Survivor, Big Brother...
- Jim
William H Bowen wrote:
>But American TV has been doing this sort of thing for years. Just a few
>years ago we had Men Behaving Badly which was based on a BBC show of the
>same name IIRC. John Larroquette (sp?...the lawyer guy from Night Court)
>was in a show (don't remember the title) that was a direct lift of
>Faulty Towers (John Cleese), though I don't think it was called that the
>second time 'round.
>
>Cracker starring Murphy Brown's painter was a pretty good remake of the
>Robbie Coltraine BBC show of the same name, though the Brit version was
>far superior.
>
>And even All in the Family was a remake of a BBC show IIRC.
>
>So there's quite a history there...
>
>
>Marlon Moyer wrote:
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>
>
>>I only saw one episode of the coupling on our local PBS station one
>>night. Thought it was a hillarious show. Turned couplings on last
>>night, and was surprised that it was the exact same show right down to
>>the script as the BBC one, except they had replaced Bush,republican,and
>>democrat for their respective counterparts from the UK.
>>
>>It's amazing how unimaginitive the shows have become lately.
>>
>>marlon
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>Charlie Griefer wrote:
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>>>The american version of coupling is ...wow..words fail me.
>>>
>>>The scripts are very nearly identical, word for word. The acting is
>>>bad. I
>>>mean even for a sitcom bad.
>>>
>>>Just makes me wonder...if we American folk had no intention of even
>>>changing
>>>a word in the script...why even pay bad american actors? Just run
>>>
>>>
>>the BBC
>>
>>
>>>version on network TV.
>>>
>>>charlie
>>>(grateful for BBC-America)
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:34 AM
>>> To: CF-Community
>>> Subject: RE: the office
>>>
>>>
>>> yep its great!
>>>
>>> on a side note
>>> in our ever expanding lack of creativity we took a beautiful bbc show
>>> "coupling" and made it American...
>>>
>>> not even going to watch it..
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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