The IT Crowd - S4 E2 - The Final Countdown

Mandy Cane Lane

I am not going to lie, I no longer remember enough to know exactly what you are talking about Carl 🤭

Carl-Fredrik L

And Black Books

Carl-Fredrik L

when saying Negative one was the previous spelling champion til Moss came along, i wouldve loved if they cut to him being on Countdown looking and acting absolutely normal 😆

Samuel Coghlan-White

YIPPPEEEE

Mandy Cane Lane

It is on my list Samuel! 🙌🏻✨️

Samuel Coghlan-White

you should watch the mighty boosh

Silly Uncle Andy Farmer

awwwwww... big hugs being sent over to you! xxxx mwah

Joshyboiiiiii

Share with us!!!!!

Joshyboiiiiii

Whoa didn't you kill a spider not long ago or was that someone completely different 😂😂

Josh Read

Our creator. The alpha and omega ✨️ with knowledge of us all. We praise you 🙌

Mandy Cane Lane

That doesn't work for me Josh. 😔 As "the creator" here, clicking pictures or names gives me info on the person. (what tier, how long, etc.)

Mandy Cane Lane

OMFG!! THAT IS HILARIOUS!!!

Mandy Cane Lane

Haha, thank you Andy!!! I hate that I am near the end already! 😅😅

Mandy Cane Lane

This thread was odd!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I rather not kill anything either 🫣

Mandy Cane Lane

HAHAHSHHA! Yes, yes I do. I have many musical plans 🤪

Mandy Cane Lane

Hahahahha! It took me a second! 🤣🤣🤣

Stevus

😉

Mandy Cane Lane

The replies made me suspicious 😅😅😅

Mandy Cane Lane

I meant as part of the design! 🤣🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHAH! I JUST CAUGHT ONNNNNN 🙈🙈🙈🙈🙈

Mandy Cane Lane

Look! Rusty found it!!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/295116918417

Balkyne

The argument that Karl is playing a character never really makes sense to me, just due to how organically he came about for the most part, like he was just the guy that played the records at xfm who ricky took a shining to, it would be a crazy amount of 4d chess to have created him

Josh Read

You just have to click on profile pictures to enlarge them

Rusty Dog

Hmm not sure. Ball gowns if the lady is attending an evening event I suppose. I just got it a nice dress. 😁.

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

I must be tired, I was trying to figure out why you sent a sponge emoji 🤣 https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/96/2f/17962fc9cf8c3d086e372a729bb5f609.gif

Stevus

🥔🥗🤣

Stevus Minimus

🤣

Benjamin Taylor-Yates

Absolutely. There's about 40 mins in one, and 15 in the other so I've linked a playlist that probably adds up to an hour. Video quality may be lower on the newsreel one but it's not really needed.

𝓢𝓽𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓪 𝓯𝓪𝓷𝓬𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓷𝓽

Kitana pic, because you couldn't see it https://ibb.co/Fq5nC2Q 😁 I get bored lol.

Joshyboiiiiii

I feel like I could take a moth potentially

Jeffrey44

ROLF!

𝖦𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖬𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇

We have fancy dress costumes, ball gowns are worn at balls, and im somewhat familiar with the term robe to mean dressing gown, but in the absense of any context, a robe to me would refer to the outdoor variety. Bath robe, sure. Unambiguously a dressing gown 😁

Stevus

Pretty much anything can be taken down with a swift kick to the posing pouch. I'm not into killing or violence, so only in self defence!

Joshyboiiiiii

Wait why did I ask pretty much the same question in the same week? What a dick 😂

Joshyboiiiiii

🥰🥰🥰

Joshyboiiiiii

Ergh lame 😂😂

Mandy Cane Lane

Hahahaa! I was NOT expecting Countdown 😅

Mandy Cane Lane

That clip makes me so uncomfortable! So what do you guys call fancy dresses?

Mandy Cane Lane

Hahaha! It was an awesome surprise! 🤣🤪

Mandy Cane Lane

Google did not explain this, but I don't think anyone actually died 🧐

Mandy Cane Lane

HAHAHHA! Had to go back and listen to myself with all the comments and wow, you are right 🙈🤣

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

LMFAO Jeffrey.🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

Me? Haha, I got excited 🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

Lol, awesome Benji, thank you! Are these links reaction worthy? 🤗

Mandy Cane Lane

It makes me so uncomfortable 😅😅😅

Mandy Cane Lane

Ahh, ok! No wonder they looked familiar 🤣 I was too caught up in the Countdown of it all 🤪

Josh Read

I couldn't bring myself to hurt an animal 😞 so I'll let it win.

