@@rakeogh4727 which first series? Black Books with Dylan Moran, IT with? and Father Ted with Arthur Mathews. That sounds like a major, sustained talent to me.
@mcborge1 You beat me to it; it still exists, but integrated into Currys stores, in the same way that a lot of Argos stores are in Sainsburies stores; well, almost the same :)
@@Sicram Super nerd here. PC World and Currys are actually both part of Dixons Retail plc. You used to have Dixons, Currys and PC World as three separate stores, but I think all of them are now just called "Currys PC World".
It might be the end, but there are plenty of great British comedies out there. I strongly recommend the hidden gem GARTH MERENGHI'S DARKPLACE next. It's crazy, and has some familiar faces that you love. 😊
Creators of IT crowd and Father Ted made another quite funny series called Black Books. It is maybe not as good as these two but still crazy and funny. You should try to watch it. But unfortunatelly it is not as favorite.
I would recommend next, in order 1. Garth Meranghis Darkplace - It stars Richard Aoyade and Matt Berry, it's short (6 epissodes), extremely surreal and very funny. 2. Black Books - Graham Linehan co-created it with Dylan Moran (lead actor) and was one of the writers (1st season). Great writing, amazing cast and fantastic cameos from many funny comedians of the time 3. The Mighty Boosh - Strap in and come with us on now on a journey, through time and space ....
I went to a Snooker hall in Glasgow with my dad one Sunday evening (I was a teenager). When we finished playing my dad took me to the bar for a coke and just as we walked in, a drunk and abusive guy was being thrown out. It was my History teacher. I had History the following morning. I asked him why he got thrown out of the Snooker hall last night. If looks could kill......
The look would be 50% from your audacity to question him, but also 50% from him having a raging headache due to "bein' oan the swally" as we say in dundee. Wha gets leathered the night before an early start? Ooof!
Theres a reference to "cat bin lady" who was a real woman caught on CCTV putting a cat into a wheelie bin so it couldn't escape, and she was hated by the entire country from that point onwards, the cat was fine though
Shame you cut out the bit Douglas breaks into a car using his previously acquired robot hand only to comedically realise it’s his own car that he’s smashed! Classic
I think what makes the internet joke so funny for me is that i think this episode was 3 years after the series ended ..and about 5 years after the original joke
The fella on the right hand side during the game board section plays Navid in the excellent Still Game. He was also in a few funny wee skits with angelos Epithemiou and Bob Morimer for fosters a while back
Now come on King Boomer. The woman did not make a noise like a deranged turkey when Jen dropped the coin in her cup of coffee. She said "what the hell did you do that for?" Only she ran it all together and didn't articulate any of the consonants. She's kind of like Kenny from South Park. You can tell what she's saying if you pay attention most of the time but it's hard.
We have loved watching The It Crowd again 👋😀 There are so many great British comedies. From the best and most popular Only Fools and Horses to Dads Army to Just Good Friends to Bread to The Thin Blue Line to Gimme Gimme Gimme to Derry Girls to Rising Damp to Not Going Out the list is endless 🔥👌
Paul Revere actually cried "The Redcoats are coming" - a lot of the colonists who considered themselves revolutionary still regarded themselves as British at the time.
Exactly. I remember I pissed off an American tourist in London once because they described the founding fathers as one of the finest generations of Americans and I replied with "Yeah, because they were British." I was clearly joking but an amused American they were not.
What I loved about the last episode is they made a proper episode instead of a thrown together gimmicky program. It was a true reflection of the quality of the show. Made me very happy.
So sad that this is the last episode of "IT Crowd"to react to. Lmao, Moss subtly roasting Douglas is one of the best moments. "Book recommendation? I can't read!" LMAO, he sounds so proud about it. "Coffee Tramp Toss Bitch"and "Small Person Racist".
Darkplace is must watch, but I'm also recommending Saxondale. Everyone bangs on about Alan Partridge so much that Saxondale tends to get forgotten. Rock group roadie turned middle aged pest control operative with anger management issues. Its great.
11:42 - I was this years old when I realised that this Peter Stringfellow character here was played by Super Hans (Matt King) from Cheap Show. Maybe I clocked that years ago but had just plain forgotten. It caught me out this time of watching this episode.
If you love Kathy Burke from what she did with Harry Enfield then I recommend a sitcom she was in called "Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie." It does not contain Harry Enfield and it will probably take a few episodes but it is really really good. It is from 1999-2001.
Matt King (a.k.a Superhans in peep show) is Raymond Peterfellow which is a play on Peter Stringfellow who was an owner of several lap dancing bars. Almost forgot he was in this episode alongside Sanjeev Kohli best known for his role as Naveed in Still Game.
Hi King & Queen Boomer, I know I keep saying you should watch 'Garth Marenghis Dark Place' but if you love Moss & Mr Renholm then you will love, love, LOVE! 'Dark Place' Moss (Richard Ayoade) is so funny in it and think his best/funniest role and Matt Berry (Douglas/Mr Renholm) is his typical self being hilarious! Only one series ever made think 6 episodes so wont take long to get through.
Having seen what makes you laugh, I reckon "Coupling" would have you out of your chair quite a few times but "Black Books" is another silly one that might be further up your list. "Green Wing" is also pretty silly and has multiple great weird characters (including Mark Heap who played Jim in Friday Night Dinner).
