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You're not actually that far off the tree. I don't have him in the bathroom because believe it or not, I don't bathe that much, I shout another day. But in my front room, I have Yankee candles everywhere, genuinely everywhere because I just like this. When you go in from being whatever, it's just not just a bit of a bit.
We've got candles going on here. Yanker candles burning away here. There you go. Whatever that is, Apple.
It's warm apple pie. Oh yeah. Don't know what happens in that. Yes.
Okay, right now we're here because of a there's a special announcement. Well there's a special, a big announcement. I think a big announcement. No, I think a year or so ago we, because I can remember doing some Photoshop pictures and we always said, well what would happen if there was a US remake and we had all these different, we had Bruce Willis as my mucklow.
I had a look, Robert De Niro is the vicar. We had John Goodman as Len. We had Brad Pitt as Curtin. Okay.
And I can't remember originally who I had as Kerry. I can't remember. No, it was not Beyonce. Well, no, that was this time.
Right. Okay. I didn't realise I'd already done the memes that I did last week. I'd already done before because I'd chosen completely different people.
I had Zac Efron for Curtin. I had Beyonce for Kerry. That's right. That's right.
That's right. That's right. That's right. That's right.
Wheat Harrelson for the vicar. That's not a bad shout. Yeah, but I also had Miss McCarthy both times as Dick Mandy. Right.
Was a perfect casting if it was a big show like that. Who do you have a Len now? Now. It was a picture of Sir Ian McKellen with a big beat.
All right. Well, just thought. Yeah. Anyway, we're talking about this.
Yeah. Because. And I'll read this from deadline.com. So Fox have put a pilot commitment for this country from sex and the city writer and producer Jenny Bix and Bridesmaids director Paul Feig.
Now they're saying that it's going to be a single camera comedy written by Bix. The half-arm documentary follows a documentary crew who go into a small town to study young adults and their current concerns. Their focus is on the daily lives of cousins Kelly and Schrobe Mallet. That's the name of the characters.
And the idiosyncratic surroundings. We follow their cousins so they pursue their dreams, confront challenges, and fight each other over frozen pizza. These two don't have much, but they do have each other. Yeah.
Now Bix who wrote The Big C and The Greatest Showman. Yeah. Well, executive produced through her perking street productions while Bridesmaids and a simple favor director, Feig, will executive produce and direct Daisy McCooper and Charlie are also going to be executive producers alongside Angie Stevenson while Feig co-entertainments Dan Magnate, Magnante, I think, is a co-producer with Kathy Mason and Rachel Mason producing. And it's going to be produced by Lionsgate, BBC Studios, Fox Entertainment and Feig Co-entertainment.
So what was your first reaction when you read that? It was something that I thought was going to happen. It was something that I thought it's ripe for a remake. Absolutely.
And then it goes to the whole point of, well, the USA's record of British remakes is not great. It's not great, but it's also makes great financial sense for Daisy and Charlie. I mean, they're saying they're only doing a pilot at the moment. So obviously, which is always potentially it could be very lucrative for Daisy and Charlie.
And I hope it is. Yeah, absolutely deserves to hope it is. But I mean, obviously, when it gets to pilot season in America, there are hundreds of pilots that just don't get. But the only thing, now this is my point of view.
Now, I know both of our point of views on things like the Ghostbusters remake that was directed by Paul V. Yeah, but then I think as a movie director, I don't think, I mean, I hated the Ghostbusters movie. You've heard it more than me. And I hated it.
And I hated it. As a TV director, though, I think he directed some, if not the best episodes of the Office. We certainly did some great episodes, didn't you? The dinner party episode.
Which is fantastic. And the goodbye Michael episode. Oh, yeah, that was the only two of the best, best episodes. And we will go through some dumpling members' views on this.
And the majority, I did a poll on Twitter and on Facebook. And it came up roughly around 80% saying, no, it wasn't a very good idea. And 20% roughly on average for both of them. So it wasn't, obviously, it isn't.
The thing is, I've always thought as this country is a very British TV show. Yeah, but then we all thought the Office was when that first started. Yeah, but then when you scale it down, and it is about to... Lonely souls, are they lonely souls?
