There are a few successes:Being Human, Gladiators(American Gladiators), Queer as Folk, Strictly Come Dancing(Dancing with the Stars), Top Gear, Undercover Boss, What Not to Wear. There are talks to remake The Vicar of Dibley with Kirstie Alley. Calling it The Minister of Divine.
Why do americans feel the need to remake shows which are originally broadcast in the same language they stole? I know why, to take all of the humour out of it.
@AlexRich20 as an American who prefers British versions, I think I can explain this one.there is a bit of a culture barrier that some American's can't get through. On Coupling, for instance, there is a lot of emphasis on "stockings," which is not the term we use in America. The same goes for Tory's, instead of Republicans, and hardly any American's know who Mariella Frostrupp is. By making an American version, it's more accessible to the American's that don't know as much about British Culture.
@youliedanyway Still, if these two versions show anything is that there is more things lost in the translation than those little expressions. It's the humour itself that is lost in the delivery. The only concession I'd say actually worked was The Office, and even then, they rewrote a lot from the ground up (they eased on a lot of the "cruelty" of the original) and it was funny for the first season or so.
@thegrimner No, I agree that most American versions aren't nearly as funny. I'm just explaining why we do it. It's actually remarkable how many words and colloquialisms are different from America to Britain (I'm a dialect coach). As the commenter above was asking why Americans remake a show that is in the same language, I am simply suggesting that these shows are, in a sense, in a different language, because the terms and colloquial phrases vary so greatly from each country.
I'm American, and proud to be one and will die with a flag on my tomb. Yet, there are times that I think we do stupid stuff. As people say, we are capable of producing funny shows and we do it all the time (look at the Chappelle Show). However, the U.K version of this show was just one of the funniest shows I have ever seen in my life. I don't know what the hell we were thinking.
I've honestly never understood why- when Americans are perfectly capable of producing their own amazing comedies- they always nick ours and remake them. It's surely a waste of talent when something new and interesting can be created instead and the original just shown.
US version wasnt too bad but the UK version is still better. American actors uses expressions and actions to draw the crowd's laughters, whereas British actors uses the play of words. Coupling's scripts were originally from Britain, therefore the American actors will never be able to get it right. They tried too hard with silly actions. If you notice, the British actors used their actions to the minimum, the emphasis was on their speech. And that's what its all about with British comedies.
@fruitcakeasylum the acting in the british version is actually more subtle (unless you're using Jack's monologues as a counter example). Acting nervous, insecure, or inept is actually a play on the details. It's not about big gestures. Saying that it's all script is, I think, is not giving the actors enough credit. Of course the script and wonderful directing job is all adding up to it.
Fact is,without UK comedy.....USA has nothing good to laugh about much.lol. We had some good ones but not as classic as yours.AANd keep Graham Norton going,lol. I laugh my butt off when I watch his shows.The red chair is awesome.lol
We had some good ones...? WTF are you on about? The US has had plenty of classic tv shows. Cheers, Night Court, Seinfeld, Friends, Wings, Married With Children, Home Improvement, All In The Family, MASH, the Cosby Show, Sanford and Son, Gilligan's Island... They're classics. The list goes on. So I don't know wtf are you on about. Either you're ignorant and have forgotten, or too young to have seen. And for the record, Tyler Perry's shyte sucks. Not funny, never was.
@ikill4klondikebars F-troop was one of my favorites,thanks for reminding me of some of the old favorites in u.s. We still mess up british comedy when we try to copy it.We each have our own styles of good comedy and I think should stay that way,lol.couplings was as good as any of those shows u mentioned to me accept:sanford,gilligan's, night court, & home improvement,mash.They were greats. also 3-stooges,abott and cost.,laurel and hardy.Maybe i'm too old and forgot,lol
@ikill4klondikebars All in the Family = Till Death Us Do Part (BBC original). Sanford and Son = Steptoe and Son (BBC original)...
I'll grant you Cheers, Home Improvement, MASH (before Alda was exec director). Then again,I'm sure there was a Brit original format that was remade into Cosby Show... maybe another Galton&Simpson one?
The girl in UK version seems more flirty and smiles while US one seems to be snobby.Wow,they are true to form,lol. Jeff was awesome,just got little ackward at end when he came back as a girl in last episode I think,right?Wish he would have came back,but even with him not being there the character was still in perfect form as a woman... which was scary to me.lol.Pleeeease don't stop making great comedy like monty python,faulty towers,Benny hill, and Black adder.Thank you
Every time I watched the US version I thought the actors were trying to play the actors playing the characters from the UK version.
