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@jonathanzuckerman520

6 ай бұрын

I agree. I’d love to watch Keeping Up Appearances.

Men behaving badly was more known for Martin clunes and neil Morrissey

@Turdstool78

4 жыл бұрын

Was coming to the comments just to put this. 👍

@themartinebunny

4 жыл бұрын

I came here to say this haha

@sheilabray1620

4 жыл бұрын

Harry Enfield was in the first series, instead of Neil Morrissey

@eddieedward1986

4 жыл бұрын

Yup... Also came to say the same thing 👍

@stemercer1775

4 жыл бұрын

Was coming to rage they got that wrong ha

I’m Canadian but grew up on British television. That they would even attempt to remake Absolutely Fabulous and Fawlty Towers is a crime. Lol British comedy is pure gold. No one can come close to matching it.

@bigpun7916

4 жыл бұрын

Not to mention they tried to remake RED DWARF ? Wtf ?

@davidedwards3361

4 жыл бұрын

They must have tried Fawlty Towers twice, because I distinctly remember a version where rolls were reversed and Bea Arthur played the part of Basil. Of course, it was terrible.

@BusbyBiscuits

4 жыл бұрын

Used to be good. We’ve really lost our way over here and our comedy shows are tripe these days.

@Valkyrie0801

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Busby - there’s a few gems still out there but yeah. I guess I should say old British comedy is pure gold and could never be replicated.

@brennicolas3093

4 жыл бұрын

David Edwards apparently 3 attempts to remake it here in the states were made, the second one was called Amanda’s and yes it starred Bea Arthur.

"The story of four very different men drifting in space" One man, there's only one man in Red Dwarf.

@narelleworks8448

3 жыл бұрын

And he was god to the cat people!

@chiip90

3 жыл бұрын

Not just the ship; there's literally only one man left in the whole universe. That's the whole point.

@deformednutsack9886

3 жыл бұрын

That tickity boo you old son of gun smoke me a kipper I’ll be back for breakfast

@dorindadavis8536

2 жыл бұрын

Now, now. Rimmer was a man. He was a dead man, sure, but he was a man.

@leighnisbett9691

8 ай бұрын

The original characters were Lister ,Rimmer (Smaghead) and cat and Rimmer (Smaghead ) still thought he was perfect ,plus the fact that Lister and Rimmer hated each other's guts .

Neil Morrissey was in Men Behaving Badly WAYYYY longer than Harry Enfield was.

@gobo6175

7 ай бұрын

​@@matthewcarter9790true that

@andrewleah1983

7 ай бұрын

They never mentioned the length of time in the role. All they said was the original cast.

@TheCraftyWitchUK

7 ай бұрын

Glad someone said this

@jane1975

7 ай бұрын

@@matthewcarter9790I don’t agree, I actually liked the first series after that and the switch to BBC due to the ITV franchise, Thames losing its licence to broadcast, although the company still exists. It went down the coarse language and toilet humour route which is lame and unfunny after about a couple of episodes.

I’m an American and Absolutely Fabulous was the first British show I ever watched and I was hooked. I can’t believe that a remake was even attempted. Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders can’t be replaced.

@sainjawoof3506

4 жыл бұрын

Just sacrilegious!

@lizzybethnj617

4 жыл бұрын

@@sainjawoof3506 exactly

@talkingtina4519

4 жыл бұрын

Fellow American, totally agree there are a lot of British Shows that are just to Golden to be copied. Come on USA use your originality -Oh wait that was lost 20 or more years ago when reality TV took over.

@michelleflood8220

4 жыл бұрын

Sheila Ingram if you like Jennifer Saunders then check out her with Dawn French just type in French and Saunders into the search bar on here . You’d know Dawn French if you’ve ever watched vicar of dibley

@RogbodgeVideo

4 жыл бұрын

I thought the UK Ab Fab was bad enough!

Red Dwarf has one of the best tv themes ever. Who agrees?

@croissantking3496

4 жыл бұрын

I like the dr who theme better

@theexperiencednoob7360

4 жыл бұрын

I love it

@derpimusmaximus8815

4 жыл бұрын

@LewReaction Oh yes you can. With the version of the Red Dwarf theme at the end of the episode Meltdown.

@memeicusgaming2197

4 жыл бұрын

I like the original one before it was replaced with the outro, 'It's Cold Outside'

@foxb319

4 жыл бұрын

not one of the best the best

I really don’t get why America can’t just air British shows. They are so good

@SirMarcMatthews

4 жыл бұрын

Sometimes they strike gold.. Just look at The Office

@azimuth361

4 жыл бұрын

Ah... there are a lot of cultural references and slang that we just won't get.

@SwGuru

4 жыл бұрын

@@azimuth361 Its about time you learned, like we did with all your best shows :)

@KelticTim

4 жыл бұрын

SwGuru well no. Given the diff in audience size and the diff in production, y’all will have to deal with it. Plus we don’t have to pay to get a TV license. That alone means we get what we want.

@KelticTim

4 жыл бұрын

And now the Dr is dead again. Imagine if it was still good.

"Martin Clunes and Harry Enfield" - 95% of the viewers look confused and the rest know this video was researched via brief glances at Wikipedia.

@dragonspear570

4 жыл бұрын

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@ColorMeConfused29

3 жыл бұрын

I know Martin Clunes from "Doc Martin". It played for a time on our local PBS Station.

@nichhodge8503

3 жыл бұрын

I always preferred Neil to Harry in Men Behaving Badly. Harry Enfield was only in the first series because after that the BBC gave him his own sketch show “Harry Enfield and Chums” in 95 (I remember all this because I was 14 and 95 was great year for me)

@narelleworks8448

3 жыл бұрын

Neil Is or was Bob the Builder. :)

@garethwilliams5809

3 жыл бұрын

The first series with Harry was on ITV but their superb vision cancelled it. The BBC took it up and 're-cast Neil Morrissey. A great series

I think I speak for most Americans when I state that we don’t need or want remakes. As much as I love David Tennant, that Broadchurch remake was also useless.

