Biggest failure was they made Lister a working joe to a hollywood pretty boy.
@andyf4292
21 күн бұрын
they do it every time.... being human,- I couldn't tell who was the werewolf and who the vampire- they just looked the same
@mackthemouse8443
13 күн бұрын
Replying to arrow valley Daniel Craig said it best in some clip back in the day, that they turned Lister from a space bum into a six foot plus pretty boy which was completely wrong for the character
@robertanthonynolan9697
12 күн бұрын
oops do appologise
@skankhunt-nx3kt
3 күн бұрын
And made him really buff which is miles away from Dave Lister.
@ragingpagan8847
15 күн бұрын
“Smoke me a kipper I’ll be back for Breakfast” what a guy 😂
@boydovens4180
10 күн бұрын
America , " Whats a KIPPER " .
@ragingpagan8847
10 күн бұрын
@@boydovens4180 a fish 🐟 👍🇬🇧
@Chaggy1978
9 күн бұрын
Smoke me a kipper skipper...
@user-wk8qt8ph1i
8 күн бұрын
Delicious,and side note Are you being served had an Australian version
@grantwalker4859
7 күн бұрын
Stoke me a clipper, I’ll be back for Christmas!
@RM2011ish
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad Craig Bierko was self aware that the remake was going to be a dud. Lister had that everyman charm, and Craig was too handsome for the part.
@michaelinlofi
Жыл бұрын
And then there's the whitewashing involved too. Craig Charles was pretty miffed about that too - apparently he took to calling the American attempts White Dwarf
@darthwiizius
21 күн бұрын
Funnily enough the actor that played Lister in UK Dwarf was a published poet by the age of 15, we covered him at school even though my year were only a few years younger. You can hear his working class word play and prose in his delivery from time to time, it's that that sets his character apart in the show from the professional actors that play every other role. UK comedy has ever since been making a lot of crap comedies based around giving comedians their own shows but none have really taken off despite the promotion, over promotion of them.
@sergey_is_sergey
13 күн бұрын
I feel like the pilot may have been measurably better if the Lister and Rimmer actors swapped roles.
@JamesJoy-yc8vs
12 күн бұрын
That was cool of him. I dunno why, but Craig Bierko is an actor I like and hoped would see greater success, but I think he's just destined for supporting roles and failed pilots It's like, watching Craig Bierko always makes me feel wistful
@RM2011ish
12 күн бұрын
@@JamesJoy-yc8vs I still remember The Thirteenth Floor. MASSIVELY underrated movie.
@martinwalker6172
12 күн бұрын
Love that it's recognised for once that Red Dwarf was amazing up until series 6 or so and then went drastically downhill.
@spanishpeaches2930
8 күн бұрын
True though. 4,5 and 6 were magnificent. After series 6, Rob Grant left the writing partnership and it showed.
@michaelinlofi
7 күн бұрын
I don't even hate a lot of post-series 6 Dwarf. The Dave era has a couple of episodes that made me laugh. But it just didn't have the same comedic genius. The balance of Grant and Naylor is pretty necessary, I think Naylor trends towards the more grim when left unattended (series 7 and 8 are... kinda bleak)
@drunkplaylists1829
5 күн бұрын
for once lol ok
@Fluffyudders
4 күн бұрын
@@michaelinlofi For me the low point was series 7. They made some truly baffling decisions, despite a few good moments. I feel like series 8 was a course correction on a lot of those issues, along with some nice touches (Lister and Rimmer sharing bunks again, which should have been capitalised on), but like you say the comedic genius was gone.
@thepoorman2
3 күн бұрын
I think the new series were great.
@src6339
17 күн бұрын
Ah, Robert llewellen doing his Canadian Herman munster impression to an American audience. Priceless 🤔
@drwhotvwam
5 ай бұрын
its interesting that the two lead actors are still called craig and chris
@patrickradcliffe3837
Жыл бұрын
It's like the Dollar General version of Red Dwarf.
@michaelinlofi
Жыл бұрын
That's a pretty apt description actually
@IanM-id8or
Күн бұрын
It's the Wish or Temu version of Red Dwarf
@numba2bvi
Күн бұрын
I'm from the States, I could only watch the first 5 min of the American Office and had to call it quits
@NINacide
Күн бұрын
I would have had my name removed from the credits as a creative consultant as soon as they stopped listening to my objections
@draugr7693
Ай бұрын
The problem with US versions of UK shows is they almost always miss the point of the show and try to dumb them down.
@user-xj8yl2dh4p
8 күн бұрын
Only fools and horses was absolutely gash
@kieronpratt3174
7 күн бұрын
Hee hee - "Dumb them down"... you mean "Americanize" them. I reckon Sanford and Son was probably the closest 'they' ever got to almost resembling The Original. Even "All In The Family" was a complete lightweight compared to "Til Death Us Do Part". It's sad the Yanks can never really take the piss out of themselves. But hey, if I was in Ah-Merikah, I'd vote for Trump! (Wait, who said I was being 'Off Topic'?!?)
