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Originally posted by Tyler90
...the Fawlty Towers version with Bea Arthur (I can't even remember the name, it was so bad).
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Amanda's Place - never seen it , but as a Brit it is legendary (in certain circles) as the show where NBC(? i think) wanted to write out Basil's character as 'unsympathetic'!!
It always seems most distastrous when comedies are remade, since they seem to lose any edge. It works both ways, tho'. 'Who's the Boss' ended up on tv here as somthing or other and it, too, was diabolically awful.
The only recent example that has raised my ire is the Hollywood version of 'The Italian Job' ( A classic British caper movie starring 3 mini coopers, some Alfa-Romeos, and Michael Caine) - It's not set in italy, and it's not about a bank job - it should be called 'The'.