Americans React to THE IT CROWD The Work Outing Season 2 Episode 1 REACTION

[@timboxall8936]

As a disabled wheelchair user, I find this probably the most divinely hilarious episode of all. People have occasionally said "Aren't you offended by the depiction of disability?" and then get awkward when I tell them it's probably one of the finest British comedy episodes. I have a wheely good sense of humour.

[@judgejudyslover]

People getting annoyed for someone else is so irritating. It’s condescending as fook

[@hipster01cg]

I literally say "I'm disabled" in Roy's voice all the time. 😂😂 and my sister did pull the red cord while we were using the toilet and omg did we look at each other in panic. We were shouting it was an accident, don't open the door!

[@charlielouise2428]

The whole point is that the joke is on Roy for pretending to be disabled, and he gets his comeuppance 😅

[@hipster01cg]

I think it's always interesting to see people's faces watching this. It's the worst possible thing that could happen that actually gets worse 😂😂

[@timboxall8936]

@@hipster01cg So do I! Particularly good for me as I'm in a wheelchair, so "Legs..." is also a corker 😂

[@spnhm34]

Moss behind the bar is one of the best comedy moments of all time. Richard Ayoade plays it to perfection

[@alittlecreepywhenyou]

100% Pure F'ing brilliance. It's actually one of my happy thoughts I replay in my head whenever I'm feeling like shit. "Yes Miss." Jen's face as well. lol

[@bischandchips9421]

When she approaches the bar and sees him...that moment was the reaction I was waiting to see. I had the same reaction the first time I saw it. Brilliant!

[@vadergravy]

It's one of the most tightly scripted 25 minutes of comedy ever written. Not a single moment is wasted from start to finish. People weren't anticipating you seeing any one part, just this master class in comedy writing as a whole.

[@davidz3879]

The PC/woke brigade wouldn't let anything like this be made now.

[@IIChristisKingII]

@@davidz3879 They would lose there shit over the future trans episode. Poor little flowers. 😅

[@dgpatter]

@@IIChristisKingII That episode has, in fact, been canceled. It has been removed from the main streaming source in the UK. I don’t know if whatever source the Boomers are using still has it.

[@garydarnell3117]

And now one of the greatest comedy writers ever can't get work because he called out the trans community for being evil, which they are.

[@jim7831]

I was literally just about to send the same comment! I think they pulled it off with the 'Are We Not Men?' episode too

[@Arthur-sv8eo]

this is arguably one of the best sit-com episodes ever, of any show in the world

[@LordArthurWellesley]

This is a masterclass of how to write a sitcom episode. The fact that they introduced all the characters at the first season, and then they start the second one with this... beautiful.

[@miles-thesleeper-monroe8466]

Totally agree. It's genuine peoples' humour laid down for posterity lest we forget in our corporate liberal one party state

[@Briansgate]

agreed. every set-up was paid off.

[@dualprocessed6713]

No just no 😂 only fools is vastly better.

[@jakell99]

The sudden 'Moss-at-the bar' moment does it for me, not because it has the biggest belly laugh, but because it puts a cherry on top of the Jen-Roy wheelchair surrealism. I think Richard knows this too because he underplays it like a natural comedian would..

[@jamesfield1674]

I actually wet myself laughing at this first time I saw it

[@Dayboot33]

The genius of it is they've been so focussed on Roy that you completely forget about Moss and the Staff toilet. And then your brain just fills in the whole story instantly and it's hilarious.

[@msjaffacake]

Yes! That cut to him is hilarious. And his facial expressions!!

[@hannukah812]

The first time I saw this episode I cried from laughter at that. Such a simple joke but so bloody funny!!

[@IceMetalPunk]

@@Dayboot33 I kept thinking, in the back of my mind, "are we going to close up Moss's B plot?" and then it just happened and I lost it so hard 😂

[@minmo2288]

Watched this with my family and my dad laughed so hard he had an asthma attack and we thought we might have to take him to the hospital for a a little while 😂 so funny it almost killed a man.