@Foulfellow
6 күн бұрын
@@kieronpratt3174 All of the 'bluddy 'mericans and thems not bein smart, thats fah true' kind of falls out the window when you're talking about a show that didn't sell and never saw the light of day. If Americans were that stupid this would have been a massive success.
@IanM-id8or
Күн бұрын
Indeed. I loved Man About the House, but could not watch Three's Company. Loved George & Mildred but couldn't watch the Ropers. I'm just glad they never got around to Americanising Robin's Nest. I also enjoyed that show
@Danko_Sekulic
4 ай бұрын
Making Lister a suave charmer misses tge whole point, because it ruins all the humor that stemmed from the contrast between Lister and overzelaous, uptight Rimmer.
@RM2011ish
Жыл бұрын
I seriously didn't get the obsession with "Americanizing" British shows. They are usually perfect the way they are. (The Office being the ONLY one that actually worked.)
@michaelinlofi
Жыл бұрын
Money talks. If something's doing well, people will do their own version of it in an attempt to cash in on it. And to be completely fair this isn't a uniquely American problem, but I think they might have the worst track record for it in terms of quality.
@SanFran51
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelinlofi The laughably ironic thing is that it's actually much cheaper to just import the show.
@evrbody
11 ай бұрын
I recall Sanford and Son being pretty successful as well.
@PlasmaCoolantLeak
9 ай бұрын
@@evrbody "All In The Family" as well.
@glenmale1748
4 ай бұрын
Gotta disagree with the Office. The US version lacked any of the self-aware awkwardness that made the original so endearing. The subtle sideway glances at the obvious camera crew just disappeared. Oh, and 9 series! Shakespeare put it best in Hamlet; "Brevity is the soul of wit"
@strategicqualityaccessorie4590
11 күн бұрын
As an American fan of British comedy, this information about an Americanized Red Dwarf terrifies me beyond words.
@kieronpratt3174
7 күн бұрын
Howdo stratqualacc. As an Australian fan of likewise, I still reckon it might possibly have worked, eh. Like, say, if Lister was more like "Iggy" from 'Taxi'. And kept Hinton Battle as The Cat (I reckon he could've worked it out). And if they had more characterisation and less 'gags'. And had a more upbeat Theme Tune - like Series 3 onwards. Nice to see a female Holly from the start tho! It's nice to know that Red Dwarf still lives on!!! "He's a Smeee-" "Nearly, come on, nearly..!"
@D.A.B-w7n
5 күн бұрын
I am proud to be an American. However…things like this don’t make it easy sometimes.
@ProffyChaos
23 күн бұрын
US Network: We love your show, we want to bring that same spirit and sense of humor to the US. US Network in production: We don't want that humor on our versions.
@caronstout354
22 күн бұрын
Next video: the American version of Fawlty Towers...
@JD-wn3cc
15 күн бұрын
They did a very long and successful run of a steptoe and son remake
@Hex___666
15 күн бұрын
There's been three American remakes of Fawlty Towers
@SteveChiverton
12 күн бұрын
"We eventually made it work when we got rid of that awful 'Basil' guy....." Something I remember the American producer actually saying immediately before it got canned!
@edturner9670
9 күн бұрын
Instead of Basil whipping his car with a branch when it breaks down, I imagine the US version would have him suing the car for breach of contract. Then much hilarity would ensue.
@joebloggs3298
3 күн бұрын
That was tried a total of 4 times, with varying levels of abysmal failure.
@SarahC2
10 күн бұрын
They drop all the characters in episode one? Jeez, no room to breathe.
@barneysbestbuddy5472
20 күн бұрын
The US producers seemed to understand that Red Dwarf WAS funny, but not WHY it was funny. Also the UK cast were an incredible lucky find and could not be reproduced. Wondered why they didn't cast Mac McDonald in RDUSA, cap only in it for a minute and he was in Aliens!
@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker
18 күн бұрын
American producers, starting around I guess the late 80s or early 90s, really lost the ability to understand what made British sitcoms funny. They kept trying to turn them into American sitcoms, which is a format in which they just don’t work. The conversion seem to work a little better in decades before that. The office is the one recent exception I can think of that everyone can probably think of, but even that was quite a different show.
@lancebaylis3169
15 күн бұрын
@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker I've discussed this with Americans before, The Office worked, I think, because the coporate office environment was always a great fit for American culture, it just needed some tweaks to expand it out and it was good to go.
@FriendlyNeighborhoodNitpicker
15 күн бұрын
@@lancebaylis3169 true
@armondtanz
14 күн бұрын
Shameless also transitioned well. Maybe you just gotta change it and fit with USA. Maybe you need that magical transition. I'm sure if we tried to make friends or Frazier we'd make a mess of it.
