're both shows about nerds interacting with regular people. While The IT Crowd does have a couple of IT nerds as it's main characters, the focus is not on their awkward interactions with the people they work with. Rather, the show is all about putting it's characters in the most ridiculous and hilariously absurd situations that provide the most laughs. I've lost count at the number of times I've laughed my ass off at how the show goes insane with it's gags.
The three leads are brilliant and play well off each other. You have Chris O'Dowd as the wannabe ladies man Roy, Katherine Parkinson as the delightfully neurotic Jen, and of course, Richard Ayoade as Moss, probably one the greatest characters I've ever come across in a sitcom.
As I said, the show is fucking hilarious and has some of the most memorable gags, like the ridiculously long emergency number:
And thank God for this show coming out at a time before Britain became woke with social justice mania. It's got some really great politically incorrect humor, like the Gay musical:
The show is so funny even my mom has taken to watching it. But what about you GAF? What's your verdict on The IT Crowd?
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