The Moss Shaped Hole In My Heart Has Now Been Filled
by Rechelle ~ December 7th, 2009. Filed under: Life.I didn’t even know I had a Moss shaped hole in my heart.
I didn’t understand the emptiness.
I didn’t know the murky depths of the endless pit that could only be filled by a man called Moss….
This Moss…
Maurice Moss
My Moss.
He is one of the main characters in the British television show, The IT Crowd.
Look at him!
LOOK AT HIM!
How can you not fall instantly in love!
And you haven’t even heard him speak yet!
Take all the best parts of Napoleon Dynamite and all the best parts of Dwight Schrute and give him a British accent and an insane part down the side of that big curly fro and you will have Moss….
My Moss.
You will also have Roy – Scottish Roy – the other guy who inhabits the basement office of Reynholm Industries along with Moss and Jen who is their relationship manager.
I started watching this series last week on a recommendation from my boss and have done little else since. Aside from a growing love affair with Moss, I have also come to understand my oldest son so much better. In the first episode, Roy is sitting at his desk eating a donut and completely ignoring the phone that is ringing off the hook on his desk. After what seems like an eternity, he finally deigns to answer the phone but only with a voice that is so full of crushing disdain you can actually hear the person shrinking on the other end of the phone. And that is when I knew. That is when I came to understand. I suddenly realized that my oldest son is not really trying to kill me with his stone like response to everything I say and his complete and utter contempt for everything I do. In reality… my son is just an I.T. guy. Now I get him. My view point has totally changed. He is not really trying to annoy the hell out of his mother – he is just ignoring me and hoping that I will disappear on my own. If you watch the first scene, you will see what I mean – and you will also see Moss – my love – my own true love – in action. Geeawd I love that guy!
And then fritter your life away watching the rest of this series. It is freaking hilarious.
December 7th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Roy kind of looks like your brother-in-law (Clay)!
December 7th, 2009 at 10:50 am
are you watching it via channel4.com, or youtube, or…? i can’t get channel4.com’s player to work — it says it’s “not available in my area.” ??
December 7th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Moss kind of looks like your brother-in-law (Dave)!
December 7th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
kcyardener – I am watching it on Netflix.
December 7th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I have two nephews who remind me of Moss; they just live in their own i.t. worlds. :)
December 8th, 2009 at 12:38 am
That show is stinkin hilarious! I lurve it!!!
December 8th, 2009 at 1:48 am
OMG! Brilliant! I watched YouTube clips and now am going to have to watch the series. Thanks!
December 8th, 2009 at 3:50 am
My husband is an IT guy and his coworkers recommended this series. We watched it on Netflix too. It’s hilarious. I love the recording that answers the helpdesk phone for them…it’s exactly what my husband has to say a hundred times a day.
December 8th, 2009 at 5:13 am
Great!
Now have another excuse to sit on my arse, drink tea and not get dressed today…
Hey thanks!
December 8th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
“a Moss-shaped hole in my heart,” LOL, you are such an evocative writer Rechelle! :)
December 9th, 2009 at 3:41 am
Thanks for the tipoff – hadn’t heard of the show. I’m netflixing it now, baby!!
December 10th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Just looking at him and those heavy frames.. I’m laughing already!
December 11th, 2009 at 8:59 am
Love the nerds! And now I am hooked too!
Thanks!!
December 11th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Just watched the first two episodes and answered the question, “what will I watch now that Top Chef and Project Runway are done?”
Add the fact that I live with an IT guy and I know how we are going to fill the long dark winter nights ahead.
Thanks!
December 13th, 2009 at 1:57 am
Great tip! We watched several clips on YouTube last night and giggled the whole way through.
December 14th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I don’t know your Moss, but i LOVE Dwight Shrute. He cracks me up.
December 15th, 2009 at 6:43 am
Rechelle – i hope you are ok. i look everyday and there’s no new post. I live vicariously through the blogs i read so please update. i miss you
December 18th, 2009 at 4:48 am
love love love this show. have been watching it on netflix for the past couple weekends!
So sad when netflix ran out of new episodes (but have since moved on to a show called Reaper).
December 18th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
Oh dear Steph – now I have to watch Reaper. Netflix is going to be the end of me.