The IT Crowd on NETFLIX

Their names are Richard Ayoade, Chris O'Dowd and Katherine Parkinson, and they're all brilliant.

Isn't this show like 15 years old?

OP - there's another show called LOST that's all the rage too!

[quote] Isn't this show like 15 years old?

And here I thought it was a “period” sitcom, with accurate “then” technology, graphics, and references to Amazon (as a book store) and Harry Potter. Was it actually filmed in the 90s/00s?

The mixed race nerd is gorgeous 😍.

It pre-dates TBBT, R3/OP.

Wait... I'm American and I can't believe OP has never heard of this show.

It's a classic, one of the best UK sitcoms ever, up there with Fawlty Towers and Black Adder and it certainly launched O'Dowd's career.

Have you really never heard of it OP or are you just putting us on.

(Regardless, did not realize it was on Netflix now, so thanks for that.)

[quote] Was it actually filmed in the 90s/00s?

If only there was a way to find that out

Multiple ways even

What is Chris O'Dowd's accent called? He has that really annoying kind of English accent. Is that from a specific county / province / whatever?

One of my absolute favorite shows of all time. I rewatch it every few years

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when I can't find anything I want to watch

[quote]What is Chris O'Dowd's accent called? He has that really annoying kind of English accent. Is that from a specific county / province / whatever?

It's called an Irish accent.

r9, I think it's Irish?

Richmond is the best

Matt Berry is hilarious too. I'll watch anything with him now.

Chris O'Dowd also sports a massive dong; I love the show too.

The 2006 version of Chris O'Dowd or Richard Ayoade could do absolutely whatever they wanted with me.

(Yeah I know they're both straight.)

That isn't a normal Irish accent. It has to be from a specific area. The one-eyed guy from Harry Potter has it too.

[quote]That isn't a normal Irish accent. It has to be from a specific area.

Dublin, IIRC. Very different accent from the rest of Ireland.

This show was my first introduction to most of these actors. Have loved them all ever since. I recently went through a phase of watching old episodes of The Big Fat Quiz on YouTube, on which Richard Ayoade and Noel Fielding are often paired up. They are very funny together. Though the only joke I now remember is the host introducing them as "a geography teacher and his pet crow."

It's one of those shows I've heard of but got into it recently thanks to Netflix algorithms and my love for Matt Berry. Did it air in the US when it was originally on?

Love love love this show and everyone in it. I too watch it every few years or so. Matt Berry is great in Toast of London and What We Do In the Shadows!

It's older than TBBT, probably an "inspiration" too

Nothing against Matt Berry but I slightly preferred the first boss. I thought that character was more satirical and I liked that vibe more than Berry's more farcical tone.

I think my favorite ep is the one where they think Jen is dead. But there's so many good ones it's hard to choose.

Chris Morris was the first boss Denham, father to Matt Berry’s Douglas. Knowing Morris, he probably only wanted to do one season and then return to his own projects.

[quote] Did it air in the US when it was originally on?[/quote]

No but they attempted a US version with Joel McHale in the O’Dowd role with Ayoade coming over to play Moss. Apparently the pilot was terrible and the project was shelved.

Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade first worked together on Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace which is one of the most out there, hilarious shows ever made. If you haven’t seen it, give it a go— all six eps are on YouTube.

The best episode is when Jen is asked on a date to see "Gay: The Musical", and Roy and Moss come along.

Roy is mistaken for a disabled man.

And Moss is mistaken for a bartender. It's all very funny.

Oh gawd, I'd head about the US pilot and blotted out the memory. Good thing it never made it to air. But then, I can't stand Joel McHale.

I read about a third of Ayoade On Top, his deadpan pseudo-academic analysis of the film View From The Top (starring DL fave Gwyneth Paltrow.) It's pretty amusing but it's essentially one joke stretched out for 200 pages. One day I put it down and never picked it up again.

Another favorite ep is "Jen The Fredo" in which Jen is supposed to entertain clients from out of town and gets them to play Dungeons and Dragons with Moss and Roy.

R25 'I'm disabled! They stolen my wheelchair!' never fails to crack me up

There was an American version of The IT Crowd with Richard Ayoade and it bombed terribly, but allegedly lead to the development of The Big Bang theory.

And OP, Richard Ayoade IS a nerd, he doesn't play at it.

Chris Morris was the first Reynholm, he's hilarious and a very smart man.

The "I'm disabled" episode of The IT Crowd is the worst by far, clumsily written and really homophobic, so of course some DLer loves it.

Katherine Parkinson’s Jen is hilarious! And she’s so pretty and nice to look at too.

My dad's nerdy cousin met Matt Berry once and shouted "FATHEEEEER" at him

I liked that I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU'RE FROM IRAN episode. That fight was hilarious.

Katherine Parkinson is really good, the episode where she's dating a guy that she suddenly realizes looks like a magician is one of my favorites.

Richard Ayoade is great. Watch both of his series Gadget Man and Travel Man. Both hilarious.

He is married to Lydia Fox, sister of the detestable Laurence Fox. I bet their family dinners are something else.

I didn't know Lydia Fox was Laurence's sister. My goodness, that must cause some tension in the family.

my fave episode, The internet

still funny

I wish the internet episode wasn't marred by the weird subplot of Douglas dating a trans woman. It's pretty transphobic. It's a bummer, especially because the main plot is so fricken funny.

I can't get past the laugh track

R39 it's filmed in front of an audience, no laugh track in UK sitcom.

I went to a recording of Upstart crow, it's a nice experience.

There are stories of rewrites being done AS the episode was filmed in front of a live audience, I suppose they might sweeten the laugh track some but it's not all canned laughter.

R17 / R18 it’s nothing like the Dublin accent - he’s from Roscommon in the mid-west of the county. It’s a generic sort of country accent. Dublin accent (of which there are several) is entirely different.

Irish accents are wildly different to each other but maintain similar treatments of vowels as a connection to each other. And accents will change over sometimes a very short distance, you could have two identifiably different accents a kilometer apart.

[quote][R17] / [R18] it’s nothing like the Dublin accent - he’s from Roscommon in the mid-west of the county. It’s a generic sort of country accent. Dublin accent (of which there are several) is entirely different.

Got it, thanks.

[quote] I think my favorite ep is the one where they think Jen is dead.

Just saw that one this morning. The floating screaming Jen head had me in stitches for hours into the day.

This show is and will always be funny. Also it's a sharply written satire.

You wouldn't steal a baby!

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[quote] The floating screaming Jen head had me in stitches for hours into the day.

I rarely laugh out loud when I'm watching TV alone, but that bit got a weird hyena noise out of me.

Kinda surprised the show didn't use a laugh track. The sound editor certainly made some strong choices.

They reunited for a travel show.

If you had to, absolutely, simply, had to, who would you have sex with, Roy or Moss. No you can't say they are both disgusting. We know that.

R49 I love that episode of Travel Man. When they take the mini cars out into the city, zooming around in and out of traffic!

R51 when they accidentally break a very expensive bowl, they felt like shit...

This series is a CLASSIC and one of the very few shows I've watched all the way through multiple times.

Chris O'Dowd's character's monologue about being kissed on the butt by his masseuse.

Jen introducing "The Internet."

The bike episode.

The episode involving the wheelchair.

And of course the episode where Jen is avoiding a co-worker she slept with, the guys tell her that she's "dead" as the excuse for why she can't see him and the guy not only believes it but thinks she's haunting him because he keeps seeing her.