For which shows? 'cuz honestly I could believe it for some. It's not like the brits (and half the American audience) didn't need subtitles for The Wire.

I'm sorry I have a different opinion and have a rationale for it. I will never do it again.

There are other examples of it working (in the commercial sense, anyway) that fill the gaps, but it's mostly forgettable multicam sitcoms that seem kitsch. There was a lot of cross-pollination when it came to mainstream sitcoms back then.

Because why not? The process of adaptation adds specificity and changes things. It produces something new. Graham Linehan has said several times that he reason so many remakes don't work is that they're too loyal to the originals. The remakes that are good and do work change things radically. Steptoe and Son talks…

I think it is. Malcolm pulls way too much focus because he's this kind of towering imperious pillar of one-joke-that's-funny-at-first-but-gets-grating, the specificity of its political references means that it's already starting to feel quite dated, and knowing what we know now about Langham kinda casts a pall over it.

I enjoy british humour, but it's disingenuous to say that improv is something the UK does well. It doesn't. British comedy is a lot more old-fashioned. They still have comedy double acts and proper stand-up only started to become relevant there in the late seventies.

See, that's exactly why I prefer the US version: there's no Tucker. Tucker pulls way too much focus and I kind of think that he's a one-joke character. There's a lot more you can do with someone like Terri or Manion because they don't have to be the big scary badass.

Yeah. I mentioned that. They were brought over because Brits are bad at improv because there's no real tradition of it and it goes against what you're taught as a performer, and against the culture in performer-incubators like Footlights. But that's still at least two pieces of deadweight who are mostly funny in that…

True, but improvisers are just better on this side of the Atlantic. Watching John Sessions try and be funny is just kind of painful. Mochrie and Stiles have actually trained in improv and done Theatresports. That's why they became staples on the UK show: the UK is BAD at the premise of the show.

Eh. I like US Whose Line better. Though the format's actually originally Canadian.

Veep is better than the Thick of It. Shameless US is better than Shameless UK, I'd argue that Sanford and Son and All in the Family are also better than their UK counterparts -and- more important in the history of Television.

Because when it works, it really, really works. Plus it provides some level of plausible deniability if it goes pearshaped.

I quite liked his music as a teenager, and still do like some of it. I wasn't really a mall goth though, so I guess I'm kind of an outlier. I also never thought it was especially badass or transgressive, and his latest is just a competent glam LP.

Fargo's amazing and you should watch it.

Theme park rights were purchased separately, and really specifically. Universal owns them in the US, but only in the eastern states, and Japan. Marvel owns them everywhere else.

It's also a prerequisite for running a major network!

Honestly, if they took out the fucking in a box part, it would've been way more at home on PBS than anywhere else. Ordinary, unattractive members of the public talking honestly about their sex lives with a panel of experts and commentators isn't really that sensational.

The irony is that Sex Box was actually conceived of as part of an anti-porn slate of shows called The Campaign for Real Sex. The whole idea is to have frank, genuine conversations about sex that have nothing to do with titillation and everything to do with what sex is and how come.

Eh. Provided they have the right equipment it shouldn't be too daunting or unpleasant. Plus you can get a great buzz off of cleanser fumes.

I can't help but think that the original would've been immensely improved if they'd had someone like Judith Butler on rather than Dan Savage.