British Comedy at its best: The IT Crowd

I love British comedy. Let me get that out of the way. I especially like a certain brand of humor that is reflected in the actual British accent and a “matter-of-fact” attitude. In American terms, I equate it to Bill Murray’s character in Ghost Busters. He’s very nonchalant about everything. His girlfriend is hovering above her bed in one scene and he’s just calm as can be.

Those type of situations tend to gather the most laughs from me, and British humor normally carries a lot of those situations. So that’s my explanation as to why I love British Humor. Now, in many cases, when a TV show is popular in the UK, we Americans think we can adapt it. The Office, for example was originally a show from the UK. It was probably brilliant there, but I’ve never been a big fan of our version of it.

Our version is good, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that I’m sure their version was much better, and we butchered it. That’s why it’s no surprise to me that the American version of The IT Crowd never took off.

I LOVE The IT Crowd, by the way. It’s one of my all-time favorite TV shows. If not for Youtube.com. I would never have seen it. It’s a shame that we can’t watch it here in the states, with its original cast. I’m sure it wouldn’t be very popular, but the people who like it would LOVE it. Most Americans probably wouldn’t like the show, but there are some of us that would give up 50 channels of our cable access just to be able to watch shows like that.