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Cult comedy the IT Crowd is set to return to our screens for one last hurrah, with filming for a final episode understood to start in weeks. According to comic book website Bleeding Cool, the script was written last year and the cast are about to assemble to film one last 40-minute show. IT Crowd creator Graham Linehan …

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  1. TRT Silver badge
    Happy

    I wonder what OS their NLE system runs on?

    "Err... Vista."

    "WE'RE DOOMED!"

  2. Mike Pellatt
    Thumb Up

    I have to say - Katherine Parkinson is absolute genius in "Before the Party" at The Almeida, finishing its run tomorrow night.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      re: "Before the Party" at The Almeida

      How absolutely scrumptious of you to say so - dahling !

  3. Chad H.

    Its time to celebrate!

    Anyone up for a game of Street Countdown?

    1. Rikkeh
      Pint

      Re: Its time to celebrate!

      I came here to drink milk and kick ass. And I've just finished my milk.

      [There's no milk icon]

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Its time to celebrate!

      TNETENNBA

      1. Crazy Operations Guy

        Re: Its time to celebrate!

        Overnumerousness.

      2. Shane Lusby
        Thumb Up

        Re: Its time to celebrate!

        That's a nice tnetennba!

      3. Anonymous Coward
        Joke

        Re: TNETENNBA

        http://www.collinsdictionary.com/submission/4616/tnetennba

        Only, if only!

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Thank you for not mentioning "The Watch"

    A man has to earn a living, but still...

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: Thank you for not mentioning "The Watch"

      I wasted an hour and a half of my life watching that. Admittedly I was in a plane, but I could have stared at some clouds or something.

    2. Anonymous Coward
      Facepalm

      Re: Thank you for not mentioning "The Watch"

      Yeah, sadly such comedy does not seem to necessarily translate to or match the ideas of Hollywood. :(

  5. jai

    Well that's easy to remember:

    0118 999 881 999 119 7253

    1. Annihilator

      Dear sir or madam. Fire, exclamation mark. Fire, exclamation mark.

      1. Steve Knox
        Happy

        Ah, golf is so funny!

    2. Daniel B.

      haha, that number!

      And with the added pause before mentioning the last digit:

      0118 999 881 999 119 725......... 3

      "Which country am I speaking to?"

  6. Jack Project

    TNETENNBA

    1. Hieronymus Howerd

      ^that's a nice TNETENNBA

  7. Peter Gordon
    Thumb Up

    A fire?

    At Sea Parks?!

  8. RainForestGuppy

    What about Chris Morris!!

    He was briliant in the first series as the barking mad of Denholm Reynholm.

    The episode where he thanked everybody (including the toilet cleaners) except the IT team for making the new system a success was so true to life.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: What about Chris Morris!!

      There were plenty of true to life, right to the bone depictions of a real IT worker in the IT Crowd.

      For example, me buried here in my basement... no one on the upper two floors really knows what I do. If I'm even in, or whatever. I'm pretty much a real life interpretation of Richmond, well, a non goth Richmond... but you get the point.

      1. Andrew Moore

        Re: What about Chris Morris!!

        Oh look, Richmond's still alive.

  9. W.O.Frobozz

    Cuke?

    It's like heaven in a can!

  10. Richard Wharram
    Go

    "We don't need no education"

    "Yes you do. You've just used a double negative."

    \o/

  11. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    So glad these are still live!

    http://www.reynholm.co.uk/

    http://www.friendface.co.uk/

    http://www.howlonghaveyougot.com/

    1. Roby

      Re: So glad these are still live!

      http://www.ladyproblems.org.uk/

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Thumb Up

        Re: So glad these are still live!

        Good catch! I never knew about that one. It's those kind of touches that makes certain TV shows really stand out from the rest. Whenever I hear a 'fictional' website in a TV show, I can never resit seeing if it exists. NOt found any though. Anyone else?

    2. djack

      Re: So glad these are still live!