@user-hc9qv9yb9m
13 күн бұрын
Top Gear and American Top Gear
@EmpyrionBlackthorn
5 күн бұрын
No. Just no. That's like trying to do an American Black Adder. I will kick somebody's ass. Read the books. Even better, listen to Chris Barrie narrate them in some of the best impersonations you've ever heard. Did you know there was even an RPG? Some of my favorite nights were spent watching Red Dwarf on Georgia Public Broadcasting smoking weed with my friends. I LOVE YOU ACE ❤
@IanM-id8or
Күн бұрын
Don't give them ideas. The last thing we need is an Americanised version of the Black Vegetable
@cookz2
7 күн бұрын
In 1983 they tried to do Fawlty Towers with Bea Arthur called Amanda’s. I can still smell it. What a stinker.
@frazzlesreviews5379
3 жыл бұрын
Nice vid man. Subbed and looking forward to the second one
@michaelinlofi
3 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate, much appreciated!
@stevenesbitt3528
16 күн бұрын
Liked immediately after seeing the fact that there only 6 series of red dwarf
@michaelinlofi
15 күн бұрын
It's not even that I hate series 7 and onwards, it's just clearly not the work of genius that the first six series are
@lucaschapman2188
8 күн бұрын
Totally agree mate
@muzwack
3 күн бұрын
The way you say ‘show’ is funny ‘shur’ 😂
@PhillipLemmon
10 ай бұрын
They did the same thing to "are you being served?"
@michaelinlofi
10 ай бұрын
What in God's name would the point of that be? Are You Being Served relies a lot on cultural things like knowing what Harrod's is, doesn't it? (I haven't seen the show but I am aware of the premise)
@thetachi5
16 күн бұрын
Which show was this?!!
@PhillipLemmon
16 күн бұрын
@@thetachi5 a brititsh comedy show called Red Dwarf.
@PhillipLemmon
16 күн бұрын
@@michaelinlofi well I believe that at the time America probably didn't have a lot of great Sitcoms that were doing good in the ratings so, they scoured the worlds TV channels and came across a red dwarf and saw that it had GREAT ratings, lol
@user-wk8qt8ph1i
8 күн бұрын
Australia got a version of it and are you being served again was funny, but the days of a full service dept/clothing store are long gone so a lot would need to be changed to even try making a USA version today
@jagmarc
Жыл бұрын
A similar thing happened with a film about true events secret British military operation during 2nd World War that was kept secret from America and obviously no Americans were involved in any way at all. The film cast naturally an American in the leading role who took on this entire 'exclusive secret British operation' to its completion, not only that after completion and back in the USA, was honoured in an American military parade.
@erikseidler793
11 күн бұрын
Name of the movie?
@jagmarc
11 күн бұрын
@@erikseidler793 Can't remember exact title but it's a german U boat. What's stunningly memorable is the VHS tape box showed a still image of the lead character all dressed up in white and shiny buttons attending a patriotic American ceremony. For something America never knew about at that time.
@roofersnailbag1
10 күн бұрын
U571 ?
@IanM-id8or
Күн бұрын
Which movie was that? BTW The events which were later filmed as The Great Escape had nothing whatsoever to do with either Americans or motorcycles, but they still felt the need to shoehorn Steve McQueen on a motorbike into the movie
@jsolloso
10 күн бұрын
The problem with making shows for an american audience is that the network have no idea what an american audience is or what they want. This is also shown with the Office, which became a live version of the Simpsons and not a take on everyday office life.
@zarroth
2 күн бұрын
The American audience has become the lowest common denominator. The vast majority of us stopped watching TV 20+ years ago when the pandering started and the only ones still watching it today are the ones that can be entertained by a ball sitting on a tabletop for 10 hours straight. It's not rocket science, they have that audience pegged and wish they could get the rest of us back. 330 million people, but hit shows only have 1.5 million viewers on air date? Says it all as there aren't very many new shows each season.
@hastekulvaati9681
19 күн бұрын
Ok. Rimmer being shorter makes him vulnerable than Dave Lister. So slightly more posh Lister having a pop at him seems less cool.
@lancebaylis3169
15 күн бұрын
There's something fascinating about watching UK television being 'adapted' for America. Like Alice, looking through the mirror to a world almost but not like her own. If you ever get a chance, look up the John Laroquette show 'Payne' from 1999. This was America's last of 3 attempts to translate Fawlty Towers, and of the three, it's the one that actually steers closest to the original in terms of setting, cast of characters and storyline... and yet it still managed to make a few obvious mistakes that naturally led to it being canned after only a handful of episodes, never to see the light of day again.
@armondtanz
14 күн бұрын
Inbetweeners and only fools and horses are also terrible. I guess shameless and the office are the only 2 that crossed over well.
@IanM-id8or
Күн бұрын
@@armondtanz Steptoe/Sanford & Son apparently worked well, though i didn't watch either show
@cbrboy76
10 күн бұрын
One thing we do well in the UK is comedy, enjoy it, dont try to remake it, it wont work. The actors make the characters, thats thats made red dwarf so funny, it doesent work without them.