[@marklandreth2197]

The Actress who plays Laura Knightly (Lydia Fox) is actually married to Moss (Richard Ayoade).

[@Che5syMu5ic]

And this episode came out the year they got married (2007)

[@pj5517]

Really? 👍

[@alittlecreepywhenyou]

OMG. Really? Nice one Richard. GG👍

[@fuzzit]

I will die on the hill that this is the best episode of any sitcom EVER

[@DirtCheapFU]

This episodes is busy and funny that i always get lost in the side plots and thankfully... they tie the loose ends.

[@williammccullough2466]

I second that.

[@fifimsp]

agreed

[@theriddick2735]

That's a brave statement to make.

[@BuzzaB77]

Jen hailing a taxi at the end after some disaster becomes a recurring joke I love that.

[@sarahwestwood6665]

Omg yes! TAXI!!

[@midnightmosesuk]

Katherine Parkinson is absolutely brilliant in this. Roy in the wheel chair is hilarious and Moss working the bar is beyond funny but Jen's expressions are priceless. The point where she goes to the bar and see's Moss standing there she has this expression where she's clearly questioning her own sanity and struggling for an explanation.

[@markhardcastle9820]

The second half of this episode is the funniest continuous delivery of comedy I’ve seen on tv.

[@StephMcAlea]

Moss at the bar as Jen turns. Always cracks me up.

[@bassmunk]

It's THE pay off of the whole episode lol It's the best one ever done.

[@necessaryevil3428]

Moss behind the bar is one of the funniest moments in British tv...... still makes me cry 😅

[@HaydnG266]

Can remember the first time I saw it. Roared laughing

[@PianoDentist]

This episode is gotta be one of the best episodes from this show. I have seen it so many times. Never fails to make me laugh.

[@Vanoss1999]

One of the best episodes of IT Crowd ever

[@ericv6502]

Deadass I laughed so hard when Jen turned around an moss was like yes miss

[@rabbittko1421]

​@@ericv6502I nearly cracked my head for that 😂

[@dtz1000]

The best episode, I think.

[@barrykeeto1248]

It was 100% the best episode.. 🤣👍🏼

[@nacekozo]

This and the dinner party

[@yunehversomi1458]

Can’t help but admire the irony and foreshadowing in Roy’s “I don’t like walking” remark. A line that would go over the heads of first time viewers who have no idea what kind of night the guy’s in for.

[@JohnKater1971]

Watching people watch this unbelievable episode for the first time is one of my greatest joys.

[@saglionis2205]

Moss at the bar Kills me everytime. Every. Time.

[@nikolaos9652]

The "hold my hand - no, that's not my haaaaand" line had me in stitches. Amazingly well written episode

[@phousefilms]

"Willie's, willie's, I like willie's!" "It's "I love willie's". "What?" "I LOVE willie's!" "Sir, could you keep it down?"

[@Rowgue51]

This is quite possibly my favorite single episode of any comedy series ever. It's just a non stop stream of one brilliant gag leading seamlessly into the next brilliant gag for the entire episode.

[@pussycats456]

Yup, me too! Not a second of this episode is wasted! Genius! 😂

[@BillSentry]

The producers were worried about the ratings, but when the live audience came into the studio the second season, and so many of them were garbed like Moss with all the pens in the chest pocket and such, they KNEW they had a big hit!

[@VenatusVox]

Fun Fact: Richard Ayoade (Moss) married Lydia Fox, the actress who plays Laura Knightly in this episode. Also highly recommend a show called 'Wicked' in London.

[@jemmajames6719]

The Fox acting dynasty!

[@Greymange]

I see Richard relatively often as he lives near where my kids go to school. Enough that he's known for being polite and respectful but not wanting to talk to people all the time, not asking for photos etc. Usually I've seen him out with his wife and/or kids so don't say anything.

[@sarahwestwood6665]

​@@jemmajames6719shame Laurence Fox is such an idiot

[@megageek8509]

Just came to say. We saw wicked last April in London and it was excellent.

