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Aaron
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May 11, 2008, 9:59 PM BST
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Quote: David Chapman @ May 11 2008, 9:42 PM BST
Yes - woman.
Maybe I'll go on look up top.
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Rachel Bell as well.
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I'm with Aaron on the no love for Spaced. I found it unbelievably tedious.
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You haven't got anything about it.
Useless site.
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I'm fairly sure I wrote a page up about it. Mark's hopeless! *shakes fist in his general direction*
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Jolanta Zofia Nowak
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May 12, 2008, 11:07 AM BST
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So here's another pairing:
1. Black Books
2. The Good Life
Ah, 'tis a good combination: a nice juxtaposition of the irreverent and surreal with the homely and comfy.
Think I'll bomb off and watch an episode from each. The trick will be to decide exactly which.
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May 13, 2008, 5:11 PM BST Edited by oldcowgrazing on May 13 2008, 5:12 PM BST
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I was wondering about this the other day and although this wasn't a sitcom but a children's tv show, I think Catweazle should be brought back. They could cast Mackenzie Crook for the role. It'd be Catweazle 21st century style. Perhaps he could work in IT. Think of all hilarity (!) that would ensue.
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May 13, 2008, 5:26 PM BST
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More Black Books would be fantastic. I wasn't such of a fan of the last 2 series though, if they could recapture the form of the first series it would be brilliant.
I would dearly love for Spaced to make a comeback one day. I think I'm going to be too scared to watch any of the American version in case they completely ruin it for me!
"Brace yourself Rodney..."
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May 13, 2008, 5:26 PM BST
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I would most definitely bring Black Books back! I love it.
Fuck it, it's Christmas.
"Every joke is a tiny revolution," thought George Orwell. "Whatever destroys dignity, and brings down the mighty from their seats, preferably with a bump, is funny."
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May 13, 2008, 6:06 PM BST
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Quote: NickTheDon @ May 13 2008, 5:26 PM BST
I think I'm going to be too scared to watch any of the American version in case they completely ruin it for me!
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It's been cancelled anyway.
http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000443
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Jolanta Zofia Nowak
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May 13, 2008, 6:08 PM BST
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Quote: NickTheDon @ May 13 2008, 5:26 PM BST
More Black Books would be fantastic. I wasn't such of a fan of the last 2 series though, if they could recapture the form of the first series it would be brilliant.
I would dearly love for Spaced to make a comeback one day. I think I'm going to be too scared to watch any of the American version in case they completely ruin it for me!
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OMG I hadn't realised there was an American version. Please God, no.
I've just finished watching - or should I say 'enduring' - an online showing of the US first pilot of 'Red Dwarf' and I dearly wish the thought had never crossed my mind...
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NickTheDon
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May 13, 2008, 6:10 PM BST
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Quote: Jolanta Zofia Nowak @ May 13 2008, 6:08 PM BST
OMG I hadn't realised there was an American version. Please God, no.
I've just finished watching - or should I say 'enduring' - an online showing of the US first pilot of 'Red Dwarf' and I dearly wish the thought had never crossed my mind...
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When I first heard of it I thought it was a joke. Spaced is so English it hurts, I can't really see how they can convincingly Americanise it.
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May 13, 2008, 8:24 PM BST
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Black Books! Also Father Ted, but the main actor died. Aaaaw.
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NickTheDon
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May 14, 2008, 1:16 AM BST
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Quote: Jolanta Zofia Nowak @ May 13 2008, 6:08 PM BST
OMG I hadn't realised there was an American version. Please God, no.
I've just finished watching - or should I say 'enduring' - an online showing of the US first pilot of 'Red Dwarf' and I dearly wish the thought had never crossed my mind...
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Rejoice! I just saw an article on the home page that says the US version isn't likely to go ahead as apparently the pilot wasn't very good at all:
http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000443
Thank the lord.
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May 14, 2008, 9:57 AM BST
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Erm...
Quote: Aaron @ May 13 2008, 6:06 PM BST
It's been cancelled anyway.
http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000443
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Do people not read?!
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Jolanta Zofia Nowak
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May 14, 2008, 11:41 AM BST
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Quote: Aaron @ May 14 2008, 9:57 AM BST
Erm...
Do people not read?!
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Er, my reading of it seems to produce 'it is believed' rather than any statement of fact...
Just a minor point, I know, but there you go.
Quote: NickTheDon @ May 14 2008, 1:16 AM BST
Rejoice! I just saw an article on the home page that says the US version isn't likely to go ahead as apparently the pilot wasn't very good at all:
http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000443
Thank the lord.
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Judge for yourselves:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwymOX6ey_g
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May 14, 2008, 11:50 AM BST
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Quote: NickTheDon @ May 13 2008, 6:10 PM BST
When I first heard of it I thought it was a joke. Spaced is so English it hurts, I can't really see how they can convincingly Americanise it.
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Absolute nonsesne, typical pub-bore speak as Gervais puts it.
'...so english it hurts'...um, yet it references American pop culture pretty much non-stop. Nice one.
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May 14, 2008, 11:56 AM BST
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I also would like to see a return of Black Books. They never really wrapped it all up and I feel it had a lot more mileage in it.
I miss those characters 
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May 14, 2008, 4:15 PM BST
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Quote: manchester's trendy chorlton @ May 14 2008, 11:50 AM BST
Absolute nonsesne, typical pub-bore speak as Gervais puts it.
'...so english it hurts'...um, yet it references American pop culture pretty much non-stop. Nice one.
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I'm not defending him, but I'm pretty sure that what something references plays little-to-no part in how (insert nationality here) it is. It's the way in which the reference is made. And Nick seems to believe that that style and tone of homage, reference, etc, is very English.
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