I love how this is his actual death scene. It's not just a bit, where he's back the next episode - he canonically dies here and they have a funeral and everything. Possibly the greatest killing off of a character on television
Kudos to Chris Morris for coming back for just 1 scene in the second series. Almost as badass as Charles Dance returning to GoT to play a corpse for 1 episode.
i alway wonder how he write that letter consider he dead , like he say he plan to use the gun but in a moment change he just jump out of window then how the hell he write that letter ?? does he had a change in mind about jump out of window and write the letter before he jump out of window , really confusing
@@24magiccarrot or more like they shot the first variation (which they instantly knew was going to be the only one they needed), nailed the laugh they wanted (like they knew they would) and called it a day
@@paddyjoe1884 That scene was sad and tragic as heck, and yet thanks to IT Crowd in these scene I felt bad from remembering it and laughing (yes I know GoT is a tv show but i got invested).
There was a real life situation like this in a maraschino cherry factory. There was a suspicion of drug growing there and when the investigators confronted the boss, he excused himself to the bathroom and then promptly shot himself.
@@thezecCrazy part is the cops weren't even there because of that they just happen to smell Marijuana, and see a suspicious looking shelf on the wall they arrived to investigate a smaller issue unrelated issue.
My favorite part about this scene is how he just opens the window and hops out without a word or hesitation. Everyone else has no idea what just happened.
Okay all the starks and targaryans had to do was cut supplies to King's Landing and watch the people revolt against CERCEI was a cruel bitch to them them.
My job is to review the financial statements. This scene is why I giggle every time something does not add up in disclosures of pension funds. These lovely irregularities. Ironically, none of the windows in my office can be opened.
I think what makes this the best jumping out of a window shot in the entire history of jumping out of windows is the smooth, single motion of walking to the window, opening it and jumping, alongside the arms straight down by the side.
The extra layer of funny for me is how the windows seem expressly built in a way to make such a plummet as convenient as possible. No screen. No finicky handle. Dude didn't even need a running start. 😂
As a Canadian not many people seem to watch this in North America. I love how puzzled my American friends get when I make a toast "I hope it's not arrogant when I say, I am the greatest man in the world! Cheers"
They did do an american reboot of it, didn't they? Im assuming if they did, they weren't as successful as the English and they never got to make this episode.
@@Bav-s30z I recently found this out. Great point. Apparently they've tired 3 pilots for an American version. They need an American version of Father Ted maybe.
It's just the way he does it, without any hesitation whatsoever, that kills me every time 😂 This will always be my favourite scene from the IT Crowd; never saw it coming. The first time I saw this scene I thought he was just going to walk up to the window and gaze out across London whilst pondering what to do next, but nope, straight-up pencil dives out of the window and plummets to his death 🤣
What makes this scene even funnier is the "could you make them [the police] a cup of tea please Stephanie". Seems a bit unnecessary to do that before choosing to plummet to your death lol
I love this show lmao. And this scene! The way they make something so dark this comical, there’s just something hilariously British about it. I love how nobody freaks out or faints or anything, they all kind of just sit there and look around, like, “Welp that happened.”
As he asked of his son - not a moments hesitation. Not even if it means it can be sorted with just a miniscule amount of pocket change. Truly a man's man.
The real of brilliance of the scene was that it built up around his massive success - ending it with a toast to the future - then after the arrival of the police, Renholm's hopping out the window
Lmao, the casualness of his suicide and his secondhand toadie looking confused and standing up as if to better understand whats going on is the best. XD
Mace Windu: Dude, nobody gives a shit about the droid attack on the Wookiees. Tell us about the irregularities in the pension fund! Ki-adi-Mundi: What? Mace: What?? Say 'what' again! I dare you! I _double dare_ you, motherfukka!
What is more amazing (in the context of the show) is that this man is rich as hell and instead of wasting a good 3 million (probably a bit low) on cover ups and falsefied documents he just says "Pfff fuck that, I guess im going to fulfill the last thing on my bucket list."
I think that if the police are all ready in his office asking about irregularities in the pension fund, that its a little late for that. Then it would be time to spend on attorneys and bribing witnesses to purger themselves and paying people to destroy documents.
