I'm nearly 40 and being doing IT/IS for over 15 years. So I've seen 'em all.

Having worked in the 2000+ employee company, with just 0.01% devoted to customer support, like the case of this show, then they (show) are bang on.

These are the same cheap companies will continue to use outdated technology ten years later. Sadly, for large companies, this is the norm.

You get two somewhat competent support personel, paid at low salary, in real life, just like the show. Who's going to work in such conditions?

So the show is a carricature on established stereotypes with appropriate exageration for the common mass. Now, who is the show destined for?

Surely not the top 5% of the intelligent population. It's only the top 5% that are capable of using an Internet forum like this.

We could make the same judgements on Gilligan's Island, yet is was a huge success, catering to the sub-par intelligence of the common mass.

If the show producers read this, we have to give them constructive criticism, to improve the show, in the same manner William Shakespeare designed his plays - subtle humour for that top 5% - obvious for the other 95%.

This show needs more subtlety, in the manner of BOFH that I like to read on The Register.

All the show needs now is the PFY Intern - should be fat, like I am.

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Originally posted by Mister CSMH:
So the show is a carricature on established stereotypes with appropriate exageration for the common mass. Now, who is the show destined for?

Surely not the top 5% of the intelligent population. It's only the top 5% that are capable of using an Internet forum like this.

I'm not sure the common mass think every geek is as portrayed in this program. Maybe 10years ago but not now.

Also more than 5% of the population can use forums and computers, things have moved on so much. Who nowadays doesn't use a computer???

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Also more than 5% of the population can use forums and computers, things have moved on so much. Who nowadays doesn't use a computer???

Many old people

I am a computer geek. I am from the US. I think the IT Crowd is great. It's the best thing out of the UK that i've seen. However it does need more geek references but that would probably alienate non-geeks. I do love the did you restart it and did you plug it troubleshooting joke being carried on through out the episodes. I also like the fact that Roy seems to get hurt in every episode. As to the fact that they did the unplugged thing twice in the 1st episode, i think they were just making a point that she sucks at anything electronic.

Whats the overall response to the show, way across the pond? Was it mainly people who work in IT who liked it the most?

From what was posted here, I thought that legally it was UK only?

It is legallay UK only, but they let episodes 1 and 2 slip out to the world

todstein, you seem to make out that this entire show is based around picking on a minority, but it isn't!

It's a funny situation, because of the odd personalities. It's pure slapstick and the jokes like "Don't google the question" can't be seen as picking on because I don't know anybody that doesn't use google.

The n00bs that get Yahoo! preinstalled on there HP laptops use Yahoo! instead of google lol