The IT Crowd - new series

[ebay sex moomin]

I don't dislike either of the main male actors in the IT Crowd, don't really care much for the female actor.

this has been bugging me- does anyone else think she looks like Georgina Baillie of Russell Brand infamy?

Katherine Parkinson (Jen from the IT crowd)

Georgina Baillie

 

[Structaural]

He stole a sex tape off me. Grrr.

Don't do heroin or buy a cat.

 

[Silva]

Matt Berry stole the show

A GUN!

I wonder if it's loaded
*aims at mouth*
*clicks*
No
*checks drawer*
Aaaah! Here we go!

 

[gentlegreen]

the canned laughter really grated with me.

Holy feck - is that for the yank market ?

 

[zoooo]

Nooo, the yanks have their own version of the show (still with the same Moss). Yikes.

this has been bugging me- does anyone else think she looks like Georgina Baillie of Russell Brand infamy?

Christ no. Katherine's attractive.

 

[ebay sex moomin]

ok, it's just me, I'll drop it

I read earlier on wiki (the font of all reliable knowledge) that the first series was filmed in front of a live studio audience, and series 2 and 3 were filmed at Pinewood studios. I'm guessing they didn't have a live a live audience for that...

that's gonna bug me now. I hate canned laughter- I won't be able to watch it if I find out they used it

 

[zoooo]

I'm 99% sure someone I know went to be in the audience for this series...

 

[fee]

crap...but look out for Free Agents in january on c4...new sit com with S horner..gonna be tops! (black books)

 

[zoooo]

Ooh, the one with Stephen Mangan?
The pilot was brilliant.

 

[fee]

thats the one! will be the talk of tv...!

 

[zoooo]

Ha!
I actually thought it was a whole series, but I must have been thinking of that one he did playing an alcoholic.


Anyway. I just checked, and this series of IT Crowd DEFINITELY had a live studio audience. So, make of that what you will.

 

[ebay sex moomin]

thanks for checking

I mean, it's never struck me as false, whereas in the new series of 'little britain US' (which I tried to watch for research purposes only) it was glaringly obvious that there was a laugh-track, and I didn't get past the second sketch of the first episode of the first show (notwithstanding that it was also crap)

I went to the HBO website to check it out, and on the Little Britain forum, everyone's moaning about the laugh-track.

 

[ebay sex moomin]

having not seen BBT, I'd personally liken 'IT crowd' to Chris Addison's 'lab rats'- enjoyable silliness without any groundbreaking aspect.

 

[zoooo]

Yeah, they do have the same feel.
But, even though I didn't hate Lab Rats or anything, I find IT Crowd muuuuuch funnier.

 

[Chz]

Add me to the list for finding BBT funnier (partly because Sheldon *is* an amalgram of a few grad students I used to know), but the IT Crowd is perfectly enjoyable. It's just not as funny as BBT is for me.

 

[gentlegreen]

Ha!
Anyway. I just checked, and this series of IT Crowd DEFINITELY had a live studio audience. So, make of that what you will.

I suppose it isn't that surprising that they could find an audience that would laugh at anything (cue cards ?) - you only have to consider "The Now Show" on Radio 4 (Punt and Dennis) ...

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I do love your occasional Matt Berry stories.

Give me more...

(What kiiind of sex tape?)

It was called 'War and Sex' It had a loose sort of story about occupied France.
Not much to tell apart from the fact that I had it when he came round and it was gone when he left.
He denied taking it but about six months later his flat mate told me about this ace video Matt had called 'War and Sex'.

Matt said my girlfriend gave it to him.

 

[fractionMan]

Any show that makes the joke..

"Ohh saturn 3, excellent.."

"Ahh but I wanted to watch DS9."

"How is DS9 better?"

"Well mathetmatically, it is 6 better."

"Why don't you two compromise and watch Babylon 5."

Gets my vote.

 

[Miss Potter]

does anybody know what was on Roy's t-shirt in Friday night's episode? It was a venn diagram, one circle said something like "music I like" and the other said "music you like" but I couldn't read the middle bit!

 

[Augie March]

 

[zoooo]

It is an ace t shirt.

It was called 'War and Sex' It had a loose sort of story about occupied France.
Not much to tell apart from the fact that I had it when he came round and it was gone when he left.
He denied taking it but about six months later his flat mate told me about this ace video Matt had called 'War and Sex'.

Matt said my girlfriend gave it to him.

Haha. Excellent.

 

[Lazy Llama]

It's not canned, it's filmed in front of a live audience.

Graham Linehan, who writes The IT Crowd, even has a blog entry about it.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It is an ace t shirt.



Haha. Excellent.

I prefer my story where he wanks onto someones bed to avenge a friend.

 

[zoooo]

It's not canned, it's filmed in front of a live audience.

Graham Linehan, who writes The IT Crowd, even has a blog entry about it.

It doesn't matter how many times we tell them!

 

[zoooo]

I prefer my story where he wanks onto someones bed to avenge a friend.

Oooooh.

You should compile a short book on the subject.

 

[5t3IIa]

I found the LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER totally loud and grating and couldn't physically watch more than 5 minutes.

 

[Augie March]

I seem to remember hearing Linehan on a commentary discussing the problems of having a live studio audience on a show with such a following like this one. Apparently, because the people in the audience are such fans, they'll inevitably wind up laughing at everything more so than anyone else. I think they actually have to edit their laughter sometimes because it's too much and ruins the scene.

 

[zoooo]

I found the LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE LAUGHTER totally loud and grating and couldn't physically watch more than 5 minutes.

Hee!
That's better.

I seem to remember hearing Linehan on a commentary discussing the problems of having a live studio audience on a show with such a following like this one. Apparently, because the people in the audience are such fans, they'll inevitably wind up laughing at everything more so than anyone else. I think they actually have to edit their laughter sometimes because it's too much and ruins the scene.

Yes. I can imagine that would be annoying. And a bit embarrassing.

 

[stavros]

To be honest, and I'm a gargantuan fan of Father Ted and liked Black Books and Big Train too, The IT Crowd isn't really rocking my boat. It hasn't got that surrealism in normality that FT had, and Moss is the only really good character for me.

 

[ebay sex moomin]

I seem to remember hearing Linehan on a commentary discussing the problems of having a live studio audience on a show with such a following like this one. Apparently, because the people in the audience are such fans, they'll inevitably wind up laughing at everything more so than anyone else. I think they actually have to edit their laughter sometimes because it's too much and ruins the scene.

aye, I can see that happening. he's a canny man that Linehan (I didn't mean that to rhyme ) It's one of the problems I have watching 'ponderland'- the laughter, tho genuine, just sounds a bit sucky to me, a bit sycophantic, like everyone's just waiting to laugh at anything Russell says. still, in the general scheme of things, it's probably not that important

I guess there's also a big difference between being in an audience, having been 'warmed up' and taking part in the general atmosphere, as opposed to watching the show on telly on your own, full of gin and regret, whilst eating cold beans out of a can with a spatula. er, I mean that just as an example, obviously