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<blockquote data-quote="cybertalus" data-source="post: 2121441" data-attributes="member: 4400"><p>My Hero (another BBC comedy) is on hiatus on PBS because of pledge drives, but it's the only comedy I watch with any regularity. Otherwise I watch Judging Amy on CBS and five year old episodes of Eastenders on PBS but nothing else on a regular basis. I'll watch Scrubs if I happen to flip past it (a rare thing, with Tuesday being a night I'm seldom home), but I can't seem to get devoted to it. Never tried Arrested Development because the critics liked it, so I figured it wouldn't last three episodes, and I'm beyond tired of getting involved in a show only to have it yanked immediately. I used to occasionally catch snippets of Rodney when I taped NYPD Blue, and he was sometimes almost funny.</p><p></p><p>The more I think about it, mostly I don't think Americans are very funny. In the wake of Dave Allen's recent death I dug out some old tapes from when his show ran on the local PBS years ago, and I was cracking up something silly, something Letterman, Leno, Kimmel, O'Brian, and SNL can't manage to make me do.</p><p></p><p>Tonguez, if Robin is the UK version of the John Ritter character, there may be even more similarities. I wanna think Three's Company eventually morphed into Three's a Crowd where the John Ritter character was married and his father-in-law moved in with him and the wife. Don't recall if there was a restaurant involved though.</p><p></p><p>I agree the US does drama better, although unlike with the comedies, I find myself enjoying what both the US and UK do drama-wise. Still, no doubt if the US ever tried an exact remake of a UK drama, the British version would be better. </p><p></p><p>And yes, Sledge Hammer was very funny. Your mention of it has reminded me that a friend who has a birthday coming up is a huge fan, and conveniently the 2nd Season DVD set will be out by then.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cybertalus, post: 2121441, member: 4400"] My Hero (another BBC comedy) is on hiatus on PBS because of pledge drives, but it's the only comedy I watch with any regularity. Otherwise I watch Judging Amy on CBS and five year old episodes of Eastenders on PBS but nothing else on a regular basis. I'll watch Scrubs if I happen to flip past it (a rare thing, with Tuesday being a night I'm seldom home), but I can't seem to get devoted to it. Never tried Arrested Development because the critics liked it, so I figured it wouldn't last three episodes, and I'm beyond tired of getting involved in a show only to have it yanked immediately. I used to occasionally catch snippets of Rodney when I taped NYPD Blue, and he was sometimes almost funny. The more I think about it, mostly I don't think Americans are very funny. In the wake of Dave Allen's recent death I dug out some old tapes from when his show ran on the local PBS years ago, and I was cracking up something silly, something Letterman, Leno, Kimmel, O'Brian, and SNL can't manage to make me do. Tonguez, if Robin is the UK version of the John Ritter character, there may be even more similarities. I wanna think Three's Company eventually morphed into Three's a Crowd where the John Ritter character was married and his father-in-law moved in with him and the wife. Don't recall if there was a restaurant involved though. I agree the US does drama better, although unlike with the comedies, I find myself enjoying what both the US and UK do drama-wise. Still, no doubt if the US ever tried an exact remake of a UK drama, the British version would be better. And yes, Sledge Hammer was very funny. Your mention of it has reminded me that a friend who has a birthday coming up is a huge fan, and conveniently the 2nd Season DVD set will be out by then. [/QUOTE]
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