Peep Show (now with added Mitchell & Webb Look)

the velvet spoon routine...

It's still leaving me a bit cold. I just didn't buy Mark, the most suspicious man in the world, falling for that fake publishing deal. No matter how desperate he might have been, he'd have picked up that Denmark isn't in the Euro.

I like Jeremy gradually trying to assert himself as the more sensible one though.

I feel like the context was that, no, Optimally-Performing Mark wouldn't have allowed himself to be fleeced like that but Desperate, Bathroom Supply Selling Mark might well lose his sense of judgment.

Can I just say: I'm always glad when they bring things around and show Mark and Jez being, y'know, actual friends who care about one another.

Yeah, I agree. The ending was actually quite sweet.

By the way, has everyone spotted Zhara from last series talking to Yoda with a Northern accent in the new Vodafone ad?

"...plus, it's not like Napoleon is wiping his bum with pages of MY biography, so I am, to an extent, maybe...winning?"

Was a good one this week.

yeah the third one was good. superhans was great.

Back in the game with this one.

"9/11 was good news. Not good news obviously but… good 'news'."

Really good episode that one, waaaaay more solid than ep.2 even if it did lack a line that caused me to literally piss myself like the chitty chitty bang bang one did last week.

The problem with the first couple was that the situations just weren't very funny. Paintball episodes are kind of modern sitcom bankers though, really enjoyed this one.

How does an americaner shot s8? I'm dyin' here.

Peep Show only works when the situations and reactions are believable. Jez has gone from being a narcissistic layabout to a deluded, borderline sociopathic nihilist. Mark has also turned into an active cretin. Despite their faults, the two characters were sympathetic; you empathised and rooted for them in most situations, but as with S4, much of this series revolves around them doing ridiculous, unbelievable things.

xpost Some kind soul or another has been thankfully uploading the s8 episodes to YouTube.

ha cool i didn't even check there cause I figured it would have been stamped out right away!

the velvet spoon routine had me dying, perfectly captures that feeling of being startled when caught trying to be sneaky

series 8 appears to be on hulu as well

God bless you hulu.

"Demanded the Ramsgate blowjob?"

"Mumford & Sons"

Just re-watched that episode before ep 4. Both classic.

Yeah, episode four is really excellent.

the pizza line ahahahsahaahaa

Episode 5 is up on 4OD, by the way.

dead gerard

haunting me from beyond the grave, like a boring dracula.

That Freecycle gag was excellent. Total callback with the Barchester Chronicles too

Episodes 3 and 4 have been great.

5 is a cracker as well.

Was Episode 4 not the one just shown on Sunday?

Yes, but episode 5 is available on 4OD already.

Ooh, that I did not notice, thanks!

Gone now, I think. Or maybe I'm just too stupid to find it.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show/4od#3457579

Looks like you have to go through the Peep Show FB page.

Got it. Ta.

Ep 6 is on Monday, the day after Ep 5 I believe.

Enjoyed e6, especially Mark's presentation on fast forward. I think this series may have pulled off the trick of making each episode better than the last. It helped that the first one was so bad.

E5, I mean, not e6.

david mitchell, professional conservatory seller, thinks the 'little people' should remain quiet and humble, no matter what:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/07/sainsburys-jo-clarke-david-mitchell

david mitchell, inevitably to be divorced from that poker lady, thinks the working classes should know their place

Huh, I don't know how things work over there, but over here I see "no cellphone use" signs at checkouts all the time. It's massively rude to the person helping you that they are not even worth eye-contact, and that what you're talking about is more important than what you're doing (it almost never is).

surprised people have time to be on the phone - over here the customer is increasingly called upon to do all of the packing and payment card handling work and the assistant now just passes things over the scanner. and don't get me started on self-service machines.

kind of a bummer that dude is his character on the show

i listen to this low-ranking digital radio station, smooth 70s, and in every advert breaks mitchell always pops up doing a totally straight ad for conservatories and each time i hear it i hate him a little bit more. how much money does one in-denial right winger actually need

It's interesting that the incident Mitchell wrote his article about is considered news

i work in two shops and wish I was brave enough to refuse to serve customers who're on the phone/have headphones in. I just ramp up the really sarcastic politeness instead in an attempt to shame them.

motherfuckers will check in at concerts to see if they're on the list while they're on the goddamn phone and will ignore me until they're ready; that shit, i do not play

as a friend says, 'reads very much like the view of a man who's never had a job serving customers'

When I worked as a cashier for a retail bank, some of my colleagues had a similar attitude.

However, my feeling is that in a customer service role you are being paid to provide the best possible customer service. If it's clear the customer would like to be served while they are on the phone, then what's wrong with serving them?

Sure, they may be being a little rude, but just be professional and get on with it.

I agree that good customer service means letting wankers treat you like shit. No snark.