# Name a USA Copy better than the orignal

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-usa-copy-better-than-the-orignal/467576>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 12, 2008, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-usa-copy-better-than-the-orignal/467576 "2008-10-12T13:15:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-usa-copy-better-than-the-orignal/467576/21 "2008-10-12T21:25:10Z")

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> [@panamajack](#):
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> Here’s the Wikipedia lists for the US & Britain, which probably have the most:
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> [List of US series remade for Britain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._television_series_remade_for_the_British_market)

Well, that is pretty damning - none of the UK shows (that I know) were any good. Many original US shows have done pretty well in Britain, so there seems little obvious need to remake them. Maybe it is cheaper.

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> and the reverse: [British shows remade for the US](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_television_series_remade_for_the_US_market)

No way is Cosby a remake of One Foot in the Grave. It does say “many differences”, but I cannot think of any even vague similarities.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-usa-copy-better-than-the-orignal/467576/22 "2008-10-12T21:29:28Z")

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The United States of America.

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-usa-copy-better-than-the-orignal/467576/23 "2008-10-12T21:50:06Z")

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> [@What\_Exit](#):
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> Actually I disagree on this one, the British show was not as dumb though John Ritter was the most talented slapstick actor of the two shows. The Britcom was “Man About the House” and it also spun off to Robin’s Nest.

Random trivia…both Man About the House spinoffs were remade as Three’s Company spin-offs, pretty much directly. George & Mildred became The Ropers, and Robin’s Nest became Three’s a Crowd.

Both changed things, of course - The reason (and time) the Ropers left, some slight changes in their relations with the neighbours for G&M/Ropers…Jack and Vicky being married, and Jack already having opened the Bistro (several seasons earlier, IIRC) for TaC/RN; just the differences I can name - but they were clearly based on the British spin-offs.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-usa-copy-better-than-the-orignal/467576/24 "2008-10-12T21:54:35Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> The United States of America.

I like the original better. 😉

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