I am pretty sure all option was exhausted but then again this is dude who hired Jen as IT manager. Probably hired the same kind of lawyers to protect him which led to this
When you don't want to walk all the way back to your minecraft base bc you're so far away, so you shove all your stuff in an ender chest, break your bed, and yeet yourself off a cliff
What an absolute law-abiding professional. He hears the police are looking for him and takes the most efficient route to speak to them. I wish all billionaire CEO's followed his example
There was an incident I think in Germany years ago, some guy in an office block had a thing he used to do where he would demonstrate how strong the windows were by running into them and bouncing off. One time there was someone new to the building so he did his trick but went straight through and fell to his death.
Dear sir Commenter, I would like to of complain about that last comment about people falling out of high buildings. I myself have worked all my life in such a building and have neveeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!! (splat)
Holy shit, the actor pulled this off PERFECTLY. I'm dying, it was extremely hilarious. I decided to watch this show after watching this scene. Btw, it would be way better without laugh tracks I think.
@@albertnoble2727 I've always enjoyed laughing along with others. It helps set me off which gives me that sweet dopamine. I feel awkward laughing alone otherwise.
I agree, kinda. I'm usually against laugh tracks, in fact, sitcoms are a turn off for me usually BECAUSE of the laugh tracks. But for some reason, it really works with this show.
My favorite part about this scene is that in a few episodes his son reads a note that says he killed himself by jumping out of a window. meaning he PLANNED to do this.
When I was a teen I never got why the pension thing was a big deal, but now that I work at an office yea it’s a pretty messed up he was taking their employees pensions. Pretty much meaning if they were fired or retired then their pensions would be non existent and all that they work they did for the company would be for nothing. Yea not only very illegal but liable to be sued by the employees for millions of dollars.
I love how this is his actual death scene. It's not just a bit, where he's back the next episode - he canonically dies here and they have a funeral and everything. Possibly the greatest killing off of a character on television
defnitely better kill off than Daenerys Targaryen's...
@Remy Milo cool, fuck off you stupid copy paste bot
@London Brody Same to you
@@K4myk4z3 spoilums
They killed her off?
@@TheMijman You know nuttin' Sam Brown...
a comic scene the like of which the world has never seen the like of which.
Nicely.
Monty python?
Brilliant
@@renufus11 Watch the scene again.
This scene is so good I personally contacted my good friend Elton John to sing a song about it
"Tell them I'll be right down"
underrated comment
Actually wish he'd have said this in the show. Would have been amazing.
is that a... GBH reference?
Well he was lol :p
@@WillRock07
I had a weird memory of this being in the show, is it actually not!? :O
They had to write off the character because the actor wanted to do other projects, this was a brilliant way to do it.
Kudos to Chris Morris for coming back for just 1 scene in the second series. Almost as badass as Charles Dance returning to GoT to play a corpse for 1 episode.
@Ben Holmes he doesn't need a paycheck. He is the world's best comic writer. He can pick up a cheque by farting a punchline.
It’s shame, I loved him as the boss. This gag almost makes up for it, though.
I did not no that
@ yes.
"I did plan on using this gun to take my own life, if it ever came to it. But as you know, in the end, I jumped out of a window."
Your affectionate father, Mr Reynholm.
“I wonder if it still works”
*points gun in mouth*
click-click-click-click-click-click
@@jrsnowy7992 Dammit, that's one too many clicks!
i alway wonder how he write that letter consider he dead , like he say he plan to use the gun but in a moment change he just jump out of window then how the hell he write that letter ?? does he had a change in mind about jump out of window and write the letter before he jump out of window , really confusing
@@ZhangLee. It's a joke...
I like how Chris Morris and whoever else probably spent hours agonising over the funniest way to jump out of a window. They found it.
I think they naturally knew exactly the funniest way to do it the instant they thought up the idea.
@@sunisshiningiceisslippery Or more likely they shot several variations and kept the one that got the best laugh.