@captain-x-insano4041

4 жыл бұрын

Don't know why they don't just give them the originals had a lot of American friends like the originals. But of course they're not going to get all of it, because of the slang

@matthewjeremy6887

4 жыл бұрын

@@Bob.Jenkins i dont think many people would agree with you there

@Rienneil

4 жыл бұрын

I really don't get why is it necessary, its in the same language, it's not like subtitles needed!

@doodars9357

4 жыл бұрын

There was a broadchurch remake? Why? I thought it was really good (second season not as good as the first, but third was decent and first was really good)

@jaimej40

4 жыл бұрын

Doodars yes, it was called Gracepoint.

Imagine if they tried to remake Bottom and Blackadder. I would make a petition to nuke American TV studios.

@Jorge-wg9tq

4 жыл бұрын

Noooo dont say that Blackadder would be nothing without Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson😂 and as for Bottom its like inbetweeners where the Humour just wouldnt work in America

@lisagibson2975

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine an American version of The Young Ones with all SJW remake crap going on... I'd rather have Corona.

@Jorge-wg9tq

4 жыл бұрын

@@lisagibson2975 i second that😂

@mrcritical6751

4 жыл бұрын

I could see an American version of Blackadder working, just pick different eras of American history like the civil war and stuff

@Jorge-wg9tq

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrcritical6751 i wish i had your clarity of vision, i just think it would have to be Americanized. Which usually leads to the soul of the programme being ruined

I live in the US and I love British TV. Instead of flash and explosions, etc. they use great writing, great acting, great production values and more.

@pattiwhite4960

4 жыл бұрын

Jim Hebson , our entertainment sucks because Hollywood thinks we’re ALL fucking stupid 😒😒I give up on TV long ago..have apps and watch mostly movies and British TV shows plus IFC

@nichhodge8503

3 жыл бұрын

Let’s cut through the bullshit it’s English tv not British

@robertwilson3866

7 ай бұрын

Honestly a lot of UK shows are so bad now. It's like they have given up and just import US shows.

This is so cringeworthy. It’s like remaking Friends and setting it in Stoke.

@acid3129

4 жыл бұрын

HEY nothing is as bad as stoke well maybe Birmingham but still

@bearded_z0mbiegaming108

4 жыл бұрын

Spaced is kinda friends

@Andy85uk

4 жыл бұрын

They did it was called cold feet lol

@jamesbooth8067

3 жыл бұрын

It was called coupling, apart from the stoke bit

@suejones8661

3 жыл бұрын

There is nothing wrong with Stoke...

Yeah we don't talk about Top Gear USA over here in the states. We realized long ago your version is the only version

@donaldtusk2678

4 жыл бұрын

No one even watches the uk version anymore and it’s pretty much irrelevant

@evolancer211

4 жыл бұрын

@@donaldtusk2678 there hasn't been a UK version since the trio left

@donaldtusk2678

4 жыл бұрын

Danny Lam there has it’s just not very good no one watches it

@smg7602

4 жыл бұрын

The only reason to watch TopGear was Clarkson, Hammond & May.

@superchickenlips1

4 жыл бұрын

I think I might be weird. I genuinely enjoyed US Top Gear. Tanner was a bit of a twat, but Rutledge and Adam were hilarious, and most of the stuff they did was cool. That's my opinion anyway.

The Dr Who film was a co-production between the BBC, and several US & Canadian firms. It's also the only Dr Who anything to be filmed in Canada. Here in the UK it did fairly well, as as a then 8 year old I found it genuinely scary... but my parent's generation - who'd known the series since it started - hated it. (In contrast to the 2005 - 2017 sequel series, which was well recieved)

I get why they won't stop trying: ALL IN THE FAMILY (adapted from TILL DEATH DO US PART) and SANFORD AND SON, (based on STEPTOE AND SON). They're considered two of the greatest comedies ever made for American TV, and they've been trying to repeat that success ever since.

@HobbyHillsVideos

7 ай бұрын

Steptoe and Son was funnier.

@pmcreighton

7 ай бұрын

Also Three's Company, based on Man About the House.

@gswombat

7 ай бұрын

The yank versions were total crap

@reh3884

7 ай бұрын

@@gswombat That's what all the men said about your mom.

@gswombat

7 ай бұрын

@@reh3884 Thankfully yank garbage like you does not matter to anyone

Even though I’m American, I love British television. Shows like “Coupling”, “Doctor Who”, “The Inbetweeners”, and the “IT Crowd” are some of my all-time favorites! But those were such cringe-worthy, horrifying adaptations!!! Shudder... Joel McHale is a great actor and very funny, but just such a wrong fit for Roy.

@zeddyfin

4 жыл бұрын

genius2012 American shameless is shit

@jamiejamking

4 жыл бұрын

have you seen black books, peep show, father yed, faulty tower, The Mighty Boosh etc...?

@squanchy9755

4 жыл бұрын

@@zeddyfin American Shameless is not shit. More like THE shit. As someone who watched the UK version from start to end, I can honestly say the Americans did this one better.

@squanchy9755

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely check out Peep show, Plebs and Friday Night Dinner. They're on same level as IT crowd and Inbetweeners.

@gentarofourze

4 жыл бұрын

@@squanchy9755 Disagree, Plebs is ok at best, Friday Night Dinner is good but repetitive, Peep Show is ok but repetitive too.

Oh my God, when the US did "Us and Them", I actually threw up a little bit. As an American who LOVES "Gavin and Stacey", I couldn't believe they would take such a UK classic and *attempt* it...but then again, I should've known better after US Red Dwarf 🤦‍♀️

@denfitzpatrick5988

4 жыл бұрын

Gavin and Stacey works on a Welsh and Essex foundation

@gentarofourze

4 жыл бұрын

@@denfitzpatrick5988 Why didn't they do an American character and a Canadian character? Close enough that they are similar but far enough apart for differences much like England and Wales.

@denfitzpatrick5988

4 жыл бұрын

gentarofourze I agree, the US has its own distinctive dialects and characters to do that as well, someone from NYC travelling up to the back end of New England

Skins and Inbetweeners were highlights of my teenage years. These remakes are simply unforgivable.

