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Hello Britain
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 4:29 am
by Sunbaneglasses
We are America, we take your television programs and we make complete rubbish versions of them. Seriously, has America ever improved on a British television series? Still we keep trying.
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:15 am
by sgt.null
Sanford and Son had the greatest theme song. does that count?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5DnqW3F57E
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:19 am
by Sunbaneglasses
Was there a British version of Sanford and Son before the American version? I'm talking about shows like The Office, Being Human and our miserable version of Top Gear.
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 6:26 am
by sgt.null
Steptoe and Son.
let me google for you.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steptoe_and_Son
I have never seen that one.
American top Gear??? why? the whole thing that julie and i love is the three hosts - they make that show.
Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2011 10:35 am
by Cambo
There's an Australian version of Top Gear as well. I think it's rubbish, but then I'm not a huge fan on the original series. (Though just to boast, I supervised Richard Hammond's daughters and got to meet him briefly.)
I stayed the hell away from the American Office, as the Gervais version is very dear to me.
Dad's addicted to the UK "Being Human," I hadn't even heard they had a US version.
Oh well. At least America never had the bad sense to touch Monty Python. That might ruin my life.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 2:05 am
by sgt.null
well there have been attempts at comedy troops, no? i did love Kids in the Hall.
Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2011 12:39 pm
by Cagliostro
But they are Canadian.
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:45 am
by Sunbaneglasses
Anyone else catch 'An Idiot Abroad' when it was broadcast on The Science Channel? That was the absolute funniest thing that I have seen on television in a long time. Thankfully it was imported as is and not remade into a shitty Americanized version.
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:02 am
by sgt.null
Cagliostro wrote:But they are Canadian.
still not British subjects?
is there a bbc canada?