Well, just not forgotten. Yeah, for the long-term. The millions of kids that are the same around the world, sorry. Yeah, and they're in a backwater time.
Which America's got loads of. And to be fair, a lot of people that we've spoken to, a lot of the super fans that we've spoken to, whether they come from, say, Tom White that comes from the North East, who you've got people that come from London, or people that come from Yorkshire, or wherever. Well, even Greg that we spoke to in America. They've got exactly those kind of places.
So it is a universal thing, I think. It could be one of those things that it could be set in France. In Australia? Yeah, anywhere.
Anywhere around the world. It's all relevant to, I would say, like you said, lost souls around the world, because it's everywhere, isn't it? Yeah, I think it depends. I mean, the same as with the Office.
And there's going to be a lot of comparisons with the Office. I think because of someone like Porphy working on it. Well, that's going to give it more good to be watched, isn't it? But...
And the power for it to be made into a full series, I think. Thinking on it, to me, personally, if they were to take the ideas of this country and then rewrite it for themselves, rather than the original first episode of the American Office, or the first few episodes, where it's just a replica of what... Ricky Gebes did, if they stay away from that, they've got a lot more chance at success. Yeah, the first episode of the American Office was literally word for word, shop for shop, the same.
And it was awful. And I can remember watching that, and it put me off watching the Office for years. And I think it might not have been until, I say years, probably a couple of years, because when I watched the 40-year-old Virgin, and then realized that was the same guy that was in the Office, I gave it another chance. And I think it was the bloopers, because I love watching it.
And then when it came to the second, probably halfway through second series or near the end of the second series, then into the third series, I started watching it, and then binged the whole lot. And now, as much as there's a lot of people that say to me that they can't believe it, I prefer the American Office to the British. I'm the same as you. I love the British Office.
I think it's exciting. Yeah, I don't. But I love the American Office. But the American Office is so funny, so well written.
And if they can go for that kind of... Again, because it's not about the Office, it's about the characters in the Office. Exactly. So the same as this country, it's not about the village, it's about the people in the village.
Exactly. So... They can go anywhere around the world. Yeah.
And if they carry on with that kind of thought, there's no reason it can't work. What I don't think they can do is take the first episode of this country, and then think, what's the nearest thing we've got to a scarecrow festival? Right, we'll just do exactly the same thing. It's like the IT crowd.
Did you watch the pilot for the IT crowd? No. The American world. It was literally shot for shot again.
But with an American guy, I think it was Joel... Richard? No, no, no, it wasn't Joel. Joe...
I don't know. I don't know. But he's done a lot of TV stuff and movies. Joel Kale.
Oh, okay, yeah. He's a child community. Yeah. It's him, and then it was Richard Ayoade.
He came and another woman. There was another woman. I came and I was the woman. I don't know.
And again, he puts you off. They need to make it their own identity, if you know them. Yeah. Don't they?
Yeah, their own thing. Nick Nolte is Len. Nick Nolte is Len. Oh.
That would be good. That would be good, wouldn't it? Yeah. Although, yeah, because he's in Mandalorian.
What, Nick Nolte is? Yeah, what his voice is? Right. He plays this old Ugganort.
He's got that voice and every time he's said something... I have spoken. That's the same thing. Yeah, yeah.
Fuck off. Yes. I was saying... Yes.
Americans love having 22 episodes. They do? They want it. When it's a success, that's what they want.
That's what they want. You can then delve into the characters more. You've got more time to delve into relationships. And you could imagine the whole way that they could...
We might in Mucklow and Kerry or... Yeah. ...or what they got. Kelly.
Wasn't it? Kelly and... Kelly and Shrub. Shrub.
Yeah. Not Shrub at the Shrub name. It doesn't roll off the term like Kelly and Curtin, does it? But again, it needs to have its own identity.
Exactly what you said. That's all it needs. So, for it to be a success, they need to come in. They're going to have a big name at a cast member in there, I think.
Do you think? Yeah, I think they will. Not for Kerry or Kelly and Shrub. Not for those two.