@chayden153

3 жыл бұрын

I personally blame American sensibilities, if Skins US or Inbetweeners US would've aired on HBO or Showtime, then it could've been the next Shameless, but since it was on MTV and had to be watered down (it didn't help that critics accused Skins of being down right child porn)

@bewd4310

3 жыл бұрын

@@chayden153 there's an argument that Hollyoaks could also be considered child porn though. Sexualised themes amongst minors and scenes with nudity of barely legal in the later episodes(after the ⁹pm watershed). So how is one allowed and the other forbidden?

@chayden153

3 жыл бұрын

@@bewd4310 if they remade it for an American audience, it would probably run into the same issues

@user-bu4rz6li1o

2 жыл бұрын

And shameless!.

@katieb3059

7 ай бұрын

That's why US usually casts an older actors to play teenagers. And it's actually, surprisingly, a good thing for at least 2 main reasons

The fact that they tried to remake Red Dwarf is unforgivable

@pogigwapo5093

3 жыл бұрын

And that’s only 20th

I am an American and I agree that American remakes of British shows are ALWAYS a disaster. I prefer watching the original British versions.

@JamesBen937

4 жыл бұрын

Uh the office is way better than the British version

@CanadianPuddleDancer

4 жыл бұрын

@@JamesBen937 Shameless too 🤷🏼‍♀️

@thomashales588

4 жыл бұрын

James BM British here VOUCH

@beepboop9464

4 жыл бұрын

The American shameless is amazing. But most of the time they are disasters.

@SirAuronthehonorable

4 жыл бұрын

Everything America sucks nowadays. Where British tele would insert a smart high brow joke, America inserts a fart joke. If not a fart joke then a virtue signalling joke.

If they even dare to touch Only Fools And Horses I’ll singlehandedly take back our land

@albertmccarthy7232

3 жыл бұрын

They did

@cambs0181

3 жыл бұрын

@@albertmccarthy7232 NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

@albertmccarthy7232

3 жыл бұрын

@@cambs0181 ikr but unfortunately they have tried it

@albertmccarthy7232

2 жыл бұрын

@@cambs0181 they tried twice and only one got the light of day

@fletchforever82

2 жыл бұрын

So many countries have attempted only fools, some of them are hilarious

It’s weird to think that Fawlty Towers only had 12 episodes and it will be remembered as on of the greatest sitcoms of all time. Who remembers Payne?

Imagine if they tried to remake Monty Python or Mr. Bean.

@alijoe2173

4 жыл бұрын

omg! would have been evil

@benjaminlappin2711

4 жыл бұрын

...or the goodies. Love me some Goodies.

@DasKrug

4 жыл бұрын

It's not like they could get any worse, so they might as well give it a shot, talk about two things the world could live without.

@vsantamato75

4 жыл бұрын

..OR BLACKADDER...MY GOD

@joeespin4377

3 жыл бұрын

the US didn't really need to bring python to our shores we had carol burnett. in fact an argument could be made that python was the british version of burnett. the argument would be very weak. they are the same in that they are both sketch comedy shows.

The Doctor Who tv movie was not an American version. It was a joint production between the Americans and BBC

@memeicusgaming2197

4 жыл бұрын

I thought BBC only gave the permission

@detectivesquirrel2621

4 жыл бұрын

@@memeicusgaming2197 No it was always a joint production. Unfortunately the American insisted on such as the 'Half Human' plot that was thankfully soon scrapped.

@CaptRobertApril

4 жыл бұрын

It should also be noted that it aired the same night as the series finale of "Roseanne" on ABC.

@detectivesquirrel2621

4 жыл бұрын

@@CaptRobertApril Very true. Shot themselves in the foot.

@luke-alex

4 жыл бұрын

@@detectivesquirrel2621 Regardless, it doesn't belong here because it isn't 'awful'

Who ever even attempted to remake abfab should have their rights as an American and a human removed for all eternity! Jesus , even thinking of a remake is punishment by death

I'm American. The British versions of Red Dwarf and The IT Crowd are two of my favorite shows. I had no idea we had tried to make our own versions. I can believe they're bad, but I feel I must see them.

@SuzyQ334

Жыл бұрын

Resist the urge. The US makes some great TV but any show that tries to copy British icons is never going to work.

@tempestates13

7 ай бұрын

The British Red Dwarf is brilliantly hilarious

@elgenetiamzon1062

7 ай бұрын

The American version of Lister looks like an Obi-wannabe kenobi

@robertwilson3866

7 ай бұрын

You should remake versions of bad British shows. You could actually make them good!

I'm Belgian and i like these British shows : bottom , are you being served , falwty towers , black adder , some mothers do ave em , allo allo , the young ones , you rang m'lord , chef , One foot in the grave , the brittas empire , black books , keeping up the appearances , red dwarf , dad's army , absolutely fabulous & the office. The office USA is the only remake i saw a episode from , and i did not like it. The originals are just to good and authentic to remake.

@shedevil50337

3 жыл бұрын

Was Allo Allo dubbed or subtitled? How did they deal with the jokes about the differences in language, such as the policeman speaking poor French & saying "Good moaning"? By the way, your English is excellent. :-)

@lorenzomagazzeni5425

3 жыл бұрын

Dads army

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@sainjawoof3506

4 жыл бұрын

ALL OF THEM!! Top ⚙ Gear just could not be remade. Those 3 boys are limited edition, single release! HOWEVER, I cannot believe they had the nerve to try remake Absolutely Fabulous!! That's just SACRILEGIOUS!

@chloe5322

4 жыл бұрын

SA Inja woof ikr

@MrDanielWilton

4 жыл бұрын

Men Behaving Badly starred Neil Morrisey, not Harry Enfield.

@BrayanGomez-jq6nz

4 жыл бұрын

you dont say

@MrDanielWilton

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Smith So he did. I stand corrected. Nice one. Was he any good in it?

Some British comedies do translate into American programs. All In The Family was based on the British series Till Death Us Do Part. Sanford And Son was based on Steptoe And Son. Three's Company was based on Man About The House.

Tbh.... most American sitcoms remind me of derivatives of "Friends" , that's just the way they deliver comedy...

The American version of Being Human should have made this list.

@saintmercy57

4 жыл бұрын

I came to the comments to say the same thing

@mortennrgaard6148

4 жыл бұрын

@@saintmercy57 me too.

@izaskuncaro5662

4 жыл бұрын

Same...

