*THE IT CROWD* 2x03 Reaction - "Moss and the German" - a fine young cannibal indeed

[@Reece_Hart]

I am pretty sure this episode came about due to the retrial of Armin Meiwes happening around the same time series 1 was airing. I mean imagine you're trying to think of new material for a 2nd series and suddenly in the news is the story of a German former computer repair technician who is coming up for a retrial for killing and eating a voluntary victim that answered a wanted ad.

[@God-ck5yo]

The reason for that musical ending is the actor who played Johann, Phillip Rham, was a professional cellist before becoming an actor and he played it for the studio audience at the recording.

[@alp8492]

THE funny/disturbing thing is the 'consensual German cannibal' storyline is based on a true story. Armin Meiwes was the guy in question

[@easystreet7713]

I never knew that - I always planned to see if there was anything behind this storyline but always managed to slip my mind!! Thanks for clarifying, makes this episode even better (or WORSE! 😅)

[@ThreadBomb]

@@easystreet7713 And before the event took place, they actually did watch Ocean's 11 together!

[@billybollockhead5628]

@@ThreadBomb : then they both cooked and ate his penis, before he killed him and ate the rest.

[@scottvgamer1163]

@@ThreadBomb original or remake?

[@bararobberbaron859]

I'm still offended that they retried him, everything up to and including his death and subsequent consumption was consentual, at most he should have gotten 3 years for disrespecting human remains, which was sort his first sentence. But due to pressure, not sure from where, they retried him much harsher. Makes for a fun IT Crowd episode, but I don't think it's fair what they did to Armin.

[@jthomann71]

Imma say it again: Matt Berry, Year of the Rabbit, What We Do in the Shadows, Toast of London. Absolutely fantastic.

[@stingersplash]

Is Year Of The Rabbit coming back?

[@jthomann71]

@@stingersplash No, IFC canceled it. I really wanted to see more of the Elephant Man, too, he was the best.

[@jthomann71]

@@stingersplash However, Berry is filming Toast of Tinseltown, so there's that.

[@ThreadBomb]

Don't forget Garth Marenghi's Dark Place!

[@dontalkt2meboutheroes]

House of Fools

[@acidsupernova]

As much as I enjoy some of the younger 20-something youtubers, I always appreciate those who are closer to my age (41) who understand a lot of references that the younger set might miss. Fine Young Cannibals, indeed! 🎵 "She drives me crazy!" 🎶

[@willis32]

To this day I do the "Theres somebody at the door" dance

[@balucious]

Just don't do it on the roof!

[@PHDarren]

"There's somebody at the door!" is something the great Rod Hull (with Emu) did on his 1980s kids show the Emu's All Live Pink Windmill Show. If you don't know Rod Hull & Emu, youtube search for Rod Hull and Emu on the Tonight Show with Richard Pryor.

[@BobGnarley.]

3:45 fun tid bit. watch Moss's very deliberate head placement as he jumps here. They did the scene before and realised yes you can hit your face

[@zach.0]

I love Neil's look of confusion when Douglas is...Douglassing

[@Nick_CF]

I love the absurdity of the smoking plot line in this episode lol

[@PaulMcCaffreyfmac]

Matt Berry is almost always stentorian and invariably funny. Toast Of London, Toast Of Tinseltown, What We Do In The Shadows (tv series) are all a hoot and all worth a look.

[@ThreadBomb]

Don't forget Garth Marenghi's Dark Place!

[@BloominGandalf]

Hadn't come across the word stentorian, cheers!

[@AzimovTube]

Dominator is played by James Bachman, who is in a lot of Mitchel and Webb sketches if you ever do any of their sketch shows.

[@robertballard2998]

By Vectron's Kindly Claw!

[@taniaPBear]

The whole Russian thing, was a very funny reference to the film 'Gorky Park', there were just so many things going on at once in this episode, love it.

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

Defo in the top 3 of best episodes along with countdown one and the ghost of Jen.

