Sssshhhh! *THE IT CROWD* 3x06 Reaction - "Calendar Geeks"
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Cross eyed is the eyes looking towards the nose , wall eyed is the eyes looking towards the ears, boss eyed is the inclusive term for both groups and generally the inability to control where your eyes point.
Does Lazy Eye fall into the boss eye category too?
Boss-eyed - a person with one eye, or rather with one eye injured". The 1887 edition of Notes and Queries says - "To boss is schoolboy slang for 'to miss'." ...
There are many different eye related descriptions but I think this covers most of them.
@@travelwell6049 Yes it's the boss eye that leads the lazy eye. Easily fixable with corrective glasses/spectacles. Citation: my daughter. It worked
While I don't have Patreon, I'd love to suggest BBC's Ghosts.
Hilarious comedy about a couple who inherit an old manor house. And after a near death experience, Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) can now see the Ghosts that haunt Button House. There's a Caveman, Georgian Lady, a World War Captain, a dodgy politician and many more.
You'll recognise plenty of actresses from Taskmaster: Lolly Adefope, Katie Wix, Charlotte Ritchie. (and a couple more in the later series).
It's also written by and stars 'the idiot six', a group famous for classic British kids sketch show Horrible Histories. (another hilarious show, that's actually funny for all ages)
Charlotte Ritchie is even better in the sitcom Siblings.
It wasn't on my watch list, but my wife insisted. Glad I did, and I agree that it's clever, witty, comedy.
Peep Show would be the best sitcom to react to next. Can that be voted for on Patreon?
Or even That Mitchell and Webb look for sketches.
@@babalonkie Yes, they're the best comedy duo & their three sketch shows are great.
spaced is a classic
I tried that one. Didn’t get past the first episode.
First episode just sets it up, it’s the rest, especially s2 where it gets going
@@zakstarchild That's true of many sitcoms - the first ep sets the scene, introduces the characters etc., so there's less time for story & jokes.
I vote for "The Mighty Boosh" with Noel Fielding and Julien Barratt it's a surrealistic comedy with musical aspects.
Love this. The live show is epic too.
I need him to react to The Mighty Boosh. I used to love that show so much :D
Father Ted or Black Books would be great follow-ups, with Graham Linehan linking them to IT Crowd. You will love Ardan O'Hanlon on Father Ted, who you seemed to enjoy in Taskmaster or you can go for Billy Bailey in Black Books - you obviously liked his appearances on QI a lot. Both would be great options. Of course one can't forget about Fawlty Towers or Black Adder with both of them being real classics as well. So I think you are sorted for the upcoming future.
Misfits is also a cracking tv show that I think you’d enjoy - about a bunch of teens/young adults on community service that end up with super powers … absolutely hilarious stuff and also some good serious bits too
Great suggestion! I think the comments on his videos would also be less gatekeeper-esque.
Garth marenghi's darkplace is something you have to have a watch of written by Richard Ayoade and Matthew Holness parody of 80's horror television and part soap opera. Garth Marenghi is a fictional horror author making a tv show with his manager Dean. Set at Darkplace Hospital, Garth plays Dr. Dagless who always carries a gun and tries to solve supernatural mysteries.
It's the greatest televisual achievement since Quantum Leap. And I don't say that lightly.
Garth Marenghi, IT Crowd and The Mighty Boosh have so much of the same talent and same humour it hurts.
@@almostideal1306 Toast of London - also starring Matt Berry - is better.
@@andrewjones575 it's really not.
@@carlgibson285 What do you dislike about TOL?
You should absolutely watch Friday night dinner next, it’s so bloody brilliant
Inbetweeners and father ted are both top shouts I'd a peep show to the mix
The next should be Darkplace or Toast of London, you deserved to watch how funny Matt Berry really is
I'm from the UK and I've rarely heard the term "boss-eyed" used outside of this episode. I've heard "cock-eyed" more frequently.
There are so many shows to choose from, but I would love to see a reaction to Jeeves and Wooster. Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in top form. It rarely gets the attention it deserves, and never seen anyone react to it, so that would be a treat. And their sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie is very good too.
However, if you haven't seen Fawlty Towers, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and/or Blackadder, you pretty much have to start there. The rest can wait.
I'm surprised that cult shows are options, but classic greats such as Fawlty Towers aren't.
Historically I used to hear boss-eyed more than cross-eyed, but I haven't heard it for many years. You tend to hear it from older or well-educated people. It's an older expression which I believe originally related to people with just one eye, or with an injured eye, but became the standard expression used for people who are cross-eyed. Many expressions like this die out due to a drop in educational standards and the adoption of more common phrases used in US culture (TV and films etc.)