It just goes to show how important direction and acting are to great writing. Steven Moffat is a great writer, and the US cast butchered it. Unforgivable.
Oh dear ... the US version is crap!!! Well, they gotta copy everything, don´t they? The same with "The Office" and many other movies and series ... original still is the best!
I watched the US version before I knew that there was a UK version and I didn't get the US version at all. I didn't like the UK version at first but I turned out to love it so......
How I Met Your Mother is the real US version of Coupling; and it's not at all bad. The trouble with the US Coupling was that they never really tried to make it their own (then again; if you look at the US version of Teachers that might not be a bad thing). 100 Questions (also not great, but better) has a lot of obvious similarities to Coupling (including US-Jeff as part of the cast).
It's funny how the UK and the US version took the same script, and in the UK it was funny, while in America it was stupid. Probably because "Jeff" thought he was on Friends.
@FearRain fine.....but as for this video, I just want to make it clear to all that us Americans by and large find the newer American version of the great English show to be very sad.....
The classic Coupling was not in need to being "improved"
No contest, UK version the original and best. The cast of the UK version had such brilliant chemistry and comedial(?) timing. The writing of course was UK, that says it all.
on behalf of America i apologize for the US version of Coupling. No one can replace Richard Coyle as Jeff. Not sure why they made a US version since half the stuff that made Cupling great America can't pull off.
@SahalafidN They can't stand ANYONE doing something better than themselves. They are so inward looking that they think that if they show something from abroad it is somehow under mining their constitution. Advertisers think that they will be seen as Unamerican (crime worse than genocide) if they endorse a foreign made anything. They even took a WW2 submarine episode where a British sub was heroic and changed it to a US sub!!! The gall of it, rewriting history, god forgive them.
US ruined the coupling they ruined Taxi basicly they messed up ewry european movie even the F117 isn`t invisible in Europe believe me i`m from Serbia we took one down
Nope, sorry sir!! The UK is way funnier in every aspect. US can't even come up with good shows, that's why they have to go and copy the UK!!!! British comedy is awesome!
In the US version, Colin Ferguson was a really good Patrick. And I thought Lindsay Price was decent as Jane too. In fact I daresay those two were better than the original UK cast. At least as far as acceptability to a US audience.
However, the other 4 were made much worse. Especially Jeff, as demonstrated here. Jeff is supposed to be quirky and awkward, which Richard Coyle captured perfectly. The US actor (Christopher Moynihan) was totally wrong for the role, and ruined the character.
Coupling doesn't get any better than Jeff, it's a shame he wasn't around in series 4, BUT SERIES 4 WAS STILL FUNNY, it had great writing.
US Office = the best
RIcky Gervais' office was funny, but I thought it was too embarrassing to watch. To me Steve Carell pulls off being an idiot in a funnier way than Ricky Gervais.
@Leewise1 How can you pick the US Office over the Office? Your reason against the original is the entire point, It's supposed to be embarrassing humour.
The US version might as well have an entirely new name and say it was inspired by the Office.
@Leewise1 I agree about UK Coupling being better, the US version was doomed from the start, it would never have worked. US/UK office I like them both, the UK office did look more like a real documentary but Steve Carell is great as the boss. David Brent and Michael Scott are both really unlikeable people in their own way.
partially that, but there was also the piss poor delivery of the line. With Jeff it felt like what he meant to say was something like, is that a good book? With American guy pretending to be Jeff it sounded like he meant to say something like, I'm surprised that you can actually read.
It's the difference between being an idiot and an ass hole. An idiot means to say something nice, but it comes out wrong, an ass hole means to say something mean and wants you to take it as a compliment
Why do they sell their rights to these assholes? It just ruined the show. The UK version will always be the best. As well as in The Office. Why do they do this? It's just so damn painful to watch lol
Well, the US Office is pretty damn funny - as for the US version of this; it was destined to never work out. The original is way to perverse to translate to American television.
HeyJaw you said "The original is way to perverse to translate to American television." And im not tryin to pick a fight but this show the original British verison of Coupling aired on television well before the American version, the edited only swear words but nothin was left out as far as subject matter. The studio who did the American version must have felt that a show about Brits wouldnt work as well in America. Though they should have just played the original show rather then reinvent it.
As I understand it they have to make a US version because they can't show the UK version on broadcast (terrestrial) tv due to censors, they show the UK version on BBC America, and I agree that the UK version is lightyears better than the US version.
