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

@garretthenderson5738

Ай 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

Ай 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

Ай бұрын

Agreed, its my fave episode

@jonathanbrowne9538

Ай бұрын

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

@vapoet

Ай бұрын

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

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

@kevinlewallen4778

Ай бұрын

Yes, by all means, please continue!

@Ian-xx1xb

Ай бұрын

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

@e.d.2096

Ай бұрын

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

@tomhoffman4330

Ай бұрын

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

@mikebrodeur6802

Ай бұрын

Yes Yes Yes! :)

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

@kevinlewallen4778

Ай бұрын

That got a big laugh out of me!

@jonmcnamara

Ай бұрын

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

@TheNefastor

Күн бұрын

It's her "nothing surprises me anymore" face that kills me.

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

@rextside

Ай бұрын

Put it on my tombstone, lol

@nothernmonkey8612

Ай бұрын

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

@reynev4n

Ай бұрын

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

@WinstonSmith19847

Ай бұрын

Hell is other people - Jean-Paul Sartre.

@bodine57

Ай бұрын

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

@alicuppycake93

18 күн бұрын

the way that Richard plays that part cracks me up, his voice and mannerisms are so perfect

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

Ай бұрын

😂

@Paul_1971

Ай бұрын

I remember that

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!

“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

Ай бұрын

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

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

@jwnomad

Ай бұрын

Goes to the seaside is how you say it

@vermithax

Ай 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

Ай бұрын

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

@jessiechen279

Ай бұрын

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

@vermithax

Ай 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!

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

Ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed ☺️👍

"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 😄

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).

@me2hiendo

Ай 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

Ай бұрын

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

@petersvillage7447

Ай бұрын

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

Your laugh is worth the price of admission.

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

@carlosdeferrer3585

Ай бұрын

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

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

Ай 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

@Yora21

28 күн бұрын

There was also a prominent German politician who died skydiving, minutes after getting a call that police was raiding his office because of a bribery scandal. This actually happens.

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

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

@zepp90al

Ай бұрын

What’s the other episode?? 👀

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

Ай бұрын

@@zepp90al The Speech 🙂

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

@Briansgate

Ай бұрын

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

@taddy_mason4197

Ай бұрын

My favorite sitcom of all time!

@ajivins1

Ай бұрын

Shame it was so short.

@rossmorton7002

Ай бұрын

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

@ajivins1

Ай бұрын

@@rossmorton7002 Blood, blood, blood...

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

@tanimal3964

Ай бұрын

Matt Berry's voice is amazing LOL

@Briansgate

Ай бұрын

Matt Berry is the best.

@commanderwyro4204

Ай бұрын

"take my hand" is a must listen to!

@NefariousKoel

Ай бұрын

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

@chrisgibb5190

Ай бұрын

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

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 😀

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.

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!

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

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

"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 😂

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

Ай бұрын

Thanks D! You are too kind :)

The actor who plays Johan (the German) also plays a German officer in Band of Brothers. He's the one Winters allows to keep his sidearm when he surrenders. Philip Rham. The irony is, he's playing Germans, but he's actually English, born in the UK. The cannibal character he's playing here is based on a true character. Armin Meiwes. A German cannibal who placed an advert on the internet looking for a willing victim. Although Armin was a murderer as well as a cannibal.

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

@WinstonSmith19847

Ай бұрын

Richmond did OK she's pretty.

@captbunnykiller1.0

Ай бұрын

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

@waylander1978

Ай бұрын

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

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

@jenmurrayxo

Ай бұрын

😂

@atomicwrath5824

Ай бұрын

Jen would definently be in an ethical pickle.

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

@dakotaturpin8816

Ай 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

This show is so hard to get people to watch but it is unexpectedly brilliant and hilarious. Not a second of time is wasted in this show-- every 5 seconds of screen-time has some purpose you can gleam from it. It reminds me of trying to get my friends to try and play Harvest Moon 64. It was such a great game. "Okay guys you gotta try this game!" "What's it about" "uhh.. well, you run a farm and-" "Ahh and you get attacked by aliens and have guns and stuff?" "...no, you grow crops. but you also have animals! like cows and chickens. You brush them and talk to them every day and they like you!" "and... they... fight for you, or?" "No, no, no. you can get milk from cows and eggs from chickens and then sell them. Eventually you'll have money to get better tools so you can farm faster and..." "okay but what else can you do?? it can't just be farming?" "No, of course not. You can romance the local girls and you can forage for berries, and upgrade your house so you can cook some great food, and fishing! There's a lot to be said about fishin why are you running away from me?!" harvest moon related story: I first rented it at blockbuster video and it had a save file at day 1 so I just assumed this was the default and played on. I did everything a normal and went to the village and bought every upgrade I could and bought everything I felt like and as many seeds as possible and went about my business making the best farm that was impossible. I had to return it to the store unfortunately and then a week later when I could convince my mudder to let me rent it again, It unfortunately wasn't the same cartridge, so I restarted... and... it turns out some legend had created a fresh save at day 1 and just loaded a gameshark and cheated infinite coins (or 999,999 or whatever) into the account and nothing else.. and then saved and quit so the next guy would have basically infinite gold in his playthrough. I had no idea. It wasn't until I got the game for christmas one year and played for months that I got back to the point that I got in that one week and was able to actually "finish" the game. (everyone gives up at like year 10 lol, and I got ocarina of time and majoras mask after that...)

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."