Please do Black Books or Mighty Boosh next. Richmond is really famous in Britain. He is called Noel Fielding and he is best known for Mighty Boosh. You would love it.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace should be your next reaction series. It's only six episodes, but it is top-notch from start to finish. It also has Richard Ayoade and Matt Berry in it.
Thanks so much, KB and QB! Really enjoyed your reactions to stuff I’ve loved and been “brought up on” this side of The Pond. At the risk of duplicating suggestions, or saturating your ideas, have you encountered any of the following gems (IMHO) of British comedy? … ‘Man Down’, ‘Black Books’, ‘The Armando Iannucci Shows’, ‘Toast of London’ and ‘Absolutely’ (not to be confused with the also good ‘Absolutely Fabulous’). All surprisingly underrated and off most people’s comedy radars, but cult classics of alternative British comedy. Also worth considering the one season ‘Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place’, which features Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade.
Yes, that is Ashley McGuire ("Shakira" from the Cafe in Man Down) as the homeless lady - also check out her hysterically frightening performance as amateur tattooist "Big Mandy" in "This Country" (BBC)
Wonderful stuff! I used to watch The IT Crowd with my young kids, years ago. I realise that I was watching the censored version. I don't know what I would have done if some of the naughty stuff had come on!
There’s so many more British sitcoms to discover 😂 wish I could go back and watch them for the first time Blackadder goes fourth Red dwarf The thick of it There’s a endless list
"Blackadder goes FORTH"! (Goodness me what do they teach in schools nowadays!) The whole Blackadder series (series of series?) is brilliant but that last one of WWI is just the best. Don't anybody tell them about what happens in the very last episode though.
When you mentioned crazy history teachers, it immediately made me think of the show “Strangers With Candy.” It has Stephen Colbert, before he was famous, as a . . . well . . . crazy history teacher. Well worth checking out.
My uncle died a couple of years ago. My dad and his 5 remaining siblings carried the coffin through the church, on their knees, to “Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go”.
I laughed so loudly when Jen threw the coffee over the homeless woman 😂 and then I wept when Moss turned the light out 😢. My favourite British comedy came to an end but I have loved watching you react to it and have enjoyed it all over again.
I have to thank you for introducing me to such a wonderfully wacky comedy "The IT crowd". I'm old and don't have a TV and even though I'm a Londoner and a raging commie I'm very grateful. You made me laugh out loud. And great to see you both and er the baby? I've never seen it or the show.
My son is autistic. When he was first diagnosed I broke the news by messaging family. Predictive text changed it to artistic spectrum. My family responded with don't know what artistic spectrum is but we'll give him all the support he needs. Now when I watch this episode I laugh and cringe at the same time.
The reference to "Cat bin lady" - I remember the national outrage at that older woman putting a cat into a wheeliebin! There was a national campaign to find her & jail her, it went on for weeks!! I'm not kidding!!
The guy who did the News is a legit Uk legend, and a newsman, his name is John Snow and he is a fking legend. He's done other shows but he is a well respected newscaster and journalist who has a sense of humour.
My daughter is an artist and one of her friends designed Jen's office. He based it on butt plugs, if you look at her knick knacks you'll see it. That's why it was funny when Rhynholm ate one of her toys.
Fortunately every season has a long blooper reel to react to :) also! A few episodes of Travel Man feature IT Crowd actors and it kinda feels like the show all over again. I guess these actors can't help but play off eachother like they used to.
Katherine Parkinson (Jen) is really good in a dramatic role in the UK show 'Humans'. It also has Gemma Chan who was one of the actors in the Star Trek bit on The IT Crowd.
5:51 I hate when people do that to me, like, I'm musician, so sometimes I show songs to friends, I do it really expecting a true opinion, but sometimes they respond like "you're so great!" and I know I'm not, so I know they're not being honest
So sad to see this is over! Its been a great watch with you both! If i could make a recommendation for you both, I recommend you both watch " BOTTOM " its old classic, but so funny!
So in a week I have seen Matt Berry in Fallout and Chris O’Dowd in The Big Door Prize and they had trouble with something and he said, ‘Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in again’.
"AD/BC" is another relatively unknown watch. Matt Berry and Richard Ayoade and a cameo of the Mighty Boosh crew. It's a spoof on Jesus Christ Superstar.
@KIng Boomer , Scottish Muppet here , You should get round to watching Brassic with Ryan Sampson who you know as Grumio from Plebs . The show is dark comedy gold . If you think that IT Crowd , The Inbetweeners & Plebs were NUTS then Brassic goes up another level . I'm glad you watched the final episode of IT Crowd as i got to see it for the first time also , back when the show first aired i watched every episode apart from the last one and now 11 years later i finally got to see it . I was surprised to see Sanjeev Kohli in this episode he played Booth one of Moss's game board friends . But you've seen him before as Navid in Still Game , You should also revisit Still Game and give it more of a chance . It's by far the funniest post millenium Uk comedy , there are dozens of American Reactors to this show and they all love it . Americans did struggle with the accent at first but got used to it and understood it all with each episode they watched . But you and Queen Boomer did a great job keeping us entertained during IT Crowd episodes . Thank You .
