The IT Crowd – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com Sight through thought Fri, 27 Jan 2023 07:17:44 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://bensonium.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/NewEYEIcon-100x100.png The IT Crowd – Think Bensonium https://bensonium.com 32 32 Week 44: The work outing Part 2, The IT Crowd https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-44-the-work-outing-part-2-the-it-crowd/ https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-44-the-work-outing-part-2-the-it-crowd/#respond Fri, 27 Jan 2023 07:17:44 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=comedy&p=6120 In week 23 I posted some material from the series the IT crowd which was a brilliant series that screened in the naughties. Although all the episodes were very funny, two that were exceptionally good were “Are we not men?” (a nice reference to Devo there) and “The work outing“. I have already cited the first bit of the work outing in September last year so now it is time for the next instalment. For the context of where this sketch starts, click here to watch part I.

]]> https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-44-the-work-outing-part-2-the-it-crowd/feed/ 0 Week 23: Work outing part I, The IT Crowd https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-23-work-outing-part-i-the-it-crowd/ https://bensonium.com/sketch/week-23-work-outing-part-i-the-it-crowd/#respond Thu, 01 Sep 2022 23:00:21 +0000 https://bensonium.com/?post_type=comedy&p=5591 I think one of the funniest comedy series made in the teens of the 21st was the IT crowd. The concept of the series is based around the IT department of a big multinational (Reynholme industries) that produces a product that is never revealed (part of the comical concept of the whole series). The IT department consists of two geeky guys: a classical geek (Moss) and a more subtle geek (Roy) who boasts to his boss Jen in the final episode of the whole series that his girlfriend thinks he is on the “emotional artistic spectrum“. In some episodes (including this one) a goth called Richmond, who lives in the Server room, also puts in an appearance just to add to fun.

The series in general was brilliant but like all series, there were some episodes that were particularly funny. This clip is taken from the first episode of season 2 where Moss and Roy gate crash a date with their boss Jen who taken to the theatre by a bloke she hopes will be her next love interest. Unfortunately for her, he is gay and the musical he takes them to is not what one would describe as “mainstream”. Yet given this is Moss’s very first time at the theatre, he is very impressed, although, unbeknown to him and Roy, things are going to get interesting as the episode unfolds with Roy having to fake he is disabled and Moss ending up working behind the drinks counter and causing utter mayhem. All crazy stuff that generates a ton of very funny comedy. The clip below is the beginning of this very funny episode.

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