Only Fools and Horses gets US remake

[jimw1]

BBC News - Only Fools and Horses gets US remake

[jimw1]

Only Fools and Horses USA: a sneak preview | Television & radio | The Guardian

[golightly]

It'll probably be as bad as this effort by Lucas an Walliams

[Sylvia]

This surely is a joke, right?

[Steve Crook]

This surely is a joke, right?

We can but hope

Steve

[captainhaddock]

its took them a long time to do it
usually when a brit tv show is given a us makeover its in the same era as the brit one
even the dregs of xmas specials they done of only fools which they shouldnt have done are 10 years old

[Richard_in_wales]

"The episode in which Del Boy falls through an opened bar-top has been scrapped, for fear that it inspires a wave of copycat pratfalls in the nation's youth."

Sums up my expectations of the show.

[Merton Park]

When reading this story on the BBC website I was suprised that they pointed out several of the series that tried to transfer across the pond but failed and made no mention of two of the biggest successes. Steptoe and Son became Welcome Back Kotter and Till Death Us Do Part was called All In The Family. Both series became as famous in America as they were in the UK and ran for many years.

Wish them luck with Del Boy! Cushtie.

[Rowdon]

Steptoe and Son became Welcome Back Kotter

Steptoe and Son became Sanford and Son (Googled!). Welcome Back Kotter was - if non-Google memory serves - about a teacher returning to his old school to teach a young John Travolta among others, and had a theme song by John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful. (I never saw it, but Capital Radio played the song a lot when I was young and for some reason listened to Capital).

(Which is all nit-picking and overlooking Merton's valid point).

[Steve Crook]

When reading this story on the BBC website I was suprised that they pointed out several of the series that tried to transfer across the pond but failed and made no mention of two of the biggest successes. Steptoe and Son became Welcome Back Kotter and Till Death Us Do Part was called All In The Family. Both series became as famous in America as they were in the UK and ran for many years.

Wish them luck with Del Boy! Cushtie.

There are lots of other examples (even allowing for Rowdon's correction)
Man About the House became Three's Company
George & Mildred became The Ropers
Robin's Nest became Three's a Crowd
Upstairs, Downstairs became Beacon Hill (not as successful)
Dear John became Dear John
and many others, including most of the celebrity panel talent shows

Steve

[faginsgirl]

The amount of arguements on You tube between the Americans and the Brits over which is best, Steptoe and son or Sanford and son is unbelievable.

Being objective, I guess it`s just which ever one you are used to and the culture you grew up in, but personally I know what I think, I`ve never gotten to grips with most American comedy!

[Mr Sloane]

The amount of arguements on You tube between the Americans and the Brits over which is best, Steptoe and son or Sanford and son is unbelievable.

Being objective, I guess it`s just which ever one you are used to and the culture you grew up in, but personally I know what I think, I`ve never gotten to grips with most American comedy!

I did prefer All in the Family to Till Death

[Merton Park]

To Rowdon

Absolutely right, it was Sandford and Son, sorry for the error.

[jimw1]

BBC News - Sir David Jason questions US Fools and Horses remake

[faginsgirl]

His new venture of directiing a sitcom about a family of undertakers sounds interesting. I was just watching `In loving memory` the other night and thinking someone should do another sitcom like that. The theme is of course timeless.