[@pussycats456]

I did not know that!

[@24magiccarrot]

For me the star of the show in this episode is the editing, the timing of the key moments is just so on point

[@ssww1976]

Absolutely. Editing can transform things quite dramatically and this episode is a brilliant example of that!

[@michaelking3629]

As a retired member of the IT Crowd, I can honestly say that I have worked with people just like Roy, Moss & Jen. I’ve responded to support calls by asking if they had tried turning their computers off and on again. Been shouted at by a user because her desktop computer won’t power on some days. I suspected that one or more of her colleagues was pranking her by unplugging it when she wasn’t looking (I never told her, all she ever knew was that I fixed it).

[@hipster01cg]

Also my mum says Congrats on the new baby, she loves watching these with me and I'm actually disabled so it hits in so many layers and my sister pulled the red cord one time accidentally and it was very funny and we panicked. Leg disability like LMFAO. We always say "I'm disabled" in Roy's voice.

[@stevenb4285]

I think the 2nd half of this episode is the funniest 10-15 minutes of TV ever produced. Seen it multiple times now, and it still cracks me up.

[@Boxmajor]

The episode as a whole is amazing but the reveal to Jen of Roy on the wheelchair then Moss at the bar is class. There’s still more to come. FATHER!!!!!

[@johnzerlel]

SPEAK, PRIEST

[@vermis8344]

WHERE IS YOUR GOD? WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

[@AishaIsFabulous-x-]

FAAAARRRTHAAAAA! 🤭 -x-

[@JD-Media]

Death is near! Death is everywhere! Who's that knocking on the door? It's Death...

[@arsenic1987]

AMBULANCE! I NEED A BLOODY AMBULANCE! I'M NOT JOKING!

[@IceTea1983]

"I'm comfortable with my sexuality, I just don't want to be slapped in the face with their sexuality" might be one of the best responses in that situation.

[@majorlybad]

Jen turning round to Moss at the bar is possibly my favourite moment in any comedy

[@Madj3llyfish]

I would say for me the best bit is when Jen turns around to ask for a double whisky and sees Moss. This is definitely the best episode of the whole show for me.

[@gshortelljr]

This is what we've all been waiting for, when the show really takes off. And now we get Douglas.

[@dezertrat13]

Love matt berry

[@McPhailin]

FATHER!!!!

[@guyblack]

Unhand me priest!!!

[@SpenceJS87]

Jen turning around and seeing Moss at the bar is the funniest thing I have ever seen and is the hardest I've laughed at anything.

[@AlastairjCarruthers]

It gets me every time, but I can still remember the first time I saw it years ago. I laughed so hard I might have done myself an injury. Perfect comedy 😂

[@bassmunk]

The whole episode is like a setup for that one "punch line". It's the best comedy pay off ever! lol

[@led0073]

They get wilder as they go, some mind blowing episodes coming up. The exercise episode, the german cannibal, Peter file, the Internet and street countdown. Are amongst the finest in British comedy ever made. Can't wait to see your reactions.

[@DirtCheapFU]

Ohh... Peter. File.

[@tarekmoneimsaid]

Sometimes I wish I could forget everything about this episode just to watch it for the first time again, one of the funniest I've ever seen :D

[@Moonlightgraeme]

This is my favourite episode of the it crowd, brilliant

[@Cabbageface]

I've been waiting for this episode since the first reaction, I watched it on live tv and couldnt pause it so i feel like the chaos and rapid unravelling was such a punch, i remember bursting out laughing as soon as Jen turns around to see Moss behind the bar.

[@alanclose1230]

1 turn up naked 2 bring beer 3 don't stand in front of the TV!

[@theriddick2735]

Personally if a beautiful woman is naked holding a can of lager i couldn't care less about the television.

[@fyrealis]

I think this episode is just one of those rare times where we weren't looking for any specific moment. It's just a brilliant episode from start to finish. Though my personal favourite is when Moss gleefully shouts "Hello" at one of the actors. The innocence in his voice truly cracks me up!

