10 years of The Inbetweeners

Villan11

Loads of fantastic scenes, but an equally funny thing for me are the sign language interpretations of some of the lads sex talk, there some youtube clips of this.

silverharp

where they go to the pub and the owner makes them buy a meal so they have a beer. Jay trying to buy hash

wtspd_2018

Jay crashing the motorbike in slow motion always makes me cry laughing!

Tony EH

silverharp wrote: »

where they go to the pub and the owner makes them buy a meal so they have a beer. Jay trying to buy hash

...and then Will eats a lump of it and has to get carried out in an ambulance. :pac:

I think I need to do a marathon run on this show. I forgot how good it was.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Would it get made now?

Probably not.

Scary to think how much has changed over the past ten years.

skipper_G

Tony EH wrote: »

...and then Will eats a lump of it and has to get carried out in an ambulance. :pac:

I think I need to do a marathon run on this show. I forgot how good it was.

"I'm in a bubble and my arms don't work"

BoJack Horseman

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Probably not.

Scary to think how much has changed over the past ten years.

It would, it's just Channel 4 would require some amendments.

Instead of the four lads, the group would comprise:
- An Afghani refugee
- A transsexual woman
- An elderly lesbian of colour.
- A quadriplegic Imam.

And instead of a trip to Thorpe Park, it would be a trip to a Corbyn rally.

There will be no physical gross-out gags but instead speeches about inclusivity.

So, some minor tweaks from C4, but essentially the same show.

joeguevara

Simon I s engaged with the girl that loved the gigs. Hannah tointon.

Mr Gilbert is the real life father of carli di Mato.

Jay played Del Boy in the prequel of only fools and horses.

Simon and Will had a comedy called Friday night dinner where they played brothers. Not the best.

The only character I didn’t like was Simon. He always thought he was better than everyone and didn’t care if he through any of his mates under the bus.

He had very little redeeming features. But what a series. Still holds up now. Both films were a let down. Especially the second. But still some great laugh out loud moments. Rape alarm going off in the dorm when will was trying to score the blonde is immense.

Third_Echelon

pc7 wrote: »

Just so many funny bits, sadly wouldn't get made today even though the unPCness was intentional, it would go over peoples heads now as they would be so offended.

It would get made today. 'Derry Girls' and 'The Young Offenders' are pretty much the same characters. Derry Girls is a bit more light hearted, but you could map each of them to a character in the inbetweeners. The Young Offenders is pretty much the same idea...

Also Starring LeVar Burton

joeguevara wrote: »

Mr Gilbert is the real life father of carli di Mato.

Jay and Will had a comedy called Friday night dinner where they played brothers. Not the best.

Neither of these things are true.

Emily Head who played Carli is the daughter of Anthony Head (best known as Giles from Buffy, but he also played Will's dad in The Inbetweeners movie). Mr Gilbert is played by Greg Davies aka. The Taskmaster.

While Simon Bird (Will) is in Friday Night Dinner, James Buckley (Jay) has nothing to do with it. You're mixing him up with Tom Rosenthal, who also happens to be a blonde white male in the same age group. Also, Friday Night Dinner is great and Season 5 starts next Friday.

joeguevara

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Neither of these things are true.

Emily Head who played Carli is the daughter of Anthony Head (best known as Giles from Buffy, but he also played Will's dad in The Inbetweeners movie). Mr Gilbert is played by Greg Davies aka. The Taskmaster.

While Simon Bird (Will) is in Friday Night Dinner, James Buckley (Jay) has nothing to do with it. You're mixing him up with Tom Rosenthal, who also happens to be a blonde white male in the same age group. Also, Friday Night Dinner is great and Season 5 starts next Friday.

Sorry meant Simon and will. Just didn’t do it for me.

MikeyTaylor

Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »

Neither of these things are true.

Emily Head who played Carli is the daughter of Anthony Head (best known as Giles from Buffy, but he also played Will's dad in The Inbetweeners movie). Mr Gilbert is played by Greg Davies aka. The Taskmaster.