This is not right! Coupling is flawless genius, why change it? I can't beleive they made a US version! (I'm from the UK so I'm biased but even so!) How can you have Jeff without a welsh accent?!!
why does the us have to make their own versions of everything they did it with red dwarf the office and now this and there all shit (actually the american office was alright but still) its like their going "noooooooooooooo it r not amricn IT MUST BE CLENSED
I think it' s because if they don't make their own and broadcast UK versions, Americans will probably start watching European shows instead, and won't watch American ones anymore....
I am American, but I thank God that I somehow missed the American adaptation of this show. I knew of it's existence because the UK version was (briefly) carried on public television, and I caught one episode (the one with the dildo modelled after Patrick that Steve accidentally gave to Susan's parents).
Recently I watched the entire UK show on Netflix, and if this little clip is any indicator, no wonder Steven Moffat was so disgusted with his experience with NBC.
This is an example of "political correctness" taking over U.S. television... can't say something slightly demeaning about a woman without making the man look as dumb as Homer Simpson.
obviously seeing the same joke for the second time will not be as funny for those of us who have seen the British series, but for those Americans who dint have the opportunity to see the British one, this one was prob somewhat funny to them.
Awful! No wonder why it lasted so short In the U.S., God Awful! Was it a Brit trying to "dumb it down" for us? Steve Moffat needs to watch more Seinfeld before attempting another TV show across the pond. If it was a U.S. mistake...no excuse! Go right to the execution! Besides no way to imporve the U.K. version, it was perfect.
See my previous post... Moffat wasn't trying to dumb it down; NBC was interfering with production decisions in an attempt to pacify several affiliates (that were owned by religious organizations) who refused to carry the show.
If they wanted to watch the same exact plot and story that worked, why would they remake it??? And then remake it HORRIBLY! Bad acting. OVER acting, bad casting, bad directing. It's like they really tried to capture the magic of the BBC version and then added a flavor called.. what's the word? Oh, crap. That's it.
Please The Simpsons beats Family Guy any day:) I have to give you applaus for remembering Fawlty Towers, too few people recognize the billiance acting of Cleese in that serie.
US version was god awful. I remember when NBC was hyping it as the replacement for friends. Lasted 4 episodes I think. We can't make good versions of UK shows. The UK Office is better as well. US is good UK is great.
But if you guys think this clip was bad. You should try and find the US version of Fawlty Towers with Bea Arthur. Yes the same Bea Arthur from Maude & the Golden Girls.
Called "Amanda's" 1983. That was torture. The UN prohibits it's showing to detainees.
I watched the US version when it came out, I really thought it would be as funny as the original, but it sucked balls!!! This clip shows exactly the difference. UK's Jeff seems real with his trademark nervousness, most of the guys can relate to. The US Jeff seems fake and over acting with bad delivery. I call it Friends syndrome. I hope in the future they don't mess with what was the best, and just keep it as is.
The UK Jeff makes me laugh - even with just this one line!. This US ... guy (I refuse to call him Jeff) makes me want to run away from my computer (screaming).
It was remade because of American censorship. They say things like "shit" and "for christ's sake" in the UK version that people would flip out over and bitch about over here, rather than taking it for the hilarious bliss that it really is.
Never understood how the world's largest porn distributor could get so upset over a little swearing, but that's just me I guess.
I will never understand why tv can't just show the ORIGINAL versions here in America. Why must we remake every good foreign show? UK Coupling was amzing, US Coupling made me ashamed. I love British humor, I love American humor(well, classic American humor). I hate Americans trying to do British humor. It just fails.
There was a US Coupling?
Le1u 3 months ago
uk+1 :)
MadRayX 4 months ago
There are a few successes:Being Human, Gladiators(American Gladiators), Queer as Folk, Strictly Come Dancing(Dancing with the Stars), Top Gear, Undercover Boss, What Not to Wear. There are talks to remake The Vicar of Dibley with Kirstie Alley. Calling it The Minister of Divine.
truediva18 5 months ago
Why do americans feel the need to remake shows which are originally broadcast in the same language they stole? I know why, to take all of the humour out of it.
