This isn't really funny... I mean, couldn't they have done more about Steve's megalomania? This is just shallow 'nerds are nerdy' stereotyping.

that was the stupidest thing ive ever seen...

wtf ok so the worst enemys on the planet (besides kfc and burger king) are suddenly friends uh ok?

Harry Enfield did a sketch show similar to The Fast Show in the 90's. I was looking forward to their combined return to British telly but this sketch has disappointed me greatly.
I know they can do better than that.

Yes, very stupid. The Mad Dog Steve impersonator kinda looks like him though. I'm sorry, Mad Dog just ain't that geeky, never was.

After watching that I'm now dumber than when I woke up this morning.

Yawn. That wasn't even funny. It was just plain stupid.

The show was one of the worst things I've seen on the BBC in long time and a poor excuse for comedy. Thankfully Friday saw the return of the Peep Show..

This kind of reminds me of MadTV here in the States-- that is, half-assed, cheap, occasionally chuckle-worthy humor with a laugh track.

This is worse than MadTV, it's British programming.

The British lost their sense of humor back in the late 70's and its been all downhill from there.

Prove me wrong, Brits! Prove me wrong.

homerjay,

There is a show call "The IT Crowd" -> British, and too funny for words...

This skit is absolutely fugrible, but the Brits haven't lost their sense of humor at all. The IT Crowd _is_ funny. So is The Office and Ricky Gervais. Fast Show had its moments, mostly Channel Neus.

I still think most Monty Python and Black Adder are the best, but that's just my taste.

Spectcrapularly awful Paul Whitehouse (Gates) should know better Harry Endfield (Jobs) has had about 3 funny chars in his entire career.

Unfunny and unnecessary
smut thrown in, appeals to the 'he said poo' brainless laughter fodder merchants.

It wasn't that bad! Seriously people, what is funny about computers...nothing! They turned something not very funny into something kind of...well, funny. Yeah British people!

For those not native to the UK, you'll have to excuse this weak 'comedy' for which I would rightly hang whoever commissioned such bollocks. However all is not lost for British comedy. I suggest you check out;

Peep Show
Mighty Boosh
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Nathan Barley

to name but a few

That was a little weak. (not my first choice of words)

Almost like the base material was obtained fourth-hand by word of mouth and still not understood fully, but hey who am I to judge?

I'm sorry, but there's no way Steve Jobs would want to hear about Vista.

Dude there is tons of computer humor, they didn't turn anything. As was already said, they just played on the usual stereotypes and tossed in a BJ breath kiss for Steve Jobs.

Perhaps it was a little close to home for people who actually knew what they were talking about in the skit. Which is why to me it was kinda stupid.

It would have been funnier if they (really just one of them) had called a tech line and gotten a female to tell one of them the same dialog. And then bragged they had unlimited support.

I agree with mummra. Also some other great recent British comedy programmes include:

Ideal
Black Books
Brass Eye
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
Green Wing
Top Buzzer

Whilst we're on the subject, I've never liked the office and I think that Ricky Gervais is one of the worst comedians in the UK at the moment.

Additionally, I can't think of many American comedy programmes that have made me laugh recently apart from Family Guy and to some extent Scrubs.

Oh and Pheonix Nights

GOOD GOD THAT WAS TERRIBLE.

Oh my GOD.

Why did you post this!?

Oh common, that's bleeping funny!

Even funnier are folks here trying to analyze it:

couldn't they have done more about Steve's megalomania.....

there's no way Steve Jobs would want to hear about Vista

Now that's bleeping hilarious!

@mummra and ghaarnock

add Big Train to those lists, I know its not recent. But its one of the funniest sketch comedy shows I've seen.

Harry and Paul worked together in "Harry Enfield and Chums", that was better that this recent show.

And to homerjay, if British comedy is 'so' bad, why do americans keep remaking British comedies and making them bad....Red Dwarf, Coupling, The Office.

@mummra, ghaarnock and slowreader

Let's not forget about Spaced. Geeky goodness at it's best, and if you throw in it's post-series films (Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz), the guys that run that series are formidable forces in Brit Comedy.

Harry Enfield was funny about 10 years ago. Jack Dee is "where it's at" now!

HaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..

The only thing they forgot was the famous Stever quote....

"And, BOOM!"

It's funny cos jobs and gates were turning each other on.

I don't know about you guys, but that turned me on.

Looks like Harry Enfield should go back to just being the voice of the Travelocity gnome.

(Don't forget to add QI to the list of funny BBC shows!)