@tdfox4052

4 жыл бұрын

I see I'm late to the party ...

@grootgabrielson6781

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. there was nothing good about the American version of Being Human.

America. Never. Touch. Britain. Again.

@memeicusgaming2197

4 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean "don't copy your fathers work that's procrastination" (I said USA is UK's son because thirteen colonies and all that y'know)

@anikenskywalker9560

4 жыл бұрын

Memeicus Gaming York🇬🇧 vs New York🇺🇸 lol 😂

@debbiemiles404

4 жыл бұрын

or Australia. The American remake of Kath and Kim was dreadful. The whole premise was bogans trying to be classy, when they were too stupid to know what classy was. The yanks removed that bit took out the best character and wondered why it died. Why not just show the originals, dont assume you audience won't understand, they will pick it up eventually. The original couplings might have been a bit risque for America they mention sex and body bits fairly often. Can't do that in America, you can shoot people but not show a boob.

This is why I loved Episodes with Matt LeBlanc playing himself in a self deprecating piss take. It was totally pointing the finger at how the USA TV totally misses the joke by imitating what was successful in the UK & failing miserably.

@chiip90

3 жыл бұрын

Episodes was great!

@sonya6148

3 жыл бұрын

I loved that show!

@timmsw20

8 ай бұрын

The exception to the rule that anything with Stephen Mangan and/or Tamsin Greig in it must be funny.

@davidhill2020

7 ай бұрын

Classic British joke: How is health care like irony? Americans don't get it.

The U.S. Life on Mars is actually a really good show. A real pity that the whole show was tarnished by, and is only remembered for, its ludicrous "martian" ending.

@HoldenNY22

7 ай бұрын

Please see my commnet. I thought it wa an interesting how. I thought the ending was OK. It gave a logical explanaotn to what hapenned. How else can somoene explain going back in time to an alternative Unverse 30 years earlier where you are somehow part of that Universe. I thought the ending was pretty good and interesting.

@tidalboxer

7 ай бұрын

@@HoldenNY22I agree. I don’t think it was that bad. With what they did and the little details it made sense and was good. They’re both good versions, but the American one actually makes sense and is tied up.

@jane1975

7 ай бұрын

@@tidalboxerI think ours is better idea of the characters being dead and not knowing that they are dead of course and needing guidance from Glenister’s character and when it’s their time to go he takes them to that pub which is basically “ heaven “ so that they move on. Of course the first series was also a parody of the 1970’s series The Sweeney, and the second series with Keeley Hawes was The Gentle Touch the 1980’s series that starred the late Jill Gascoine.

@tidalboxer

7 ай бұрын

@@jane1975 I did REALLY love Ashes to Ashes. I also like both versions of Life on Mars. Either idea has really been done before… dead or in a coma. They both for me work great.

It's the British warped sense of humour that can't be copied ,it's a unique way of thinking and getting things done in a funny ,light way and it can be educational at the same time .American T.V . Can't really copy the original T.V series and do them justice ,plus the actors that they use are unbelievable as most actors and actresses who started in these shows take the piss out of themselves .

The thing that's really annoying about this as there is so many talented American writers who didn't get chance to make their pilot because money went into these ideas

@denfitzpatrick5988

4 жыл бұрын

And there are so many talented American writers

Outmatched is clearly an American adaptation of Outnumbered. Absolutely awful.

@orlahdaisy2668

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Nothing can replace Outnumbered.

@mysticloverfairy1

4 жыл бұрын

Actually it’s not ,there are absolutely no similarities between the two shows , they don’t even have the same number of children . The premise of Outmatched is that there are three genius children, not sure if the youngest child is genius(started watching the pilot) and the parents are just average. and trying to navigate life with children who are geniuses. Outnumbered is that there’s three kids and two parents hence outnumbered, the kids are normal, though I think Ben is an evil genius.

@orlahdaisy2668

4 жыл бұрын

@@mysticloverfairy1 There are 3 kids though

@mysticloverfairy1

4 жыл бұрын

orlah mckenna no in Outmatched there’s four kids, Brian ,16,Nicole,15,Marc 10 and Leila 8. The three oldest are all geniuses, but Leila the youngest is their normal child (she’s not a genius like her siblings). In Outnumbered there’s three kids.Ben ,Karen and the oldest one (I forgot his name.)

@caithemburrow5569

4 жыл бұрын

@@mysticloverfairy1 jake

Kathryn Hahn was amazing in Free Agents, she probably got tons of work from that. Coupling was sort of OK, but the UK version had the "luxury" of only having to make a half dozen episodes per season.

How did they not grasp the simple concept of Peep Show?

The McGann movie was NOT an "American remake". It was co-produced by the BBC, who made the original series. And it was an officially sanctioned continuation of the original series, not a remake. And it has been officially recognized as part of the series continuity (though with copyright restrictions that the Beeb is too craven to pony up for).

why can’t america just, idk, air the British versions ?

@JoRiver11

4 жыл бұрын

It's some sort of fragile ego thing. They need to be able to imagine that they are "the best" all the time. (Because that is their indoctrination from birth).

@djimma5080

4 жыл бұрын

@@JoRiver11 I like the whole "Land of the free" and how they go on about having freedoms yet they are probably the least free country in the western world, they work the longest working weeks, get the least holidays and the system is so stack up against so many people they live their lives in poverty with no way out other than crime, they have most overzealous police, a prison system that's based on profit and designed to keep people coming back. They are quite litteraly the most oppressed country and that's why they have that shit forced down their throats from a young age and will claim this "freedom" they have allows them to purchase guns guns guns and kill anything that wants to get in the way of that freedom

@andreasmith9809

4 жыл бұрын

@@djimma5080 have you actually been here or are you just spouting the stereo types that you hear on tv? Because if you had bothered to come to a state other than The main ones that Europeans seem to think that is only in America or is the only I interesting ones i.e. California, Florida, Texas, and New York, than you would find out that we are much more than those gun toting, crime loving stereo types you hear about. Each state has it's own culture and it's own way of speaking. You can't lump us all into one category because it would be inaccurate. It would be like Americans lumping all of Europe into the same category. Also saying that our police are overzealous does not only do an injustice to them bjt is also inaccurate. You cant base all police on the few shootings that you hear about on tv since there millions of cops on duty, risking their lives every day. And as for thinking they we are better than other countries, we actually don't. We leave that to the British to believe. We have more of a belief in equality.

