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Quote: chipolata @ 21st May 2021, 9:43 AMIsn't he working on a Father Ted musical?
IT Crowd is great, still as fresh and funny as when it came out. I just wish Linehan wasn't so weirdly obsessed with his anti-trans stuff. It cost his marriage (his words) and it does risk him pissing away a reputation that is richly deserved from shows like Father Ted and the IT Crowd. We get it, Graham, you don't like trans people, how about focussing on comedy instead of ranting?
Was he anti-trans or just against some of the stupid intolerance surrounding it? I have trans friends but the woke insensitivity to different opinions makes me livid.
From the slightly deranged rants I've seen, I think he might have/been having some mental health issues.
The trans thing just became the focus.
The IT crowd has quite a massive following among the expats in Australia. I only first watched it like two years back, after a colleague recommended it to me and I was instantly hooked.
Finally watched this on Nettits. Nice feelgood comedy, but not many belly laughs. With Chris Morris and Noel Fielding, I was expecting something far tougher and/or out-there, but you can't criticise something for not being what it isn't trying to be. Up and down, but I did like the gay episode.
I always thought Chris Morris was a slightly awkward fit for The IT Crowd. Matt Berry seemed far better suited.
I watched it from the start and loved it. I still can watch it over and over again.
Quote: Chappers @ 29th April 2022, 9:00 PMI watched it from the start and loved it. I still can watch it over and over again.
Same here. Along with Black Books and Father Ted, the trinity of 2000s era 'traditional sitcom meets off-the-wall', with the balance struck just about right.
The episode Michael Monkhouse mentioned above was one of my favourites, although the idea of the main female character dating a gay man in denial was also done very similarly in an episode of Black Books.
Also liked the robbery episode. I was trying desperately to remember where I'd seen the actor, and then realised he played a similar character in The Inbetweeners' Work Experience.
I've only just noticed the sunglasses sequence and won't give away the episode but it made me laugh. An Easter egg for the audience on filming day.
Chris Morris's maniac type character fitted in perfectly with the dysfunctional setting so it's a shame he wasn't in it more. He seems to be very selective about projects he gets involved in so his appearance in something is like a seal of quality.
Tyger Drew Honey (Outnumbered) had the IT Crowd as his specialist subject in Celebrity Mastermind.
I was pleased as I easily got the first 2 answers right then no more.
It's nearly nineteen years since this started, time has really flown. I still have a soft spot for most of this series, though Matt Berry did carry it a bit at the end. It is beyond satire and humanity what has happened to Graham since writing this, let alone the sub-human treatment he has faced from some of his once-proud colleagues. All for sticking up for women's rights. Nobody will repeat that episode with Lucy Montgomery in it now, in fear of being called every anti-woke thing under the sun.
Quote: tonecapone @ 23rd January 2025, 12:20 PMIt's nearly nineteen years since this started, time has really flown. I still have a soft spot for most of this series, though Matt Berry did carry it a bit at the end. It is beyond satire and humanity what has happened to Graham since writing this, let alone the sub-human treatment he has faced from some of his once-proud colleagues. All for sticking up for women's rights. Nobody will repeat that episode with Lucy Montgomery in it now, in fear of being called every anti-woke thing under the sun.
Was that the one who came from Iran?
Yes , it's takes all kinds to make a world.sing you canary.
I love The IT Crowd. It's great.
I prefer to keep that entirely separate from the writer's extreme positions in recent years. It's very sad really.
But the show is still great.