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

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

When Matt Berry joined the cast, it was the cherry on top 😀 "There's somebody at the door !"

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

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

Ай бұрын

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

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

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

@rdanns75

Ай бұрын

Grotbags

@philrob1978

Ай бұрын

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

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

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

@mr.a8315

Ай бұрын

🍀💚

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!

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.

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

Ай 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 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!❤🎉❤

FATHEEEER! ✊

My Friday evening just peaked! Taxi!

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

@audiochicky

Ай бұрын

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

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 👍

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.

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

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.

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

"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"👍

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 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

Ай бұрын

He loved Willy's willy. 🍆

@PPfilmemacher

Ай 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.

"FAAATHEEEER!" What an entrance 😂

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

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

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

There's somebody at the door! There's somebody at the door! There's somebody at the door!

I've been ill so I've watched Jen's reaction to this 3 times... so far

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.

Laura Nightly (actress) is actually married to Moss...aka Richard.

@kevinlewallen4778

Ай бұрын

True. Her real name is Lydia Fox.

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

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

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

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

I would always do the "FAAAATHEEEEEEEER!" with my dad. 🤣🤣

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. 💜🥳🎉

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.

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

Ай бұрын

Sounds like a truly memorable evening!

"Did someone else die?" still gets me to this day, no matter how many times I've see nthe show.

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

I know I'm going to be rewatching this a lot. :) In this reaction alone, I had to keep rewinding to enjoy your reactions again. I think a lot of your thoughts on movie spoilers came out during "Moss and the German". Commenters should all watch that part so they know not to spoil things for reactors!

I love Richard Ayoade

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

55:42 "Tramps" - US translation "hobos". Both rather antiquated words open to bending.

@JDelwynn

Ай бұрын

I'm not native in English and the only reason I know what the world "tramp" means is because of the famous Charlie Chaplin character.

One of my all-time favourite shows! Subscribed bc you are reacting to it! Hope you'll continue, season 3 is also fantastic!!

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

Your laugh is awesome and contagious!!

49:15 - MISTAKEN IDENTITY ON LIVE TV - On 8 May 2006, BBC News 24 was supposed to interview technology journalist Guy Kewney about the Apple Corps v Apple Computer legal dispute. By mistake, on live TV, BBC News let journalist Karen Bowerman interview Guy Goma, a business studies graduate, who’d come to the BBC to interview for a job in the IT Dept.

@tigerbread78

Ай бұрын

I always hoped he'd gotten the job afterwards

@TheWebcrafter

Ай бұрын

@@tigerbread78 Yeah, that WOULD have been a happy ending.

"FATHER!!!!!" 😂😂😂😂😂

This was an amazing reaction, love this season!

Along with IT Crowd, these are my favorite British comedies I would recommend: Father Ted (same creators as IT Crowd) Black Adder Red Dwarf

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

Don't know what to expect, but I can't wait! Love your laugh and smile Jen! Wouldn't miss this for anything! 😊

@tomhoffman4330

Ай бұрын

Good Afternoon, My Friend👋and Welcome-Back to Jen's Laugher Lounge!😂

@e.d.2096

Ай бұрын

@@tomhoffman4330 Where have you been? Toni and David were asking about you yesterday.

@tomhoffman4330

Ай бұрын

@@e.d.2096 Sorry about that, I do Hate to Miss a Premiere with Friends.💔I'd fallen asleep about 2 hours before, had my alarm set to wake me up😠BUT I'd set it for the wrong time!🤷‍♂Just My Dumb-Luck, huh...

Jen, what can't you do. You play the piano (same as me). Play the guitar (same as me). Saxaphone and Trumpet (that's not in my wheel house). I also suck at guitar hero despite playing the guitar, the skills don't translate. -------- You so Dominate with the YT content. You're the best.

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

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

We need to get Matt Berry and Brian Blessed in a movie as soon as possible. There doesn't need to be much of plot, just them shouting at each other for 90 mins

The Dinner Party is a riot! 😂😂😂

I’m very torn on the Work Outing episode. I love all of it but as I’m a wheelchair user myself, then people who use the disabled loo when they shouldn’t are absolute scum. Same goes for parking spaces. I absolutely love the rest of the episode (and the show in general) though

@rhonafenwick5643

Ай бұрын

With the disclaimer that I'm not a regular wheelchair user (though am "leg disabled" - on a cane, needing a wheelchair on occasion), I'm not torn about it at all for two reasons. The major one is that the episode _immediately_ begins to punish Roy's use of the disabled toilet, with hours and hours of continual public embarrassment including being photographed for the newspaper with the actress he fancies. The minor one is that the whole idea of toilet guys is appalling and one who stares as you're trying to go is straight-up perverted; under those circumstances I'd actually be cheering on anyone who wanted to boycott the general toilets.

@jenmurrayxo

Ай бұрын

@ianp1986 I totally understand your perspective. For me I thought it was clear Roy was being a terrible person, it's definitely not ok to use disabled loo if you're not! I was just laughing at him getting more & more caught in his lies, as he should

@ianp1986

Ай бұрын

@@jenmurrayxo Oh, I’m not upset that you were laughing 😂😂

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.

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

Good Afternoon, Jen💜I think We've-All been waiting for this one😅I'm Ready to Download Your Most-Hysterical Laughter yet!👍

Moss is ina movie with Ben Stiller from 2012 called the Watch, also funny

I love that you're doing *The IT Crowd!* 🤸🏼‍♂️