Dave Delaney » Television http://www.davemadethat.com Digital Marketing and Social Media Strategy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:34:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The IT Crowd is hilarious http://www.davemadethat.com/2010/10/03/the-it-crowd-is-hilarious/ http://www.davemadethat.com/2010/10/03/the-it-crowd-is-hilarious/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:48:42 +0000 Dave http://www.davemadethat.com/?p=5193 The IT CrowdIn an effort to reduce productivity and become more lazy, I’ve taken to exploring new programs on Netflix. I have been watching more shows since we finally purchased a Roku and canceled our cable. One such show is The IT Crowd (affiliate links). Hat tip to Mark for telling me about it.

Wikipedia writes:

Set in the London offices of the fictional corporation Reynholm Industries, the show revolves around the three staff members of its IT (information technology) department, comprising two geeky technicians, a genius named Moss (Richard Ayoade) and the workshy Roy (Chris O’Dowd), headed by Jen (Katherine Parkinson), the department’s ‘relationship manager’ who knows nothing about IT.

I have always had a soft spot in my heart for British comedy, maybe because my Mum is a Brit. Yes, that’s how I spell “mom”. Anyone who appreciates slapstick humor, geek culture or comedies about office life will LOVE this show. Here’s a taste…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt9j80Jkc_A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrQUWUfmR_I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRmxXp62O8g

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The backchannel Twitter chatter was more about the advertising and halftime show than the game itself, which suited me fine. We all used the #brandbowl hashtag to follow the commentary and jokes during the breaks.

Overall the famously over-priced commercials were nothing to write home about, however three did stand out to me. Here they are:

Yes, I’ll admit that this one was a promo. Still, it was classic. Here’s the full story of how it came to be. Thanks to Leslie Poston for pointing me to the New York Times piece.

Admit it, this one was touching. Way to go Google!
The tweets cracked me up over this spot. Rex Hammock wrote: I wonder if Google found its ad agency by googling “ad agency”, and Chris Pirillo tweeted: Sweet new search engine Google – found out about them on a Super Bowl Commercial. Looks VERY promising.
You guys kill me!

The Kia one was my favorite, it reminded me of my recent road trip to Las Vegas. I am also a fan of Yo Gabba Gabba!, so it was appealing right away when I saw Muno.

What did you think of the Super Bowl advertising? Did you have any favorite spots?

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