Father Ted, Black Books, Blackadder, Peep Show . . . These would be the sitcoms to check out.
The term boss eyed is meant as a piss take / slight insult of the condition which is why it was used in the show to add to the comedy. A real charity would never use the term boss eyed similar to how the emergency services had a really long phone number in one of the episodes, just unrealistic actions for those scenarios. Another term used in UK is bog eyed which i think is used more up North and the one i have heard more commonly used, i think boss eyed is more of a Southern England term.
Inbetweeners...Its so british and one of the best modern comedies from UK!
YES!
'ERE COME THE BOOSH!
Looking forward to season 4. a couple of my favorite episodes are in it.
Faulty Towers!!!
I grew up hearing boss-eyed, but it's been like 15 years or so since hearing it
I would love you to check out "black books" starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig. This British sitcom is set in a book shop. only three series... wish they made more.
We call it cross-eyed too but boss-eyed is a kind of slang term. Probably fallen out of use so much now, since nobody dares say anything anymore :-)
My pick for next brittish show is The Inbetweeners.
Father Ted is one of several very good Channel 4 sitcoms.
I'd love to see Black Books or Fawlty Towers.
I'm puzzled at Fawlty Towers not being an option.
If you want a one off reaction - I'd love to see your reaction to Tim Minchins "Storm". An incredibly intelligent 9 minute beat poem. I've just re-watched it for about the 48th time.
(There's an animated version but I always prefer the live performance).
_Storm_ would be an excellent introduction to Tim Minchin's work.
Father Ted is a great pick with each season being better than the last.
Black Books, Peep Show, Coupling or Green Wing. Four great shows!
The boss-eyed thing is a bit regional. We always said cross eyed growing up, or wall eyed if their eye looked outwards.
Have you done 'Spaced'? Only two series and you'll see the origins of 'Shaun of the Dead' & 'Hot Fuzz'. Also adding to the votes for the Boosh, just to see a series of wtf faces.
Fawlty towers
A brilliant sitcom.
Father Ted is brilliant, but Peep Show is bloody fantastic!
Father Ted is brill
Spaced....genius!!
Ones I think you'd like; Black Books stars Bill Baily, Peep Show stars David Mitchel, Father Ted stars Ardal O'Hanlon (also written by G.Linehan). When I think of all-time UK greats; Only fools and horses, Blackadder and Fawlty Towers is probably what I'd pick.
It's baffling that none of those popular greats are options.
Possibly he will get to them at some point. I presume he wants to stick with more modern, somewhat more niche series. Niche in the sense that there are already hundreds of 'American reacts to Blackadder' etc videos. Also, being classics, he may have already seen them.
@@tomasparrado873 It's unlikely he's seen OFAH.
British comedies to watch, Friday Night Dinner, Inbetweeners, Father Ted, Allo Allo, What we do in the Shadows
Father Ted, Fawlty Towers or Red Dwarf
All great.
Please please please do The Inbetweeners next
i'd suggest the mighty boosh since it has noel fielding in it
I think if you go for another British sit-com which is like this one, you’ll continue to find the humour objectionable. I think it might be worth opting for something a bit more modern. Just my opinion.
Such as?
Definitely watch father ted
Proper name is strabismus and this type of strabismus is esotropia (in this case esotropia inward, actually they were all esotropia inwards rather than the other types)
What about The Young Ones - both funny and a glimpse of what was then the new alternative comedy of the 1980s - many who became and still are the mainstay of British television.
Aged badly
@@commiebastard3633 In what way(s)?
@@andrewjones575 Nothing political, it's just that some comedies are still funny through the generations (Faulty Towers), and some aren't.
@@commiebastard3633 You'd say that The Young Ones is no longer funny?
Hah, we call it cross eyed too. In the US it's called Wall eyed. Or that's what they call it in the movie Hot Shots.
For me personally I've not fully gone deep into the comedy scene in too long so best of British would be;
Nathan Barley - (s+ tier)
Fr Ted (A tier)
Peep Show (A tier)
Garth Marenghi's dark place (A tier)
Flowers (A tier)
I'm sure some more modern shows are also excellent but i cant say I've seen them all.. for example i hear only good things about Chewing gum I've just not had time to see it.
I've seen Chewing Gum & found it to be awful. It's a one-joke sitcom - the protagonist is clumsy, socially inept & awkward.
Father Ted of course.
The Mighty Boosh or Red Dwarf.
Try the Inbetweeners, fantastic
Black Books!
Blackadder, Black Books or What we do in the shadows...
Can recommend Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
Is this the best show for geek/nerd humour?
Silicon Valley
If you dare then the shows Yes Minister and Yes Primeminister are filled with excellent political humor episodes.