But for one of the many other characters, they'll have a big card name. Like the vicar, I think, could be quite a well-known person. Don't you think that would take away from... I think that's the beauty.
And it's no disrespect to Portiaqui, they're actually Maguire. They're not massive names. You recognise them. Yeah.
But you wouldn't say that you'd sort of go, especially with them like Ashley. I've seen her in a few things. Obviously now she's been in these tenders and stuff like that. And Paul obviously has been in a few more.
Big thing. It's just... I don't know whether it would ruin it. No, but Americans like to start, don't they?
It draws all the viewers in. It's why they spent when they did the shameless conversion. Apparently they spent a fortune to get William Hayman. Right, yeah.
He takes his own role and all of that. So yeah, I will see a star in it. Because Steve Crow was a sort of star, wasn't he? When he did the office?
Not really. No. No, it was just a bit part of it. Yeah, he'd worked on a daily show and stuff like that.
He wasn't... Right. It was a 40-year-old virgin that made him a star. Yeah.
And then when he did... Because he'd done series one before 40-year-old virgin. Then 40-year-old virgin came out when series two was starting. Right.
And it's sort of the success of that movie. Catapolted. Success of the series. Yeah.
And it made people watch the series a lot more. But for Kellyanne Shub, they'll have unknowns or not very well known people. For everyone else, I think they'll have a star in it somewhere. Not necessarily the vicar, but someone.
It'll be, you know. But like I said, not a massive star. Not like a Kevin Costner or whatever. It'll be like...
Or a Bruce Willis. Or a Bruce Willis. Or a Bruce Willis. There's the Martin Macloan.
Although that would be divine casting if they got Bruce Willis. Because I could see him being a shit-ass. Yeah. Yeah.
But I don't think it'd be somebody that sort of... I don't really know. Are they? They're dropping off.
He's Bruce Willis. And Kevin Costner. They're doing director. So who do you have Kevin Costner?
Well, as a vicar. Yeah, but just thinking... I think he'd be right as a vicar actually. Because I always think Kevin Costner is a very warm demeanor.
Oh yeah. Yeah, he does. He does. He does.
I don't know. But whoever you think about as a vicar, Danny DeVito. That is funny to say that. Because that was one of the people I was going to photoshop as a vicar.
Wasn't it? I was trying to think of bold actors. Right. Because I thought you might go for the same kind of...
Patrick Stewart. Patrick Stewart. He's too distinctive. He's too star wars.
He can be too star wars. Star Wars. Let's not fight. Jesus Christ.
Because you said the Mandalorian, it was on the top of my head. You had to turn it off. It was on the tip of my head. That's the best you've broken the cardinals in there.
I meant to say Star Trek. But you said Star Wars. Yeah, it was a slip of the tongue. Yeah, I'll give you a slip of the tongue.
Again? Again? Let's break out those yunky candles. Okay, I'm going to give you a couple of people's...
I did ask for some comments. Let's react to this. So Luke Tyrell said, the Americans will ruin it, in my opinion. They'll ruin it like they ruin the office.
The Inbetweeners, the IT crowd and other legendary British comedies. Do they do the Inbetweeners? Right, okay. I think it was so bad.
Yeah, I mean, sometimes some humour, this is why I said, and I understand where he's coming from, is distinctly British and it doesn't work in an American form. No. That's why I said, you know, if they give him a chance and they write something fresh with an idea of what was originally done, it could be a success. But the office, Luke, you're wrong.
That wasn't ruined. It's so much better than the British version. Controversial. Although I think there might be a lot of people that watched that first episode of the American office and thought, I'm not watching it, it's just a copy.
I'm not watching it. But, and again, this is going to sound more like an office, US office podcast. Because it is so much more warmer. It's so much more...
There's an emotion, obviously, in the original UK version, but there is so much more. You sympathise with the character, you sympathise with the in quotes David Brent character, which is Michael Scott in the American one. And he's in the first series, first series, he is like David Brent. Yes.
But there's a massive turn in the second series, and he is a lot more... You do grow to love him, whereas David Brent is just a dick. Yeah, you see, I didn't, as you know, I don't like the English office. No.
