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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 438246" data-attributes="member: 23">Yes. I&#039;ve watched some of the first episode of Three&#039;s Company and it&#039;s the same story.I don&#039;t know for sure but would guess that AITF would have needed more input from native writers. There were a number of social, political and topical references in Till Death Do Us Part which may have lost something in translation. The coarseness of the language would again probably have needed to be toned down. The only episodes I&#039;ve seen were the two Maude episodes so I don&#039;t have much to go on. Watching them, as I did,&nbsp; immediately after the British series, AITF felt broader, glossier and safer, but I know that one proper episode doesn&#039;t give me much to go on (and I&#039;m also aware it tackled some heavy topics during its run).I&#039;ve never watched either Steptoe or Sanford (I do have Steptoe lined up to watch on DVD), but I would have thought Galton &amp; Simpson&#039;s writing would adapt fairly easily. Based on episode credits - and a comment under the comparison video I posted - most of Sanford&#039;s first season is based on Steptoe scripts. Whether it&#039;s as literal as the Three&#039;s Company adaptions, who knows.Incredibly, both actors were under 30 at the time.Norman Eshley (Chrissy&#039;s date) appeared in the series in a couple of different roles and would go on to play the Ropers&#039; snooty neighbour, Jeffrey Fourmile (adapted as Jeffrey P. Brooks III) in the spinoff.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 438246, member: 23"] Yes. I've watched some of the first episode of [I]Three's Company[/I] and it's the same story. I don't know for sure but would guess that [I]AITF[/I] would have needed more input from native writers. There were a number of social, political and topical references in [I]Till Death Do Us Part [/I]which may have lost something in translation. The coarseness of the language would again probably have needed to be toned down. The only episodes I've seen were the two Maude episodes so I don't have much to go on. Watching them, as I did, immediately after the British series, [I]AITF[/I] felt broader, glossier and safer, but I know that one proper episode doesn't give me much to go on (and I'm also aware it tackled some heavy topics during its run). I've never watched either [I]Steptoe[/I] or [I]Sanford[/I] (I do have [I]Steptoe[/I] lined up to watch on DVD), but I would have thought Galton & Simpson's writing would adapt fairly easily. Based on episode credits - and a comment under the comparison video I posted - most of [I]Sanford's[/I] first season is based on [I]Steptoe[/I] scripts. Whether it's as literal as the [I]Three's Company[/I] adaptions, who knows. Incredibly, both actors were under 30 at the time. Norman Eshley (Chrissy's date) appeared in the series in a couple of different roles and would go on to play the Ropers' snooty neighbour, Jeffrey Fourmile (adapted as Jeffrey P. Brooks III) in the spinoff. [/QUOTE]

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