Understanding its references requires knowing a lot about 80s UK politics, which is highly unlikely for someone who's from thousands of miles away.
May I suggest the series "Red Dwarf"?
Inbetweeners 😁
Before you jump into a full new series, may I highly recommend Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Many of the same actors in much better roles and at just 6 episodes, you'll wish there was more!
The Inbetweeners :)
lol neil would take issue with so much of the inbetweeners content
@@fieryjack9243 Pity, its one of the funniest tv shows of the last 20 years
@@fieryjack9243 Yes, he'd object to that far more than he does The IT Crowd.
I hope Red Dwarf is in the poll. Or was it already made?
Frank of Ireland on Prime is short, bawdy, goofy series.
I know it's not British, but you really should check out The Big Bang Theory. I think you would love it
It goes badly wrong from s3, when they change it from being about single people to being about couples & families.
@@andrewjones575 That is just a personal opinion. I think this man is strong enough to decide for himself on if he wants to continue after that
Mitchell and Webb yo
Peep Show, Inbetweeners, ect...
Jen should be in the calendar!
Black Books or Green Wing!
Green Wing is funny, but rarely reacted to.
@@andrewjones575 Certainly, but no-one in North America will have seen anything like this.
It's not a sitcom, it's more like a stitched-together Frankenstein's monster of a thing.
All the better for it. 🙂
Red Dwarf or Black Books?
You should do Father Ted or Spaced.
Little Britain - judging by your reaction to this, you'll LOVE that.
I can't think of a series that he'd object to more!
@@andrewjones575 it’d be hilarious
Have you seen red dwarf Neil?
I vote Black Books
Please please do Black Books
Throwing my hat on to the Red Dwarf pile. Smegging do it!
Maybe they're in your in your back pocket AND those people are being noisy again!
"Yes Minister" should be your next comedy. IMO the best political satire by several miles.
Does Neil have extensive knowledge of 80s UK politics? That's needed to understand many of its references.
@@andrewjones575 I was born in Sweden in 92 and it worked for me. Doubtless I failed to understand some it, but most of it is covered by general knowledge.
I would highly recommend Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and (while not British (but starring a lot of British actors)) What we do in the Shadows. Both star Matt Berry, and while he rubbed you the wrong way in this show I think you'd really enjoy him in a less horrible role. He is absolutely fantastic.
Darkplace is on TH-cam btw, so it would be quite easy to both find and I imagine clear rights for.
I agree with the the comments suggesting Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. There are only 6 episodes (although there is a kind-of sequel series called Man To Man With Dean Learner which is also great)
You should check out Still Game. Excellent Scottish comedy series.
You can't go wrong with Upstart Crow with David Mitchell!
Why that rather than his sitcoms Peep Show & Back?
Have you seen Scottish sitcom Still Game
Jeez, stop being easily offended
Got it. Making fun of geeks: ok. Making fun of everyone else: not ok. I hate this woke new world. 🙄
Making fun of disabilities: okay.
I'm genuinely perplexed by identity politics. Surely disabilities should be at the top of the victim pyramid, however minor. This ep has parts which are literally "lets just laugh at people with a physical difference". But no woke outrage ensues. I genuinely don't get it.
@@cockoffgewgle4993 True: the episode with the disabled men is lauded while the episode with the trans woman is banned. 🤷♂️
@@cockoffgewgle4993 Disabled people don't have any powerful groups or people lobbying for them.
@@andrewjones575 Yep. That's the thing. The genuine victims are usually the ones without a voice. It's also why women often get prioritised over children. eg. the attention "domestic violence" gets compared to child abuse, when children are the main victims of domestic violence.
Not seeing any cold feet suggestions .
Watch ' PLEBS ' from itv 2 great funny show love it
Definitely one of the weaker episodes for me.
My favorite British comedy is DOC MARTIN. It's brilliant!
2 Doors Down or Still Game
I would echo the suggestions for Ghosts and Darkplace. Both are absolutely hilarious.
Neil. Little Britain. Not a sitcom, more a sketch/skit type show, but clever, outrageous and fucking funny. The show that spawned a million memes and catchphrases and nothing out of bounds.
tbh i feel like he would hate the humor
@@kindakooky5304 I can't think of a show that he'd object to more than LB.
Father Brown is another excellent British mystery show.
Allo Allo is a good old British comedy you can try.
i suggest a reaction to Red Dwarf my favourite program back in the day.
I'm Alan Partridge or The Office are the best modern Britcoms. Or Fawlty Towers if you want to go classic.
There aren't enough people reacting to Partridge on YT.
Still Game!! Still Game!!! Still Game!!
He'd need subtitles for that!