While Simon Bird (Will) is in Friday Night Dinner, James Buckley (Jay) has nothing to do with it. You're mixing him up with Tom Rosenthal, who also happens to be a blonde white male in the same age group. Also, Friday Night Dinner is great and Season 5 starts next Friday.

Tom is a brunet.

joeguevara

Third_Echelon wrote: »

It would get made today. 'Derry Girls' and 'The Young Offenders' are pretty much the same characters. Derry Girls is a bit more light hearted, but you could map each of them to a character in the inbetweeners. The Young Offenders is pretty much the same idea...

Exactly right. Bad education is another example. Comedies that are opposite of PC get made continuously. But very few are as successful as inbetweeners.

Peep show is the adult version with such anarchic humour.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

MikeyTaylor wrote: »

Tom is a brunet.

Now that you mention it, so is James Buckley. I don't know how blonde ended up in the sentence, it wasn't intentional. My mind must've been on something else while I was typing.

Hercule Poirot

joeguevara wrote: »

Exactly right. Bad education is another example. Comedies that are opposite of PC get made continuously. But very few are as successful as inbetweeners.

Peep show is the adult version with such anarchic humour.

I think the fact that they started life on the more obscure channels - BBC Three, E4, etc. shows that you might "get away with it" a bit more as long as you are not front and centre prime time viewing - which of course defeats the object of trying to create a successful comedy

When I have english people saying to me how much they love Mrs Browns Boys and yet they are barely aware of the likes of Inbetweeners and Bad Education I really want to thump them one...:pac:

jr86

joeguevara wrote: »

The only character I didn’t like was Simon. He always thought he was better than everyone and didn’t care if he through any of his mates under the bus.

Didn't feel that was his character at all, he was just very socially awkward and naive.

Despite the fact he was the closest one of them to 'normal', and his friends did get on his nerves, deep down he definitely cared for them greatly and loved hanging around with them

Guy:Incognito

joeguevara wrote: »

Sorry meant Simon and will. Just didn’t do it for me.

Simon is wills real name. Only will (Simon bird) is in Friday night dinner.

jr86

Third_Echelon wrote: »

It would get made today. 'Derry Girls' and 'The Young Offenders' are pretty much the same characters. Derry Girls is a bit more light hearted, but you could map each of them to a character in the inbetweeners. The Young Offenders is pretty much the same idea...

Many of the storylines wouldn't make a final cut though, and all sexual references would have to be toned down

The Social Media PC brigade would see to that

Things like Simon's driving test instructor coming on to him, Will's run-ins with handicapped people, all the references to neil's dad, the underage disco handjob scene, the way they fawn over charlotte down to her 'big jugs', the fact they get drunk while skipping school, for example - there'd be plenty of fuel for them

Panthro

When Neil starts pishing in a single bed beside Will.

callaway92

Panthro wrote: »

When Neil starts pishing in a single bed beside Will.

'Why is it so green!!!'

brinty

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Simon is wills real name. Only will (Simon bird) is in Friday night dinner.

Isn't simon's younger brother from the inbetweeners... wills younger brother in Friday night dinner???

jack presley

I liked the line when Simon was trying to explain that he’s liked Carly since they were kids and one of them says “so you fancied an 8 year old?”

Murdoc90

jr86 wrote: »

What a show, I still re-watch regularly from time to time.

Although the characters are obviously exaggerated for effect I think we can nearly all relate to them in some form from our school days. We all know a Will, Simon, Jay and Neil

It probably finished at the right time. I wasn't as gone in the last season and following them in college wouldn't be the same. Socially awkward students like them don't stand out and won't be ridiculed like secondary school. making films instead was the right call for me

I feel like I followed Simon into college in Fresh Meat, where he basically is the same character, brilliant stuff.

Arghus

Brilliant show. One of the best comedy shows of all time.