@briank7890

4 жыл бұрын

@@andreasmith9809 unfortunately there is a decent amount of truth to what he says. Many Americans see themselves as better than anyone else or don't bother to even know much about how people live in other places. We also generally work far more than other places, and take far less holiday. Also, despite many Americans freaking out about socialism, Americans also end up having to spend way more just to maintain what would be a basic standard of life in other places. Healthcare primarily, between premiums, co-pays and coinsurance. I'm an American married to a Brit, so we've had lots of opportunities to compare.

@TwilightLink77

4 жыл бұрын

We do it’s call BBC America.

I'm an American fan of non-American TV. In the defense of Life on Mars, the show was given the ax before the end of the first season and that was the best ending they could come up with in short time. It didnt have the opportunity to allow Sam to fall in love and really miss 1970. I've often wondered if I could buy a dvd player, electrical adapter, and TV (if needed) to watch some UK television. I love my Acorn and BritBox, but waiting for a year+ for rights to be released is annoying.

You missed the most important and telling travesties: • DAD’S ARMY [US “The Rear Guard”] • STEPTOE & SON [US “Sanford & Son”]

@dweston76

Жыл бұрын

Sanford & Son rocks

Yeah, they've completely stuffed up Australian shows too Kath and Kim is a prime example

'Red Dwarf' should have never been touched.

@andrewdevine3920

4 жыл бұрын

Everything after season 6 should never have been made. The US remake can't be worse than season 7 and 8. It just physically can't.

@summability

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewdevine3920 I still like them. Series 7 had the episode with JFK assassinating himself, and I still think that's one of the cleverest takes on that whole thing.

@trixstermillion2190

4 жыл бұрын

Red Dwarf and Doctor Who are terrible to people who maintain any kind of standards for their science fiction.

@gwinnellheald8592

4 жыл бұрын

@@trixstermillion2190 people take sci-fi too seriously now

I’m from USA, all I could do is laugh. A lot of our shows are based off of British Shows. 😂 This list hit too hard to home. 😂😂🤦🏻‍♀️

No one does comedy as good as the Brits 👍NZ

@lisaahmari7199

7 ай бұрын

The aussis come pretty close. "Frayed" was a riot.

@runforrestrun1965

7 ай бұрын

That was true some time ago but you’d be hard pressed to find anything great or even above average nowadays comedy wise. And I am in my 60s so have seen many. The US has definitely taken major strides. They are much better doing their own stuff rather than remakes of pommy stuff.

You forgot Being Human. The UK version is amazing. The U.S. made me angry...

@Islandgirl873

4 жыл бұрын

That was the first tv show that popped in my head. Skins also

@luke-alex

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think the US version is generally viewed as awful so it probably doesn't really belong here. I do agree however that the original is great (and I haven't seen the US version)

@luke-alex

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Mistretta "a perfect ending in Season 5" Don't you mean season 3? For the record, I didn't mind the change in main characters in the original show, but based on your glowing review I might give the US version a shot at some point.

@luke-alex

4 жыл бұрын

@Jason Mistretta So we were both wrong! Google told me there were only 3 seasons for some reason.

@gandalainsley6467

4 жыл бұрын

being human first season was kinda meh ( mostly copy of the british one) then it got pretty good and then i think they ran out of ideas

They actually thought they could recreate the MASTERPIECE that is Fawlty Towers???

@charlgoesplaces3501

4 жыл бұрын

Wiggl3s _ that’s an insult to the whole of Britain basil will never be replicated

@wiggl3s_821

4 жыл бұрын

Charlsworld Xx agreed

@marquisofcarrabass

4 жыл бұрын

It's worse than that - JOHN CLEESE thought they could...!

@MartinHeavisides

4 жыл бұрын

You certainly don't reboot Fawlty Towers by making Sybil beautiful and the relationship between Basil and Sybil actually romantic. That immediately removes a prime comic engine.

@rambo7135

4 жыл бұрын

Its criminal!

you really should have mentioned "Being Human", I absolutely loved the UK original. Honestly, the only reason I kept watching the US version was to see if it would get better...wishful thinking I guess, BTW I'm American

I did not know there was US remakes of *"Red Dwarf"* and *"Inbetweeners."* Shock. Imagine a American remake of *"Rising Damp."* 😲

@michelleresistance

8 ай бұрын

I thought that was meant to be Rimmer in the first clip, until the narrator said Lister

Actually, the very first episode of the US version of "The Office", was almost a line by line carbon copy of the British version's first episode. And it stunk! Thank God they tossed that format out the window and came up with their own unique spin that worked. The US version ended up being different enough to be relatable here, but kept only the basic character roles the same. It ended up being pretty good in its own right, but I still prefer the English version.

@whichwasher2007

8 ай бұрын

The IT croud version was the same. Line by line, same characters, same stories, no wonder it never made to air. Oddly enough, Shameless wasn't on this list. It's done well having a few seasons. And I think it's because they took inspiration..not just a blatant copy.

@derekbass2966

7 ай бұрын

@@whichwasher2007 And Coupling, word for word and TERRIBLE. Their Patrick found a better show in Better Off Ted.

@wyliem

7 ай бұрын

The British office is 100x better.

@DevanLund

7 ай бұрын

And thankfully they also got rid of that British model of "6 episodes every few years or so" and went with a standard American run for season 2 (22 episodes).

@jane1975

7 ай бұрын

@@DevanLundThat’s the reason why American versions are also bad, they go on too long. Thus the writers run out of material. That’s why the original Office series is better because there are only 3 series and one Christmas special. The writing is tighter also the series concept is supposed to be a “ mockumentary “ style, which probably was lost on the American audience. About the only sitcom that was great besides Cheers that the US had, was The Simpsons but that’s now ruined with PC and all the guts and humour taken from it, was only supposed to last 10 seasons, and tbh the first 10 seasons were great and funny and all the best gags now it’s crap. About the only satire you have now is South Park.

The humour is just so different. We couldn’t replicate Seinfeld or Roseanne or Frasier. It just wouldn’t work.