I'm not, I've found of it. It has its moments and I get all what it was. Loved extras. Just didn't, I just find it one trip pony the whole way.
Whereas I fell in love with the American office. And you know how much I'm... And I think it took you ages to watch it. Because I don't like American comedies.
I've never watched friends, because what I have seen in friends just made me cold. People say I'm a heartless, but it's... So have you tried Parks and Recreation yet? Yeah, yeah, I've started watching it.
How much do you think about that? I've got to give it a bit more go. It's taken me a while to get into it, but it's not making me not want to watch it. No, you need, again, the first series is a lot of the first series in the office, because to me, when I watch the first series of Parks and Rec, I started thinking, they've just done the same, like Leslie know, because the same as Michael Scott, and it's the same format.
But as you get to know the characters and they go on their own little journeys, you can tell that it's from the same... It's cut from the same cloth. You know, and again, it's just so well written. And as long as you've got something so well written, I think it can't not fail.
That makes sense. Right, Dan Smith says, they'll bloody ruin it like they do everything else. Shameless, the office in between us, they're just not as savvy as us when it comes to comedy with Belly Laughs and No Can Laughter. I will say...
I agree. No, I don't agree to that. No, no, I don't like Can Laughter that much. Yeah, it's it, because they don't understand it when it comes to comedy with Belly Laughs and No Can Laughter.
Oh, right, I prefer No Can Laughter. Yeah, I prefer No Can Laughter. So things like all of those... Well, the office, the American office didn't have it, yeah.
Yeah, the one camera shows, the Americans are really good at doing it. And there's a lot of shows that have been running for a long time. It's always sunny and Philadelphia. Now, I must say, it's a mockumentary almost style, isn't it?
He's living his real life. It's an extreme version of it. Yeah, but it's one of the greatest sitcoms ever though. Yeah, all of those kind of comedy.
Where's the old fashion, where's like Simon Felden, Cheers and all of those. Like, some of them I don't like. I must admit, again, we've said it before, there's too much TV and there's so many comedies. But there was, I mean, Baskets is one that I was here with.
Obviously, um... Oh God, I've forgotten his name. Beard Guy from... I don't know if you've even heard of Baskets.
Is that Gallifernakis? Oh, is it him? Is it? Yeah.
Yeah, it's a comedy show with him. I watched a couple of episodes, I think I was about three or four episodes when I was on holiday. So like the American Netflix. Really funny.
He's like a clown or something. But he is really funny. He is really funny. And it's a shame that it's one of those shows that you just can't get in a UK.
Between two fans. Did you watch the movie? I did. I know it's a bit disappointing.
It is a bit disappointing. It's still got some bloody funny moments. It has, but it's no way... There's no way you could stretch that to a 19 minute movie.
No, no. Because of Shane. Yeah. Really, because I thought he was going to be a bit like Borat.
I thought it was going to be really good. But then even Borat runs its course when you watch the movie, doesn't it? It does, but it does. It does, but that's a lot more consistently funny than I thought that was.
Right, Rachel Elizabeth Porter says that they didn't ruin the office. That was great. Worked because it didn't copy too closely and took on an American life of its own. Which I think is what we've agreed with.
Hello, Deb. Hello, Deb. Says it might work for the Americans to have their own version, but they won't ever be able to replicate R. Kerry and Curtin and the rest of the wonderful cast.
I know this country has some American followers, but from personal experience in America, there's quite a difference in tastes where humour is concerned. They can be, but that's a huge market for the English comedy. And they've always looked right up to Python. Well, Monty Python, Benny Hill for crying out like, look at that massive that was in America.
They loved that kind of humour, the young ones. Yeah, that's huge. I don't think you can get any more British than the young ones and faulty towers. No.
That's so British. Yeah, they seem to love that stuff. They love it up there. And then vice versa.
Friends is always on the frigging television. And I know I don't like it, but I admire how big it is, because everybody watched it. Yeah. And still do.
Yeah. Yeah. Big bang theory. I don't understand the...