[@IceMetalPunk]

Lmao, Roy's delivery of "I'm mad for craic" is absolutely hilarious 😂

[@johnmcternan4157]

It's cathartic to hear it an Irish person, he's probably rolled his eyes silently at it a hundred times.😅

[@annag8613]

I don't know how I missed this vid. One of the best episodes of a comedy show ever. We have watched it over and over. Genius of comedy and editing. Graham Linehan comedy is just a cut above.

[@fairytoffee3159]

35:16 is to this day probably the hardest I have ever laughed because of a TV series. I think I actually hurt myself xD that cut and richard's face are absolute perfection

[@mycustardlove4168]

I'd just like to say I've loved watching these with you. I do get the terrible blues after christmas, and i want to thankyou for these, they are going to help. The best episode of the lot.

[@mikeb3936]

This is one of the funniest episodes in all off sitcom history.

[@hashworld5492]

One of the best episodes ever written of any tv series,the bald bloke in the wheelchair in the bus at the end who talks to Roy is Ash Atalla is one of the producers

[@webbess1]

He also produced The Office.

[@stefan6653]

Whole episode was hilarious - I think for me I was waiting for the reaction to Roy on the chair lift and then Moss behind the bar! Reaction didn't disappoint! :D

[@neilsoncoombs4319]

Cant tell you how many times ive seen this episode. From the intermission onwards is so good. This episode is the antidote to any film or show that has a dark bleak ending

[@TheThird1977]

Ever since you reacted to the first episode I have been waiting for this one, possibly the most perfectly scripted and executed sitcom episode ever. Shit, I was laughing my arse off when I saw the thumbnail just recollecting the various classic moments.

[@watchreadplayretro]

Queen Boomer totally called it with Moss getting 100% into the role. Brilliant stuff, thanks guys!

[@CTallant]

Yes! I've been waiting for this episode! It's one of my favourites! "What happened?" "I'm disabled" 🤣🤣

[@Cruithneach]

I pulled a red cord many years ago when rather drunk. My thought process had been, "I wonder what this does". I distinctly recall replying to the concerned voices outside, "I'm alright, thanks, I pulled it by accident. Can you fuck off now, please?"

[@HomeworkRadio]

The biggest laugh TV has ever got out of me was this episode 🔥

[@iandennis1]

I’ve been looking forward to this one. A true classic

[@Chesterflaps]

This is the greatest written situation comedy episode ever written, in my opinion. Everything comes together with absolute perfection.

[@cazfloss1990]

This is one of my favourite ever episodes on a show. It’s absolutely fantastic.

[@samthemac17]

I was excited for the whole episode, not one moment. The whole episode is just amazing. When you rewatch it, you'll find new things to laugh at, it's just so exceptionally written. There's a lot of foreshadowing in this episode and I'm all here for it. For most of us, this is where the show really picks up. It has so many iconic episodes from here on in. I'm really looking forward to the football one myself. I'm gonna say it some more Garth Merenghi's Darkplace. You'll love it. Seriously goofy comedy. It's genius.

[@Renzsu]

This episode is just one of those special ones where it's just one gag after the other, almost no breaks. Super dense and yeah, I was hurting after it was finished :D

[@MokumHVB]

🤣 I ve seen it so many times, but it stays sooo funny. Moss also my favourite caracter. (Richard Ayouade) In the Netherlands we have toilet ladies, you have to pay a euro or 50 c, not just tip them. But they dont just sit/stand around. They clean the toilets in between and stock paper etc. They often work at shops, cafe´s and at nightclubs as well. I like it when I go out at night. People are drunk and thh toilets become so messy when the bar staff does a clean twice a night. This way you have clean facilities. A friend of mine did it at a (gay ;) ) rave, dressed up fun, put out some stuff like deodorant, mints, lollies etc and made a lot of money.

