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  1. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    I have Rob, infact I saw it long before the American version debuted. That show is what turned me on to British humor. My buddy had the whole 1st season on DVD. Great stuff :up:
     
  2. texasPHINSfan

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    :up: good deal.

    yeah i saw it in 2001 when it first came out. EPICALLY hilarious i thought. Gervais is a comedic genius with that show.
     
  3. Boomer

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    As in the Gervais/Stephen Merchant thing about the failing actor?
     
  4. HardKoreXXX

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    As previously mentioned, that is one of the best shows on TV IMO. That show alone was nearly reason enough to buy HBO (Entourage didnt hurt either)

    The guy who plays his agent is great :lol:
     
  5. Boomer

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    If you like British comedy may I heartily recommend Brass Eye, I'm Alan Partridge, Phoenix Nights and when you're really embedded with British culture, the stone cold genius that is Only Fools and Horses.
     
  6. Boomer

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    And Star Stories is very funny.
     
  7. Boomer

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    This is Brass Eye. This played out during the programme and people thought it was real. Clive Anderson and Noel Edmonds are real people and the people interviewed are all British actors who think it's a true story.

    Genius.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8X38AptH9s
     
  8. HardKoreXXX

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    Thanks I'll check em out. I sometimes wonder if the Brits find our American brand of humor as refreshingly witty and funny as we find theirs, or do they just think its stupid toilet humor?
     
  9. texasPHINSfan

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    no, never heard of that.... ?

    probably the latter.
     
  10. HardKoreXXX

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    Yeah prob. Bro If you havent seen 'Extras' you are missing out. It might be almost as funny as the office. Gervais is CLASSIC as a struggling actor with a totally inept agent. Def recommend :up:
     
  11. Boomer

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    Well Seinfeld, Curb, Frasier, etc. are all hugely well liked over here. I think when done well, it's brilliant. Stuff like King of Queens, Dharma and Greg, has appeal and goes out on satellite. My Name Is Earl was well received for the 1st series, stuff like that.

    Brass Eye is very good, but very strong satire. It might be an acquired taste for a foreign audience, without wanting to sound in any way patronising. Phoenix Nights is about working class clubs in the North of England.....I think if you didn't appreciate Britain and it's demographic, then you'd think our humour was odd.

    I'm always amazed at how and why Americans thought/think Benny Hill is/was so funny.
     
  12. alen1

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    Greatest show ever.
     
  13. Boomer

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    Extras takes actors in each episode - Patrick Stewart, Kate Winslett, Ben Stiller and plays the role of an extra in their film/TV series, etc. It's very good.

    You should also download the Gervais podcasts from iTunes if you're fans. They're huge.
     
  14. Boomer

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    What, Benny Hill?
     
  15. Boomer

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  16. alen1

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    Lol King of Queens.
     
  17. Boomer

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    Ah, OK.

    Scrubs is another well liked US comedy series over here.
     
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  18. HardKoreXXX

    HardKoreXXX Insensitive to the Touch

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    Have to admit I think Benny Hill is funny. I bought my dad the 'Best of Benny Hill' one year for X-Mas. He still watches it every now and then.
     
  19. Boomer

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    Brass Eye ran a brilliantly genius episode about Paedophiles. It's well worth watching because it satirises brilliantly the ridiculous media coverage. There was an outrage over here when it aired.
     
  21. dolphan117

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    Man I absolutely couldn't stand it. Instead of just getting things done they spent half the show trying to figure out how to defeat their enemies while not killing or really even harming anyone. It made me want to scream. :lol:

    I want someone to make a Robin hood show that's nice and dark, or at least realistically bloody for the time period. I absolutly cant stand shows that time a time period where life was really quite bad and turn it into a fun little pg 13 comedy where all the fields are full of flowers and the good guys spend thier days trying to win the day without killing any of the bad guys because then we would be no better then them. /end rant. :pointlol:

    I do like Mi5 though and have been meaning to check out top gear for a while.
     
  22. Boomer

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    Is MI5, Spooks?
     
  23. dolphan117

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    Indeed it is Boom, they re-named it for over here when they put it on some US cable channel after season one or two I think.

    The end of season two was one of the best bits of TV I have ever seen, loved the ending and wish they had left it alone. But no they have to bring Quinn back to life at the start of season 3 only to get rid of his character again because he is leaving the show. Still an interesting show after that for me but not nearly as good as the first two seasons.
     
  24. Boomer

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    Yep - first two seasons were good. But Rupert Penry Jones who plays Tom Quinn's replacement, Adam Cartwright, has his own charm and his character grows. The two series with Hermione Granger playing Ros that have just happened in England over the past 18 months are the strongest since Matthew McFayden left the cast.
     
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  25. ILPhinFan88

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    Yep, they are already messing with the main thing.

    ABC's Mars Alters The Big Secret

    ABC's Americanized version of the British time-travel series Life on Mars will alter the show's mythology--and possibly the reason that the protagonist, a 21st-century police detective, finds himself suddenly thrust back into 1973. (Major spoilers ahead!)

    The BBC's original series, which aired two years ago, revealed that the detective, Sam Tyler (John Simm), was actually in a coma, and his time-travel experience was all a dream.

    "We talked to the creators of the BBC show and asked if we could change the mythology of Sam Tyler, and we got permission to do it," executive producer Josh Appelbaum said at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., on July 16. "With this mythological element to it, it's not just a cop show, and if he was ultimately just in a coma or it was all a dream, it felt a bit unsatisfying. So we made it a deeper mystery."