I hadn't heard of it when the first two seasons aired, but it was Christmas one year and my younger cousin was staying with us and he would not stop going on about this show called The Inbetweeners. Up until this point of my life every single thing my younger cousin had ever recommended to me was utterly mediocre, at best. So I was highly reticent about giving this show a chance, but his insistence wore me down and eventually, grudgingly, I agreed to watch the first episode.

I kinda guessed that, okay, this show is actually pretty good right from the off. By the time it had got to the fish punching scene - oh my God. I still remember my glee as they stayed on the fish as Neil battered it to a pulp, I knew I was watching comedy gold. It was just utterly amazing to hear characters talk just like - well maybe not just quite like - the type of utter spoofers that populate up male teenage life; it's exaggerated, but there's a whiff of truth to the characters that means I think it'll always find an audience.

They were so utterly gormless and pathetic and the only obsessions they had in the world were girls and booze - the sting of recognition stung pretty damn hard alright.

I'll still watch it any time I catch it on TV. And the dialogue is so vulgar and situations so silly, but yet strangely logical, that'll I'll still laugh my arse off at it. Though I think the first two seasons are better than the third: they focused more on the characters, but the third started to push the OTT humour and forced awkwardness more to the fore. It was still good, but the first two seasons are magic.

I love Neil, he's my favourite. I crack up at every line he has. I think Blake Harrison plays him perfectly and his comic timing is excellent. There's some episode where Simon is talking about using the computer and then Neil - seemingly unrelated and to everyone's confusion - says, "then you had a ****" before explaining that he's never used a computer without having a ****: ghosts of my teenage self felt the truth of those words more than adult me is prepared to fully admit.

I'm not sure if I totally agree with the assertion that it wouldn't get made today. For all its vulgarity is it really that offensive a show? Sure the boys say all kinds of crazily rude things, but the joke is that they are just teenagers who don't have a clue about anything and despite all their over driven bravado, they're really hopelessly naive. That gives the show charm and lets it get away with murder. I think people would be still wise enough to get that joke today. And it isn't like people have become total prudes in the past decade - Mrs. Brown's Boys is absurdly popular after all and that to me is just being vulgar for cheap stupid laughs.

Hurrache

joeguevara wrote: »

Simon and Will had a comedy called Friday night dinner where they played brothers. Not the best.

The actor who played Simon was not the brother. But Friday Night Dinner is pretty good though.

edit: Beaten to it by about 12 hours.

Jeju

On tonight, the work experience one. Will is bragging about banging his porn girlfriend knowing that the mechanics can't go to the underage disco, then the boss man says Biff can go he's 17. The face on Will.

Salvation Tambourine

Brilliant bits in this scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xORrd8r4-lA

Simon: "I love Carli, I need to tell her, what if she feels the same?"
Will: "Seems unlikely..."

After Simon writes "I Carli D'Amato" with spray paint

Will: "I think writing her surname was particularly important, I mean, it is her drive but you wouldn't want any Carli based confusion".

I absolutely loved the bit in the film when the girl that was into Simon offered him the ticket for the boat party, sacrificing her own enjoyment in order to help Simon and without a moment's thought he takes it and runs off to the boat. Completely oblivious.

Heckler

Binge watching tonight. classic stuff.

But as I think mentioned before if Simons driving test roles were reversed the offended would go into meltdown.

Briefcase Wanker !

iomega

Love the inbetweeners. I've seen them all loads of times & I still laugh at them. Neil & Jay are my faves. Jay had all the best lines. I'm surprised they got away with half of them.

Ash.J.Williams

Did you know the american version of "bus ****" was "bus turds"....?

MikeyTaylor

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

Did you know the american version of "bus ****" was "bus turds"....?

Yes I do indeed. A huge step down in terms of funniness. Totally unnecessary change.

jr86

iomega wrote: »

Love the inbetweeners. I've seen them all loads of times & I still laugh at them. Neil & Jay are my faves. Jay had all the best lines. I'm surprised they got away with half of them.