@allwaizeright9705
Ай бұрын
Anytime they try to IMPORT a UK show to the US - They always GUT the HEART and SOUL out of the show that made it special... The same thing happened with The IT Crowd...
@thegreenbaron6439
21 күн бұрын
Hollywood sucks
@lexdavies3656
15 күн бұрын
You wanna see the only fools and horses American pilot. On second thoughts don’t 😩
@dorkbrandon4422
15 күн бұрын
Inbetweeners also
@komodosp
10 күн бұрын
I can see why they might have wanted to do Red Dwarf - it was pretty new amd original, a SciFi comedy like that hadn't really been done before. But the IT Crowd? American shows and movies had been doing the nerd thing since "Revenge of the Nerds" and had been developing that trope ever since. Why did they feel the need to copy a British take on it?
@JagoHazzard
17 күн бұрын
I have an unpopular opinion, which is that I think this could have worked if it had been picked up for a series. The thing about the original is that so much of what makes it great comes from the actors they had. As the series went on, the writers tailored the characters more to the strengths of the performers. The big problem with the pilot is that it tries to map the British characters on to the American actors, and it doesn't work. Craig Bierko is likeable and charismatic, but he's not the gross slob Craig Charles created. So make his Lister more of an air-headed slacker. Chris Eigman is never going to be the monster Chris Barrie was, so figure out the strengths of his portrayal and write to them. And so on.
@michaelinlofi
15 күн бұрын
I can see what you mean but i feel they should have tried to do something different from word go if that be the case instead of doing The End but worse. There are hints of something that could have been good for sure. I genuinely think Hinton Battle could have killed it as The Cat
@JD-wn3cc
15 күн бұрын
This is the 2nd time I've seen Jago commenting on something I've watched, that doesn't involve a train either
@typhoidtyphoon
8 күн бұрын
@@JD-wn3cc He is the recurring commenter on our regular watchlist.
@JD-wn3cc
8 күн бұрын
@typhoidtyphoon seen him a 3rd time since I wrote that last comment. I must have some shared interests with him
@ModelsExInferis
Ай бұрын
Back in the late 90's when I was doing the Doctor Who and Cult TV conventions, a friend of mine told me about these pilots. He gave me a couple of VHS tapes (oh, the horror!) with them on. I watched them... Once and never again, it's just too painful! I still have those cassettes for some reason. Perhaps I kept them in case I needed to give myself a kick in the tits, metaphorically that is! Absolute bloody tripe! Made worse so as Red Dwarf has been one of my favourite shows since the first episode in 1988. I watched it so often I could quote each episode, line by line, for the first six series. Sad? Yes, completely, but that show got me through some really tough times and I'll always be grateful for that. The Yanks ruin everything that's good about our shows, I'm so glad this never took off!
@Britephartt
9 күн бұрын
Amazing that the creator of Malcolm in the Middle did this to Red Dwarf. How do they miss ALL the points that made it funny.
@michaelinlofi
7 күн бұрын
The thing is, I think Malcolm in the Middle is a pretty funny show by in large. But Boomer's off-kilter sense of humour is a poor fit for Red Dwarf
@bobbyfoster6921
5 күн бұрын
I thought malcom in the middle was hilarious
@marineboy1964
2 күн бұрын
I've still got a crush on claire grogan Always have always will
@jclark2752
20 сағат бұрын
The original series run was absolute written perfection a-la the Best of British Television! I had no idea I watched some of the very first showings on PBS as a kid! Absolutely the Best!
@BluCat86
22 күн бұрын
“NOW…..something, something…”
@kieronpratt3174
7 күн бұрын
"You haven't the slightest clue what it's for do you?" "Why sure I do Grease Stain..."
@cpuuk
22 күн бұрын
OMG that theme is jarring.
@mchapman8960
8 сағат бұрын
Dirk Gentle, The Office, Hitch Hikers(film, nice design, bastardised story), Three men and a baby(French), Ghost in the shell(Japanese), Alita battle angle(Japanese), Doctor Who(influence rather then remake), The girl with the dragon tattoo (Swedish, Rapace didn’t reprise her role?), Nikita(French). From some KZitem comments, from Americans themselves, they actually seem to like watching the original foreign series and don’t seem to need it to be Americanised. What is the studio logic? What other series have been ‘adapted’. Has the UK adapted US series? I think in the UK we usually watch foreign series as is.
@tomw9599
2 күн бұрын
I never knew they made an American version until now. Thank goodness I didn't after watching this. Seeing this though, I just may re-watch the original.
@john-paulsilke893
12 күн бұрын
Rimmer is the absolute worst person in the universe. He’s also by far my favourite character. The actor is next level perfect and I suspect he inspired the writers.
@IanM-id8or
Күн бұрын
Chris Barrie is incredible. Have you seen his impression of Kenneth Williams and Sean Connery auditioning possible actors for the next James Bond? "My name is Bond. James Bond. Would you like a claret or a bordeaux?"
