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'The IT Crowd' UK Sit-com

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the waiting-for-the-torrent dept.

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.

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  1. Black Books? Father Ted? HELLS YES by jb.hl.com · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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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  2. Technically Accurate? by Canonical+AC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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  3. Re:BOFH by yoz · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.)