I'm sure there were still complaints but the internet wasn't nearly as big as now, with twitter in particular only in its real infancy. So the easily offended couldn't be nearly as noisy

These days they can just send a simple tweet and all the bandwagoners will jump on it

Lorelli!

iomega wrote: »

Love the inbetweeners. I've seen them all loads of times & I still laugh at them. Neil & Jay are my faves. Jay had all the best lines. I'm surprised they got away with half of them.

I love Neil. His character is really likeable and he's like one of those people who is funny but doesn't know it! He doesn't even have to say anything half the time. His expressions alone are just funny!

Tony EH

Lorelli! wrote: »

I love Neil. His character is really likeable and he's like one of those people who is funny but doesn't know it! He doesn't even have to say anything half the time. His expressions alone are just funny!

Nice, but dim. Really, really dim.

You'd probably kill him after a while. :pac:

Or he'd accidentally kill you. One or the other.

Salvation Tambourine

Tony EH wrote: »

Nice, but dim. Really, really dim.

You'd probably kill him after a while. :pac:

Or he'd accidentally kill you. One or the other.

The best about Neil was that was actually very kind and really cared about his friends.

He also gave Will some advice during the first film (I think) about only having one life so not worrying too much and just enjoying himself, delivered in an incredibly Neil way and it was lovely.

Lorelli!

And just thinking of it now, Neil always gets the women!

illdoit2morrow

Nokotan wrote: »

The best about Neil was that was actually very kind and really cared about his friends.

He also gave Will some advice during the first film (I think) about only having one life so not worrying too much and just enjoying himself, delivered in an incredibly Neil way and it was lovely.

'God is just dog spelled backwards'?

Conall Cernach

Simon getting a handjob in the underage disco. "I don't like it when he makes eye contact."

Tony EH

Lorelli! wrote: »

And just thinking of it now, Neil always gets the women!

Lorelli!

Tony EH wrote: »

:pac: oh yea, that's another thing about Neil, he's not at all fussy

pgj2015

"This is an urgent message for William Mckenzie, could William Mckenzie please make his way to the front entrance, as his mother is here to pick him and his friends up. That's William Mckenzie year 12 please come to the front where your mother is waiting to collect you all"

First time I heard this, I almost fell over from laughing !

https://youtu.be/DHPOqOfcMaw?t=190

3m10s in

JaMarcus

Some of Will's responses to Jay's bullsh!t were brilliant.

When Jay claims he is a seasoned weed smoker:

Jay: Just pass the puff around, share the love. The birds love it.
Neil: Is it true it makes your teeth feel funny?
Jay: Yeah, but I'm hardcore, so it doesn't really affect me.
Will: Yes, the effects are lessened if you only pretend to take it.

This scene was one of my favourites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNPn0cGwfHw

joeguevara

Jays appearance at the Bellew Haye presser was the funniest thing I have seen all year.

Belles lost for words. Back story is Bellew had likened Hayes lawyer to Will.

https://youtu.be/olRVDtG70ic

Ash.J.Williams

joeguevara wrote: »

Jays appearance at the Bellew Haye presser was the funniest thing I have seen all year.

Belles lost for words. Back story is Bellew had likened Hayes lawyer to Will.

https://youtu.be/olRVDtG70ic

When he put the glasses on him he actually was will

skipper_G

Bellew would want to be careful, Jay's Dad did beat Muhammad Ali. Sure Jay knows all about boxing

Ronaldinho

Have not laughed so much in my life as when I saw this.

https://youtu.be/bthYce-LsNQ?t=17s

MikeyTaylor

A somewhat IBs-related question: of the shows being made and airing today, what do you think is the closest to it?

JaMarcus

Not much out there similar in that it was a really, really accurate depiction of what it was like to be a teenage boy.

Peep Show would be similar for me in that it's not afraid to be crude, and I find myself identifying with Mark's inner monologue way too many times to be comfortable.

White Gold doesn't have the same tone, but Jay and Simon are in it, and it's pretty good.

"You couldn't sell ice to an eskimo."
"Eskimos already have ice, why would they buy more?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bI4VqfWmZQ

FizzleSticks

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