We are the demographic for that. I honestly don't understand how I've sat through probably three or four episodes and not laugh once. And that's so... I don't get it.
I honestly don't get it. But it's obviously successful and people do find it funny all over the world. Yeah. Yeah, it's huge, isn't it?
Yeah. But that was a good point. That is a good point. That is a good point.
Well made. I'm not a American from a rural state. I love this country because one, British humour, plus understanding the nuances having lived in the UK. And two, like the comparisons between the rural lives I can make.
However, the charm may fall short in an American version. Don't know why we think we have to copy everything. I even saw rumours of people of a people just do nothing US version. So I've been watching that recently.
Right. Right from the beginning. Because I've seen episodes. Yeah, that's quite funny.
Yeah, I've not got into that. I'm a student there. It's taken me a while to get into it, but I am sort of in it now. I've watched an episode in a while.
I can understand that you've all these different streaming services and all of this sort of... So people are crying out for content. So what's going to work in one country? Is it possible it can work for another?
Never say never. Never say never. No, no, there's not. But never say never.
You know, don't write it off until they've done it. Give them a chance. OK. That's all I'll say.
All right. Sarah Langheath. Hello, Sarah. She says, I live in the US now.
Their humour is so different. We have had many tumbleweed moments. Or I'm just not that funny. I'm short.
I'm sure she is. There it is. I don't think the majority of Americans are as funny as us. We laugh at ourselves more.
I think that is true. I think we've got the ability to take the piss out of ourselves more than the Americans do. Sometimes they take themselves a bit too serious. I think they're learning.
Yeah. Do you know what I mean? Yeah. Especially going back to TV series like Kerb and things like that.
Larry David is just literally rinsing himself in that and making it himself as uncomfortable as he possibly can, isn't he? Yeah. He's not really like that. But isn't...
I mean, I think especially British comedy, the main person that's in the comedy is always either a fool or someone who thinks he's clever but is a fool. Yeah. Or someone that is down on their luck. It's always down on their luck.
Isn't it? Or the quintessential top people in Baselfault E. Del Trotter. Yeah.
You know, you've got all these people that think that they're clever and people that think that they're better than everyone else. But they're just either stupid or they're idiots. Yeah. You know, I don't know whether that's the same in America.
In a sense. I mean, sorry to say about the office again, but Michael Scott, the American version, he's an idiot a bit like the David Brent one, but he's not a heartless idiot like you said before. No. He's got heart.
Yeah. But he's still a buffoon. So there's with that, I've already mentioned Kerb. I'm trying to think about the American series I've thought about.
Cheers. I mean, I watched that years ago. I'm trying to relate to like... No, with Cheers, you had Sam Malone, wasn't it?
Yeah, it was the down on... Was he down on... I mean, he was an ex-Baseball player, I think, wasn't he? Yeah.
Sure, the American listeners will tell us if we're wrong. I saw him down on his luck a bit. But he was like a womanizer, wasn't he? Yeah.
A womanizer that owned a bar. Well, you had the idiot in it, would he? Would he? Yeah.
Would he have been... Well, originally it was a coach, wasn't it? Oh, that's right. And then...
Go blind me. That's a pass away. I used to love Cheers. I mean, I never used to...
I mean, it was not... Cheers was, I think... Well, and before that, it was Taxi. Yeah.
I used to love Taxi when I was... I didn't mind it. I didn't mind it. So much so that when me and my brother went to America in 1991, I went to LA in 1991, I used to spend my nights because I used to have a double bill of taxi on the TV.
I used to stay when my brother wanted to go out. I used to stay in and I can't go out until I finished watching. Taxi is a pissing off so much. Because I just wanted to watch the two episodes of Taxi.
Taxi. Yeah, so good stuff. So good. Right on Twitter.
At RachelxRayx, she said... Hello. I'm assuming, was she? It could have been Ray.
Yeah. Her name is Rachel Ray. I don't know. It would be different but could work.
Isolated Times, Trailer Parks, etc. Little worried though, if they're going to be producers making it, does that mean the end of this country UK? Surely they won't have enough time to do both. Now the thing is...
I mean, who knows? Series three could be the end anyway. We don't know. It could be.