@wisteela
7 күн бұрын
I do like the control console that the US Lister tries to operate. That's about all I like.
@charlieparker-swift5843
3 күн бұрын
Think this is bad? Wait until you see the only fools and horses pilot, “King of Van Nuys”…
@darransykes3406
15 күн бұрын
The Americans made two pilot shows of Red Dwarf and had the misfortune of seeing them both. They are tragic and absolutely terrible.....
@hybridvigga
13 күн бұрын
And the IT Crowd one, and the inbetweeners one. I have zero idea why they remake them, we speak the same language, we didn't remake friends or nowt. Are Americans even self-centred enough to count UK and Australian TV like it's a French import with subtitles, or do they not really care, like the original, and think the studios are as stupid for trying to remake it as we are?
@OLDBChannel
Жыл бұрын
I thought I imagined this American version until it popped up on youtube 😂 I thought maybe when I was a kid I saw maybe a directors cut or something but no, it's an American version I probably saw once
@YouTubestolemylife
9 күн бұрын
Its always hard to change a way of thinking with complexity from another perspective to another way of Guess. Complexity
@pscoolguy
11 күн бұрын
I never get tired of introducing the original British show and the books to new viewers 😊
@stethespaniard2
24 күн бұрын
So lister is white washed but no comment on captain hollister being a black woman?
@joshmiller7870
16 күн бұрын
OMG! I thought i was having serious game glitch. I ran into that floating jelly fish above the giant tree Forest. Thought it was a bug. 😆
@simonsimon325
9 ай бұрын
The only people who could have judged RDUS objectively would be people who never saw the UK version. To the rest of us it's too much like they took a classic Beatles album like Revolver, changed the songs a bit, and redid it with different people.
@SteveChiverton
12 күн бұрын
YES!!!! Revolver re-recorded by The Osmonds! I think that would nail EXACTLY what you're saying.
@danielwilliamson6180
Жыл бұрын
The American Red Dwarf pilot could have been better. Would be good if Terry Farrell guest starred in UK Red Dwarf.
@michaelinlofi
Жыл бұрын
Would have been interesting. Terry Farrell can definitely be funny if Deep Space Nine is evidence of anything. She should have just never been cast as the Cat in that second pilot
@danielwilliamson6180
Жыл бұрын
@@michaelinlofi If the 2nd Red Dwarf USA pilot had been much better, it could have been Terry Farrell's big breakout role, not DS9.
@Listersmate2
13 күн бұрын
I've seen the pilot many times, & I have to say as a huge American Red Dwarf fan.....I kind of like it!!!! I think it had the feel of Red Dwarf, & the ONLY reason why it didn't do well is because it didn't translate well from the UK to America. It's very tough to Americanize British television because of cultural differences.
@CitrusParadox82
8 күн бұрын
Our sense of humour is very two tier - You have sophisticated, and then youve got utter slapstick stupidity. Id opt for the latter. Google "The Young Ones" or "Bottom". Youll have fun, i promise lol
@reven148
17 күн бұрын
There are two American pilots for Red Dwarf? Didn't know that. The pilot in this video is the one ive seen and i thought its main problem was the attempt to dump 3 seasons worth of exposition into an episode with nothing in the performances to justify it.
@jeanannd
2 күн бұрын
The USA makers of the American Version of Red Dwarf - I have to wonder if they EVER watched the UK series? Just watching a few episodes would have given them a clue. But they had NO CLUE and the American Version of Red Dwarf Stank to high heavens. When they showed the American pilot version at Sci Fi conventions, there were two responses - 1. People walked out finding it that awful. 2. They sat in disbelief and wondered what idiot made this, then they walked out and told everyone how awful it was.
@danieledgell7465
Күн бұрын
Ive never seen either versiin of Red Dwarf, but i feel like you could so a Find and Replace of this video with “The IT Crowd” and itd still be dead-on.
@fakecrusader
10 күн бұрын
I'm looking forward to the UK "Frazier" with Danny Dyer in the title role with Paddy McGuinness as Niles.
@CitrusParadox82
8 күн бұрын
Brian Blessed
@nvfury13
21 күн бұрын
I actually watched this pilot thanks to a guy that ran a tv station and got his hands on a copy when it was new; as a major Red Dwarf fan, I wanted to pull an E.T. the Atari game on every copy and everyone involved except the one actor who carried over.
@smokeyste82
9 күн бұрын
America can never replicate our humour
@jaydawg7
11 күн бұрын
I remembered reading about this in a Starlog magazine or something and then never heard about it again. Small favors. Bierko was underutilized most of his career but totally wrong for this role. Kryten being a mass-produced automaton it makes sense to use the same actor for that.
@djbeano2000
5 күн бұрын
Ghosts US. Very good american version of the original british show, coming from a brit. One of the few (only) that worked for me.
