I think The Work Outing may be the best episode of The IT Crowd ever. Its perfect.

@garretthenderson5738

7 күн бұрын

If i was teaching a TV writing class The Work Outing would be a required watch. It is a master class is tight comedy writing.

@obscillesk

7 күн бұрын

It kinda ties for me with the Countdown episode, I'm a sucker for secret societies of mundane things season 2 hits a lot in general though

@nomis

7 күн бұрын

Agreed, its my fave episode

@jonathanbrowne9538

7 күн бұрын

I think Work Outing is my favourite episode. But it's so hard to choose!

@vapoet

7 күн бұрын

The Work Outin is one of my two favorite comedy episodes in all of British television, the other being Fawlty Towers: The Germans.

“People, what a bunch of bastards” that is my spirit quote 😂

@rextside

7 күн бұрын

Put it on my tombstone, lol

@nothernmonkey8612

7 күн бұрын

Or you could put it on a t-shirt and make a fortune

@reynev4n

7 күн бұрын

I got it made many years ago and I still wear it all the time :D

@WinstonSmith19847

6 күн бұрын

Hell is other people - Jean-Paul Sartre.

@bodine57

6 күн бұрын

"People, they're the worst!" Jerry Seinfeld.

The sudden moment where Jen turns to see Moss behind the bar & taking her order is the funniest scene in TV history

@kevinlewallen4778

7 күн бұрын

That got a big laugh out of me!

@jonmcnamara

Күн бұрын

I thought I was having a heart attack I was laughing so hard.

Should I react to Season 3? SEASON 1 IT CROWD: kzread.info/head/PLQHhQlj8i5drV1Iau2HeUnhy6p1_VCOtM

@kevinlewallen4778

7 күн бұрын

Yes, by all means, please continue!

@Ian-xx1xb

7 күн бұрын

The biggest yes i could ever give definitely do season 3 your it crowd reactions are phenomenal

@e.d.2096

7 күн бұрын

I think you already know the answer to your question Jen, of course YES! 😊

@tomhoffman4330

7 күн бұрын

You've always got My Vote of Support😇especially when it's This-Much FUN!👍

@mikebrodeur6802

7 күн бұрын

Yes Yes Yes! :)

God, I love "the work outing" so much - "Im disabled" (with the voice and everything) is a running joke in my family, and the bit where Jen turns around and sees Moss as a bartender is one of my favorite jokes in anything ever.

@jimmorrish6771

5 күн бұрын

moss's beady eyes when tv-Jen sees him crack me up

49:30 Moss appearing on the wrong TV show is a reference to a hilarious 2006 event when BBC News interviewed the wrong person live on air about an ongoing Apple legal case. The man, who could hardly speak English, had told them: "I'm here for the IT interview" -- but meaning the job interview he'd come for. They pushed him into the studio and in front of the cameras. The man, Guy Coma, shared the same first name as the Internet legal expert who turned up late.

@Goldfishfan212

7 күн бұрын

😂

@Paul_1971

5 күн бұрын

I remember that

Jen: "I like this boss." Denholm: [unalives himself]

@jwnomad

7 күн бұрын

Goes to the seaside is how you say it

@vermithax

7 күн бұрын

@@jenmurrayxo I think maybe I've reached that point where I'm too old to understand this world anymore. That KZread rule makes no sense to me. Perhaps I should be put out to pasture. So to speak.

@jessiechen279

7 күн бұрын

Damn it's Crazy how we cant even use normal english words without people getting triggered🤨

@jessiechen279

7 күн бұрын

@@jenmurrayxo I get it, not having a go, just makes me worry about where societys going 🙂

@vermithax

7 күн бұрын

@@jenmurrayxo Yeah, I know their reasoning, I just strongly disagree with it. But I won't get into it here, because I'm going back to enjoying your reaction!

"The work outing" is one of the best episodes of comedy I've ever seen - pretty much brilliant from start to finish and of course with the IT-crowd specialty - plant a small joke in the beginning, bring it back for a big laugh in the end 😄

Jen, I have never seen a reactor laugh so much as you did during the work outing scene. ------- I've never gotten so much joy from a YT video ever. Thanks so much

@jenmurrayxo

7 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoyed ☺️👍

“The Work Outing” is one of the best episodes ever. It’s comedy gold, I was laughing so hard and your reaction to Season 1 was fantastic Jen. I knew this one was gonna be a blast as well.

@robmoore423

6 күн бұрын

My friends and I use "act normal. MORE normal" All the time

The Work Outing and The Dinner Party are 2 of my top 3 favorite episodes.

