FuzzyTagz
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
Chirphymium
It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
filippaberry84
I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
Jackson Booth-Millard
Little Britain became a huge success all over the world, whether it was broadcast in other languages, or remade by other comedians abroad, it is good however that the Americans allowed the original stars to create a spin off for the United States. Basically Matt Lucas and David Walliams bring back some of their most popular characters who are now living in the USA, and obviously they have created some brand new characters who are just are bizarre and in amusingly bad taste. Characters include old favourites Lou and Andy, Vicky Pollard, Daffyd Thomas, Marjorie Dawes, Sebastian Love (now the Prime Minister in love with the President), Bubbles DeVere, Emily Howard, Carol Beer ("Computer says no"), Harvey Pincher ("Bitty"), Linda Flint ("Martin, it's Linda..."), and brand new characters including grandmother Mildred, gym buddies Mark and Tom, little girl Ellie-Grace ("I love you more than..."), the eighth man on the moon Bing Gordyn and many more. Narrated by Tom Baker, and guest stars in the series include Rosie O'Donnell, Geraldine James, Vivica A. Fox, Paul Rudd, Sting, Robert Vaughn and many more. Obviously it is not quite as funny and original as the original series were (the first two being the best, three not as good), but the over the top jokes certainly don't completely disappoint, but the show was apparently a bit of a flop in the States, but it's not bad. It was nominated the Emmy for Outstanding Makeup for a Single Camera Series (Non-prosthetic) and Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie or a Special. Good!
allodcarallo
I've seen Monty Python,Black Adder,The Young One's,etc. And at last i'm finding English humor back on course again.Of course we've got Shameless(When it comes back etc.)But this is REAL British humor,understood by some,and loathed by a lot more!The people from the USA are not used to strong humor,or nudeness(The nipple of J.Jakson of example)And the English humor is maybe to strong for them,but as the USA is soooo BIG there will be a lot of people out there laughing the heads off!!! Or like the internet calls it LOL!!Please watch this series with an open mind.The T.V. was made to entertain people,and this series does just that!!!It's get's all those things out your head for work etc.It makes you laugh,and you just forget about it all!! I've just found out why the American's can't find all the scech's funny because a lot of them are cencered.The one of the two guy's playing in the changing-rooms they are censered BUT the "THINGY" was only 2cm long!!!!Now I now,so you American people watch this great series in the English version of it.It comes uscensored.Enjoy
davideo-2
STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning And so the LB duo have crossed over the Atlantic and brought their peculiarly disgusting humour to the yanks. We've known about it happening for a while, but it's interesting how after about the third series, all the hype and mania about the show (a direct result of them selling out) died down and the series disappeared off our screens for a bit. Lucas got all the publicity for his five minute wedding while Walliams tried (with some success) to pursue serious acting roles, including that of comedy legend Frankie Howard. The series seemed to survive on the occasional comic relief/Christmas special here and there, but the height of it's success, during the 2004/2005 sort of time, just came and went. I must hold my hands up and say I got caught up in it all and loved the series when it first started. While it relied on juvenile gross out sort of humour a lot more than any genuinely intelligent comedic writing, the characters were very well realized and it was a generally good reflection of the state of Britain today. But with Little Britain USA, the signs of a dead horse being flogged are all but clear to see.It's interesting, I note how all the good reviews on this homepage seem to be coming from Americans, who are used to this sort of humour, and all the bad reviews seem to be coming from the British reviewers. This sort of reaction after just two episodes should be saying something. The devil's really in the title: Little Britain USA. As well as the novelty, the perspective has also been lost: it was meant to be a satire of British caricatures and mannerisms, with an emphasis on certain exaggerated characters who embodied them. By lampooning American stereotypes, the boy's have accomplished no more with their style than your average Eddie Murphy film and a lot less successfully. They've also exposed a pathetic desperation to keep their cashcow going by reflecting little 'Britain' in America, including inexplicably moving characters from the UK series, like unhelpful desk clerk Carol Beer (how did she get a transfer to the States if she was so bad at her job?) over there seemingly permanently, as well as favourites Lou and Andy (the same old gag again and again!) and Daffyyd (how he'll stay 'the only gay in the village' is anyone's guess???) in amongst new American characters, all of whom fail to make an impression. All this, by definition makes the show lose all meaning but since the objective now seems to be to sell out as much as possible (they way it's always been, some might say) maybe that happened a long while ago.It was never the most subtle or sophisticated of shows, and stood as much chance of winding you up and getting on your nerves if you weren't in the mood for it as it did making you laugh out loud and that's definitely the feeling here. I've discovered Mitchell and Webb, and in particular Peep Show, since then and comedy with something to fall back on when the gross out stuff fails is definitely the better option. Everything has it's day, but Little Britain hasn't just had it's cake, it's tried to eat it too and in the process spilled the bits everywhere and sent a once enjoyable franchise down the swanney to, well...America. *
brettster
To begin with, I'm a major fan of Little Britain. I consider these guys to be geniuses, on par with Monty Python when it comes to English humor. I own all of their works on DVD and have seen the sketches numerous times. So what happened in the transition from the UK to the USA? We happened to them. For as many great comedies HBO has produced -- The Larry Sanders Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mr. Show, et al. -- somebody at the pay channel really fumbled in bringing this classic British duo to Yankee turf. Here's what happened: they added the clumsiest, most fake-sounding laugh track in the history of television to the soundtrack. WHO thought it was necessary to do this? It sounds like rubbish! I'm talking great hysterical frenzies of laughter, even at the most subtle of jokes (which I know is rare in Little Britain territory). It was so painful to watch the first episode, I abandoned it a quarter of the way through. I really hope they will tone it down in future -- I have been looking forward to Little Britain USA for such a long time, it is terribly dispiriting to see what HBO has done with this grotesque soundtrack.