@Liberty4Ever
18 күн бұрын
I've never seen a US remake that was 2% as good as the UK original, but the idea of remaking Red Dwarf in the US is so incredibly stupid that it can only be explained by the flood of bad drugs in the early 90s entertainment industry.
@TF2CrunchyFrog
14 күн бұрын
It's all about money. There are corporate execs who only see something is "popular", so their mind immediately goes to "Can we copy-cat that and make money off of it?" They don't understand _why_ something is popular, similar to how Large Language Models like ChatGPT don't actually _understand_ a story but only predict which words or text chunks are likely to come next based on texts it has been trained on.
@Liberty4Ever
14 күн бұрын
@@TF2CrunchyFrog - It's like the episode of South Park where Cartman pretended to be the Awesome-O robot, and he was hijacked by Hollywood executives who harnessed his "AI" to write movie scripts, most of which starred Rob Schneider.
@Rickkennett143
14 күн бұрын
@@Liberty4EverTwo US remakes that worked are Welcome Back Kotter and All in the Family, but that's going WAY back.
@johnd6487
12 күн бұрын
There are a few 'classic' American sitcoms from the late 60's and 70's are actually UK remakes that went well.. at some point past there our general views on what is funny seem to have diverged too far - and to be fair, UK attempts to remake popular US sitcoms have tended to fall equally flat.. although in general we seem to be able to cope with watching the US originals (even if we don't get half the references) while American audiences either can't handle it, or their TV companies don't give them the opportunity to try
@Liberty4Ever
12 күн бұрын
@@johnd6487 - Yes, Minister was an EXCELLENT British television comedy. I'm amazed that it was produced by BBC given the sharp criticism of government and bureaucracy.
@TheCarterKent
5 күн бұрын
Do you need a better copy?
@emperortrevornorton3119
23 күн бұрын
I remember watching a good percentage of this awesome show on a public broadcasting channel in the USA what always surprised me is nearly no edited out cursing no blurring for when characters flipped the bird hell it pretty much was what the home release DVDs, VHS tapes, or Blu-rays I made a thing to catch it whenever it was on sorta like another show that would air on the opposite nights Red Green Show both made a good part of my humor
@blito3wot
8 күн бұрын
it was space wreck waiting to happen....and it did.
@Butters66
20 күн бұрын
I am still amazed the office worked. I think because they quickly transitioned to a very different show and of course Steve Carell was a fantastic actor who played off an amazing ensemble cast.
@sureshot8399
5 күн бұрын
Haven't seen a single US remake that was as good or better than the original UK original. Not one.
@chronobot2001
9 ай бұрын
Sometimes there is just no improving on the original. The office was one of the exceptions. Both versions were excellent.
@hitmanmonaghan6633
3 күн бұрын
Me and my boss from my old job talked about Red Dwarf one night. He said the show is great, but the humor was a little too British. “Rimmer man, you’re dead. What’s it like?” “Like vacationing with a group of Germans.” What does that even mean?! We did joke about them ever doing an American version of. But we both agreed it would suck. And then this video popped up in my video recommendation…….
@michaelinlofi
Күн бұрын
The "holiday with Germans" seems to be based on a common image of German tourists being awful people that was around in the 70s and 80s. There's a similar joke in a Monty Python sketch where Eric Idle goes on a 5 minute rant about package tours. Definitely a joke that doesn't quite scan anymore
@wildlifetails
Күн бұрын
The American take on UK shows usually blows my mind and this - and Fawlty Towers just shows how bad it gets. It's not impossible - Sandford & Son and Archie Bunker proved that but in both those cases the characters are just American versions of the UK characters. Not entirely different. I also missed that Lister is 'whitewashed' and even forgot that 2 out of the three cast are not white in the UK because we don't care.
@TheDantheman12121
13 күн бұрын
As a massive red dwarf fan and also a massive fan of buffy Hinton battle would have made a great cat imo.
@sicktired8857
9 күн бұрын
I am happy I never saw the USA version!
@davejohnson6202
10 күн бұрын
Well it's obviously how the writers had no idea what they wanted to do so the brains between the USA version 😅
@danowwn7022
9 күн бұрын
America does black adder
@kieronpratt3174
7 күн бұрын
Or America does 'Kingswood Country'. Hows THAT for a completely obscure reference but making the same point..!🤓👍
@michaelinlofi
7 күн бұрын
The trouble is that an American Kingswood Country wouldn't work at all because your average American sounds like Ted Bullpitt anyway so the humour of what a terrible person he is would be completely lost
@kieronpratt3174
6 күн бұрын
@@michaelinlofi Ha Haa!!! Love it, because it's true, eh!!! But, admittedly, there'd be a heck of a lot less "Bloody"s in it!!! Dude - New Show premise - "American Country"..!?! "Cadillac!?! You're not taking the 'Cussing' Cadillac!!! I just had the roof-rack hoovered!" Anyway... Cheers mate!!! The money's on the fridge!