@@24magiccarrot or more like they shot the first variation (which they instantly knew was going to be the only one they needed), nailed the laugh they wanted (like they knew they would) and called it a day
@@sunisshiningiceisslippery Seems likely
@@biggusdickus1689 Seems unlikely.
The window scene is very reminiscent of something you would’ve seen in a Monty Python sketch. I could see John Cleese doing that. Brilliant!
or Tommen in game of thrones....
There was something kinda like that in Monty python.
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There was a Monty Python sketch where Cleese and Idle were watching people fall past a window.
@@E1craZ4life Eventually making bets on who would be next.
@@paddyjoe1884 That scene was sad and tragic as heck, and yet thanks to IT Crowd in these scene I felt bad from remembering it and laughing (yes I know GoT is a tv show but i got invested).
The lack of hesitation makes me laugh every single time. Just 'Welp, I guess that's it then. Walks over to the window and hops out.'
There was a real life situation like this in a maraschino cherry factory. There was a suspicion of drug growing there and when the investigators confronted the boss, he excused himself to the bathroom and then promptly shot himself.
@@thezec Is it bad that I thought this was going to be some kind of joke about the color of maraschino cherries?
Time to go. Toodle-pip!
@@thezecCrazy part is the cops weren't even there because of that they just happen to smell Marijuana, and see a suspicious looking shelf on the wall they arrived to investigate a smaller issue unrelated issue.
@@fehoobarCaptain Ash from TimeSplitters?
He truly is the greatest man ever. He sacrificed himself to save his firm and the lives and jobs of everyone hired in the firm.
But not the pension fund.
@@anonUKhis estate would then go back to them pension
He made a firm decision.
@@ashleystrout6651 Hehehe
No, he jumped so he didn't have to go to prison for defrauding the pension fund....
My favorite part about this scene is how he just opens the window and hops out without a word or hesitation. Everyone else has no idea what just happened.
Really! ………I didn’t notice!
Makes me wonder if the actors playing the board members had any clue about what was about to happen.
Imagine your boss just jumps out the window. Right after some cops arrive, and your stocks are up. I'd be confused too.
It makes it clear he already had determined to never be held accountable for his actions in his life.
My favourite part is how he's sitting down then stands up and walks to the window before jumping out ROFL did anyone else notice that bit?
He really understood the gravity of the situation
It hit him hard.
@@randomnickify I guess the solution seemed too attractive to escape.
Badum tssss
🥁
Favorite suicide scene ever. The perfect hop.
A suicide the like of which the world has never seen the like of which
Yep, the emotionless precision of a psychopath. He lost in his risky fraud game and just coldly executed plan B. lol
It needs a sound effect.
@@RookieActor It needs nothing! It was perfect.
@@RookieActor It’s much better without.
the way he carries his body as he tosses himself out of the window is fkin killin me :_)))))
Well, it killed him more than it's killing you.
@@doryaman Greatest comment ever.
"Could you make them a cup of Tea please Stephanie" are the most fitting final words from the greatest man in the world!
It's the arms straight down by his sides that gets me every time 😂
I love the slight tilt
Meanwhile, in King's Landing..
Yeah actually both so similar
Now you know why it's called that 🤣
Okay all the starks and targaryans had to do was cut supplies to King's Landing and watch the people revolt against CERCEI was a cruel bitch to them them.
@@carlosrivas1629 It wouldn't have worked. She had no naval forces, so the Iron Fleet had easy access to the port.
@@100nitrog cut supplies on land she could do that, cut them off from the crops of the reach.
The boards reaction was hilarious. I mean... what do you even say to that? Your boss just killed himself, basically in front of you.
If it was my old boss I would have pushed him out myself
Well, not exactly in front of them.
More like thirty storeys down.
Well considering how sudden that was, I must say the boards reaction is pretty realistic.
Not just your boss. The greatest man in the world.
My job is to review the financial statements. This scene is why I giggle every time something does not add up in disclosures of pension funds. These lovely irregularities.
Ironically, none of the windows in my office can be opened.
And this past week we've seen "irregularities" spread world-wide. Again. Bloody hell.
I'm sure you've tried, many times.