      Thanks for those, I never knew that http://www.reynholm.co.uk/ existed. I'm sorting my Reynholm security pass now :)

      BTW you missed out on http://www.ladyproblems.org.uk/

    3. Anonymous Coward
      Thumb Up

      Re: So glad these are still live!

      Wow, they went to real trouble... even the pw files, in plain text. :D

      http://www.reynholm.co.uk/~moss/files/pw.store/77258149.pw

  12. Dom 3

    That line.

    Why is it funny? If you've ever had to support typical users you'll have said it a bajillion times.

    If you had a sitcom set in a bar, would the barman asking "would you like ice with that?" somehow become hailed as an example of comic writing genius?

    1. Why Not?
      Boffin

      Re: That line.

      Yes but if every other customer asked if the Banana Daquari contained Bananas that observation would be funny.

      Its the combination of communication,observation & timing that makes things funny.

    2. Steve Knox
      Boffin

      Re: That line.

      Why is it funny? If you've ever had to support typical users you'll have said it a bajillion times.

      I was going to post a short quip ridiculing you for posting this question, but I've done that type of thing a bajillion times.Instead, I'm going to assume you're not a troll, and just completely uninformed on the topic on the humor of the banal.

      The entire point of the joke is that support has said it a bajillion times, and than users have heard it a bajillion times. So everyone, upon hearing it, can immediately relate to the situation. Meanwhile, Chris's excellent delivery of the line manages to convey that:

      • he has done this a bajillion times,
      • he uses this line as a stock "solution" for pretty much every problem a user calls with, and
      • he is currently motivated more out of contempt for users than a real desire to help.

      This sets up a situation which is so obviously stereotypical as to be comical. That is the humor of the banal in a nutshell.

      Bajillion!

    3. Annihilator
      Facepalm

      Re: That line.

      "Why is it funny? If you've ever had to support typical users you'll have said it a bajillion times."

      I think you've answered your own question there...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2FB1P_Mn8

      1. Dom 3
        FAIL

        Re: That line.

        Ah. I see.

        I think I only watched a couple of initial episodes - a combination of me not being that much of a telly watcher, and not living in the UK at the time. So AFAICR I only heard the line delivered the first time it was used, and (honestly) had not realised that it was a running gag.

        So thanks to all for taking the time to clear that one up for me.

        (I particularly like the reel-to-reel tape recorder one).

        I shall award myself a "FAIL" icon.

    4. 4.1.3_U1

      Re: That line.

      "If you had a sitcom set in a bar"

      istr that this scenario featured in some sitcom before somewhere.

      Bring it on again.

      1. John Brown (no body) Silver badge
        Pint

        Re: That line.

        "istr that this scenario featured in some sitcom before somewhere."

        Yes, Coach!

    5. Wayland Sothcott 1

      Re: That line.

      It's the very repetition that makes it funny. It's the fact that we all know most IT problems can be solved by turning it off and on when IT is supposed to be fantastically complicated. It was hilarious when they had a large reel to reel tape machine answering the phone and suggesting the user turned it off and on again and phone back in 10 minutes if that did not fix the problem.

      1. gzuckier

        Re: That line.

        I use that all the time for computer questions:

        "The data warehouse shows all the customers with the same phone number"

        "Hmm.... have you tried turning your computer off and turning it on again?'

        "Huh? Seriously?"

  13. CraPo
    Stop

    Chris O'Dowd...is now a bona fide Hollywood star?

    But has he actually done anything good? Given the number of people from over here, performing over there, as one of them, his has to be the worst accent.

    Even over here he's rubbish e.g. Moone Boy, although that might have more to do with Sky than O'Dowd.

    It's been down hill since The I.T. Crowd as far as I'm concerned.

    1. Steve Knox
      Trollface

      Re: Chris O'Dowd...is now a bona fide Hollywood star?

      Chris O'Dowd...is now a bona fide Hollywood star? But has he actually done anything good?

      Of course not. He wouldn't be a bona fide Hollywood star if that were the case.

    2. jai

      Re: Chris O'Dowd...is now a bona fide Hollywood star?

      my gf thought he was brilliant in Bridesmaids...

