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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 74875" data-attributes="member: 27">I&#039;m not sure if you realize this or not, but KUA is likely the Britcom most Americans would recognize at this point.&nbsp; As I travel, this series (more than any Britcom) is airing on PBS stations all over the Southeast.&nbsp; Every US state&#039;s PBS chooses its own program slate for the most part, and almost all of them have it airing in reruns at some time during the week.&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure if it&#039;s because there aren&#039;t a lot of other Britcoms available in syndication or because KUA is just that popular.&nbsp; As Time Goes By would be the only one that even comes close (and I think that&#039;s more because Dame Judi&#039;s in it), and it seems a lot of stations pair KUA with Are You Being Served? (which, I&#039;m guessing, would be the cheap option/purchase after all this time).That said, the show is a lot of fun, once you get past the idea that no one is willing to call Hyacinth on her s---.&nbsp; Most people I&#039;ve met who watched the show always comment on that: why doesn&#039;t ___ (fill in the character) just put her in her place and tell her to take a seat?&nbsp; I tactfully point out that it&#039;s the difference between us and the Brits--the Brits are just too well-mannered to smack Hyacinth in the mouth and make her gaudy hat go flying.&nbsp; This is one Britcom that would NEVER work as an American adaptation because we as a culture would feel compelled to stick a proverbial pin in Hyacinth&#039;s balloon and ruin the week&#039;s plotlines within five minutes.&nbsp; An American audience would demand Richard divorce Hyacinth immediately due to her physical and emotional abuse of the man, and demand he take up with that nice Elizabeth next door.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 74875, member: 27"] I'm not sure if you realize this or not, but KUA is likely the Britcom most Americans would recognize at this point. As I travel, this series (more than any Britcom) is airing on PBS stations all over the Southeast. Every US state's PBS chooses its own program slate for the most part, and almost all of them have it airing in reruns at some time during the week. I'm not sure if it's because there aren't a lot of other Britcoms available in syndication or because KUA is just that popular. [I]As Time Goes By[/I] would be the only one that even comes close (and I think that's more because Dame Judi's in it), and it seems a lot of stations pair KUA with [I]Are You Being Served? [/I](which, I'm guessing, would be the[I] [/I]cheap option/purchase after all this time). That said, the show is a lot of fun, once you get past the idea that no one is willing to call Hyacinth on her s---. Most people I've met who watched the show always comment on that: why doesn't ___ (fill in the character) just put her in her place and tell her [I]to take a seat[/I]? I tactfully point out that it's the difference between us and the Brits--the Brits are just too well-mannered to smack Hyacinth in the mouth and make her gaudy hat go flying. This is one Britcom that would NEVER work as an American adaptation because we as a culture would feel compelled to stick a proverbial pin in Hyacinth's balloon and ruin the week's plotlines within five minutes. An American audience would demand Richard divorce Hyacinth immediately due to her physical and emotional abuse of the man, and demand he take up with that nice Elizabeth next door. [/QUOTE]

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