[@ellicel]

This is one of my favorites. But I think it became so after reading more about it and learning all the layers I was missing. I like the humor but the cleverness with all the different references is what puts it over the top for me

[@Tomp4ul]

New Denham is played by a fellow called Matt Berry, and he is incredibly funny; not just in this, but in a variety of other shows too. Things like 'What We Do In The Shadows', 'The Mighty Boosh', 'Toast of London', among others.

[@FireMunki63]

Toast of London is just mad brilliance :)

[@andrewjones575]

@@FireMunki63 Yes, TOL is his best work.

[@thatsthat2612]

He's not ready for the boosh yet

[@Tomp4ul]

@@thatsthat2612 I really hope it gets done at some point

[@thatsthat2612]

@@Tomp4ul me too but I'm not sure he'll get it right now, I might be wrong

[@almostideal1306]

If you introduce a cello in the first act, you better play the cello by the third act.

[@sonofliberty1]

Chekov's Cello!

[@WolfHreda]

"Hang on. He wanted to eat you?" "Yeah, keep up, Jen." 😂😂😂

[@ninagray4441]

Matt Berry who plays Douglas is a genius. Must watch Toast of London from the start to get the full effect of his greatness. + He's in the American TV version of What We Do In The Shadows.

[@sonofliberty1]

It's so nice to see someone get the Fine Young Cannibals reference. 😅

[@scipioafricanus5871]

and a "Good Thing" it is too!

[@sonofliberty1]

What a song!

[@jackdubz4247]

It would drive me crazy if Neil didn't get the joke.

[@control2XS]

12:10 If for some reason you wanted to see more of this guy, then I would highly recommend Phoneshop

[@makaveliuk86]

Oh yeh Matt Berry's definitely more of a presence 👀🤷‍♂️😂😂😂💜

[@andrewjones575]

Many sitcoms have major events which are somehow completely forgotten by the next ep. In this case, that includes all the events of the last ep of s1.

[@squidcaps4308]

It was all a dream. No, she was a witch and made everyone forget. Wait, i know this, it was virtual reality.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@squidcaps4308 Could you not...? I happen to think it's better if I don't know the twist ending.

[@unicyclist97]

What We Do In The Shadows really lets Matt shine.

[@rhonafenwick5643]

I just started watching your _IT Crowd_ reactions, and had to laugh when I saw you mention you didn't recognise Matt Berry at the time. Given how much of a _Fallout_ fan you clearly are, I hope you enjoyed seeing him turn up again in the recent _Fallout_ series =)

[@DavidSmith-cx8dg]

Great series , all over the place ,totally crazy and above all - fun .

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

MATT BERRY {BOSS} HAS "TOAST OF LONDON"" & WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS

[@15chipshops]

Matt Berry plays Douglas Reynholm, He was also in the fantastic "House of Fools" which starred Bob Mortimer & Vic Reeves, and alao "Garth Merengais Dark Place" which also starred Richard Ayoade, I highly recommend both these very funny series.

[@AlexAlex-ny3mz]

House of Fools was so funny, Loved all the Reeves & Mortimer stuff!

[@ThreadBomb]

Garth Marenghi's Dark Place. Metaphors are for cowards!

[@SaintDomingo1]

I love your reactions. I watch a few reaction channels, but only the genuine and authentic ones. Some channels are so contrived. I love the IT Crowd too. So I look forward to these uploads.

[@NeilTalks]

I appreciate that. Thanks!

[@SaintDomingo1]

@@NeilTalks Quick heads up... new University Challenge starts here tonight in the UK.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

MOSS AND RICHARD ARE ON MANY UK GAME SHOWS AND HILARIOUS

[@SuperTyrannical1]

The cannibal scenario actually happened before. There was a person who had a fantasy to be eaten and a guy like in this episode met and did it.

[@flaggerify]

The characters sleeping with each are just fantasy vignettes, like Jen's Soviet escapade.

[@mistakenot...4012]

And the German doing a cello performance for the studio audience,

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

CHRIS O'DOWD IS IN MANY FILMS...BRIDESMAIDS, THE SAPPHIRES, GULLIVERS TRAVELS

[@chester6514]

Is that the ‘well jimmy, I don’t think that’s any of your business’ guy at the start?