@zepp90al

6 күн бұрын

What’s the other episode?? 👀

@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-

4 күн бұрын

@@zepp90al The Speech 🙂

Your laugh is worth the price of admission.

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace is a classic cult sitcom, and has both Moss and Douglas in it as main cast members

@Briansgate

7 күн бұрын

You and he were buddies....weren't you?

@taddy_mason4197

6 күн бұрын

My favorite sitcom of all time!

@ajivins1

6 күн бұрын

Shame it was so short.

@rossmorton7002

6 күн бұрын

I'm one of the few people you'll meet who's written more books than he's read!

@ajivins1

6 күн бұрын

@@rossmorton7002 Blood, blood, blood...

It's definitely the hardest I've seen you laugh - and the hardest any episode of comedy has made me laugh by a country mile! Amazing

A full season reaction in 1 video? No 45 minute introduction with your childhood backstory? Commentary that goes with the show rather than over it? No long pauses? This is a reaction channel I can get behind, great vid!

Welcome to the wonderful world of Matt Berry. He's hilarious, and you should totally watch What We Do In The Shadows.

@carlosdeferrer3585

6 күн бұрын

For sure, WWDITS will be up Jens street I think.

The really, really weird thing about 'Moss and the German' is that it's based on something that actually happened (the audience back in 2007 would have recognised its origin).

@JB-wy8fc

7 күн бұрын

The dude that had his cock eaten?

@me2hiendo

7 күн бұрын

Yeah, a German cannibal reached out to find anyone willing to let him unalive and then eat them after. Someone did come forward. The events happened, and they even recorded a video of the whole event.

@NefariousKoel

7 күн бұрын

Yep, a German cannibal placed an ad, and someone actually responded. They went through with it. German cannibals, man.

@petersvillage7447

7 күн бұрын

@@me2hiendo I was trying to be tasteful. Still, at least you didn't mention the willy in the frying pan.

@sluglife9785

6 күн бұрын

I rememeber that. It took the question of consent up a whole new level.

Denham's death; Anyone who is old enough will be reminded of Robert Maxwell, who "accidentally" drowned from his private yacht under the same "pension fund" cloud.

@nothernmonkey8612

7 күн бұрын

And his daughter was epistiens girlfriend gislane Maxwell. I've got 2 questions what happened to the pension money and what happened to all the evidence of the rich, famous and powerful who went to the ISLAND gislane went to jail and the FBI misplaced the evidence and everybody else forgot

Trying to imagine Roy's reaction if he'd heard Jen say "He's a power bottom!"

@jenmurrayxo

7 күн бұрын

😂

@atomicwrath5824

6 күн бұрын

Jen would definently be in an ethical pickle.

Matt Berry, who plays the boss has had a number of albums out. He plays every instrument, writes every tune and sings

@tanimal3964

7 күн бұрын

Matt Berry's voice is amazing LOL

@Briansgate

7 күн бұрын

Matt Berry is the best.

@commanderwyro4204

7 күн бұрын

"take my hand" is a must listen to!

@NefariousKoel

7 күн бұрын

I laugh at every Matt Berry character. He can't fail. Especially in 'Toast Of London'.

@chrisgibb5190

5 күн бұрын

@@NefariousKoel Him as Todd Rivers/Dr Lucien Sanchez is amazing.

"There's somebody at the door" is from a UK children's TV series (or a couple of them) starring Rod Hull and Emu.

"GARTH MARENGHI'S DARK PLACE" has Moss and 2nd season Boss . Richmond actor is in THE MIGHTY BOOSH.

It's Friday night, I sit down to relax, oh look, a new video! 10 minutes in, and Jen is laughing hysterically at a guy in a wheelchair. I feel like this bodes well for the weekend!

Matt Berry is also great in What We Do in the Shadows. I'd strongly recommend watching the movie (which he isn't in) before hitting the TV show. They're both great.

@markharris1125

2 күн бұрын

And the sadly shortlived Year of the Rabbit.

Richmond's girl at the dinner party is so funny.

@WinstonSmith19847

6 күн бұрын

Richmond did OK she's pretty.

@captbunnykiller1.0

6 күн бұрын

@@WinstonSmith19847 She made him smile, that's a win.

@waylander1978

6 күн бұрын

I have an ex who spoke just her. The episode still freaks me out!

I use the gif of Denholm walking out the window way more often than is good for one's mental health

@dakotaturpin8816

7 күн бұрын

Also the "consensual cannibal" was based on a real person named Armin Miewes. I do a comedy/history podcast and we did a segment on him awhile back; it's a really wild story, definitely worth a read

"Theres somebody at th door" Its from Rod Hull and emu, in the pink windmill, and old childrens tv program

@JB-wy8fc

7 күн бұрын

The pink windmill sounds so suspicious. BBC huh 😂

@rdanns75

6 күн бұрын

Grotbags

@philrob1978

6 күн бұрын

@@JB-wy8fc Except it wasn't the BBC. It was ITV.

