I never watched that program, but this has got to be "Married...With Children".
Here is what the wikis say about the Russian version: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children#Russia "The Original *Married... With Children* ran on DTV for almost three years, on a daily basis, broadcasting the episodes from seasons 1-10. The show later aired on Domashniy TV. However, for unknown reasons, most episodes from season 11 were not shown. A Russian adaptation, titled *Счастливы вместе<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%8B_%D0%B2%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5_%28%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%29> * (Sсhastlivy Vmeste) (*Happy Together*), is now airing on TNT<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_%28Russia%29>channel across the country. [20] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children#cite_note-19>[21 ] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children#cite_note-20> This adaptation is very faithful to the original series and only a few episodes were not adapted, mostly for technical reasons (e.g. *Wabbit Season * wasn't adapted because in the remake the Bukins live in an apartment and therefore don't own a yard) or differences in mentality (e.g. *The Legend of Ironhead Haynes*). The *England Show* trilogy and two of the three backdoor pilots (*Top of the Heap* and *Radio Free Trumaine*) were not adapted either. The episode *T*R*A*S*H* was rewritten from scratch. The character names are: Gena Bukin (based on Al, played by Viktor Loginov<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2>), Dasha Bukina (based on Peggy, played by Natalya Bochkareva<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%91%D0%B2%D0%B0>), Sveta Bukina (based on Kelly, played by Darya Sagalova<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0>), Roma Bukin (based on Bud, played by Aleksandr Yakin<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD>), Elena and Anatoliy Poleno (based on Marcy and Jefferson D'Arcy, played by Yulia Zaharova<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0>and Pavel Savinkov<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2>), Evgeniy Stepanov (based on Steve Rhoades, played by Aleksey Sekirin<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD>), Sema Bukin (based on Seven, played by Ilya Butkovskiy<http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%91%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9>), Baron Bukin (based on Buck and Lucky, played by Bayra). Instead of living in a house, the Bukins live in an apartment on the top floor of a small building, and the Stepanovs/Polenos live in the apartment in front of theirs. Prior to the series' beginning, the Bukins could buy off a part of the building's attic for extra rooms, so apart from the lack of a cellar, the lack of a backdoor, a garage in a separate building instead of being adjacent to the house, and a balcony used instead of the yard, the layout of Bukins' flat looks like the Bundys' house. The apartment is in a mess from some fixes in the house which were never finished, and in the show's early episodes an unfortunately placed construction site outside allowed people (and Baron, the family dog) to go in and out the Bukins' apartment by the balcony. As a major change, instead of disappearing like Seven after a few episodes, Sema stays with the Bukins until the end of the series, and the often bizarre explanations for his absence from events the whole family should attend became a running gag. Also, the family dog Baron doesn't die and reincarnate, he remains the same until the end of the series. The episode *Requiem For The Dead Briard* was however adapted, with Baron being sold to a rich person by Sema instead of dying. The last name of the main characters, Bukins, is derived from the Russian word "buka", which refers to a socially inept person. The first neighbor couple, Elena and Evgeniy Stepanov, are named after married Russian comedians Evgeniy Petrosyan and Elena Stepanenko. The last name of the second neighbor couple, Poleno, means "log", which spawned some wood-based nicknames for both Elena and Anatoliy, to which Anatoliy often responds "Not this. It's Poleno, as in 'Anatoliy Poleno'". In April 2008, the producers announced all episodes of *Married... With Children* have been adapted as *Schastlivy Vmeste* (including all the episodes from the seldom seen 11th season) and an online contest was started where fans could submit new ideas for episodes.[22]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children#cite_note-21>. Starting from the 31 December 2009, the show resumed its run with an initial order of 60 new episodes, the order might be doubled based on the viewers' response[23]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Married..._with_Children#cite_note-22>. According to the episodes' opening credits, some of the new episodes are co-written by original *Married... With Children* writers, mostly Richard Gurman and Katherine Green." On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > I captured this by pointing my little digital camera at a TV screen, > so the quality isn't great. It is a sitcom based on an American > sitcom. And when I say it is based on an American sitcom, it is a > virtual copy. Everything from the hairstyle of the lead female to the > raspy voice of the male lead. The opening credits are an almost exact, > shot-for-shot match of the US version. The script followed identically > to the American episode, except the band parodied in the episode was a > known Russian band from the 1980s. > > Whether you speak Russian, check it out and Name This Sitcom: > > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2416505/sitcom.AVI > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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