My favorite sitcom of all time

I've watched the entire series four times through, and probably will again. Just discovered the episodes are on YouTube, for those few still without Netflix.
 

Since I'm one of those without ANY movie account (Netflix, Hulu, etc., etc.), I guess he's talking to me.
 
So what is the name of the sitcom?  "The IT Crowd?"  Wow, I've never even heard of it...  (Probably not good as one of the older nerds here!)
 
Do the episodes need to be seen in order?

Proof that the opinions of even the very smartest of folks can't always be trusted.
 
 
 

I thought those clips were funny, and I'm glad she got out of cranky Doc Martin's office.
thanks for the share!
-Tom

bayoubill
I loved 3rd Rock from the Sun and it's on Netflix too

I used to like that show, but at some point I realized I was only watching it for John Lithgow's character, which I found hilarious. I didn't think the other characters were that funny. Having said that, I don't think there is a sitcom where all the characters are equally as funny. Taxi was the same - I watch that show for Louie DePalma, Jim Ignatowski and of course Latka and Simka. The other characters like Alex, Elaine, Tony and Bobby didn't really appeal to me (and eventually the writers would ditch Bobby after realizing there was essentially no point to him). 
 
Incidentally Taxi is the only sitcom I can think of whose final season was the best. 

Yes, "Gay the Musical" was my favorite episode. That's the one I play for people to get them hooked.
 
Craig: although it's not necessary to watch them in sequence, there are ongoing plot lines, running gags, new characters and references to past episodes that might make it confusing if you don't.  For example, the introduction of Noel Fielding's character has a brilliant lead-up. Unfortunately, YouTube does not appear to have every episode available, including that one.

AHA! So that's the name of that show.
 
Never seen it but have seen ooooh so many Meme's of it in my internet travels.
 
Thanks for the heads up. Currently working through Red Dwarf for the second time (and The Borgias... for the second time).
 
I'm running out of tolerable shows I haven't already seen before. lol

I forgot about Reno 911
 

The Irish guy in this has exactly the same mannerisms as Dylan Moran in 'Black Books'.

bitflipper
Yes, "Gay the Musical" was my favorite episode. That's the one I play for people to get them hooked.
 
Craig: although it's not necessary to watch them in sequence, there are ongoing plot lines, running gags, new characters and references to past episodes that might make it confusing if you don't.  For example, the introduction of Noel Fielding's character has a brilliant lead-up. Unfortunately, YouTube does not appear to have every episode available, including that one.

If you Google "watch [name of TV show] online" there's a few streaming sites which usually have links for every episode of a show.

sharke

jamesg1213
...actually, the guy with the specs is a carbon-copy 'Manny' and the girl is 'Fran'..I guess Graham Linehan had a style that he stuck to.

I always thought there were certain loose similarities between Manny and Father Ted. Highly strung, lazy, cynical, drinking, smoking etc...

Not to be a sitcom nerd  but 'Bernard' was the cynical drunk in Black Books. I was thinking the character played by Richard Ayoade in IT Crowd (childlike and bumbling) is a parallel with Bill Bailey's 'Manny' in Black Books.
 
I agree about Father Ted/Bernard though, and of course you have the extreme version childlike/bumbling Father Dougal

jamesg1213

sharke

jamesg1213
...actually, the guy with the specs is a carbon-copy 'Manny' and the girl is 'Fran'..I guess Graham Linehan had a style that he stuck to.

I always thought there were certain loose similarities between Manny and Father Ted. Highly strung, lazy, cynical, drinking, smoking etc...

Not to be a sitcom nerd  but 'Bernard' was the cynical drunk in Black Books. I was thinking the character played by Richard Ayoade in IT Crowd (childlike and bumbling) is a parallel with Bill Bailey's 'Manny' in Black Books.
 
I agree about Father Ted/Bernard though, and of course you have the extreme version childlike/bumbling Father Dougal

 
Oh yeah it's been a while since I saw Black Books so I'm getting the names mixed up. 

backwoods
a very funny one that americans might not be aware of is "I'm Alan Partridge", which had a strange sort of slightly subversive humour-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fh6EUQ41JU

I'm Alan Partridge was superb, another of my favorites. Steve Coogan at his very best. I think it helps to be British to appreciate Partridge because a lot of what makes him funny is his references to the dull, humdrum side of UK life. For instance, references to eating scotch eggs from filling stations etc. I love the shot in one episode of him walking alongside the dual carriageway to get to the filling station, it really echoed with me and all the times I've found myself in similarly dull & bleak situations. I thought the scenario of him living in the motel was great - there's a scene where he calls reception and says "Hi Susan. I was a bit bored so I dismantled my Corby Trouser Press. I can't put it back together again.Will that show up on my bill" - classic Partridge. 
 
I used to see Coogan in my local Whole Foods in New York sometimes. He always looked like he'd just gotten up (or had been up all night on drugs) and he was always being hen pecked by his girlfriend.