Mandy Cane Lane

Hahahha! It was so unexpected! 😅🤪

Mandy Cane Lane

Lol interesting! I was not expecting Countdown in The It Crowd! Was a wonderful surprise! Haha. Also calling a robe a dressing gown is so weird to me. What do you call fancy dresses? Like ball gowns?

Joshyboiiiiii

Slight part of me feels like Karl might be playing a character ngl and after it crowd finished I feel like Richard didn't get the recognition he deserves and I feel like he should be held in a higher regard

Joshyboiiiiii

Hannah from hollyoaks lee? Btw am I the only one who sees the slight resemblance to Margot Robbie in this lady?

Mandy Cane Lane

I am confused, once again

Mandy Cane Lane

Awesome! Gonna have to look for that!

Joshyboiiiiii

Oh dear sorry for this question 😅 I've noticed you've mentioned your ex more recently so hoping you're alright, the word damage at the end concerns me so just remember we're here and we can help you like you've all helped me ❤️❤️

Mandy Cane Lane

Oh wonderful! Thank you Alex! 🙌🏻✨️🤗

Mandy Cane Lane

Ahhh, that is why he looked familiar 😅🤪

Mandy Cane Lane

Thank you! And ahh! Ai covers can be so interesting! Cartman singing Bring Me To Life is one of my favorites 🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

He is a funny man indeed! My favorite funny man to come out of the UK is Karl though. Part of his beauty is that he is unintentionally funny 🤪

Joshyboiiiiii

So I'm guessing a fly font boy?

Joshyboiiiiii

No no stevus just brute force with fists, kicks, knees, elbows, headbutts and most importantly earlobes

Mandy Cane Lane

Also Mr 44, is the book Susie gives the losers a dictionary as to say "you lost, study this dictionary and do better"?

Mandy Cane Lane

Thank you lads. I too am super happy I know about countdown, in general and for this episode. Thank you kindly irreverend.

Mandy Cane Lane

Never expected COUNTDOWN 😅

Mandy Cane Lane

Ahh, leave it Jeffrey to be ironic 🤣🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

That is such a loaded question Josh because thanks to all my mistakes I learned a lot. I made seveal mistakes though. Most things I regret was meeting my ex boyfriend. 😅 Would go back and prevent a lot of damage 🤪

Mandy Cane Lane

LMAO Mr 44 🤣🤣🤣

Mandy Cane Lane

It was great! So unexpected!! 🤣

Stevus

Do I get a gun? Or even a sword?

Andy Farmer

Hahaaa I do so look forward to you loving these episodes Fellow Human Mandy 😁 hope you have a groovy weekend. Play a record! ❤️

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

I think I could take most small mammals, only the really small ones though. Nothing bigger than Mandy.

Jeffrey44

Yes, RIP.

Jeffrey44

Yes.

Joshyboiiiiii

Random question for everyone. What's the largest animal you could take in a fight? I might have already asked that, if so I'll ask 2 tomorrow

Joshyboiiiiii

Random question of the day mainly for Mandy. Do you plan on singing in the near future?

Joshyboiiiiii

Who?

Stevus

Who's underrating him? And be careful how you use the word 'fact'. It may be a 'fact' of some kind that it is your opinion, Jellybean, but your opinion may not be factual. I do appreciate the sentiment though. 🤗

Lee Dellbridge

Looks like Emma Rigby but might be someone else.

Lee Dellbridge

And Captain Marvel. One of the rare people to be in the MCU twice.

Lee Dellbridge

Was until he wasn't.

OutlawStar

Love how Mandy's countdown brain kicked in mid excitement with "what are those letters!!!"

Jeffrey44

Roy's t-shirt had a picture of popular Australian entertainer the late Rolf Harris on it. The joke is that the word on the t-shirt wasn't his first name ROLF but instead ROFL because Rolf Harris was a funny man.

Stevus

So... Never seen a cup with something printed on the bottom before huh. Interesting🤔

Stevus

Just saw your reaction to Moss on Countdown. The moment we've all been waiting for. BEST REACTION TO ANYTHING EVER!!! That made me happy 😊. Now I'll watch the rest.