[@multiplemiggs5189]

You should also watch 'Black Books' , another brilliant UK sitcom... a classic

[@ThreadBomb]

Yes! I think Neil would love it. Also, has he seen Spaced?

[@sannaolsson9106]

This is one of my favorite episodes. The Jen stuff is amazing 🤣

[@mmhdata]

Future reaction to 'Toast of London' might be required

[@eKko0]

if youre unfamiliar with old denham you can always check out brass eye to see some of his other work, good luck getting it past youtube TOS

[@mistakenot...4012]

Also Jam

[@denewst01]

Slow burn setups are one of the big staples of British sitcoms.. Coupling & One Foot in the Grave are another couple of perfect examples, where there'll be a number of smaller scenes & setups to one big gutbuster finale.

[@HermanVonPetri]

Oh he would LOVE "Coupling" for sure.

[@AlexAlex-ny3mz]

Love Coupling, So funny and well written.

[@JeccaJ]

Coupling is so underrated! I'd love a reaction to this!

[@denewst01]

unfortunately as BBC series, they're likely to get hit hard by the copyright hammer :(

[@frozengamer3030]

These reactions are great.

[@sleepyfox8983]

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

[@omgwtaf4853]

Matt Berry did an episode of Community, season 6, sooo potentially you've seen him before…

[@ThreadBomb]

I don't know if the opening segment would make much sense to Americans. It's much funnier if you've seen the real copyright warnings on British DVDs and blu-rays.

[@JPuReTaLeNt]

Interesting film. Who’d have thought at the end that bloke turn out to be the …..smack! First time I saw this episode that part had me crying 😂😂😂

[@awall1701]

Matt Berry is hilarious.

[@andrewjones575]

A comedy genius.

[@jcon2060]

I was pleasently surprised to see him in "what we do in the shadows" - a spin-off show from Taika's film having the same name. I love him and the characters he plays.

[@Br0nto5aurus]

Aside from the guy they based the episode on, there are other examples of ethically gray cannibalism. In the US there was a guy who had to have his foot amputated and got the doctors to give him the severed limb. He took it home, and cooked it up into tacos for him and his friends, all aware of the protein source. IIRC, nobody was charged because cannibalism itself wasn't illegal, it would be the associated murder, but in this case there wasn't one. Along those lines, there are also people who eat human placentas, believing it has to have some magical properties, or that because a lot of animal moms eat the placenta to hide the recent birth from predators, humans should do it, too. Gross and unnecessary, but legal.

[@Renzsu]

The fun thing of this show is that they can basically do anything with it. There aren't really any storylines, so they just go crazy with it. Douglas (the new boss) imo is even better than the Denholm, he gets more extreme with every episode, you've got some great stuff coming up (season 3, episode 4.. though it's a bit controversial for some).

[@scipioafricanus5871]

You mean the twist ending?

[@kenavr]

"Some people don't want to pay for HBO max". I am sure that's true, but it is also true that a lot of people can't pay for HBO max, because there are a lot of markets (if not the vast majority) HBO is not available.

[@jameslinham2733]

This episode reminded me a lot of Black Books. Same writers, same quirky humour. Dylan Moran, Tamsin Greig and Bill Bailey star.

[@kuhpunkt]

Neil, are you not familiar with Armin Meiwes? :D

[@derianjones1730]

The Russian themed smoking area is brilliant. Being a 5 a day smoker, it does genuinely feel like that sometimes lol. Don't know why I told you how many I smoke a day lol. Acceptance? Approval? lol

[@McRino1]

The money was just resting in his account

[@magus104]

