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"Man About the House" became "Three's Company"

Your Pop Idol became our American Idol
Your Steptoe and Son became our Sanford and Son
I know that All in the Family was based on one of yours (no idea of the title)

"All in the Family" was based on "Man About the House."

Then there's the American "The Office" which came from the British "The Office."

NBC didn't totally fuck up the show when they did the American version, which was nice. Too bad they couldn't do the same for "Coupling"

Love Thy Neighbour wouldn't have been a roaring success, however they worked the translation.

PS the black girl was a a maternity nurse at the hospital where I was born - Nina Baden Semper, Hope Hospital, Salford - she could have delivered me.

Poor cow.

Regards All

Skoob

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Quote: Skoob1999

Love Thy Neighbour wouldn't have been a roaring success, however they worked the translation.

PS the black girl was a a maternity nurse at the hospital where I was born - Nina Baden Semper, Hope Hospital, Salford - she could have delivered me.

Poor cow.

Regards All

Skoob

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....and didn't you dolts send us your version of "dancing with the stars"....thanks alot, you bastards!

Morse

You ain't seen nothing yet. Wait until you get Deal Or No Deal, Loose Women, The One Show, and Ready Steady Cook.
Warfare could result.
Then, you have to admit that Gordon Ramsay's shows are entertaining.

Regards

Skoob

Howie Mandell is doing Deal or No Deal in North America, both a US and Canadian version.

Victor,

Victor Nicholas is world famous, and in my opinion quite rightly so.

But who exactly is Howie Mandell?

Never heard of her.

Regards

Skoob

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Quote: Jalapenoman

Your Pop Idol became our American Idol
Your Steptoe and Son became our Sanford and Son
I know that All in the Family was based on one of yours (no idea of the title)

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Till Death Us Do Part

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Quote: Skoob1999

Victor,

Victor Nicholas is world famous, and in my opinion quite rightly so.

But who exactly is Howie Mandell?

Never heard of her.

Regards

Skoob

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and then new popular low budget reality show:

Buckwheat Bitter over Baker's Bodacious Buns...Kitchen Intrigue Ignites Jealously!

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Quote: Skoob1999

Victor,

Victor Nicholas is world famous, and in my opinion quite rightly so.

But who exactly is Howie Mandell?

Never heard of her.

Regards

Skoob

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Mandel was born and raised in Toronto. After getting expelled from his high school for impersonating a member of the school board and signing a construction company to make an addition to his school, Mandel became a carpet salesman who would later open a carpet sales business of his own. He became a stand-up comedian at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto and by September 1978 had a week-long booking as the featured act, billed as "a wild and crazy borderline psychotic." His repertoire including placing a latex glove over his head and inflating it by blowing through his nose, the fingers of the glove extending above his head like a cockscomb. When the audience reacted uproariously to that and similar antics, his trademark response was to extend his arms palms up, look incredulous, and ask, "What? What?" On a trip to Los Angeles, Mandel performed a set at The Comedy Store, which led to him becoming a regular performer there.

Casualty became ER.

Grange Hill became Saved by The Bell.

Emmerdale became Dallas.

Dixon of Dock Green became Columbo.

University Challenge became 'Are you brighter than a fifth grader"

Minder became The Sopranos

The Sweeney became The Shield

That's my opinion anyway, take it, or leave it, actually, just leave it.

Z Cars became CSI


I think.

Two brilliant posts.

Well done Duncan.

Well done Monkey.

Mrs Skoob likes her steaks well done.

Hang on...she's gonna hit me again...liugholun\//\mkjv .,/lkl

S k o o b

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Quote: Duncan Whitehead

Casualty became ER.

Grange Hill became Saved by The Bell.

Emmerdale became Dallas.

Dixon of Dock Green became Columbo.

University Challenge became 'Are you brighter than a fifth grader"

Minder became The Sopranos

The Sweeney became The Shield

That's my opinion anyway, take it, or leave it, actually, just leave it.

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Well done!

Duncan is probably best qualified for this game as he has lived on both sides of the pond.

"Who Wants to be a Millionaire" became "Who Wants to be a Millionaire"

Don't forget...Russell Brand's 'Do You Have A Smelly Vagina'

http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s4i48216

Deal or No Deal-"Each night, the game of odds and chance unfolds when a contestant is confronted with 26 sealed briefcases full of varying amounts of cash - ranging from a measly penny to $1 million. Without knowing the amount in each briefcase, the contestant picks one - his to keep, if he chooses - until its unsealing at game's end.

The risk element kicks in when the player must then instinctively eliminate the remaining 25 cases - which are opened and the amount of cash inside revealed. The pressure mounts as in each round, after a pre-determined number of cases are opened, the participant is tempted by a mysterious entity known only as "the Banker" to accept an offer of cash in exchange for what might be contained in the contestant's chosen briefcase - prompting Mandel to ask the all-important question - Deal or No Deal?"

One of my favorites until they schmaltzed it up with all sorts of variations. There's always one guy who thinks he knows better than everyone else and ruins a good thing. That guy is called "the boss".

The Benny Hill Show became...CNN Headline News.