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Post by ac on Jun 8, 2016 15:19:16 GMT
And speaking of Jerome, ac I don't know if you're old enough, but do you remember Robson & Jerome? This is so funny to me - this was a fairly decent act in the UK, no? Never heard of them here in the US. It's always interesting to me what influence/pop culture crosses the pond and what doesn't. Maybe successful, not sure about decent . It is odd what takes off though. The one I can never understand are the US remakes of British comedies. Some of those have been horrendous.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jun 8, 2016 15:22:48 GMT
the US remakes of British comedies. Which ones? "The Office" was wildly successful here, although I can understand that the humor in the US version might not appeal to the Brits. A few years ago the Syfy channel did a remake of "Being Human" - although not a comedy, I'm betting the UK version was definitely better.
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Post by ac on Jun 8, 2016 15:55:24 GMT
the US remakes of British comedies. Which ones? "The Office" was wildly successful here, although I can understand that the humor in the US version might not appeal to the Brits. A few years ago the Syfy channel did a remake of "Being Human" - although not a comedy, I'm betting the UK version was definitely better. Yes I'd heard the Office was pretty successful. Most recently I'd say The Inbetweeners, Skins or Shameless (although average is probably fairer for this one). Going back there's stuff like Men Behaving Badly and One Foot in the Grave / Cosby for example. They've had 3 attempts at remaking Fawlty Towers. By the way, how did James Corden become successful over there? Surely Gavin and Stacey didn't cross over.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jun 8, 2016 16:05:28 GMT
By the way, how did James Corden become successful over there? Surely Gavin and Stacey didn't cross over. I had to google that one, never heard of him! Scanning the credit list, though, my guess would be that taking over Craig Ferguson's spot on the Late Late Show gave him the US recognition.
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Post by Ser Duncan on Jun 8, 2016 16:14:53 GMT
I just looked up Grantchester, they've actually called Robson's character Geordie . I know, thought the same thing when I first heard his name on the show. I even asked the wife 'He didn't just say his name was Geordie? With his accent!?' I could see it if he was actually from Newcastle, living in the south and getting called Geordie as nickname, but nope. Just a stupid name. Also how is he playing a WW2 vet. He must be 30 years too young for that? You mean too old, no? By the end of the war they were taking on volunteers from the older generations to supplement all the wet behind the ears recruits that were dwindling. If we take his real age of about 50 in 1952 when the series takes place, he would've been too young for WWI and too old for WWII. But that in terms of conscriptions, not volunteers.
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Post by ac on Jun 8, 2016 16:16:17 GMT
By the way, how did James Corden become successful over there? Surely Gavin and Stacey didn't cross over. I had to google that one, never heard of him! Scanning the credit list, though, my guess would be that taking over Craig Ferguson's spot on the Late Late Show gave him the US recognition. Seems like that could be it. Speaking of Brits that are successful in the US, I really like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
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Post by ac on Jun 8, 2016 16:19:50 GMT
If we take his real age of about 50 in 1952 when the series takes placeThere's my mistake, I only took a quick glance at wikipedia but didn't notice that is set in 1952.
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Post by Melifeather on Jun 8, 2016 16:21:06 GMT
Speaking of Brits that are successful in the US, I really like Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. I love that show!
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Post by Melifeather on Jun 8, 2016 17:50:02 GMT
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Post by ac on Jun 8, 2016 21:10:48 GMT
Hahaha, just shows how much of a non-event this week's episode was!
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Post by azriel on Jul 24, 2016 14:52:00 GMT
the US remakes of British comedies. Which ones? "The Office" was wildly successful here, although I can understand that the humor in the US version might not appeal to the Brits. A few years ago the Syfy channel did a remake of "Being Human" - although not a comedy, I'm betting the UK version was definitely better. I know a few years ago they were talking about making a US version of Absolutely Fabulous, which to me you just can't do. I mean there is no way that conservative America would appreciate the debauchery of Eddie and Patsy...
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jul 24, 2016 15:16:39 GMT
I mean there is no way that conservative America would appreciate the debauchery of Eddie and Patsy... Probably not so much not appreciating it as not understanding it....
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Post by azriel on Jul 24, 2016 15:26:40 GMT
I mean there is no way that conservative America would appreciate the debauchery of Eddie and Patsy... Probably not so much not appreciating it as not understanding it.... Well I am American and I understand and appreciate it, lol. But I guess you are right, though drugs and alcohol are pretty big in the good ole USA lol so you would think they would get it. Anyone remember the Young Ones? I remember I used to watch it on MTV, it seems Brit TV is much more cutting edge than American TV.
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Post by Some Pig No Doubt on Jul 24, 2016 16:03:46 GMT
Well I am American and I understand and appreciate it, lol. We are few and far between, I think! I've met a small number of people who truly get the finer subtleties of humor across the pond. LOVED the Young Ones. Used to watch it back to back with Monty Python back in the day.
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Post by azriel on Jul 24, 2016 16:23:02 GMT
Well I am American and I understand and appreciate it, lol. We are few and far between, I think! I've met a small number of people who truly get the finer subtleties of humor across the pond. LOVED the Young Ones. Used to watch it back to back with Monty Python back in the day. I LOVED Monty Python, though my parents didn't allow me to watch it, they thought it was tasteless, so I would sneak down after everyone went to bed and watch. I remember when I was young it was on at like 11 pm, I was such a rebel.
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