Not so ironic since that is a lesser known feature
"Ironically"
Not ironic, necessary😁
He even puts a hop on this jump. That was brilliant.
Everything about this is hilarious, the fact that he asks for tea. Also how there is ZERO pondering on whether to end his life
“OH MY GOD!!!”
“Calm down, just don’t disable the firewalls”
I think what makes this the best jumping out of a window shot in the entire history of jumping out of windows is the smooth, single motion of walking to the window, opening it and jumping, alongside the arms straight down by the side.
One of the best ways to kill off a main character. Out of the blue, instant and definitive.
The extra layer of funny for me is how the windows seem expressly built in a way to make such a plummet as convenient as possible. No screen. No finicky handle. Dude didn't even need a running start. 😂
Just one of hundreds of brilliant moments in this series.
18 hundred billion billion brilliant moments I think
Sorry, I believe you misspoke. I am inclined to assume you meant "one of THOUSANDS."
@@jackconrad6711 Brilliant!!
I hope it doesn’t sound too arrogant when I say that this is the _greatest_ series *in the world!*
As a Canadian not many people seem to watch this in North America. I love how puzzled my American friends get when I make a toast "I hope it's not arrogant when I say, I am the greatest man in the world! Cheers"
lol
They did do an american reboot of it, didn't they? Im assuming if they did, they weren't as successful as the English and they never got to make this episode.
@@Bav-s30z I recently found this out. Great point. Apparently they've tired 3 pilots for an American version. They need an American version of Father Ted maybe.
@@SabogeyOr they just need to distribute the originals better. Every fellow American I’ve shown them to has laughed to tears.
I'm Canadian and my ex-boyfriend (an IT guy) introduced me to the show like 15 years ago. It's been one of my favorite shows ever since.
It's just the way he does it, without any hesitation whatsoever, that kills me every time 😂
This will always be my favourite scene from the IT Crowd; never saw it coming. The first time I saw this scene I thought he was just going to walk up to the window and gaze out across London whilst pondering what to do next, but nope, straight-up pencil dives out of the window and plummets to his death 🤣
I see.
"straight up pencil dives".... Perfect description. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kills him every time too.
🤣🤣🤣🤣I’m literally crying right now
Couldn't a profit of 18 billion billion be used to fix irregularities in the pension fund?
he was getting arrested
Seemingly not
it's apparently 18 _hundred_ billion billon, i.e. 1 800 000 000 000 000 000 000.
He's a businessman. He'd literally rather die than hand a cent of that profit to the peasants.
I guess they were some rather large irregularities.
Great show! I've watched it 1800 billion billion times!
The end of an era. I loved this ending and I love Matt Berry - big shoes to fill adequately filled.
What makes this scene even funnier is the "could you make them [the police] a cup of tea please Stephanie". Seems a bit unnecessary to do that before choosing to plummet to your death lol
British culture for ya 🤷🏻♂️
I love this show lmao. And this scene! The way they make something so dark this comical, there’s just something hilariously British about it. I love how nobody freaks out or faints or anything, they all kind of just sit there and look around, like, “Welp that happened.”
I love how he jumps without any hesitation
Man is so casual when he jumped off the building
You need to be a comic genius to jump out a window funny.
a scene that made a great gif, a great meme and made millions of people laugh
As he asked of his son - not a moments hesitation. Not even if it means it can be sorted with just a miniscule amount of pocket change. Truly a man's man.
This character is so good I was sad he left the show so early...but man...this end is by far the best I could seen in my life.
Agree, I could happily watch S1 over and over forever and still think it's one of the best shows out there.
In fact in later seasons the I.T. department looks almost too flowery and sunshiney. I like the darkness of the first season.
I hope it doesn't sound arrogant when I say that this IS the greatest death scene in TV history.
The real of brilliance of the scene was that it built up around his massive success - ending it with a toast to the future - then after the arrival of the police, Renholm's hopping out the window
...all in one minute and 18 seconds. More comedy than some series manage in half an episode.
So fucking funny
I love his "jumping out the window" pose
Lmao, the casualness of his suicide and his secondhand toadie looking confused and standing up as if to better understand whats going on is the best. XD
Even funnier - that's his son and heir
@@nicholasvandervelden450 it isn't though.