@trixstermillion2190

4 жыл бұрын

American sitcoms are usually terrible, especially the ones with laugh tracks.

@jsmith5212

4 жыл бұрын

If they are so bad why are they so sucessfull world wide

@vaevictis3527

4 жыл бұрын

@@jsmith5212 Because they're everywhere and forced down our throats. This is even more true for back in the day.

This video was funnier than most of these shows. Miaow 🐯

The problem with the American Red Dwarf was that the studio wanted to make Dave Lister into a Han Solo type character. Even the actor who portrayed Lister argued against this. He was a fan of Red Dwarf and understood the character better than the studio.

Gavin and Stacey should never have been remade into THAT.

@ColorMeConfused29

4 жыл бұрын

There WAS another U.S. "Gavin and Stacey" as well, though. It starred Thomas Haden Church and Debra Messing.

We remade Red Dwarf? Yikes, im glad i missed that one!! They tried Fawlty? Oh, my lord!! NO! There is NOTHING like British comedy & i have a ton of box sets, some i had to re buy because we wore the disc's out. Red Dwarf, Are You Being Served & Allo Allo were the first shows i ever saw on our PBS station in the early 90's. That very quickly branched out to tons other shows, lol. Its addicting!!

@kaiser_Haux

4 жыл бұрын

alphadawn2015 lennon no I’ve been trying to but I always miss it so I’ve just been sticking to Netflix but you know they ain’t doing shit with that which is a shame because red dwarf is one of the shows that me and my dad got to really bond over and I have so many great memories of him and me just lying on the couch watching it. And I really want to see the new season because a couple of months after it came out my dad died and was un able to watch the rest of it with me that’s why this show means so much to me.

@Cheryl_Loves_Purple

4 жыл бұрын

@alphadawn2015 lennon Ive seen back to earth & bits from another season but thats it. I havent bought those on dvd yet & finding them to watch here is very limited. I have the original box set.

@Zooumberg

4 жыл бұрын

Cheryl, have you seen Grace and Favour? It's the spinoff from Are You Being Served. It's a great show too.

@rossmandell8734

4 жыл бұрын

A pair of pilots that never aired and never sold Clips can be found and they are painfully unfunny

@Cheryl_Loves_Purple

4 жыл бұрын

@@Zooumberg Oh, yes, that is one of the dvd's that i had to replace cause we wore it out, lol. Ive got the movie too. We watch british comedy every night. Last night i watched good ole Meldrew, night before was Fawlty & the night before that was Good Neighbors. I also have a few on vhs that i need to get on dvd & a ton more i want to get. I could just watch solely british comedy.

Why do Americans have to put a canned laughter track on every "comedy" show? Is it that the producers are scared it'll be to subtle for American audiences to understand?

@bethplatte452

4 жыл бұрын

It was a holdover from having live shows. When recorded laughs were added, it gave people the feeling that they should laugh, like an audience generally feels. As time went on, it continued being added, until the early 2000's(? might be 2010... basically recently) where more shows dropped the laugh tracks. Now there are very few shows that use the recorded laughter, and it is mainly reserved for either shows that are trying to get an older aesthetic, or are simply catering to an audience that isn't really actively watching. If not actively watching, a laugh track can sort of act like a cue to think something is funny. I hope I didn't write too much, but I always thought it was an interesting topic.

@pattiwhite4960

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, because most parts of the USA expect the East Coast do NOT understand sarcasm or dry humor

I’m so glad Father Ted and Bottom haven’t been adapted for US audiences Edit: I was wrong, a US remake for FT was considered and it was going to be set in Boston but thank fuck it wasn’t made.

Who remembers when Red Dwarf made fun of the US pilot in "Back to Reality"?

@holsg4363

4 жыл бұрын

Is that what that was!!??!! The new players who are been being all cool and heroic? Haha i love red dwarf but i never knew america tried to remake it!

@TJ-ov4us

4 жыл бұрын

They did?! Now I need to rewatch that episode to see 🤣🤣🤣

@singbluesilver1973

4 жыл бұрын

Dwayne DIBLEY???

@themurph2000

4 жыл бұрын

I think that was done before the US remake because series 6 felt the most like a US sitcom with the fast one-liners that were repeated so often.

I read somewhere that Disney was planning a U.S. remake of the Misfits. Lol, it’s like asking Michael Bublé to recreate a Frank Zappa tune.

@LordPoshnameVonPlumbingparts

4 жыл бұрын

Can't see bubble singing "Why does it hurt when I pee?"

@metheus108

4 жыл бұрын

Disney might be planning that too. You dont want to give them ideas like that

@SH-qs7ee

4 жыл бұрын

Disney and Misfits? I think I'd watch it, just for the cringe value as the studio tries to skirt the stuff like swearing, violence and sex. Though imagining the traditional Disney characters in the Misfit universe would be funny as hell, at least to me. But I'm rather twisted myself

@jsmith5212

4 жыл бұрын

You do know Disney makes nature programs all the time they jus show them on the other networks they own

@chrisbarrettFilmstudio

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah but frank Zappa is an American

Not fond of the live action remake of Yes minister they've got going.

@rpdreviews8272

4 жыл бұрын

You’re kidding me!

As an American and HUGE Absolutely Fabulous fan, the remake was horribly painful to watch. It broke my heart to see good actors flail and bomb so badly. Honestly… what were the producers thinking after watching rehearsals? No one can match Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumly’s chemistry and on screen smarmy charm.

Genuine question but why bother remaking a series for the American market when there's already a successful UK version? Why not just show the original UK version. Imagine if we tried to remake Friends for example. Am I missing something?

@welshgit

4 жыл бұрын

It does happen the other way around too, and the results are also bad... The Golden Girls - The Brighton Belles Married with children - married for life who's the boss? - the upper hand

@DominicBurford

4 жыл бұрын

@@welshgit I guess my question should have read 'Why remake a programme for a different market when there's already a successful one'. By the time you've changed the settings, humour etc you've essentially lost the heart of the original programme. Just show the original and don't bother remaking it.

@welshgit

4 жыл бұрын

@@DominicBurford Oh, I agree with you - for exactly the same reasons you mention. Sorry, I should have been clearer - I wasn't trying to counter what you said in any way, just adding to the point!

