YouTube video has already been pulled.
On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone has posted on YouTube the 2007 pilot for NBC's Americanization of > "The IT Crowd," which HuffPo has embedded, with Richard Ayaode repeating his > role as Ross from the original series, Joel McHale in the Chris O'Dowd role > and Jessica St. Clair ("Best Friends Forever") in the Katherine Parkinson > role--NBC had announced the series as a mid-season show for 2007-08, but it > never went into production for series: > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/05/american-it-crowd-pilot-leaked-online-video_n_1651405.html?ir=Comedy > > Turns out that the pilot script (which is essentially the same as the > original UK series pilot, with the same music and a similar title sequence) > was adapted by the two new showrunners for "SIX SEASONS AND A MOVIE!" > "Community"--could it be that Dan Harmon uploaded this onto YouTube as an > attempt to embarrass the guys who replaced him? > > And as for HuffPo's complaints about the "laugh track," the original UK > series was multi-cam and as someone who thinks he can tell the difference > between a live audience and a laugh track, it sounds for the most part like > a live audience to me. Yes, there are the scenes that are obviously not > shot in front of an audience, but that's very Britcom as well. Why do the > sitcom snobs immediately scream "LAUGH TRACK!" at a multi-cam show when they > never accuse the late-night guys of sweetening? > > -- > 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! 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
