by Stix on Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:48 am
It gets better. 4 and 6 are very good. I don't think the aim of the show is to highlight IT departments accurately, but to simply give the series some familiarity between each episode. And while the first show is too low-key for the overacting, the rest of the episodes have some things that are so over-the-top that Chris O'Dowd's overacting doesn't really matter. Hell, most of the Pythons overact in their sketches, but the type of comedy calls for it. It's the same thing here, in most of the episodes.
Anyway, in terms of British comedy, I have my favorites. There are too few episodes of this show for me to rank it anywhere, however. Anyway, my top British comedies:
5. Blackadder
4. Mr. Bean
3. Monty Python's Flying Circus
2. Are You Being Served?
1. Fawlty Towers (Only 12 episodes, but every single one is great.)