I dont think its that piracy is no longer an issue. For some is was lack of streaming services and availability of rental places in their location or just money. The lack of on demand as well. Piracy still offers a nice one stop shop for anything you could want to watch compared to now where you would need to be paying for like 20 different streaming services. A lot of people share netflix accounts which is essentially as bad as piracy since netflix doesnt technically approve of it and there have been talks about cracking down on password sharing for years. I think its similar with music. Most of the people who pirated content couldnt afford to buy it. So the film and music industry was viewing piracy as lost sales instead of sales that never would have happened in the first place. For me when I was in high school I was making a list of stuff to buy whenever I had money so I could support the creators. Like I had just gotten into music and fell in love with metallica... but then metallica spear headed the takedown of napster which then soured me on that whole concept of supporting those kinds of creators. But then you have stuff like firefly which i downloaded instead of watching on tv as i wasnt paying for cable..... i bought it on dvd when it came out, bought it on bluray when that came out and now also bought the digital version on amazon. I think the media corporations all trying to get a piece of the pie are pushing people back toward piracy. Like I have amazon prime and netflix.... amazon bought mgm, cool so i can watch all of stargate now right? Nope because they want to double dip and are starting MGM+ to be ale to get an extra fee out of people. I have seen a lot of youtubers who actually use 3rd party streaming websites which are running in some 3rd world country to avoid copyright issues and they usually have ads to make money off people using their site.. Then these same youtubers not only profit off this stolen content but they post full PIP reactions on their patreon. So using stolen content to make money on multiple fronts and supplying that stolen content to people in full, for a fee.... Its just a matter of time before the reaction bubble bursts but as of right now no corporation is going to be willing to pay to get behind a patreon paywall to make sure people arent breaking the law. Also with the example of the community D&D episode there are movies and other TV show episodes that have been pulled off streaming services due to some Karens complaining about stuff so there is content that just doesnt exist anymore outside of piracy which I personally feel is wrong. I dont like censorship of any kinda

[@kindakooky5304]

you should def react to the bloopers of the show, they have bloopers for each season i believe on youtube

[@squidcaps4308]

Piratism is still a thing, thou a lot of it happens via streaming instead of torrents but the latter is still going strong. It never went away...

[@KingBuster90]

the Game of Thrones finale thing would have been because of the Internet & time zone differences different country would have got it first & the internet would have spoiled it before it aired for others in the UK, some American TV shows don't air until a couple of months after the season finale or half a year later sometime after the mid-season finale but I think some shows as big as Game of Thrones it was the next day or the next week

[@derianjones1730]

Please please consider watching "The Peep Show", which has to be one of the most unique and brilliant sit com's ever.

[@andrewjones575]

Peep Show is excellent.

[@Patriiiiick]

Chance would be a fine thing, a fine thing indeed.

[@davsav]

You were slow today, I managed to clap before you

[@SaturnusDK]

Interestingly cannibalism is not technically illegal in almost any country in the World.

[@mikeyb2932]

True, some people are eating placenta and unless the meat is gotten illegally it does not seem illegal to cook and eat.

[@ThreadBomb]

Maybe due to Christians eating the body of Christ at communion ceremonies?

[@anitahargreaves9526]

I love your walls colour. Bright and cheerful.

[@chanceneck8072]

Did I ever mention, that I am from Germany?.......................

[@stingersplash]

Another fantastic episode! I love the piracy and at the beginning. It's ridiculous but a nice parody of the real thing. Jen having to go to Moscow for a cigarette, very funny.

[@ariadnepyanfar1048]

I am not one to turn down a free cello solo. HBO IS NOT AVAILABLE IN AUSTRALIA AND IT NEVER HAS BEEN AND I'M REALLY UPSET ABOUT IT ARRGH.

[@grahamstubbs4962]

Laugh? I nearly joined the queue for cigarettes.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

TOOOOOO FUNNY

[@rakuengrowlithe4654]

Some nice bits in this one but overall not a very strong episode, in my opinion.

[@kosefix]

I advise you never to say schnitzel is German btw. It's Austrian. Big difference.

[@OfflineSetup]

For me this is the weakest of all the IT episodes.

[@lee-annecollinsuk]

What?! I love this one!

[@booradley8895]

Shut the front door

[@stingersplash]

For me it's a strong one.

[@rakuengrowlithe4654]

I know what you mean.