The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd - setting

The IT crowd is a classic sitcom because it follows the codes and conventions of a standard sitcom. One convention is the setting; there are only 4 settings featured in the first episode of The IT Crowd and I would imagine that this number wouldn't vary much in the following episodes. This means that the audience can familiarize themselves with the settings and feel more connected to the show. Also the humor is shown through the setting by making there work space (the basement) being represented as the worse place in the office and permanently being a mess, with a geekish quality featuring the retro computers and geekish image.

Comedy

Comedy is apparent all the way through the episode with simply humor and repeating certain key moments or lines to create a humorous effect. Also after every joke there is canned laughter embedded into the show to identify where each joke ends and to signify to the audience that the sitcom is a comedy.