But when you say executive producer, I mean, Ricky Gervais was an executive producer of the American office. I think he's talking about a week on set then. Yeah, he wouldn't be doing much. He'd just be cashing those checks when the show got renewed.
So I'm pretty sure they won't. And the main producers were the Mason sisters, aren't they? Yeah, by the sense of it. So...
And I also think that it'll be sort of like... If they're going to do it, if the Americans are going to do it, they're going to go off and do it. I don't think it's not going to be like, Tacey and Charlie are going to have final say on stuff. Of course they're not.
They'll be just part of the machine of the whole thing. And to be fair, if it was you in that position, and it's a potential big payday, you're just going to let them get on and do whatever they think is right to get it made. Did Disney bar a Fox TV as well? Yes.
So there you go. Daisy and Charlie are no part of the Fox. Uh, but Disney. Possibly.
I mean, we've got to remember that it is at the moment only at Pilot State. Of course. It might never go anywhere. It might even see it.
They might make the pilot and look at it like they did with the Inbetweeners and go, this is shockingly bad. I hope not. I really hope not. The thing is, like I say, Porphy has got a fantastic record when it comes to TV.
And it draws people in at the cinema as well. I mean, some of his films are right. The lights made him good. Yeah.
Spy was good. Yeah. I'm not, I'm just going because the fact that the Ghostbusters film... And a simple favour.
Yeah. It was so just so bad. And I don't think it was all Porphy's fault. I think it was a little script.
There was nothing to do with it about being all women. No. It was saying it before. It was just a poor story.
Yeah. Talking of Ghostbusters, the traders dropped as a result. Yes. And this is a new one that got me fixed.
Yes. That looked very sweet. Very, very good. Anyway, we digress.
We do. At Rachel Jane Wood on Twitter. Oh, another Rachel. Hello, Rachel.
Said the office USA was brilliant and was a similar directing style slash mockumentary. And it was a huge hit. I can see this country being just as good, if not better. Here, here, Rachel.
There you go. Positivity is what we want. And positivity is... And they mean that's what I want.
Right. Now, we have a US, this country corresponding. We do. We were trying to get him linked up so we could get a...
Some kind of voice thing. What is it called? In these days of technology. Go over to our US correspondent.
Yes. So Greg Gethard, who we've obviously had on before. Greg, right. A very, very nice guy that was very kind to talk to us while he was in the sn...
Up to his nuts and snow. Yeah, I was going to say in the middle of one of the worst blizzards everywhere. Anyway, he still spoke to us. So he sent us a bit of a statement of what he thought.
He didn't even heard the news until I sort of messaged him and let him know about it. So this is what he says. He says, I was pissed off at first because why mess with perfection? And I'm afraid the US remake is going to miss the mark and track the record of UK US entertainment conversions is terrible.
But then I saw Paul Feig is the man behind and it is going to be great. Paul was one of the people who helped give us the US office, which isn't just the best remake of a UK original, but could very well be the best US comedy ever. He directed the dinner party episode, which is the most beloved US episode, on top of Michael's final goodbye episode and a few other landmarks. Paul was also co-creator of Freaks and Geeks.
Yeah, that was huge. That was a springboard for so many people and a big stars now. He said, I have zero clue if you're able to watch that in the UK, but that is on the short list of best TV shows in American history. It's up there with the office, Seinfeld, Cheers and Parks and Rec.
And all of our other comedy classics. Even if it was on for just one year, the other person he co-created with is Joe Lapper-Tout. And then unknown cast star James Franco, Seth Rogan, Jason Seagor and Martin Starr. He also wrote and directed Bridesmaids and also was the female co-spest as which he spoke in the bank.
He also grew up in a small Midwestern town in Michigan. That sounds like a bit cheery name. It does look very good. History of Paul Feig.
But he grew up in a small Midwestern town in Michigan. The big reason this country works is because it is specific to the cotswolds, but somehow connected enough to capture small-time life. I was really worried that the US translation would be left to someone who has no experience in our heartland, not that he does. Paul has been in LA for God knows how long now, but he also knows enough to do the work and make it as authentic as to the US rural life as possible.