Rusty Dog

How funny that you mentioned that Jamie Lee Curtis/John Travolta clip :) That popped up for me today too on YT shorts. It was a bit cringe. :) Enjoyed this one. Your reaction to Countdown being on was precious. We call robes, dressing gowns in the UK for some reason. But yeah that does sound like something a lady would wear to a ball.

Dextrous (Lewis)

She's turned the weans against us

AWR93

The pure joy on your face when countdown popped on the screen!!🤣🤣 so adorable 😜

irreverend

https://drive.proton.me/urls/3E401BQD8M#3bYAJLj-WIR3 here's an episode with Richard Ayoade in it, S11E05

𝖦𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖬𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇

White Chicks contains some wonderfully sensitive material. It really allows a marvellous opportunity to see things from a woman's point of view. You'll really understand what it is to be a woman.

TheHigh

Benny Harvey , never forget 🕊️🕊️ great reaction as always Mandy! cant wait for more :P

TheHigh

Benny Harvey R.I.P

Josh Read

So true 🤗 she was so very excited 😊

JokerDanny

1:55 wow Mandy. I thought an air raid siren was going off. 😆

Joshyboiiiiii

Btw yes most iconic sound of the year by far 😂

Benjamin Taylor-Yates

Agreed.

Joshyboiiiiii

Naughty man you 😂

Josh Read

White chick's was an awful film. 😖 I found the second borat film extremely awkward 😳

Joshyboiiiiii

white chicks

Benjamin Taylor-Yates

Never gonna forget the sound you made when it cut to countdown. That was adorable. 🥹 And yes Richard has been on it as himself with Aisling (ash-ling) Bea. It's a good episode. I know what you mean about that whole scene with the leotards. I hate awkward stuff too. The film Elf springs to mind. I know everyone else loves it but nah...too cringy for my taste. I know the mock the weeks stuff is a little hit and miss. Its not really meant to be a belly laughing thing. The show used to be so much better years ago (17 years as it happens.) I've linked a different round they used to do called "newsreel" and also "between the lines" Newsreel https://youtu.be/duqfYfxTXUI?si=fFQjfMt-B4wxzjMe (Or There's a full playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL61737077BF5E1FB6&si=4QIAi1INB64Uhp2Q) Between the lines https://youtu.be/Cztdu-k-MWw?si=Fs3heV3Kr3p8z9ry

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

I forgot to mention, this is the film with John Travolta and Jamie Lee Curtis that you were talking about. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089798/ I watched a longer scene. It is that awkward 🤣🤗

TheRhodsey17 .

Two random thanks. Prime was played by Benedict Wong aka the sorcerer supreme. And Ivana was Gemma Chan from many things including eternals

DriveIn

Get you somebody that looks at you the way Mandy looks at the Countdown set when it first appeared! 😊 I saw this got uploaded while I was at work so I was looking forward to it all day and it did not disappoint 😁 thanks Mandy!

Jeffrey44

It's worth mentioning that this episode of The IT People was made before Catsdown existed. Countdown was recorded in Leeds, UK in those days. It, and Catsdown, is now recorded in Salford, UK so they may not have taken the chairs from Leeds to Salford. They MIGHT be using different chairs now. Countdown has been on Channel 4 since 1982 and was the first programme ever shown on that channel. Nowadays it is shown every weekday afternoon. There are no teams, just single contestants. The winning contestant comes back each day and wins a teapot after their first win. The loser of each episode receives a book by Suzi Dent. A new challenger joins each day to try to beat, and therefore become, the champion. The campion can come back a maximum of 8 times before they are forced to retire, hence the club in The Internet People being called 8+. Someone who has won 8 episodes is known as an Octochamp. The contestants with the highest combined scores across their 8 games are invited back at the end of the year to compete to become the series champion. Theses episodes involve contestants getting loads of 8 and 9 letter words that most people have probably never heard of as well as some real tough mathematics. The series champion gets to hold, but not keep, the Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy. Richard Whiteley was the original presenter (or host as an American would say) and served for over 4000 episodes before he died in office. A photo of him was on the wall of the 8+ club. This isn't all I know about Countdown. I know lots of things. If you want a teapot, please apply to be a Countdown contestant here... https://www.channel4.com/4viewers/take-part/countdown

Jeffrey44

Oh.

