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Good news for fans of smart comedy -- the best show currently on television, British nerd sitcom The IT Crowd (produced by the UK's Channel 4) just started its second season last week. I ended up downloading the season premiere this morning off BitTorrent, in fact, and just got done watching it; and I can happily say that so far, it looks like the second season might just turn out to be even funnier than the first.
For those who don't know, the show is about the three-person "Information Technology" staff at a boring stuffy corporation in England, and is absurdist in nature; in one infamous episode last year, for example, the staff discovers that a moody goth has actually been living in one of their back server rooms for years now, ala "Phantom of the Opera." The show is CONSTANTLY referencing geek subjects and working actual tech talk into the dialogue; the show has also gotten famous for displaying famous geek projects and causes (Boing Boing, the EFF, etc) via t-shirts and posters in the show's backgrounds. And by the way, it's fucking hilarious, and the American remake coming to NBC next year is going to be just as much a disaster as any other attempt over the years by American television networks to adapt a funny, smart British sitcom. (Do you remember, for example, CBS's disastrous attempt a number of years ago to do an American version of Absolutely Fabulous, called High Society and starring Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell? No, I didn't think you did!)
Anyway, just thought I'd let Americans know about the new season, for all you geeks who have been waiting patiently for it. Fire up them BitTorrent clients, ladies and gentlemen! Oh, and here are my favorite two lines from the season opener, by the way, which I can't stop saying out loud today and giggling:
"A gay musical called Gay. Well, that's a bit...gay."
And...
"You're Irish? Oh, I adore the Irish! They're all mad! They're all so mad!"
"Yes, yes, we're all insane."
For those who don't know, the show is about the three-person "Information Technology" staff at a boring stuffy corporation in England, and is absurdist in nature; in one infamous episode last year, for example, the staff discovers that a moody goth has actually been living in one of their back server rooms for years now, ala "Phantom of the Opera." The show is CONSTANTLY referencing geek subjects and working actual tech talk into the dialogue; the show has also gotten famous for displaying famous geek projects and causes (Boing Boing, the EFF, etc) via t-shirts and posters in the show's backgrounds. And by the way, it's fucking hilarious, and the American remake coming to NBC next year is going to be just as much a disaster as any other attempt over the years by American television networks to adapt a funny, smart British sitcom. (Do you remember, for example, CBS's disastrous attempt a number of years ago to do an American version of Absolutely Fabulous, called High Society and starring Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell? No, I didn't think you did!)
Anyway, just thought I'd let Americans know about the new season, for all you geeks who have been waiting patiently for it. Fire up them BitTorrent clients, ladies and gentlemen! Oh, and here are my favorite two lines from the season opener, by the way, which I can't stop saying out loud today and giggling:
"A gay musical called Gay. Well, that's a bit...gay."
And...
"You're Irish? Oh, I adore the Irish! They're all mad! They're all so mad!"
"Yes, yes, we're all insane."