He is legit, maybe the only person I would trust with this project. So that's a blaze of confirmation there from Greg. So as far as Greg knows, it should be great. I'm positive for it.
Really am still. Nobody swayed me to think that it's just going to be a big pile of do. Dog do. It'd be interesting whether they maybe do the same as they did for the office.
I just don't do it as a pilot and put it like for like as the scarecrow. So that's one of my heart sinks. They don't really have scarecrow festivals. Well, they don't know.
They don't know. The Green Man or whatever is the Burning Man sort of festival. Yeah. I mean, you know, and things like instead of Steam Fair, it'd be a monster truck rally.
Or a barbecue fair. Barbecue fair. Yeah. Why are you looking like that?
I'm really hungry. I just suddenly thought of barbecue. Yeah. We also got a let me see if I can, this will play, sure everything is on.
Who's it from? It's from the one and only Ross Carbon. Oh, of course it is. Ross the boss.
He's left this a little two minute 30 version. This is his views on the whole thing. So let's have a little listen. Hello, this is Ross Carpenter of the dump gang.
These are my thoughts about this country being remade in America. Personally, as with a good deal with people in the group, there is fear that it won't be made to anything like the same level or quality. And I don't think anyone's expecting that it will be made to the same standard. It doesn't really matter to anyone if they do mess it up because we still have the best and original.
But of course, as Charlie and Daisy are involved, I'm really hoping that it is a success. I think when you look at the list of comedies that have gone over to America, there were a few that have actually made it. There was some notable flop that the one that stands out as having succeeded is the office. And what is positive is the person responsible for bringing the office to America is also involved in this project.
So I think that's a real positive. I think there's going to be a challenging getting the right mentality, the right location. I think there's going to be a challenge in getting the people who are performing as to and Daisy to actually sound convincing and not like the vaccine. And I think one of the key things that this country does so well is the cast seem to be so natural.
Then it's almost like we're living the whole thing. We know that's not the case, but they make it seem like they are. And I fear that whoever's acting will be unable to do that in America. I'm positive that it will be taken across with the best intention and that if the right people are on board, which it seems like they are, it might be successful.
I'm not sure America will get it. That's a big fear. But I'm not as down on it as many people are. And rightly so.
I think a lot of people are right to have their doubts because they don't want to see something they love taken to America and shagged. I think that's something that is understandable. Well, thank you very much, Ross. The jinglingling of the keys there was obviously whichever dog insight you was at.
Or a party putting in a bowl. And I thought is he sitting on a road recording that? I just got visions of like it's like 12 o'clock midnight. He's in this dog insight and he's just got the flash of the lights.
So he's just put the keys in the ignition ready to go. And he's ready to go. And he's just got two minutes to give us his views. Or he's a bit distracted because he had a few long pauses near the end.
Maybe there was a guy over the ceiling. And he was a bit distracted. Anyway, Ross, what are you getting? Own time will lead you to that.
I mean, that is all alleged. We don't know that for definite. But thank you very much, Ross, for giving us your expert opinion. Absolutely.
I'm excited to see it. If there is a pilot, it would be nice, unlike the original Kerry, that has been buried in his name, the Holy Grail, I've been able to see that. We hope that if it gets made, I'm assuming it'll get the pilot will get made. There's a bit of a shrug there, who knows?
They can announce these things. And then it can be cancelled at the last minute. Yeah. And then again, if it's Fox, it'll end up on Disney Plus maybe.
It probably will do, won't it? That'll be where they'll stick it. It'll be a Disney Plus show. Yeah.
Suddenly, Disney Army marches all into this country. Daisy and Charlie get swooped up by the House of Mouse. Yeah. And I mean, look, if all else fails, if it goes to another series, if it goes to a series, prove that way, it means we've got more episodes of this podcast.
Because it'll give us something we can talk about it. Oh, great. If they do 22 episodes. We'll go on to 500 episodes of this podcast.
We'll be like retired and still doing it. We will. Live shows, try to get the guests over for the live shows. That'll be awkward, wouldn't it?