[@CharlieyT95]

How to make your man truely happy. Turn the heating off Turn the lights off And don't leave the door open Simple

[@dontalkt2meboutheroes]

Great episode, a few more to come. There was a Benidorm actor in there you missed recognizing. Nicholas Burns who played Jerome also played Martin Weedon in Benidorm.

[@laughingoutloud8612]

Nah, he did say he recognised but he didn’t twig it was Martin. He noticed just after he said, we better go the show’s starting.

[@chris_debian5368]

Every time I see this episode, I think it's award-worthy.

[@HomeworkRadio]

Moss's sudden appearance...that was the moment!

[@dgpatter]

Btw, the actress Roy was enamored with is played by Moss’ real life wife.

[@hannukah812]

No way!!! I didn’t know that!

[@55tranquility]

I did not know this

[@rj2409]

The Moss reveal behind the Bar is one of my Favourite T.V moments ever 🤣🤣 literally crack up everytime

[@nope66755]

you know a show is top notch when it couldn’t be made today 😂 oh and that bloke you recognised was martin from benidorm!

[@joelwatkins]

I don't know a single person who's watched this episode, and hasn't absolutely creased with gut-busting laughter at some point! One of, if not the, best episodes of the show.

[@infamyinfamy]

Heat Magazine was a celebrity gossip magazine with fashion & beauty tips etc aimed at young women.

[@evrynameistaken5]

queen literally laughed herself blind for a minute there 😂

[@jonathanbignall1198]

As soon as I saw this reaction video on your channel I knew I'd have to watch it right away, I was sure you'd both be in stitches from laughing 😂

[@bibsp3556]

This might be the tightest episode of any of its style of all time. There are some truely amazing British comedies, this swries being one of them, but this episode is just so well done, so trimmed of any fat. 10/10 would watch again

[@zingystardust4082]

Your knock the mic moment was hilarious. Enjoyed watching along with you, good to see that you 'get' the humour.

[@DEmma1972]

If you pause it like you did to recover from each hilarity then it takes away some of the humour. 1st few times I watched this I was in tears with my sides split. It is a masterpiece in how to write comedy and the timing and acting are 2nd to none

[@BillSentry]

"Moss" costarred in the American movie with Ben Stiller which I think was called "The Watch". And by the way if you want fast talking American's go to New York City. I also figured out that the Spanish language requires fast talking, because they have to get twice as many syllables in each sentence. I wonder if toilet guys are there to discourage damaging the place. "The Standard" newspaper photo will show Roy as a gay guy all over the country. And at the end Roy has to ride in the gay van a really long way.

[@wafi84]

This episode is definitely one of the best. It always reminds me of my mum. We watched it on tv when it first came out and she nearly wet herself laughing 😂

[@AlastairjCarruthers]

I'm so glad you guys liked this one as much as I do 🤣 As others have said the whole thing is good, but I notice the parts that totally destroyed you two were the exact same parts that had me creasing up - Moss at the bar, the agonisingly slow lift, etc. The next episode is fantastic too, and in that one there actually are two very specific moments that had me on the floor. It'll be interesting if they also get you the same.

[@narfellus]

Not only is this the best IT Crowd episode, this is one of the best comedic scenes from any show in Britain or America, it rivals ALL of the best.. The setup and payoff of every single inch of this episode is pure gold. Not even the IT Crowd could quite match it again start to finish.

[@partiallysightedpaul]

What an episode! British/Irish humour at it's best. Happy NY Boomers.

[@arsenic1987]

NO SPOILERS HERE BTW: There was no "one part" we wanted you to react to. This is actually one where we actually were looking forward to the entirety of the episode. I'm glad you paused it when "needed", since a lot can be missed of the comedic timings when not watching a whole scene through. But again, this comes down to the perfect pacing of the writing and directing of this episode. It slows down enough for any laugh to settle RIGHT before shooting a new one (like showing Moss as the bartender. That one gets me in stitches every time I watch it. As you mentioned, we KNOW it's coming, but the reveal is so perfectly timed that it get's you anyway). And during the last 6-7 minutes of the episode, the actors do a FANTASTIC job at conveying SO much by merely their eyes. You can tell exactly what they'd like to say. The writers in general / and directors should be highly praised for the amazing comedic timing they place. And the magic of making something completely mundane into something hilarious. Happy new year guys! You got the best of them to start of 2024 🙂 The next episode kills as well, so get yer jaw bone trained.