Gawd i love Matt Berry. Jen needs to add Garth Marenghi's Dark Place to the watch list after this

I love it how this is making you crack up! ... I recommend "Coupling" from about 20+ years ago, if you like British comedy. It is a comedic compass to female-male relationships 😀

The montage gag (59:10) with Douglas losing his hand was an homage to Roman Holiday (1953) with Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn. The crew reproduced a Roman sculpture called the Mouth of Truth. And the interaction between Moss and the trainwreck blonde (40:53) recalls Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton playing a couple in a passionate feud. They were a real-life couple who married and divorced each other twice.

'the works outing' is, I think, the single funniest episode of anything I've ever seen

"I love Willy's" Jen 2024.... Honestly that episode killed me, I was crying with laughter and I think it's the most I've witnessed Jen laughing 😂

I love hearing your pure joy and laughing during this. Britain has some great comedies.

You might like Mighty Boosh if you like this. Maybe even "what we do in the shadows"

The guy who put an ad in a paper to eat a person is based on a real guy who did it named Armin Meiwes. He was German, and did find a volunteer (Bernd Brandes) who agreed as long as he could eat a part of himself first. They both dined on Bernd's severed man part before Armin ended Bernd and ate portions of him. Rammstein made a song about it called "Mein Teil".

@garycameron8167

2 күн бұрын

This is really late (4 days) but I just read an article about Meiwes - HE WAS A COMPUTER REPAIR TECHNICIAN!

Yeah, the Work Outing is my favorite episode. Never heard Jen laugh so hard, it was so enjoyable to hear her laugh like that. Love this show. Love her reactions. Well done again!

Really enjoyed this. Thanks Jen. Yes to more IT crowd & British comedy.

Just a little something to show my support Jen. Congrats again on 1.5k in the chat for the premiere, that’s amazing you deserve it for all the hard work you do to entertain us and this was one of your best reactions ever.

@jenmurrayxo

7 күн бұрын

Thanks D! You are too kind :)

My Friday evening just peaked! Taxi!

Denholm's rather... swift exit is one of the most underrated jokes in television. And then we get Matt Berry. And I love Matt Berry. I can't believe I totally forgot about Moss and the German. 😂

@ScottLovenberg

7 күн бұрын

Matt Berry is exactly the missing piece in the season. His energy just blends perfectly with the rest of the cast. And yes, the "matter of fact" manner in which he knows what he must do makes his last gag so much funnier on top of the perfect comedic timing.

The finale of "The Work Outing" is some of the best comedy writing I've ever seen. It's just five minutes of straight punchlines and callbacks. Absolutely phenomenal. And then to go from that straight into the introduction of Matt Berry's character in the next episode... Absolutely stunning to me that this show isn't more popular

The Work Outing is the funniest TV episode ever of anything!

@audiochicky

7 күн бұрын

I agree! I watch it whenever I have a bad day!

Moss and the German is probably one of my favorite episodes of any show.

I love how season two Immediately goes off the rails in the first episode. "I'M DIASABLED!..... LEG DISABLED." My coworker and I would see each other in the hall and just quote it all the time LOL!! My favorite episode.

I'm really enjoying this format of reaction videos. 1 video for a whole season works well for a show like this with only a few 30 minute(?) episodes. Also Matt Berry is great in what we do in the shadows tv show.

“The work outing” might just be the best comedic tv episode ever written and acted in television history! It’s so well done I watch this episode once or twice every year! Easiest answer to the question: What do you think is the single best single episode of all time from any comedy tv show!❤🎉❤

The German Cannibal episode was based on a real event where Armin Meiwes killed and ate Bernd-Jürgen Armando Brandes, who answered an online advertisement Meiwes posted stating that he was "looking for a well-built 18- to 25-year-old to be slaughtered and then consumed."

Before the IT Crowd, Richard Ayoade and Matt Berry did Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. It's a brilliant take on low budget horror shows.

Father Ted is worth a watch, Graham Linehan wrote that too

@mr.a8315

7 күн бұрын

🍀💚

"FAAATHEEEER!" What an entrance 😂

You have no idea how much this made my day ❤️ Also great editing keeping a lot of the important bits while cutting out some filler. Great job on that! 👍🏻)

@jenmurrayxo

7 күн бұрын

My editor Dmytro did an amazing job with both seasons, I'm very lucky to work with him! :)

This episode is my favorite of the series. That's saying a lot because I'm a big fan of this series. This day my wife and I do the voice and the I'm disabled and we always laugh. Also when the camera turns on Moss and he's tending bar I thought I was gonna pee myself. Terrific episode thank you for doing these I enjoyed watching it with you.