@hanskneesun123
11 күн бұрын
The US tried to remake Faulty Towers but without Basil Faulty ever appearing in it.
@DCVertigo
3 жыл бұрын
Tiktoks working for you dude, noice vid aaaaaaand subbed
@michaelinlofi
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, man!
@nihilistic7840
20 күн бұрын
Not enough footage of the actual episode so we can judge
@michaelinlofi
18 күн бұрын
It's readily available on KZitem to find, or at least it was at the time of my making this video. Two of my three sources are KZitem rips of poor quality VHS rips
@nihilistic7840
18 күн бұрын
@@michaelinlofi could have really added entertainment value if you'd put in some demonstrative clips. Would be less dry and cerebral and more practical.
@sadako24
24 күн бұрын
It's interesting that the project began around the end of Series 5, as I must say the segment in Back to Reality where Lister watches the 'replacement' players and sees his other more macho, successful self get Kochanski, almost feels like the Red Dwarf makers envisioning their worst nightmare of what an Americanized Red Dwarf would be like. Which makes it odd that they went along with the project at all, and only seemed to realise their terrible mistake after. My main takeaways when I finally saw the pilot were that I had a bit of a guilty liking for the opening theme, Jane Leeves as Holly and Robert Llewellyn as Kryten were definitely the highlights. But the jokes just felt like crude and cheap digs rather than part of a charming dynamic. Rimmer ends up being a non-entity we barely know before he dies, and certainly lacks the pathos of Chris Barrie's version. It does just feel like the actors here are delivering their given lines rather than truly inhabiting their characters. The Making of itself, actually ends up being a far more interesting story than the pilot. Overall it feels like a relief it did fail and didn't make it to air. It does overall feel like it was always a doomed venture.
@Thorrson7
7 күн бұрын
Damn. That would've SUCKED!! I'm American but there's NO WAY we could've "remade" and "Americanized" Red Dwarf! The thought if it frightens me! haha The original will always be the ONLY one for Me!
@blatherskite3009
19 күн бұрын
The real irony here is that "Red Dwarf" was already a British version of an American film: the 1974 sci-fi comedy "Dark Star" by John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon. So translating it back again really shouldn't have been as "problematic" as it was.
@Sam_Watson__
15 күн бұрын
This is a huge oversimplification and generally wrong. Dark Star was an influence yes (as was Star Trek, Silent Running and Alien) but Red Dwarf was neither a version nor a copy of Dark Star.
@blatherskite3009
15 күн бұрын
@@Sam_Watson__ You should probably tell that to the creators of Red Dwarf, Grant and Naylor, who say they saw Dark Star at a late-night cinema screening, decided it would make a great basis for a series, and that's how Red Dwarf was born. It's in their DVD audio commentary to the show's opening episode, "The End." And the similarities are numerous: * a bunch of bored men on a spaceship (no women) * light-years away from home * crew comprised of ordinary blue-collar workers * unglamorous lived-in sci-fi where space can actually be boring * crew-members who are whiney, childish, petulant, passive-aggressive, and generally unprofessional * a crew-cabin that's more like a squat * a crew member who is "dead" but can still be spoken with * an 'alien' on the ship that one of the crew members brought aboard as a pet * speaking "ship's computer" with a somewhat sarcastic tone * clash of personalities between a crew member who takes the job seriously and a crew member who won't * comedic lack of basic supplies like toilet paper * chatty electronic appliances (albeit toasters and vending machines in Red Dwarf rather than planet-busting bombs) That'll probably do. I think you'd be hard-pressed to find another sci-fi property that ticks all those boxes...
@Sam_Watson__
15 күн бұрын
@@blatherskite3009 read my comment again
@blatherskite3009
15 күн бұрын
@@Sam_Watson__ You don't seem very interested in what anyone else has to say, not even the authors of the show, so I think I'll pass. Life's too short.
@Sam_Watson__
15 күн бұрын
@blatherskite3009 lol of course. Because you admit no other views apart from yours.
@colt5189
17 күн бұрын
My favorite wacky sci-fi show is LEXX. Though really only the first two seasons.
@Ryansghost
2 күн бұрын
Has anyone seen the American remake of The Benny Hill Show? It's hilarious.
@jublywubly
2 күн бұрын
There's also a terrible American copy of the Australian series "Kath & Kim". I do prefer the U.S. series of The Office, to the original U.K. series, though.
@Yogsoggeth
16 күн бұрын
Would have been nice to include some examples of the show you are talking about. Was there copyright issues?
@michaelinlofi
16 күн бұрын
No, I just got paranoid about boring the audience with using clips from it constantly. I also operated under the assumption that a lot of the audience would have seen the KZitem copies of the pilot. This is also an odd video in that it came out around the time I was starting to change my approach to KZitem. I would do this very differently today
@lepompier132
2 күн бұрын
LOved the UK version, more funny.