[@TheSimCaptain]

Yeah, I hate it when some who react pause a scene in the middle of a great line and miss it when they resume the scene.

[@ITPFS]

Relax, brother. It's not that deep.

[@stuartarmstrong5190]

Roy on the wheelchair lift, followed by Moss at the bar - brilliant!

[@samthemac17]

FINALLY. The one we've been waiting for.

[@sebf5815]

The guy you recognise is Martin from Benidorm and from Nathan Barley Nathan Barley is another excellent show you should react to.

[@aidankirwan9904]

Or is it? 😂

[@adrianmcgachie]

I have seen this episode countless times and it still does not fail to make me collapse in laughter. King Boomer knows the three things to keep your man happy are breakfast, lunch and dinner!

[@ross8884]

A friend I worked with pulled that emergency cord in a disabled toilet... while at a job interview! Caused a right fuss! LOL

[@katherinedowling4246]

So pleased to see your little faces on my tv love this programme thanks KB & QB oh I like Queen Boomers jingles tuff these negative nellies thank you ❤

[@FrowningIke]

I lived in the US for 10 years. Early on, purchased a TV from American. I was told to drive around to the loading dock to collect. There was an older guy and a kid, 18 tops. I was chatting to the older guy and I could see the young guy in my peripheral vision staring at me, clearly wanting to interject. I turned to him and he said, word for word, "Are you from England)? I say "Yes" He says "Do you know Stuart"? In the background the older guy put his head between his hands!

[@stingersplash]

One of best episodes of any sitcom ever...what a way to start 2024 🎉

[@l3v1ckUK]

That was a good episode. Probably my favourite IT Crowd.

[@sjwillis1137]

Absolutely 😮😅

[@fifimsp]

I love this episode. It's my favorite one of my favorite show of all time. the first time my husband and I watched it we had to pause it because we were laughing so hard. Like you aren't done laughing at the last thing when they're onto the next funny thing and there's no reprieve at the end.

[@ruthbriggs5372]

You had me crying because you were both cracking up so much 😂 brilliant

[@GyleCast]

That bit where Jen turns around and Moss is behind the bar, is my favourite part of the whole series.

[@anniesharp4871]

Such a good show. Please watch Black Books next to complete the Graham Linehan golden trio. It's my favourite of the three!

[@Danno_GK]

Knew you guys would love the part where he’s being lowered back down off the bus 😂😂 gets me every time

[@Sweaty_Ken]

Three best ways to please your man: 1) Buy fruit, especially bananas. 2) Point at swans in your local park and wink suggestively. 3) wear comedy plastic reindeer antlers at all times and when your lover says your name, paw the ground with your foot as if you about to charge, but DON'T.

[@JohnScott-Ashtree]

My fave episode, and your reaction did it justice. I hurt too, every time I watch it. And i REALLY hurt myself at the 'get drunk and give them $100' bit!!!!

[@Irina-ns2ru]

Thanks

[@j9lorna]

Ball massage... I can't think of anything more terrifying.

[@debbiemillar5864]

Favourite episode of the IT crowd!!

[@jamesfield1674]

OMG been waiting for this in like FOREVER!!!!!! Happy New Year Boomerites

[@TheRadiantSilvergun]

King Boomer is so gonna love Douglas, his Jay for IT Crowd.

[@fleason771]

This episode is definitely the greatest ep of the IT Crowd you will ever see. It physically hurts my ribs from laughter 😂😂

[@greigclement9081]

The gradual build up of hilarious scenes was incredible.