- Oh, my God, he's peeing his pants in church.
He is not wanking to the queen.
Why would they eat the dog?
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Hey, what's up guys? I'm Jeff.
I'm an American currently living in the UK
and I'm on a mission to watch
as many classic British shows as I possibly can.
Today, I'm gonna watch "Peep Show,"
a show I know nothing about, I've never heard of.
Don't even know what era it's from,
what years it's from, male leads, female leads.
If they're peep show dancers,
if it's a play on words, I have no clue.
I need to start at the very, very, very beginning.
"Peep Show" season one, episode one.
Let's go.
Okay, any show that starts with
a warning about strong language,
I'm already sold on.
Okay, so they're not peep show dancers
and it's not two female leads so I'm already wrong.
- [Mark] Almost there.
- Interesting that it's shot in this, like,
point-of-view-type perspective.
That's different.
I don't know how you guys shoot your shows
so differently than we do.
- [Sophie] Hey, Mark!
- Sophie!
- Is that Olivia Coleman?
Wow!
It is her, right?
- [Mark] Oh no, she's-
I should say.
- Oh my God, when she sat on his hand.
Oh my God, that is, like, a real thing that happens.
Classic awkward moment that only the Brits
could really bring to life.
- [Sophie] Mark, could you- your hand!
- Oh.
- Oh my God. So awkward.
You guys love your awkward shows.
Yeah, so this POV, vlog-style shooting
is definitely interesting.
I can't think of an American show that does this.
- [Mark] Relax, relax, it's okay.
You're not a pedo; you're just a normal human being.
- Oh my God, I love-
He has to keep telling himself he's not a pedo.
- Hey look- it's clean shirt!
- [Mark] Clean shirt? What does that mean?
- Are British kids all this mean?
I'm so intimidated by these kids.
Oh, they're so mean to him!
He can't like hit them back, right?
Oh, that's gross!
So, do they like each other?
Are they friends or are they enemies the entire time?
- [Jez] And you've got weird nuts!
- What? How did you-
- Called out for his weird nuts!
(claps)
(chuckles)
- Anyway, let's just play.
- Oh, awkward party games with people you don't know!
- [Jez] Yeah, this is it.
- Oh God.
- Is it Jamie Oliver?
- Oh my God.
- Look, your a (beep) muncher, okay?
- Oh, my God, that would just never work
on American television.
- The whole city was surrounded.
- These closeup shots of their faces
really helps with the discomfort
because I feel like I'm right there with them.
- Mark, you know I don't just bang anyone, yeah?
I'm not some kind of next door (beep) jar.
- Oh! She just said it outright.
Damn, girl. You do it.
Oh, these dance moves! What is going on?
What is going on? What are those moves?
- Nice packet of Crunchy Nut you got here.
Pretty expensive as I'm told.
- Ooh!
Gonna pour the cereal out on the ground!
That'll teach you!
- [Jez] Mark Crorigan.
- How'd you end up publishing a book
with your name spelled incorrectly?
Oh, no!
He had a book party and it was a total fail.
- The Swan and Tomato.
- The Swan and Tomato is like...
Every British pub is called the Swan and something.
- Swan and Pedo.
- Yeah, okay.
- This show is obsessed with pedos.
- Is that normal pooing you're doing?
- Yup. Oh, yeah.
- Why are they gathering around him while he takes a poo?
- Doesn't smell normal.
- It is, honestly.
- Oh, my God.
This show.
- This is bollocks, Mark.
- If you had social anxiety,
you could not enjoy this show at all, could you?
- [Jez] No, leave the crown on.
Ooh, what's this? Stockings?
- Oh my God, he is not wanking to the queen.
Oh, my God!
That's one of the most shocking things I've ever seen.
- Mark and I had a barbecue.
- Barbecue! Yum!
Have you got any left?
- Oh, I just know that that box is not going to stay closed.
Oh, this girl needs to not do that.
Don't!
- What is it?
- Oh my God.
It's the dog.
- It's just turkey. Look.
- Oh God, why'd he eat that?
Oh God, why did he eat that?
Oh, no.
- [Jez] I'm eating dog leg.
I have definitely reached a new low.
- These two- why would they eat the dog?
- But what about my piss?
I really need to wee, Mark.
- Forget it, Jez. Hold it in!
- Holding in a piss on this show
is never gonna end well.
- Are you doing it already?
- Yes, I'm doing it already.
- Oh my God, he's peeing his pants in church.
Oh my God.
The writers of this show
must have had a field day coming up with these.
- Stop, Jeremy.
Stop it. It's going down the cracks.
- Oh my God, don't start leaking on the church floor!
Oh my God!
- What a brilliant joke.
- Oh my God.
Definitely not what I expected.
I was expecting something to do with a peep show.
I still don't know why it's called "Peep Show."
Maybe because of the way it's filmed.
You know, it has that true,
kind of like, British awkwardness.
I can totally see why it's such a British classic.
Thumbs up for "Peep Show."
Very glad that I finally watched it.
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