@davidbrowne3761

4 жыл бұрын

The upper hand & who's the boss are the exception to the rule of USA remakes of UK shows are horrible

@DragonLuver44

4 жыл бұрын

@@welshgit don't forget Threes Company. The original version was called Robin's Nest.

When Harry Enfield was in Men behaving badly, the series on ITV was a flop, the BBC bought it a few years later and replaced Enfield with Neil Morrisey and the rest is history. Please check your facts before recording.

The problem with remaking anything British by American production companies, is they tend to make deliberately ugly subjects and situations into much more glamourise shows, if they ever tried to replicate Steptoe and Son, it would be about two billionaire recycling tycoons, played by Robert Wagner and Brad Pitt.

@johnsresearch

4 жыл бұрын

They did that in the 70s: 'Sanford and Son'

Some remakes work. The Indian remake of the British classic "Yes Minister" is, by all accounts, every bit as hilarious as the UK version but the two counties share very similar governmental bureaucratic systems so the same jokes work in English and in Hindi.

There was a documentary on this a few years ago. It highlighted, at the time, a majority of the US population don’t want to see a comedy about losers, they want to see people who are successful and good looking. They don’t want the reality check that life is grim and don’t want to be lectured that they need to empower themselves and look out for each other to do someone about it.

The United States should never, ever touch Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers, or The IT Crowd. Ever. I also didn't much like the American version of Broadchurch (I can't even remember the name of it). David Tennant was brilliant, as usual, but the rest was ick.

@TwilightLink77

4 жыл бұрын

Rena Stone I guess you forgot about Doctor Who the movie that starred Paul McGann.

@SharkWarrior35

4 жыл бұрын

Well the bcc ruined doctor who so much more damage than America could of ever done

@iainrickwood2623

4 жыл бұрын

@@SharkWarrior35 Considering the way marvel has gone lately I reckon America is perfectly capable of doing exactly that much damage to doctor who

@SharkWarrior35

4 жыл бұрын

iain rickwood have you seen the latest doctor who, they are terribly written

@stormblade2895

4 жыл бұрын

@@SharkWarrior35 Same with Marvel comics

The US version of The Office was NOT a gem. It totally failed to get the subtlety and occasional potent emotional content that made the original so freaking brilliant.

As an American , I think the biggest problem here is the fact that Britain has SO much history, and has such a completely different outlook on life, than we do. (Especially with humor). It just doesn’t translate. A few have succeeded, but they just fall flat in general. I myself love British humor, but most people I know just don’t get it🤷‍♀️. I used to watch The Young Ones and nobody had any idea why I thought it was funny. Thank goodness I never saw the remake. And I did enjoy Cracker, (for a while), but once I saw the original, hands down it was superior. I don’t even watch WatchMojo American lol I watch this one.

"Rob Schneider is Martin Clunes, in DeDerpDerpDerpDe DerpDerp. Rated PG13"

@13molcat

4 жыл бұрын

derp face

@Jimmygarn

4 жыл бұрын

What I was thinking the whole five minutes I managed to watch of this video before down-voting it, not because I disagree with it's premise, but rather because of the script / narration and because it didn't consequently show clips from both shows for comparison.

Fun fact most episodes of the American version of the inbetweeners was directed by taika waititi, yes that guy glad to see he survived that train wreck

@mrcarryon

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeri Brown sadly yes

@peteg1114

4 жыл бұрын

christ, but that does explain why Jo Jo Rabbit was so shit.

@blairparkinson8118

4 жыл бұрын

@@peteg1114 yeah it explains a lot. People think he amazing. He's shit actually. He's basically another M Knight shabamabad. But instead of stupid plot twists it's comedy.

Angela Rippon and Tom coyne originally presented Top Gear Jeremy Clarkson did not start on the show until 1988 when Jeremy Clarkson Andrew Wilman restarted it in 2002 so technically Top Gear ear is a remake itself with Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond and James May joining the next year

I saw Red Dwarf and just had to see this 😂 Oh gosh how did US top gear last that long ?! You can’t beat the iconic trio

I didn't know they tried to remake Gavin and Stacey. They stepped oh-ver the line there

@chrisguy1790

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't have worked they don't have Barry Island 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@gavinlewis3049

4 жыл бұрын

Gavin and stacey isnt the same without the welsh.

@trickygoose2

4 жыл бұрын

I think they were originally planning to have one of the lead characters from the New York area and the other from the South but I don't know whether they did that.

@timothorgodofpunder8129

4 жыл бұрын

Stepped over the line without stepping over the border.

@solomonstemplers

4 жыл бұрын

@@timothorgodofpunder8129 oh' oh whats occuring

I’m twice as glad that the IT crowd failed more than most of the others due to the fact Jeff would have had to leave community if it went to series.

@MrBKelly95

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, Community debuted in 2009 so Joel McHale would have been unavailable for it if the IT Crowd got picked up and renewed through the 2009 season.

@frazzlesreviews5379

4 жыл бұрын

Brian Kelly yeah that’s what I meant to say. He wouldn’t have been able to commit to filming more community in series 1.

I had no idea anyone attempted to remake Red Dwarf. And now I am appalled. Good news - with everything streaming these days, we Americans can now watch the British originals of most shows and completely bypass crap American remakes.

@scottstevens4633

3 жыл бұрын

On the plus side the us remake has jane leeves as Holly the ship's computer

I've only heard of a few of these, but I guess that'll happen to shows that get cancelled fast. I do remember Men Behaving Badly. Co-star Ron Eldard quit the show soon when he realized the episodes didn't turn out anything like the British version. Coupling was one of those shows that looked DOA before it first aired.

For me, the worst ever American Version of a TV show was when they attempted "Shameless" - nothing compares to the purely British Council Estate feel of the original Shameless, and the US butchered it - I understand wanting your own feel to it, but you can't capture another country's culture with American actors and writers. Not well anyway

@littlebitofedesign

3 жыл бұрын

I think they need to stop trying to copy and just be "inspired by." Do you know what I mean? Like The Office here was better once they were no longer copying directly (the pilot), but shifted to where they made the characters and plot more American. I don't know. I'm American and prefer British TV. With some exceptions, British TV is far superior. Especially crime, mystery, procedurals.