    3. danny_0x98

      Re: Chris O'Dowd...is now a bona fide Hollywood star?

      Greetings from geographic and professional adjacency to Hollywood adjacent.

      He is the face of a series that is about to premiere on HBO, so, if he isn't a star, exactly, he's getting work.

      1. Martipar

        Re: Chris O'Dowd...is now a bona fide Hollywood star?

        Frequently asked questions about time travel, nuff said really.

  14. Andy Miller
    Facepalm

    Dammit

    Now my complete box set will be incomplete.....

    1. Richard Wharram

      Re: Dammit

      I read that 4 times before it came through as "box set" rather than "sex bot".

      I preferred my reading.

  15. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Knew my career was about to tank after this show launched!

    To make matters worse it starred a fellow Irish muppet.

    Credibility couldn't get any lower after that, neither could the ol' paycheck!

  16. xyz Silver badge
    Happy

    Ah yes...

    The box that housed the internet.

    Typing Google into Google

    and my personal favourite, the long Russianesque march to the smoking shelter. I've done it so many times.

    1. Peter Simpson 1
      Happy

      Re: Ah yes...

      I built a copy of The Internet for my daughter's birthday. She's in IT and a fan. She thought it was brilliant. Only the most refined of her coworkers appreciated it.

      1. neek
        Thumb Up

        Re: Ah yes...

        Best Dad award contender, there :)

  17. Benchops

    I think it'll be a bit of a damp squid

    1. Uncle Slacky Silver badge

      Don't put it on a pedal stool either...

    2. BenDwire Silver badge
      Headmaster

      I think you'll find most squid are damp...(apart from the proxy servers of that name)

      You meant "squib"

      1. tfewster
        Headmaster

        damp squi[d|b]

        Sorry, it's deliberate reference to a joke from the show:

        http://theitcrowd.wikia.com/wiki/Divorce_trial_of_Douglas_and_Victoria_Reynholm

        1. BenDwire Silver badge
          Facepalm

          Re: damp squi[d|b]

          I bow to your superior recollection! Apologies all ...

  18. BossHog
    IT Angle

    Where's the IT angle?

    Oh, wait. Yeah.

  19. Annihilator

    Ever seen the US pilot?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNPj3jXhzgw

    Weird seeing original Moss

  20. ecofeco Silver badge
    Unhappy

    I can only WISH we had this show

    Another great show that will never make it across the pond except in limited markets regions.

    1. Crazy Operations Guy

      Re: I can only WISH we had this show

      There was a short-lived version made for North America, but it was terrible and it never made it passed the pilot broadcast.

    2. Darryl

      Re: I can only WISH we had this show

      Netflix is your friend

      That's where I was introduced

    3. admiraljkb

      Re: I can only WISH we had this show

      Since the "Hollywood marketeers" generally do poorly remaking British Shows, that's a good thing. (American Coupling and Red Dwarf come to mind)

      The IT Crows is on Netflix though.

      1. Wize

        Re: I can only WISH we had this show

        They mess the shows around too much when they remake them.

        UK Version - Boss is an idiot and the team can outsmart him.

        US Version - Boss is a genius and the IT people are idiots.

        Puts a different spin on the characters and makes them less endearing. Though the change was probably made by someone in a boss type position who is an idiot but wants to make his position appear to have the upper hand rather than his subordinates.

  21. Anonymous Coward
    Thumb Up

    Exit music for an episode

    For some reason, I'm hoping that the end credits play over the Piano Coda from the end of Eric Clapton's Layla....

  22. A J Stiles
    FAIL

    Transphobic

    Series 3, Episode 4 ruined the entire show for me with its cheap transphobic "humour".

    It might have been redeemed, had the joke only been on Reynholm as the only transphobic one in a bunch of otherwise indifferent people; but as the episode was presented, the audience were expected to join in with the jibes at the expense of April [the transsexual character]. This really is not acceptable in the 21st century.

