Peep Show (now with added Mitchell & Webb Look)

Has no one re-edited the UK mac & pc ads to incorporate Jeremy's ruminations of raping Mark while he's ill in bed?

Dobby is my favorite (by which I mean least reprehensible and one whose company I would enjoy most IRL) character of the entire show. Which I'm sure is by design.

I think it was clear that Big Suz was always supposed to be slumming it with Jez, in a "Common People"-type way.

I always got the impression Jez himself was slumming it in a Common People way, with Mark constantly embarrassed at him. His mum was pretty middle class and well off, and she did name him Jeremy.

Underage goth chick Mark sort of has sex with in season 1 is pretty hot (er, I'm guessing the actress wasn't underage)

The goth chick wasn't underage either, depending on what kind of underage you mean. She was at sixth form college.

Disconcerted to see Big Suz appearing as the all-growed-up Queen of Narnia in LW&tW film over Xmas. I guess even Aslan wasn't immune to her charms.

she also married a minor royal iirc.

"I always got the impression Jez himself was slumming it in a Common People way"
Yes -- Jez is explicitly slumming with the carpenter who fixes the door Super Hans kicks open in the "I'm thinking about raping Mark while he's ill" episode.

Yeah, and he occasionally has great moments of self-awareness, like when he thinks he's not a proper person (with Elena) and when he off-handedly announces that his marriage to Nancy was a Visa wedding. This makes him a much better character than merely believing all the shit he comes out with.

Love Mark's response to one of Jez's moments of self-awareness: "Is he on acid? Or maybe he's watched a whole episode of Jeremy Kyle."

Yes -- Jez is explicitly slumming with the carpenter

"look at me, talking to a builder, like it was the most natural thing in the world"

started watching this on hulu :)

I'd imagine a good quarter of the jokes in Peep Show would be lost on non-Brits, which would still leave plenty to enjoy of course.

Yeah, there have definitely been Brit-centric jokes that went over my head, but I think it's universal enough that I get quite a bit out of it. One of my favorite sitcoms ever.

Oh christ, the shoe shop & dartmouth university episode from midway in Series 2! I watch this through my hands with a kind of self-loathing grimacing laughter.

I don't know if this is common knowledge but here are all series of Peep Show for free, legally from Channel 4:

http://www.youtube.com/show?p=yiRE6Z5QFLo&s=1

And which require the use of a proxy server for anyone outside of the UK...

hulu has the whole series too i belive

Said it before, but the Dartmouth Uni one is the best episode, an absolute masterpiece.

yep my fave episode. most brit com movies of the last 10 years (even shaun of the dead and suchlike) have been garbage by comparison.

Yeah, hulu has the first five series for American viewers.

Just watched it again. Fucking hell, I forgot about the bit when he calls Sophie to gloat!

The finale where she walks away across the campus and he realises that this will be an image that haunts him for the rest of his life was heart breaking.

The finale of the magic mushroom party, broken toilet door, illness, failed trip to Frankfurt episode where Johnson turns up to save Mark is the funniest thing I've seen for so so long. I was genuinely crying with laughter.

"Is that normal pooing? It doesn't smell like normal pooing."

Definitely my favourite episode too. That last line by Johnson was drowned out by laugh tears.

This one and the Dartmouth Uni/Shoe shop are my favourites so far. I feel the hints of a Peep Show poll coming on...

The one where they do e is very good, I think that comes later in S3.

Oh yes, the ending of that toilet door episode is my favourite single scene in the history of PS.

Oldie but a goodie and a strong contender for favourite overall episode: the Darrell the Racist episode including, as it does, Indian restaurant scene "FOUR peshawari naan? that's insane, Jeremy" the recording studio scene "he probably plays in the BNP jazz combo" and other bits and pieces.

Also moreish crack.

"yeah yeah, terms and conditions may apply... this sports drink may cause anal discharge, etcetera.."

finished all 6 series. i felt like the quality dropped for s3 but the rest was great. as far as brit things going over my head, i definitely didn't understand the canal boat episode. is that like a typical thing people do over there? seems weird

What, eat raw dead dog? Only at weekends.

i liked mark yelling at the boiler and jez explaining how setting a higher temp makes it work harder

Series 4 (especially the dog bit, but also weeing in a church, setting fire to a barn) was a serious shark-jumper, and I thought the show would end there, but somehow S5 and S6 were great. Not that S4 was bad, but it got too bogged down in plot and ridiculous situations that wouldn't normally happen IRL, so the humour didn't quite work.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrowboat

Narrowboat, a more genteel version of carvanning and only at 4 miles and hour -> Exactly the sort of thing Mark would be into.

Incidentally its quite a pleasant way to spend a few days.

i liked mark yelling at the boiler and jez explaining how setting a higher temp makes it work harder

"Obey my commands, Orac!"

all his pent-up anger at being an ineffectual dweeb is unleashed at it

Some of the storylines go a bit iffy, but every episode has tons of fantastic lines. I'd never be able to choose!

The pooing episode, incidentally, was the first thing I thought of when I saw this:
Passive aggressive housemates..

im so sick of hearing/seeing this guys on adverts/programmes/doing columns. ffs.

*these

I'm a huge Peep Show fan and yet I completely agree with you. Especially the one that plays Jeremy. The one that plays Mark can be a little more neutral in a newsreader sort of way.

watched the season 1 region 1 disc & am hooked. uh how do i shot watching more eps in the usa, short of seeking out downloads (which ill do if necessary)?

http://www.surfthechannel.com/show/74777.html

Think the Megavideo links for each episode should work for you. Pretty poor quality though.

Yeah, torrents or a region-free DVD player are pretty much your only stateside options. Worth it, though. I just rewatched the entire series and confirmed it as one of my all-time faves.

Britishers can buy the whole box set from hmv.com for £14.99 now!

Also we can watch them all on YouTube for free, haha.

wtf im so jealous of all u britishers! i guess theres a 1st time for everything

o well, ty for the info. looking fwd to watching~

I'm re-watching them atm too! s4 has all my least favourite eps on, but I still love it. s3 is a+++++++++
Also: Mitchell & Webb Sound type stuff with animation here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p0087j80