    The creators know exactly what is going on, but they hope to keep audiences guessing. "By the second episode, he [Tyler] writes on a blackboard the 13 options of what could have happened to him," Appelbaum said. "He could be in a separate plane of reality, two worlds at the same time."

    Will Tyler have to deal with the paradox of time-travel stories, in which he commits an act that can wreak havoc on his own future? "We're really trying to stay away from that," Appelbaum said. "It's not a time-travel show where he may change something that affects him in the future. ... They've done that in other movies, and assuming that he has traveled back in time, it may be, but our mythology is much deeper than that."

    http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=57832&type=0
     
  26. ILPhinFan88

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    Primeval starts saturday

    Primeval premieres Saturday, August 9th at 9/8c.

    When evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter (Douglas Henshall) discovers prehistoric creatures alive and well in the present-day, the natural world is turned on its head, and humanity faces a threat to its very existence. Unexplained anomalies are ripping holes in the fabric of time, allowing creatures from the very earliest stages of Earth's development to roam the modern world.

    Whether it's a prehistoric predator Gorgonopsid rampaging through a quiet suburban neighborhood or a swarm of super-sized spiders in the subway, Cutter and his team find themselves up against some seriously beastly opponents. These puzzling creatures all have the same simple fact in common - they don't belong here.

    While Cutter and his team struggle to keep the looming disaster under wraps, Cutter also has to deal the fact that his wife, Helen, a fellow scientist who disappeared eight years ago, is not dead as he believed. In fact, she's been traveling through time. However, now she's back, and she holds the key to the riddle of the anomalies. But is it something she's willing to share? If not, what does she really want? Why did she come back?


    http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/320/about.jsp
     
  27. ILPhinFan88

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    Anybody else watching this, pretty good show. Getting interesting now that it looks like Helen is ticked at him and messing with his knwon reality.
     
  28. ILPhinFan88

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    Here it comes....Ashes to Ashes debuts Saturday, March 7, on BBC America.


    http://scifiwire.com/2009/01/ashes-to-ashes-comes-to-america-and-weve-got-a-first-look.php
     
  29. PMZQ

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    Did the American version of Life on Mars get cancelled ? I haven't seen an ad for it in months.
     
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  32. sking29

    sking29 What it takes to be cool

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    I watch Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and How Clean Is Your House. :up:
     
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    This is a classic from HCIYH :

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbk1TbUAT4"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbk1TbUAT4[/ame]
     
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  34. ILPhinFan88

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    Starts tomorrow.....

    About the Show
    It’s 1981 - the year of Princess Diana’s wedding, the Brixton Riots, the invasion of yuppies - and the year that everyone’s favorite politically incorrect cop Gene Hunt takes the London Metropolitan police force by storm. Flanked by his faithful sidekicks, Ray Carling (Dean Andrews, Life On Mars) and Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster, Life On Mars), he has been transferred down South, to the action and intrigue of the London Met. It’s bad enough having to deal with the “southern nancy” criminal scum, but an even bigger thorn in his side is about to be foisted on him in the shape of a sexy, strong-willed and intelligent officer from the 21st Century.
    Ambitious single mother, Detective Inspector Alex Drake has risen rapidly through the ranks of the Met in the modern world of 2008, where her skills as a psychological profiler are valued highly as an aid to capturing suspects. But she is ripped from her current world of high tech, sexual equality and respect when she is kidnapped and shot. Suddenly, Alex finds herself in 1981, interacting with familiar characters from her past and from the detailed reports she’s been studying, logged by none other than Sam Tyler. In two-tone ‘80s London with a New Romantic soundtrack ringing in her ears, Alex finds herself working with the boorish Gene Hunt himself, whose methods of nailing villains and whose opinions of women detectives and psychological profilers are still stuck in the Stone Age.

    While some of Gene’s team has dispersed, others, loyal as ever, are still in tow. Now a technological whizz-kid in the squad’s surveillance team, DC Chris Skelton has clearly moved with the times, along with a tight-permed DS Ray Carling, who is keen to experience London’s nightlife. Frustrated by each other’s stubbornness, the friction between Alex and Gene heats up. But, as the two titans collide, it becomes apparent there is more than just a professional tension emerging.

    Critics are saying:

    “A brilliantly written postmodern time-travel cop show, it tops its prequel, Life on Mars, which had a successful run in Britain and inspired the ABC remake.” “TV is rarely as good as this.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)
     
  35. ILPhinFan88

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    It didnt get renewed for a second season but they are gonna finish out the story.
     
  36. PSG

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    Yeah, that's too bad. I really liked Life on Mars.
    How can a show with Harvey Keitel and Gretchen Mol not be a hit?

    Hey, Pagan, how about a Gretchen Mol thread in the Ladies Lounge?:drool:
     
  37. Regan21286

    Regan21286 MCAT's, EMT's, AMCAS, ugh

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    I thought it was a very good series compared to the other drivel out there. Well acted and intriguing storylines. But I think it got a raw deal being aired right next to an industry mainstay like Law & Order. I wouldn't be surprised if it succeeded in another time slot.
     
  38. fins4o8

    fins4o8 Mac FTW!

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    I'm missing MI-5 aka Spooks so much after BSG got done.
     
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    Benny Hill was a joke to us here in the UK . . really not a funny man. .:no:
     

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