muckefuck will agree with you, but I actually liked the British version of "Coupling". At least I'm safe from charages of snob appeal, since I never really went through a Britcom phase. I did like Hitchhiker's Guide when it was relatively new (radio version more than the later ones), and there are Monty Python bits that I enjoyed when someone else put them on (though both have been dulled by overexposure). But none of the British comedies muckefuck lists above did much for me, even those he gives the nod to. But then, humor is at least in part idiosyncratic and personal. (And I'm used to being out of sync-- getting away from the UK, "South Park", while occasionally brilliant, mostly isn't my thing.)
I ran across "Coupling" by accident while flipping through the TiVo listings when it was first starting up on BBC America, and recorded the first episode more or less randomly based on the show description. I tried some other BBCA comedies after my positive reaction to "Coupling", but quickly found that shows like "The Office" and "Manchild" did less than nothing for me.
The NBC "Coupling", to me, is a fascinating example of the importance of some combination of acting and direction. They had the same writer and producer, virtually the same scripts for the early episodes, and it was horrible. I'm not sure it was transplantable at all, but the delivery and characterization ensured that I'd never find out from them.
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Date: 2004-04-02 09:41 am (UTC)I ran across "Coupling" by accident while flipping through the TiVo listings when it was first starting up on BBC America, and recorded the first episode more or less randomly based on the show description. I tried some other BBCA comedies after my positive reaction to "Coupling", but quickly found that shows like "The Office" and "Manchild" did less than nothing for me.
The NBC "Coupling", to me, is a fascinating example of the importance of some combination of acting and direction. They had the same writer and producer, virtually the same scripts for the early episodes, and it was horrible. I'm not sure it was transplantable at all, but the delivery and characterization ensured that I'd never find out from them.