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'The IT Crowd' UK Sit-com
Nigsy writes "The Register reports that
"A new sitcom - set among IT workers in the dingy basement of a glamorous company - is due to arrive on the UK's Channel 4 next month. The IT Crowd, written by Graham Linehan (the scribe behind Father Ted, Black Books), will debut on the internet on 27 January, a week before its terrestrial broadcast on Friday, 3 February at 9.30pm."" Here's hoping that they have a consultant on the show to make it technically accurate.
Black Books and Father Ted are the funniest sitcoms in recent memory...dunno if BB has had any airings in the US yet but if not, go to your favourite torrent site^H^H online DVD store and watch some. I promise it will be the funniest thing you'll ever watch. Father Ted is equally funny.
Hopefully this will be just as good.
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Just out of interest, did you complain that Father Ted didn't accurately reflect the teachings of the Catholic Church?
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Isn't that fairly accurate? It seems that way from behind this keyboard...
Yes indeed...Simon Travaglia really does need to be onboard. Although I still hope that one day there will be a BOFH movie.
BTW among the "losers" in the basement is someone named Jen. So it seems there is a token geek grrl down there with the guys.
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If it's accurate, it probably won't be funny to the vast majority of people, and it will tank. We'll see. Perhaps it'll be great, and accurate.
On a side note, at my old company, the IT-ish guys were treated pretty well, and were the "social elite." Of course, we are comparing IT guys vs programmers here.
Yes, because technical accuracy is what makes comedy funny. I find the technical accuracy of Dilbert hilarious. Oh wait, there is nothing technical in Dilbert at all, and yet it's still funny. I wonder how he manages that?
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It doesn't have to be perfectly technically accurate, but I don't want to see any "Hey, I know this. This is UNIX!" moments. It kind of kills the moment.
BTW among the "losers" in the basement is someone named Jen. So it seems there is a token geek grrl down there with the guys. ... except, as becomes apparent early on, she's not a geek. She's been put there to manage them. (And this is where a big chunk of the comedy comes from. You'll have to trust me on this one.)
From the UK I do have to thank you on behalf of the producers of those programmes.
I'd alsolike to say that I did enjoy the first series of Friends, for a while.