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Ed Willson Message #73760, posted by eddyosaysyo at 14:40, 28/1/2006
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Did anyone catch this C4 sitcom? If not, you can watch the first episode if you have WMP.
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Phil Mellor Message #73761, posted by monkeyson2 at 14:44, 28/1/2006, in reply to message #73760
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Moss! :P
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Ed Willson Message #73763, posted by eddyosaysyo at 19:44, 28/1/2006, in reply to message #73761
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Now we know what's been taking him so long.
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Phil Mellor Message #73778, posted by monkeyson2 at 17:43, 29/1/2006, in reply to message #73763
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OMG it *IS* moss! :P
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Ed Willson Message #73782, posted by eddyosaysyo at 20:55, 29/1/2006, in reply to message #73778
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"Moss lives with his mum, who also dresses him, styles his hair and buys his clothes. He's highly intelligent, scared of spiders and has the social skills of a serial killer. The closest he's got to a woman is Lara Croft, and he struggles to communicate with anything that doesn't have a keyboard."

Definatly him!
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Jeffrey Lee Message #73783, posted by Phlamethrower at 21:33, 29/1/2006, in reply to message #73782
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He's highly intelligent
I think not :P
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Ian Cook Message #73784, posted by ilcook at 21:59, 29/1/2006, in reply to message #73783
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He's highly intelligent
I think not :P
I wonder who that reminds me of. :E












And it isn't me.
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Andrew Poole Message #73786, posted by andypoole at 02:37, 30/1/2006, in reply to message #73760
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Did anyone catch this C4 sitcom? If not, you can watch the first episode if you have WMP.
Hm, could've been worse, I suppose :)

Tha laughter track is a bit annoying, though..
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John Hoare Message #73787, posted by moss at 02:50, 30/1/2006, in reply to message #73786

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The best new sitcom I've seen in ages. Wonderful.

Erm... Moss *does* sound exactly like me. I'm not even kidding :|

Tha laughter track is a bit annoying, though..
In what way? Not all sitcoms suit laugh tracks, certainly, but I think that one is exactly the sort that does.
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Andrew Poole Message #73788, posted by andypoole at 08:29, 30/1/2006, in reply to message #73787
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The best new sitcom I've seen in ages.
Tha laughter track is a bit annoying, though..
In what way? Not all sitcoms suit laugh tracks, certainly, but I think that one is exactly the sort that does.
I dunno, it just seems to annoy me
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Phil Mellor Message #73789, posted by monkeyson2 at 09:06, 30/1/2006, in reply to message #73788
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In what way? Not all sitcoms suit laugh tracks, certainly, but I think that one is exactly the sort that does.
I dunno, it just seems to annoy me
They're ok as long as they're not too loud (eg. Alan Partridge 2) and don't have the audient member with the world's most annoying laugh.
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John Hoare Message #73805, posted by moss at 22:23, 30/1/2006, in reply to message #73789

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In what way? Not all sitcoms suit laugh tracks, certainly, but I think that one is exactly the sort that does.
I dunno, it just seems to annoy me
They're ok as long as they're not too loud (eg. Alan Partridge 2) and don't have the audient member with the world's most annoying laugh.
I never noticed it being too loud on IAP2, although I understand that they realised the mix was too loud, and remixed it for the later episodes. Possibly they remixed the earlier ones as well for the DVD? Of course, someone may have got it wrong and it might never have been remixed at all - Media Guardian managed to report at the time that IAP1 didn't have a laugh track. Erm, yes it did, and it's always had one...

Anyway, I love laugh tracks on sitcoms - at least, the right ones. They enhance both the atmosphere and the performances immensely.
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Andrew Poole Message #73808, posted by andypoole at 22:33, 30/1/2006, in reply to message #73805
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Anyway, I love laugh tracks on sitcoms - at least, the right ones. They enhance both the atmosphere and the performances immensely.
Sometimes I like them, sometimes I don't. I think they work on Red Dwarf (as I'm sure :moss: does), but other times they just seem to annoy me. Not sure why. Possibly, it sometimes has something to do with whether you know it was filmed with a live audience to laugh at it. Dunno.

Anyway, off to bed.
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John Hoare Message #73877, posted by moss at 06:06, 4/2/2006, in reply to message #73808

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Oh God, this is the best new comedy series in YEARS!

Everything about it is just perfect.
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Phil Mellor Message #73881, posted by monkeyson2 at 15:37, 4/2/2006, in reply to message #73877
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Oh God, this is the best new comedy series in YEARS!