At 7:27 I have never heard Jen laugh so hard at anything!!!

Jen's laugh is so contagious! 🤣

IT Crowd, Beer, Baldur's Gate 3, Guitar - you're my kind of awesome! Fun reaction!

55:01 -- Funny you should mention that. One of my friends was going through resumes back in the late 90s for a now-defunct company, and I kid you not, someone actually put on their resume: "Acquired Magical Leather Armor in Ultima Online."

The actress who plays Laura Knightly in, The Work Outing, episode is Lydia Fox, Richard Ayoade (Moss') wife. Also the bald gay guy with the 'tache' who flirts with Roy at the end of the same episode, is Ash Attalla, the series producer. Also, also, the mystic who Douglas buys the rohypnol from in the beginning of the last episode is Graham Linehan, who wrote this, Father Ted and Black Books.

Season 2 of The IT Crowd is one of the funniest comedies I have ever watched in particular episode 1 is comedy genius. Jen's reaction to this series is up there with her best. Keep on laughing Jen 👍

@JB-wy8fc

7 күн бұрын

The special is so fucking funny. "Small person racist and coffee tramp bitch"

I am so happy you decided to continue and share. Thank you

Loving revisiting this. Yes, more British comedy please. Coupling is a must.

I was waiting for this, I laughed all the way through this. Brilliant episodes and introducing Reynholm the 2nd...FARTHER!!! thanks Jen 😂🤣

"Did someone else die?" Had me in stiches😂 The "Son" is Great in "Garth Mirengi's Dark Place". Speaking of original hiests Please check out the original "Italian Job"👍

28:15 - I think of this scene whenever I watch couples reacting on KZread and one of them won't stop trying to guess upcoming twists or plot points, ruining the surprise/suspense for the other.

I loved your reaction to these, Jen, I've just rewatched them all again from the beginning as I missed the start. I hope that you react to more of it and do the other seasons.

If you enjoyed Richard Oyeade and Matt Berry you might enjoy Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. It's a bit surreal. If you want more Graham Lineham writing then his earlier show; Father Ted is great too.

“The Work Outing”, One of my favourite episodes of any comedy show ever.

If you are enjoying this, you would love "Garth Marenghi's Dark Place." It stars Richard Ayoade (Moss) and Matt Berry (Doug Reynholm)

I never knew where the guy jumping out window meme came from before I saw this.

This group of kids is the era of my younger brother. I was busy in college and didn't really focus too much on the culture then; being not too much different than the 70s but I enjoy catching this series for the 1st time with you, seeing how you react to the culture, enjoying the music. I believe in interviews the showrunners, the Duffer Brothers, have said they wanted to bring the magic of that time back into people's minds and it was a hit for that as much as for the story line. I do enjoy how you and Ash love movies from that era too. He's a lucky man. Great reaction Hannah!

"There's somebody at the door" is a reference to UK kids entertainer Rod Hull and Emu, he had a show on TV in the 80s, he did a dance as he went to answer the door :)

I actually saw Kathleen Parkinson in the theatre. She was starring in Much Ado About Nothing at the National Theatre, in 2022. A brilliant performance, lots of physical comedy and a lot of Jen! You can find clips on KZread.

"Toast Of London" is an absolute must. Matt Berry is a genius.

“There’s somebody at the door…” comes from the UK children’s tv show Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show.

You can see when Jen just wants to have a fun good time.

I was there at Pinewood Studios for the shocking moment Denholm died! I cannot begin to tell you how nervous Matt Berry was on that night, fluffing lines etc but he turns into an incredible character going forward. The phone vibration scene was also something that had numerous takes as no one could keep a straight face!! 😂😂

@kevinlewallen4778

7 күн бұрын

Sounds like a truly memorable evening!

You really are the woman of my dreams, Jen. Laughing at The IT Crowd and drinking beer. Who could ask for more? Can I cook with you?

You had beers, I had bourbon... a good time was had by all! I can't wait for your reaction to season 3!

Having a Tim Hortons watching Jen.....and the IT Crowd.