    1. Triggerfish

      Re: Transphobic

      You know it never even occurred to me to think that it was a jibe at transsexuals.

      I thought that episode was excellent the fight scene was magic.

    2. Mephistro

      Re: Transphobic

      When I watched that episode, I thought the joke was on the transphobics. All of them, with Reynholm leading, acted quite ridiculously.

      And even if I was wrong and you`re right... C'mon, man, its a COMEDY, and in comedies the usual thing is to attack everybody and everything.

    3. __________

      Re: Transphobic

      I didn't take it as transphobic. April opened up emotionally to Douglas. When Douglas showed himself to be small minded and rejecting the person he fell in love with, in the crassest terms, she got revenge.

      Later on, as he modifies the sketch, he is showing regret

  23. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I'll watch it if they bring back Exec Producer Ash Attalla (Series 1-3). When he left, Series 4 was pants compared to the rest. That is the reason series 5 was never made even though it had already been greenlit.

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  25. Ian Watkinson
    Happy

    http://www.reynholm.co.uk/intranet/resources.php

    Love the fact that that it encourages you to go into the intranet and play...

    1. Dave 126

      Re: http://www.reynholm.co.uk/intranet/resources.php

      username and password required... I tried a few variations of admin, user, admin, 1234, password before I cheated and googled the link!

      1. Ian Watkinson
        FAIL

        Re: http://www.reynholm.co.uk/intranet/resources.php

        You've going to kick yourself for it @Dave 126, simply be a good Reynholm employee, and reset your password :-)

        1. Jim Carter
          Trollface

          Re: http://www.reynholm.co.uk/intranet/resources.php

          Ah, taking the lonely road...

      2. Anonymous Coward
        Headmaster

        Re: http://www.reynholm.co.uk/intranet/resources.php

        Ahem... http://www.reynholm.co.uk/~moss/files/pw.store/77258149.pw

        Was about my 4th click on the site.... what? No, I don't try to bypass sites, I am just curious. And it's rather obvious that's where the joke site is leading (to poor website design and passwords sent on blogs/facebook messages :P ).

    2. Steve Knox
      Big Brother

      Re: http://www.reynholm.co.uk/intranet/resources.php

      "Update: Roy, here's the files you wanted."

  26. Triggerfish

    Faaather

    1. Frumious Bandersnatch

      re: Faaather!

      Daamn these electric sex pants!

  27. Jaruzel
    Thumb Down

    Damn You, Matt Berry.

    Matt Berry ruined it.

    When he joined, the writing became more focused on the relationship between him and Jen, than on the actual 'IT Crowd' of Jen/Moss/Roy :( Less IT focused jokes too.

    Due to that, it just became another so-so low-budget sitcom. The Chris Morris era was SO much better (and I hate Chris Morris usually).

  28. Steve Evans

    Matt Berry

    Matt Berry is the voice of pretty much every jingle and promo on Absolute radio.

    Never fails to make me smile.

  29. Mystic Megabyte
    Linux

    upgrade

    I hope that Moss will still have an Ubuntu sticker on the back of his monitor. Bonus nerdy points to those that spotted it.

    http://img01.imagecanon.com/_upload/img/87/ubuntu_sticker.png

    I wonder if Reynholm Industries will have updated to Win 8. Oops! Switching it of and on again probably won't work this time, still no start button.

    Brilliantly written series, great acting!

  30. ElPoto
    Thumb Up

    "I'm disabled" episode

    I remember: They are in a theater, after the play, Jen with a puzzled face just saw Roy in a wheelchair … then she turns and… “excuse me” “yes mam” and it is Moss in a bartender’s uniform.

    I think I had a mini-stroke, so hard I laughed. I felt dizzy.

  31. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Turning it on and off again

    Was working with a sysadmin on Friday who said something along the lines of ". . . I might have to reboot it, this can't be right it's supposed to be Linux that needs rebooting not AIX!", nb for anyone interested I'm fairly sure it didn't require a reboot in the end.

  32. croc

    Optional

    cow orkers.

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