Everything about it is just perfect.
It's like a dream come true, isn't it moss? :E
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Phil Mellor Message #73904, posted by monkeyson2 at 20:00, 6/2/2006, in reply to message #73881
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They've broken the third episode with evil DRM, incompatible javascript, and dodgy links!

[Edited by monkeyson2 at 20:00, 6/2/2006]
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Andrew Duffell Message #73905, posted by ad at 20:34, 6/2/2006, in reply to message #73904

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Ah.... that's why it wouldn't play.
Looks like I'll have to set the TV-Card to record it on friday, and watch the MPEG later.
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Simon Wilson Message #73917, posted by ksattic at 21:41, 7/2/2006, in reply to message #73904
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"We're sorry, but users outside the UK cannot watch The IT Crowd"

:(

Balls.

Watched the first episode before they "fixed" the site. Can anyone grab the wmv/whatever with a Windows util?

Hmm... maybe I can rdesktop into my dad's PC and grab the wmv. :)
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Simon Wilson Message #73938, posted by ksattic at 19:51, 9/2/2006, in reply to message #73786
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Tha laughter track is a bit annoying, though..
It's recorded in front of a live audience, so it's probably real laughter. I didn't actually notice it when I was watching.

I think they hold up bits of cardboard with signs on saying "LAUGH!" :)
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Simon Challands Message #73946, posted by SimonC at 09:50, 10/2/2006, in reply to message #73938
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I think they hold up bits of cardboard with signs on saying "LAUGH!" :)
Then I'd expect to hear at least one sarcastic "Hah bloody hah" mixed in there.
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antom Message #74085, posted by antom at 18:11, 17/2/2006, in reply to message #73917
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Watched the first episode before they "fixed" the site. Can anyone grab the wmv/whatever with a Windows util?

Hmm... maybe I can rdesktop into my dad's PC and grab the wmv. :)
All 3 episodes aired so far are on UK Nova - There should be a good quality (but huuuge) mpg and a smaller, more compressed one available.

You can tell The IT Crowd's written by Graham Linehan, but that's definitly not a bad thing... :D
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VinceH Message #108868, posted by VincceH at 20:26, 26/11/2008, in reply to message #74085
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Did anyone notice that The IT Crowd was back on Friday?

I didn't until today - but it's on 4OD, so I've just watched it.
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Jeffrey Lee Message #108869, posted by Phlamethrower at 21:52, 26/11/2008, in reply to message #108868
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Did anyone notice that The IT Crowd was back on Friday?
Yes.
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John Hoare Message #108874, posted by moss at 06:33, 27/11/2008, in reply to message #108869

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That there review wot I wrote here.
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VinceH Message #108878, posted by VincceH at 11:48, 27/11/2008, in reply to message #108874
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I opened that page, looked at the length of your review, and thought "It's a less-than-half-hour comedy. I'm not reading that, it's far too long."
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Phil Mellor Message #108879, posted by monkeyson2 at 13:12, 27/11/2008, in reply to message #108878
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looked at the length of your review
INHICTB
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Tony Haines Message #108883, posted by Loris at 14:19, 27/11/2008, in reply to message #108868
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Did anyone notice that The IT Crowd was back on Friday?
Bring on the Trumpets!
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Phil Mellor Message #108884, posted by monkeyson2 at 14:48, 27/11/2008, in reply to message #108883
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Did anyone notice that The IT Crowd was back on Friday?
Bring on the Trumpets!
Bring on the wall!
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Phil Mellor Message #108885, posted by monkeyson2 at 14:55, 27/11/2008, in reply to message #73877
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Message #73877, posted by moss at 06:06, 4/2/2006:

Oh God, this is the best new comedy series in YEARS!

Everything about it is just perfect.
Message #108874, posted by moss at 06:33, 27/11/2008:

That there review wot I wrote here.
indiff
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VinceH Message #108887, posted by VincceH at 17:43, 27/11/2008, in reply to message #108879
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looked at the length of your review
INHICTB
I threw that at Google and an acronym lookup type thing because I've no idea what the hell it means. The latter didn't have it, and the only results Google came back with were from from here - and it seems I didn't know what the hell it meant last time, either.

But given the context, my previous guess was clearly wrong.

Well fuck a duck with a mucked up puck, if I haven't just cottoned on to what it actually means! "I've never heard it called that before"

[Edited by VincceH at 17:45, 27/11/2008]
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