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A US version of Only Fools and Horses could be made!

  • 30-01-2010 5:27pm
    #1
    Dman001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭


    Steve Carrell has stated that he is interested in making a US version of Only Fools and Horses, with himself playing Del Boy!! They got away with making a US Office, which was actually good back in Season 2 and 3 but this would never, ever work. The sad thing is, I can actually see them making it.

    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a200136/carell-keen-to-remake-only-fools-for-us.html


Comments

  • #2
    lord lucan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,577 ✭✭✭lord lucan


    Just NO!! Office was good,but a yankee OFAH is just a bad idea.:mad:


  • #3
    Messi 10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46 ✭Messi 10


    Ya I hope they don't make it. It would ruin some of the legacy of the greatest comedy show ever made.


  • #4
    sxt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,759 ✭✭✭sxt


    no no no no no no, no no no no, theres no limits


  • #5
    Ronan Keating
    Closed Accounts Posts: 913 ✭✭✭Ronan Keating


    No


  • #6
    Richard Dower
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,634 ✭✭✭✭Richard Dower


    Dreadful idea.


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  • #7
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    They're flogging a dead horse tbh.

    Would be hard to imagine a U.S version that wouldn't make you cringe.


  • #8
    Mr sinister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭Mr sinister


    no, American Office was a rubbish remake, can't imagine this being any better.


  • #9
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    Only Fools And Horses ruined its own legacy with the God awful specials. The new one in particular about all the lads when they were younger is pure ****.

    An American remake would not be the worst thing to happen to it. As far as I am concerned the worst has already happened.


  • #10
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    They already have an American version of Only Fools and Horses. It's called The Sopranos.

    "Paulie, one of these days we're gonna be millionaires. Badda bing!"


  • #11
    backspacer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭backspacer


    Noooooooooooooo no no no no no no no no no no and in case i didn't make the point noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Just so so wrong!!


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  • #12
    Dman001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Dman001


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    Only Fools And Horses ruined its own legacy with the God awful specials. The new one in particular about all the lads when they were younger is pure ****.

    An American remake would not be the worst thing to happen to it. As far as I am concerned the worst has already happened.
    The show revolved around a cockney English chancer and his wheeling dealings. You can't Americanise that. The specials weren't that bad at all, especially in comparsion to an American version of the show.


  • #13
    An tSaoi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭An tSaoi


    I echo all the "NOOOOOO!!!" sentiments.


  • #14
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    Dman001 wrote: »
    The show revolved around a cockney English chancer and his wheeling dealings. You can't Americanise that. The specials weren't that bad at all, especially in comparsion to an American version of the show.

    It has still **** on it's own reputation.


  • #15
    therewillbe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 741 ✭✭✭therewillbe


    Just look at the U S version of"LIFE ON MARS"FFS they just dont get it!
    Dont touch this classic,PLEASE


  • #16
    120_Minutes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,706 ✭✭✭120_Minutes


    No-Darth_Vader.jpg


  • #17
    humanji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,976 ✭✭✭✭humanji


    To be fair if they just take the basics of it, it could work out well. If they take the basic elements then they could make their own show based around it.

    If it's an out and out copy of it, it'll fail. The US Office was terrible when they just made the UK episodes with US actors. But it came into it's own once they wrote their own scripts for it.

    Granted, there's a long history of US versions messing up a simple premise. Red Dwarf, Faulty Towers, Coupling and many others just didn't work because they hired people who couldn't write for sh*t.


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