Yes! I've been looking forward to you reacting to season 2! 🙌

"The Work Outing" is up there on the "best comedy episodes in the last 20 years" list for me :). And Chris O'Dowd has been in a bunch of US shows and movies (e.g. 'Bridesmaids'), Katherine Parkinson has also done loads but _mostly_ on UK TV. Richard Ayoade has appeared in some movies, directed a couple, written some parodic books about movies, hosted funny/off-beat UK travel show "Travel Man" and is a regular on UK panel shows (check out "The Big Fat Quiz of the Year"). (fun fact: Ayoade was at Cambridge University with John 'Last Week Tonight' Oliver where they wrote and performed shows together in Footlights, the same comedy/theatre group John Cleese and Eric Idle, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry etc. were all past members of :).

The sorcerer in Men without Women is Graham Linehan the creator and writer of the show. That was his cameo for series 2. He makes one cameo per series.

Thanks for this one Jen, really made my day. Yes please to Series 3. It only gets better x

More IT Crowd for sure. The new boss (Matt Berry) is amazing in What We Do in the Shadows.

This was an amazing reaction, love this season!

Jem. I know you love your beers (you are such a beast for knocking back 3 brewers during your reaction. ------ BTW small pineapple chicks on Pizza is really great. The combo of sweet and salty rocks everytime.

I really love the IT crowd.. it sort of resonates with me.. I would have loved to be working in this kind of environment. The setup and jokes were just chef's kiss

The theme song, when it goes. 0:10 "OoohaaahhoooohaaahAAAHHOOOH" towards the end, I don't know why, it reminds me of the Goth guy, who hides in the back room. It sounds like him.

I love Richard Ayoade

That was so hilarious and such a fab reaction! 😂😂😂 That's a beautiful summer top you're wearing well. This show is so very re-watchable and quotable. Theme tune is awesome, it's like an intro to a Gary Numan classic. Roll on Series 3, please. 💜🥳🎉

Fantastic! Was looking forward to season 2 with you Jen. Ok, finish work, get beers and watch IT Crowd with Jen. Cheers!

So far this is among one of my favorite reactions.!

This episode made laugh so hard, one of the best ones If not The best 😂

The episode about the german putting an ad to find someone to eat... is actually based on a real case in germany where a cannibal put an ad in the newspaper to have someone to eat... and someone was okay with it... I think it went to court but i dont know the decision... but if you agree that someone eats a part of your body, why not lol

@allanmanaged5285

7 күн бұрын

He loved Willy's willy. 🍆

@JB-wy8fc

7 күн бұрын

Because it's fucked. That's why

@PPfilmemacher

5 күн бұрын

Just to let you know In January 2004, Meiwes was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to eight years and six months in prison. In a retrial in May 2006, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to „life imprisonment“ (a usual „life sentence“ in Germany is only between 15 to 20 years (in some extreme cases even (but extremely unlikely) up to 25 years, not any longer) except if the psychological analysis comes to the conclusion that the offender will be always a danger to society and is never able to be properly rehabilitated/resocialised, the judge can impose the „Life imprisonment“ sentence, which means that the convict even after passing the 25 years maximum punishment in Germany, will still remain in prison for the rest of his natural life, but with more privileges as a usual convict (like a larger single person cell/room, the possibility to redecorate the room with personalized furniture, not the standard dormitory style furniture of the usual cells and the privilege to buy/order certain electronic and „luxury“ items (like a bigger tv or videogame console) from his own money/savings, normal prisoners aren’t allowed to have) Which means Armin Meiwes (63 years old) also known by the German public as „der Kannibale von Rotenburg“ [the Cannibal of Rotenburg], is still imprisoned fulfilling his regular 25 years sentence and will be never released except rolling out lying on a metal flatbed feet first.

Matt Berry makes an excellent replacement boss. I had seen him in the movie Moon before i saw this series.

As a smoker, the smoking gulag is truth. The German is about Armin Weiwes who did have someone over for dinner.

The work outing is comedy genius, it just keeps hitting you with the belly laughs but “A FIRE AT SEA WORLD??” I am Looking forward to that

Matt Berry who plays Douglas Reynholm is fabulous in the TV mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows which is a show about really rubbish vampires. Also The Green Wing a TV show about a nutty hospital is incredible fun.

Drunk Margaret was played by the wonderful Sarah Hadland. She is also in the delightful British sitcom, _Miranda._ Developed by and starring the extremely funny Miranda Hart, Sarah Hadland plays her best friend, sidekick, and employee, Stevie. Other regular actors are Patricia Hodge, who plays Miranda's mother, Sally Phillips, another friend, and Tom Ellis, her crush. You may know Tom Ellis from his title role in the US series _Lucifer._ Miranda is definitely one you will enjoy.

"FATHER!!!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂

R.I.P. Denholm! But welcome Douglas! Cheers!