@@RockShoxLoon my bad - I thought the guy delivering the cut-off eulogy was a hapless younger son. He's an unrelated second-in-command
@@nicholasvandervelden450 it's 5 other people's bad also
Greatest exit of a character EVER. And a hysterically funny death at that.
He went oh on his own terms.
The best bit is how everyone is just there waiting for him to come back like a punch line to a joke
I keep going back to watch it again and again. His positioning is perfect. He knows when to leap
The second-in-command Derek (“18 hundred billion billion”), played Ki-Adi-Mundi and Nute Gunray in Star Wars 🤯
"Is that legal?"
Also the voice of the Ood in Doctor Who, get him doing Star Trek and he's done the trifecta haha
But what about the irregularities in the pension fund?
Mace Windu: Dude, nobody gives a shit about the droid attack on the Wookiees. Tell us about the irregularities in the pension fund!
Ki-adi-Mundi: What?
Mace: What?? Say 'what' again! I dare you! I _double dare_ you, motherfukka!
Well nobody's perfect
No emotion and no hesitation as he opens the window and jumps is what makes this scene funny to me.
No, the comedy doesn't just end here. It brings in Matt Berry, which is a whole new level.
I cannot think of another character being written off of a show with such panache. Brilliant.
This show is just the best. Smart and stupid humor packaged in a fabulous sitcom.
Good title. Not clickbaity, doesn't spoil anything and everybody who knows the scene knows exactly which one it is.
Have to re-watch this show about twice a year. So good.
The way he just steps out with his legs still under him, no flailing or screaming at all, gets me every time
The way he jumps is so perfect. No hesitation. Arms straight down by his sides. The slight tilt.
It's very Pythonesque
'The like of which, the world has never seen the like of which'
Is such an underrated line
God I love this character
Forgetting about ITV - BRILLIANT!!!!!
I love the whistle of the wind right at the end.
The jolly way his feet point upward really seals the deal for me.
What gets me is the little jump he does.
Denholm doesn't get the same kudos as Douglas, but Chris Morris is a fucking genius.
Douglas' sexual harassment electric shock pants
I'm gonna go ahead and call it. This is the funniest TV show I've ever seen, start to finish.
What is more amazing (in the context of the show) is that this man is rich as hell and instead of wasting a good 3 million (probably a bit low) on cover ups and falsefied documents he just says "Pfff fuck that, I guess im going to fulfill the last thing on my bucket list."
I think that if the police are all ready in his office asking about irregularities in the pension fund, that its a little late for that. Then it would be time to spend on attorneys and bribing witnesses to purger themselves and paying people to destroy documents.
But like, 1,800 billion billion and he'd rather die than try and top the pension fund back up and go to court 😂
I am pretty sure all option was exhausted but then again this is dude who hired Jen as IT manager. Probably hired the same kind of lawyers to protect him which led to this
"I hope it doesn't sound arrogant when I say... that I am, the greatest man in the world!"
1:06 When I heard that Lilo and Stitch is getting the live action treatment and it’s directed by the same person who made Jem the Holograms
Oh no.
oh
may god have mercy on whoever actually watches that...
Chris Morris, the underrated and unsung hero we didn’t know we didn’t deserve.
Like a boss.
They just watched without saying a word is just priceless LMAO
When you reset the run early cus you know that you can’t get a PB.
When you don't want to walk all the way back to your minecraft base bc you're so far away, so you shove all your stuff in an ender chest, break your bed, and yeet yourself off a cliff
The silly little hop out the window always gets me XD
"Today, I have a business empire the like of which, the world has never seen the like of which."
Quite possibly the best quote of the entire series.
Can’t agree more I say it at least once a day 😂
What an absolute law-abiding professional. He hears the police are looking for him and takes the most efficient route to speak to them. I wish all billionaire CEO's followed his example
this episode has the best death of a character and the best introduction to a character (douglas) in TV history
So funny! Largely because of the lack of fuss between the news breaking and his decision to leave! A truly decisive man!