Joshyboiiiiii

Roys mate from colleges girlfriend

Josh Read

Which lady?

𝖦𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖬𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇

Hmm dunno whether they sell the teapots directly any more. This reddit user from the USA was able to buy one from the manufacturer, but that was 5 years ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/comments/byak6k/do_you_have_a_countdown_teapot/

𝖦𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝖬𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖺𝗇

Hiya Mandy! 1:54 Haha! I’ve been anticipating this *squeak* for quite some time, I was not disappointed 😁👍 3:00 Richard Ayoade’s appeared on countdown a total of nine times as himself! Google reveals countdown has its own wiki website with all the irrelevant details 😆 https://wiki.apterous.org/Richard_Ayoade 5:25 Good catch there! Yeah, kg steel = kg feathers, that’s Limmy https://youtu.be/-fC2oke5MFg 8:35 Yeah Jen’s got several red shirt outfits, it matches her hair nicely 😊 and she’s worn that red shirt waistcoat combo before. Oddly enough, I specifically remember she wore it for most of the Series 3 “Builders from Hell” episode, except when she swapped it up for a never-seen-before blue shirt waistcoat combo while in the office, surveilling the builder from hell via their security cams. That blue shirt combo stood out to me for some reason, I had to skip back to confirm it was only for that scene. 10:39 That guy Alistair, strolling up to Roy looks exactly like Klaus Mikaelson from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals 😀 Apparently not the same actor though 🤷‍♂️ 13:42 Ok I dug up some countdown rules: the winner comes back the next day, and can keep going up to a total of 8 wins at which point they become an “octochamp”. The top eight contestants in a series are invited back for series finals, which are decided in a knockout format. 17:07 A dressing gown is another name for bathrobe in the UK, it’s exactly what those people were wearing. 23:41 Prime: “The first rule of street countdown…” Have you seen Fight Club? That was a Fight Club reference right there. 34:04 Those countdown teapots, apparently they *can* be purchased if you ask the manufacturer here: https://www.ceramicinspirations.co.uk/ they don’t say “Winner” on them, but otherwise yes. They don’t offer it as a regular product though, so you have to ask nicely 😀 Thanks Mandy G

autiste

Limmy is a giant of comedy

Marvelous Martin

Yes, Richard Ayoade has been on 8oo10cdc several times. :D

Alex McKay

Joshyboiiiiii

🤣🤣🤣they might be top tier goddesses but they look nothing alike 🤣🤣

Jeffrey44

She has a name, you know? She is Mandy Cane Lane. Show some respect.

Josh Read

We have finally gotten to this episode 🙌 your expression was amazing when it cut to the countdown studio 🤗 We call robes dressing gowns. The actor who played prime has been some big movies he was in the Martian and played wrong in the marvel films.

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

Oh, when I clicked on the link for The Final Countdown I saw this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiZtIARF0iM Being a huge Queen fan I found it interesting. So, I thought I'd share.🤗🤗

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

This is the company that makes the teapots https://www.facebook.com/100057769279754/posts/1009042182851017/ Unfortunately they are not for sale, unless you find one on eBay. They go for around £200. I loved this reaction Mandy, thank you.🤗🤗

Joshyboiiiiii

I'll always stand by the fact that I think Richard ayoade is the most underrated funny man ever to come out of the UK

Jeffrey44

I'd like to go back 30 seconds and not use the word shitbag in this comment. It's uncalled for and I feel I have let myself down by using it.

irreverend

Yes those are the chairs, that's the real Countdown set they used since both are the same channel. Ayode has been on Catsdown also I'm sure, I'll see if I can find an episode later

irreverend

Very glad you're already familiar with Countdown before watching this one :)

𝑭𝒆𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒗𝒆

Ever since you started this show, I have been waiting for you to see this. The look on your face was worth it. Brilliant🤗

Joshyboiiiiii

The lady looks like a btec margot Robbie but she's still attractive 😅

Joshyboiiiiii

FUCK YESSSS TNETENNBA!!!!!

Joshyboiiiiii

Random question of the day and I'll ask the question I wanted to ask yesterday 😅 what part of your life would you like to redo again? Maybe a time when looking back you realise you made a mistake?

Lee Dellbridge

Absolutely love this episode!