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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-09-13 14:35:22 +0000, The True Melissa said:   
   > Verily, in article <10a3t4u$st5$1@gallifrey.nk.ca>, did   
   > doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca deliver unto us this message:   
   >>> The original Red Dwarf was popular internationally but had trouble   
   >>> catching on in the USA, IIRC. Maybe that should have told them   
   >>> something.   
   >>   
   >> Your advice would be?   
   >   
   > I guess my advice would be not to do it, since most Americans don't seem   
   > to go for that style of humor. Those of us who do like it can just watch   
   > the British version.   
      
   The same can be said for all the attempted American remakes of various   
   British comedies. Americans just don't get British comedy ... probably   
   because the shows rarely have lots of loud-mouthed idiots shouting   
   garbage, like most American "comedies" do.  :-p   
      
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