I was upset when he died :( glad his son was just as funny
Just started watching IT Crowd and I feel the same way. :-D
Margin Call was such an underrated movie. Jeremy Irons is spectacular in this scene.
I like the subtle joke of him referring to his colleagues as "gentlemen," thus ignoring the only woman in the room.
maybe he respected her so much that regarded her as an honourary gentleman, the highest honour any woman could ever hope to acheive
There was an incident I think in Germany years ago, some guy in an office block had a thing he used to do where he would demonstrate how strong the windows were by running into them and bouncing off. One time there was someone new to the building so he did his trick but went straight through and fell to his death.
The guy youre looking for is Garry Hoy! Happened on Toronto in 1993
I actuly think the window held, the frame didtent
@@rambo8863 yes, I think you're right, the window didn't break but the frame did.
It got featured in the "Curious and Unusual Deaths" TV show.
Very considerate of him to send Stephanie out first so she didn't have to see it.
He asked her to make some tea for the police, to stall them.
dude didn't even think about it and just did it, what a mad lad
Denholm must have always known he was going to jump out the window as he left a note to Douglas in the service revolver scene.
Considering how little hesitation there was at all, it seems likely
Am I the only one thinking of Monty Python when watching this scene?
Absolutely not. The way he jumps out with his hands straight down by his sides seems like something Graham Chapman would've done.
Dear sir Commenter,
I would like to of complain about that last comment about people falling out of high buildings. I myself have worked all my life in such a building and have neveeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
(splat)
Or Robert Maxwell
Or Rembo&Rembo (Dutch comedy show from the 90ties).
No, you're not.
*The money was just resting in my account.*
Denholm's partying in afterlife Vegas with Father Ted.
A good long rest.
biZzARRE IrREgulariTIes in HIs aCCount
British tv has some great actors who are highly underrated on a global scale
"I see. Could you make them a cup of tea please, Stephanie? I'll be right down"
Holy shit, the actor pulled this off PERFECTLY. I'm dying, it was extremely hilarious. I decided to watch this show after watching this scene. Btw, it would be way better without laugh tracks I think.
It doesn't use a laugh track. It's all filmed in front of a live audience. Check out the wikipedia page.
@@lizardlenny Yes but it doesn't make it any better
@@albertnoble2727 I've always enjoyed laughing along with others. It helps set me off which gives me that sweet dopamine. I feel awkward laughing alone otherwise.
@@lizardlenny As one of the only people in existence who likes laughter tracks, I feel the same...
I agree, kinda. I'm usually against laugh tracks, in fact, sitcoms are a turn off for me usually BECAUSE of the laugh tracks. But for some reason, it really works with this show.
Perfectly executed and still makes me chuckle every single time.
Just gonna channel my inner John Cleese when performing this suicide jump.
“Hey Bundy want instructions for that parachute “
My favorite part about this scene is that in a few episodes his son reads a note that says he killed himself by jumping out of a window. meaning he PLANNED to do this.
And then he just deletes the files lol
I'm not sure that's what it meant...
Well he might have hoped not but he was expecting a visit from the police anytime for sure.
I don't think a Denholm ever planned to do anything, ever. Shit just happens.
When I was a teen I never got why the pension thing was a big deal, but now that I work at an office yea it’s a pretty messed up he was taking their employees pensions.
Pretty much meaning if they were fired or retired then their pensions would be non existent and all that they work they did for the company would be for nothing. Yea not only very illegal but liable to be sued by the employees for millions of dollars.
He really was the greatest man in the world
just watching this you can see how much douglas is like his dad
Best leap out of a window ever!
ITV. I'd forgotten about ITV. Brilliant!
OMG this started a huge trend with Russian oligarchs. This show was truly ahead of its time
Without this we would have never gotten Douglas Renholm! 😂
Would have been even funnier if the guy got up, didn’t even bother to look over the window, and just awkwardly and slowly close the window 😂😂
"Hesitation is defeat."
- Isshin Ashina
A great inspiration for Tommen’s exit .
01:04 - 01:08
It was done so casually that no one screamed in terror or tried to stop him.