@AndrewStringer-u8x
6 күн бұрын
Same as the office
@pineapplepenumbra
2 күн бұрын
Rimmer is neurotic? You're too kind.
@stephen300o6
3 күн бұрын
But then; the British one doesn't hold up too well now either.
@darrylwiggins4799
9 күн бұрын
I stumbled into Red Dwarf twenty plus years ago on public television. The British somehow have a knack for sci Fi comedy that we don't.I loved this show and have all the episodes on DVD.
@CitrusParadox82
8 күн бұрын
Galaxy Quest and Orville were superb. We loved them over here :)
@darrylwiggins4799
8 күн бұрын
@@CitrusParadox82 I enjoyed Galaxy Quest as well,The Orville is a colossal dud here and has been rightly cancelled.
@CitrusParadox82
8 күн бұрын
@@darrylwiggins4799 Oh,really? Cancelled? Then again, it actually shows that things across the pond dont always work
@michaelinlofi
8 күн бұрын
Futurama is exceptional sci fi comedy I find, and that show could only have ever come from America
@darrylwiggins4799
8 күн бұрын
@@michaelinlofi Agreed.
@ciaranmurren
14 күн бұрын
You didn't do a video on the second pilot!? Am I in a twilight zone episode??
@michaelinlofi
14 күн бұрын
I had a script for it on a laptop that died spectacularly. Should probably try to pick up where I left off there actually
@ciaranmurren
14 күн бұрын
@@michaelinlofi a prompt response answering my query without scathing sarcasm? How do you survive on KZitem?
@michaelinlofi
14 күн бұрын
That's my secret, Cap. I don't. Just kidding. In general I survive by trying to step away much as I can
@mr.kinkade2049
2 күн бұрын
The pilot for this was on one of the video/dvd extras. It was an abomination that wasn't funny in the slightest.
@NathanTarantlawriter
29 күн бұрын
I'm glad I did not know about this in 92 or I would have watched it. Seeing it now is bad enough..
@Electric-Boogalo
15 күн бұрын
I like the books
@michaelinlofi
15 күн бұрын
Still need to read them again. I listened to Chris Barrie reading Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers... years ago now
@wethepeople_247
15 күн бұрын
rimmer was chosen by holly to keep dave sane
@chrislaws4785
12 күн бұрын
SIX season? There are 12 SEASONS of Red Dwarf in total now. And i have EVERY episode and watched them probably 10 times over. Been watching red dwarf since i was a kid in the 90s. I remember when they TRIED to do the US version, is was BAD then and its even WORSE now...LOL.
@michaelinlofi
7 күн бұрын
The little intertitle I added there says there are 12 series, but the first six are what I call "comedic genius". The others range from "yeah I liked that" (Red Dwarf XI and XII) to pretty awful (Red Dwarf VIII)
@marcwolf60
15 күн бұрын
Problem with Americans saying 'SmegHead' is that so few of them actually have the experience of.... Smeg.... :) It's akin to a man describing giving birth..
@MichaelWilshusen-w4d
9 күн бұрын
USA Red Darfur is asanin to make here in the states of the UKs TV shows
@dogtheories
2 жыл бұрын
just discovered this was a thing that existed and its quite funny to me how pathetic it is as a piece of media in general i also never liked the woman holly as much as the original one so it feels kind of wrong for the usa one to make them a woman from the start (ignoring the shit casting of everyone else in general lol)
@michaelinlofi
2 жыл бұрын
See I think Hattie Hayridge herself was pretty funny. The problem was that with Kryten on board Holly's role was reduced so she wasn't given a great deal to work with imo
@Bruh-zx2mc
Жыл бұрын
"i also never liked the woman holly as much as the original one so it feels kind of wrong for the usa one to make them a woman from the start" It's nothing to do with their gender, bozo. They just didn't have the deadpan delivery Norman had.
@robvegas9354
6 ай бұрын
Bierko is a great actor and Hinton is a wonderful talent. The USA pilot was never going to match the original any day of the week.
@AndrewChapman
10 ай бұрын
Yes, I think the US versions are crap. Yet for some reason, I find myself coming back and rewatching them now and again. Guess it's just mere curiosity to how they were handled compared to the UK series. Plus the Dwarfing USA documentary on the Series 5 DVD when they mention Jane Leeves was how I first became hooked on Frasier. Definitely prefer Jane as Daphne than as Holly. Terry Farrell was okay as Cat in the 2nd Pilot, but definitely prefer her as Jadzia Dax in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
@michaelinlofi
10 ай бұрын
I agree, Jane's comic timing is much better utilised on Frasier. Being in the same room as Kelsey Grammar and David Hyde Pierce and still being a standout character is no small feat. And Terry Farrell might have been a good fit for the Cat if it weren't for the whole whitewashing aspect that I vaguely touched on in the video. But you're right she's much, much better in Deep Space Nine
@Spacecoke
14 күн бұрын
I dont think it was as bad as most people say to be fair. Not as good as the original but it was still pretty good.
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