I think most people will remember Neil Morrissey I’m Men Behaving Badly rather than Harry Enfield

I actually really liked the American version of Men Behaving Badly, and was really sad when it got retooled and then cancelled. And I remember gathering with all my friends to watch the Dr. Who TV movie.

James L. Brooks tried to Americanize “Are You Being Served?” In 1979 with “Beane’s of Boston.” It had a decent cast, mostly-Charlotte Rae as Mrs. Slocum, John Hillerman as *Mr.* (not Captain) Peacock, and Alan Sues from Laugh-In as Mr. Humphries. (He flatly didn’t work.) The show never made it past the pilot, though it really ought to have succeeded given the people behind it.

Skins American version was dreadful 😂

@KvCole

4 жыл бұрын

Their attempts to remake teen series were painfully bad 😅

@sirtaytoii5141

4 жыл бұрын

Bay Bay like inbertweeners, the American remake was HORRIBLE

@KvCole

4 жыл бұрын

@@sirtaytoii5141 Indeed

@Eduard000F

4 жыл бұрын

It’s because MTV made it and not a premium channel like HBO or Showtime...

@loiskopf6162

4 жыл бұрын

This richly deserved to be on the list. I loved the UK version. I couldn't believe just how bad it was when it was Made in America. Yuck!

Always had to ruin it with a happy ending

I love British shows. One I would add is Broadchurch. The US version, just didn't have anything going for it. Here's a question, does the UK remake any US shows, and if so, how have they done?

@10:08 - I think you misunderstood the ending of Life on Mars. He wasn't killing himself. He was putting himself back into a coma. It reminds me of the ending to Total Recall, which was also on Mars, that so many people completely misunderstood.

To be fair, it has worked the other way too. Anyone remember our remake of the Golden Girls, which I think was called the Brighton Belles? Thought not! I'm sure there must have been others too.

DR who wasn't a remake as it was made by the bbc and is canon

@SwGuru

4 жыл бұрын

They said on here it was a collaboration and meant to launch Dr who in America

@johnmorgan1629

4 жыл бұрын

The BBC version of Dr Who airs in the US now, or was if the direction it has taken hasn't meant it's been dropped.

@stevepetersmusic9262

3 жыл бұрын

@That One Guy You Walk Past yes it is canon as that doctor regenerated into the war doctor and was made to be a continuation of the original narrative

In reference to the end of the U.S. version of Life on Mars: it was a fake out. The very last shot is a leg and foot of a character clad in plaid trousers and loafer. This looks like they’re saying “That was not really the explanation!”

I know of two American remakes you did not mention. 1. Sybil, a version of Absolutely Fabulous that featured Sybil Shepard as a working middle aged Hollywood actress with two daughters. 2.Amanda, a remake of Fawlty Towers staring Bea Arthur.

@Viracocha88

7 ай бұрын

"Amanda's" was nauseating.

@DevanLund

7 ай бұрын

Thankfully Amanda's was cancelled in time for her to get cast in The Golden Girls.

The Fox movie of Doctor Who Could have worked IF, IF they had used a Peace Accord idea, instead of the Y2K phobia that was rampant leading up to 2000.

@djlads

4 жыл бұрын

Good in hindsight, but is was made in 1996, when governments, G8 and UN were lead calls to get things changed over as the systems for credit cards, even the UK rapier missiles were effected by their computers not being able to read 00 as anything other than 1900, we laugh now and in 2000 when nothing happened, but that's because there was a massive behind the scenes change over costing 10s of millions to correct errors including stock exchanges, some seem fun such as food with sell by date of 2000, begin rejected as it was thought to be decades out of date or a woman being invited to start primary school as the system said she was 4, instead of her real age of 104. Banks had been threatened with fines of £10,000 a month if they didn't fix their IT issue as credit cards couldn't read 00 as 2000. Mainly because a lot of companies and governments just hadn't invested and bother updated many of their IT systems for years, and focusing on profits and shareholder payouts. Had companies and governments invested and updated their systems periodically then it wouldn't have happened.

They also made a US version of Ronnie Barker’s Porridge in the 70s, it was dreadful

@cplcabs

4 жыл бұрын

Good god, how stupid can they be?

@adrianbailey468

4 жыл бұрын

Fuck u America!

@davidwallin7518

4 жыл бұрын

You cannot remake anything with either of the Two Ronnies in it without both/either of them and have any chance of it working.

I am a huge fan of the British “Coupling”. That being said, when the American version aired I gave it a chance. The pilot episode literally used the exact same script of the British version with which I was familiar. Same dialogue and somehow the American cast made mince meat of it. So it wasn’t the script. It was the American cast unable to make anything of the skillful ironic humour that English actors are so naturally capable of conveying. And likely the same goes for the other series included here.

@binacohensacher6656

8 ай бұрын

Same. Coupling is to me THE funniest TV comedy ever. I was amazed how not funny the exact same dialogue was in the American version. The timing, the fine ironic humor, it got lost in translation.

@robertwilson3866

7 ай бұрын

That's racist

@kathleenclark5877

7 ай бұрын

Robert Wilson. Explain, please. Racist how?

@robertwilson3866

7 ай бұрын

@@kathleenclark5877Racist against Americans.

Was Wild At Heart in there somewhere, the show about a British vet and his family moving to South Africa game reserve. The Anders DuPlessis in the UK version looked he had just wandered in after a week on the veldt while the US version looked like he had a week at a spa for a GQ cover shoot.

It’s Nigel PLANER as in PLAY-NER. Not PLANNER.

@robertbruce8864

4 жыл бұрын

I just commented the same

@SabotsLibres

4 жыл бұрын

Got, not gotten; baton (bat’n, not b’tonnn)

I have a soft spot for the 8th Doctor and am happy Paul McGann is still doing audiobooks as the character.

Them have done it to everybody they butched two great Aussie shows 'Rake' an 'Kath and Kim'

The vast majority of these US remakes I've never heard of and I'm glad I missed them! I love Red Dwarf and I'm very glad the Americanized version never got released! Top Gear is British, the American knock-off failed to hold my interest for one episode. They went on about trucks way too much!

@face76

4 жыл бұрын

Because it was more for an American audience.