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I'm interested in getting a US perspective on either series - the Australian original, or the US remake. Anyone watch it? How were they received?

People in America avoid watching fucking anything involving Molly Shannon. And I don't think you want the opinion of someone who wouldn't avoid Molly Shannon.

I watched it once because I was feeling too damn lazy to find where the kids had hidden the remote.   I won't be making the same mistake again, and Molly Shannon is only 1/5 of the reason for that.

Anybody else here too lazy to turn the channel between Earl and Offiice?

I actually go out of my way to watch this, I have it on the DVR.  :drill:

I should download the original.

I only watched one episode but Absolutely Fabulous did this better.

I start my DVR of The Office early since it tends to start a few minutes before it's supposed to.  This had led to watching the last minute or two of Kath and Kim a couple times.  Not funny at all.  Painfully not fun.

Yegolev,
Comparing this show to Ab Fab is like comparing you to Michael Phelps!  Yes, I know that you sink like a stone when you get in water which is what my spirit does when I watch Kath and Kim.

It was a funny choice to go to the US.  Kath and Kim is a very Australian show with a very Australian sense of humour, which I don't think would translate well at all in the US.  Dunno why they chose to run with it...

AbsFab >> Australian Kath & Kim > Sanford & Son >>> Three's Company >> The Ropers >> Diverticulitis > American Kath & Kim

It was a negative comparison, but I admit sidereal said it better.

I do not like water.

The US version tanked on Aussie TV. They had to bring back repeats of the Aussie version to heal the viewers.

In fact, watch this review: http://media.smh.com.au/?category=The%20Guide&rid=44509

The flaw I see is that the US Kath, Kim and Sharon are hot. They look too good. In the Aussie version, Kath and Kim are played by the show's creators/writers, who are both kinda hot, but they successfully pull off cluelessness about looking good. And Sharon is played by Magda Szubanski, also known as the farmer's wife from the piglet movie 'Babe'.

Gina Riley's Kim is fat around her waist and wears a midriff top, not realising that it's a really bad look. She goes for the "hint of g-string showing from jeans" look and it's never a hint, it's a fat arse. And she plays Kim's personality so it's equally awful. The combined effect is VERY funny on its own. The US version lacks that from the start.

(http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/8971/kathkimyc9.jpg)

Apparently these are the Aussie Kath and Kim?

If they are, they seem better looking than the US versions. Btw, anyone know a source in the US for the Aussie version? Hulu doesn't, but I wonder if there's another 'free flash movie' type dealio site that has it, or other shows that aren't very mainstream in the US.

I was hooked on the original and you used to be able to watch it on cable until NBC cockblocked that.  I have watched maybe half an episode of the US version and it is total garbage (they immediately fucked it up by casting it all wrong), network TV is just way to PC to pull off half the stuff that is in the Aussie version.

If anyone is actually watching the US version I strongly recommend you just stop now and go get your hands on the Aussie version.

edit:  Ab Fab more or less just makes fun of messed up chicks, Kath & Kim is fun for the whole family.  The IT crowd blows em both away though.

/cough (http://www.google.com/search?q=Kath+%26+Kim+torrent&btnG=Google%20Search)

Watch this and you'll figure out whether you'd like it or not (http://www.dailymotion.com/related/x3jufz_kath-kim-part-1_blog/video/x6xvyn_kath-kim-australia-preview-clip_shortfilms).

I don't really like Kath & Kim as a series - it has its clever moments, but I dislike the characters a lot. It is way too Australiana for me.

... didn't ever want to see "The Castle" either, which makes me some kind of weirdo, apparently.

That was freakin' awsome. Like The Office UK but with white trash Aussie housewives. I'm definately going to hunt this down in one form or another <cough>.

No, I'm with you - also it's cringe comedy, too close to the awfulness of some real people around me. Blood relations, even.

now you know how most americans feel about our own sit coms :P