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monkeyson2 (09:37 20/11/2003)
Phlamethrower (11:36 20/11/2003)
moss (18:49 20/11/2003)
ksattic (18:52 20/11/2003)
ilcook (20:45 20/11/2003)
monkeyson2 (07:48 10/9/2010)
filecore (08:50 10/9/2010)
richcheng (11:22 10/9/2010)
monkeyson2 (12:28 10/9/2010)
Mark76 (12:44 10/9/2010)
VincceH (17:59 10/9/2010)
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Phil Mellor |
Message #48088, posted by monkeyson2 at 09:37, 20/11/2003 |
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Anyone see the US versions of Steptoe ("Sandford and Son" and One Foot In The Grave ("Cosby" on beeb 4 last night? They took away all the dark moments, the dramatic elements, the grumpiness and the "bleeeeegh harold"ness to leave the one line gags. |
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #48093, posted by Phlamethrower at 11:36, 20/11/2003, in reply to message #48088 |
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What else did you expect? Something good? |
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John Hoare |
Message #48096, posted by moss at 18:49, 20/11/2003, in reply to message #48093 |
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The two Red Dwarf pilots are... "interesting".
(Actually, they're not quite as bad as they're painted; pretty poor really, but with some good moments.) |
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Simon Wilson |
Message #48097, posted by ksattic at 18:52, 20/11/2003, in reply to message #48088 |
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Anyone see the US versions of Steptoe ("Sandford and Son" and One Foot In The Grave ("Cosby" on beeb 4 last night? They took away all the dark moments, the dramatic elements, the grumpiness and the "bleeeeegh harold"ness to leave the one line gags. Remakes of shows don't normally work because shows gather cult followings, and the things they change when the remake a show are precisely the things people love.
I've not seen the US version of One Foot In The Grave (Cosby - what the hell?), but it doesn't sound good.
Likewise, I doubt a UK version of Friends would work very well... |
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Ian Cook |
Message #48099, posted by ilcook at 20:45, 20/11/2003, in reply to message #48097 |
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Anyone see the US versions of Steptoe ("Sandford and Son" and One Foot In The Grave ("Cosby" on beeb 4 last night? They took away all the dark moments, the dramatic elements, the grumpiness and the "bleeeeegh harold"ness to leave the one line gags. Remakes of shows don't normally work because shows gather cult followings, and the things they change when the remake a show are precisely the things people love.
I've not seen the US version of One Foot In The Grave (Cosby - what the hell?), but it doesn't sound good.
Likewise, I doubt a UK version of Friends would work very well...
Try Eastenders.  |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #115318, posted by monkeyson2 at 07:48, 10/9/2010, in reply to message #48099 |
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The US version of The IT Crowd is pretty poor:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7XN6Q_qyLo
And by pretty poor I mean bloody awful. But better than the German version.
(I'm sure Graham Linehan tweeted a link to the full episode a while ago but I can't find it now.) |
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Jason Togneri |
Message #115319, posted by filecore at 08:50, 10/9/2010, in reply to message #115318 |
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Oh, that hurts to watch. |
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richard cheng |
Message #115326, posted by richcheng at 11:22, 10/9/2010, in reply to message #48097 |
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Likewise, I doubt a UK version of Friends would work very well... Coupling, you mean? |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #115327, posted by monkeyson2 at 12:28, 10/9/2010, in reply to message #115326 |
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Likewise, I doubt a UK version of Friends would work very well... Coupling, you mean?
Coupling - which also had a US version made?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmFG8kNoY44&feature=related |
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Mark |
Message #115328, posted by Mark76 at 12:44, 10/9/2010, in reply to message #115327 |
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Weren't there supposed to be Yankie versions of Father Ted and The Vicar of Dibley as well? |
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VinceH |
Message #115334, posted by VincceH at 17:59, 10/9/2010, in reply to message #115327 |
 Lowering the tone since the dawn of time
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Likewise, I doubt a UK version of Friends would work very well... Coupling, you mean?
Coupling - which also had a US version made?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmFG8kNoY44&feature=related
I'd forgotten just how funny Coupling was. I think I'm going to have to fire up the dvd player! |
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