Skip to main content

Fifty-Seven and Counting...

Fifty-Seven. That's the number for now. Honestly, I thought this was a new trend ("The Office", "Worst Week Ever", "Coupling"...shudder); boy was I wrong. I guess it's all about perception, here I thought that "All in the Family" and "Three's Company" were as American as apple pie. They're actually as American as fish and chips! Then again, they were both solid shows (the latter is debatable) that spawned spin-offs like "Three's a Crowd" and "The Jeffersons"; insofar as pop culture and marketability, those shows were hits. I don't mind Steve Carrell in "the Office", but it reminds me way too much of the originally; Ricky Gervais will always be the boss from hell. Still, it's not a bad translation.

Of course, for every "Sanford & Son", there's a "Coupling".

Shudder...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:American_television_series_based_on_British_television_series
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Good Mourning

I'm not a morning person, never have been. From as far back as I can remember, I've never really been the type of person to roll over and bed, feel the sun kiss my face, hear the birds sing, wake up to the sound of an alarm clock and think, "today's the best day of my life!". I'm usually the other guy; deep in slumber, sawing logs (like all snorers, I've never had the distinguished privilege of hearing the sweet, melodic sounds of my nocturnal singing performances) I've got a my drapes closed @ all times, birdsongs are overrated (it's like they're phoning it on or something; a total lack of originality!), the alarm clock goes off. I placed it across the room on purpose; that way I'll have to get out of bed. I throw a shoe @ it. This morning was different. I rolled over and felt the sun caress my face like a lover I lost ages ago, heard the beautiful chirp chirp chirp-ing of a mother bird and her young, jumped out of bed, stretched and f
3 comments
Read more