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"US Series Of The Office gets panned"

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Well, I think this proves that americans don't understand British comedies.

Your Views?

Malcolm in the Middle did very poorly when showed to a test audience, then went on to become a massive hit with the general public. I see The Office as being similar, although it depends on the quality of the remake, of course.

I rather enjoyed Dinnerladies.
Blackadder was often inspired, but the earlier ones pretty patchy as you said.
OFAH makes me sad. I fail to see how people can like it.

And shame on all of you for not even mentioning Spaced.
*Slap*

Dinnerladies is crap.

Blackadder is good, but nothing great and somewhat inconsistent. One of the earlier series was really rather dull.

With Victoria Wood...

Buh!

Never 'erd of it.

The best comedy ever is without a doubt NOT dinnerladies.

OFAH never really captured my interest to be honest...

But Blackadder :0D

Supersaiyan wrote:
> Only Fools And Horses was voted by the public as the best comedy of
> all time

just because it's the most popular doesn't mean it's the best.
it's got the largest target demographic, but it's by no means the best comedy.

ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> Although personally I think the office was a bit over-rated, I did
> none-the-less enjoy it quite a bit. But it was clear to me from the
> start that it's an english-only comedy, just why anyone thought the
> US would like it is beyond me.
>
> And I'm happy they don't like it, it seems the entire world is
> becoming americanised these days, this is one series that is still
> just for us.

Good point. All my friends start saying "ass" instead of "ar$e" etc. It's quite depressing :0(

Der Nazi wrote:
> Since when did a 4x4 need a six litre
> engine?

Thats the beauty of it, it also powers the deep fat frier, over, tv, microwave, massager-chair and smoke machine/exhaust.