AlexRich20 6 months ago
@AlexRich20 as an American who prefers British versions, I think I can explain this one.there is a bit of a culture barrier that some American's can't get through. On Coupling, for instance, there is a lot of emphasis on "stockings," which is not the term we use in America. The same goes for Tory's, instead of Republicans, and hardly any American's know who Mariella Frostrupp is. By making an American version, it's more accessible to the American's that don't know as much about British Culture.
youliedanyway 5 months ago
@youliedanyway Still, if these two versions show anything is that there is more things lost in the translation than those little expressions. It's the humour itself that is lost in the delivery. The only concession I'd say actually worked was The Office, and even then, they rewrote a lot from the ground up (they eased on a lot of the "cruelty" of the original) and it was funny for the first season or so.
thegrimner 5 months ago
@thegrimner No, I agree that most American versions aren't nearly as funny. I'm just explaining why we do it. It's actually remarkable how many words and colloquialisms are different from America to Britain (I'm a dialect coach). As the commenter above was asking why Americans remake a show that is in the same language, I am simply suggesting that these shows are, in a sense, in a different language, because the terms and colloquial phrases vary so greatly from each country.
youliedanyway 5 months ago
sanford and son was a copy of a british show called "steptoe and son"..
junkman19571 6 months ago
I'm American, and proud to be one and will die with a flag on my tomb. Yet, there are times that I think we do stupid stuff. As people say, we are capable of producing funny shows and we do it all the time (look at the Chappelle Show). However, the U.K version of this show was just one of the funniest shows I have ever seen in my life. I don't know what the hell we were thinking.
gsil247 7 months ago
Why the fuck must Yankees always have their own version of things? Pathetic wankers.
SturmUndDrang13 7 months ago
i had no idea there was an american version... :/
Avans43 7 months ago
I've honestly never understood why- when Americans are perfectly capable of producing their own amazing comedies- they always nick ours and remake them. It's surely a waste of talent when something new and interesting can be created instead and the original just shown.
DCLynneHaddock 8 months ago 3
WTF IS THIS ???? UK coupling FTW!
Unclehemp 9 months ago
UK for the win
TheBritishguy93 10 months ago
US version wasnt too bad but the UK version is still better. American actors uses expressions and actions to draw the crowd's laughters, whereas British actors uses the play of words. Coupling's scripts were originally from Britain, therefore the American actors will never be able to get it right. They tried too hard with silly actions. If you notice, the British actors used their actions to the minimum, the emphasis was on their speech. And that's what its all about with British comedies.
fruitcakeasylum 11 months ago 5
@fruitcakeasylum I think you're bloody right, sir/miss.
macafu 10 months ago
@macafu miss :D thanks for verifying it. hahas
fruitcakeasylum 10 months ago
@fruitcakeasylum My pleasure, hahaha
macafu 10 months ago
@fruitcakeasylum the acting in the british version is actually more subtle (unless you're using Jack's monologues as a counter example). Acting nervous, insecure, or inept is actually a play on the details. It's not about big gestures. Saying that it's all script is, I think, is not giving the actors enough credit. Of course the script and wonderful directing job is all adding up to it.
WilfriedAnonymo 3 months ago
@WilfriedAnonymo That was what i mean! Their acting is very subtle and not about big gestures at all.
fruitcakeasylum 2 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
U.S. version was better
DefenceDon 1 year ago
I didn't realize it was possible to screw up anything of Steven Moffat's... This is almost as bad as the US version of The Office
severeboredom 1 year ago 2
Way to abuse a laugh track, Coupling...
justiceiscoming 1 year ago
Fact is,without UK comedy.....USA has nothing good to laugh about much.lol. We had some good ones but not as classic as yours.AANd keep Graham Norton going,lol. I laugh my butt off when I watch his shows.The red chair is awesome.lol
thunderdell369 1 year ago
@thunderdell369
We had some good ones...? WTF are you on about? The US has had plenty of classic tv shows. Cheers, Night Court, Seinfeld, Friends, Wings, Married With Children, Home Improvement, All In The Family, MASH, the Cosby Show, Sanford and Son, Gilligan's Island... They're classics. The list goes on. So I don't know wtf are you on about. Either you're ignorant and have forgotten, or too young to have seen. And for the record, Tyler Perry's shyte sucks. Not funny, never was.
ikill4klondikebars 9 months ago
@ikill4klondikebars F-troop was one of my favorites,thanks for reminding me of some of the old favorites in u.s. We still mess up british comedy when we try to copy it.We each have our own styles of good comedy and I think should stay that way,lol.couplings was as good as any of those shows u mentioned to me accept:sanford,gilligan's, night court, & home improvement,mash.They were greats. also 3-stooges,abott and cost.,laurel and hardy.Maybe i'm too old and forgot,lol
thunderdell369 9 months ago
@ikill4klondikebars All in the Family = Till Death Us Do Part (BBC original). Sanford and Son = Steptoe and Son (BBC original)...
I'll grant you Cheers, Home Improvement, MASH (before Alda was exec director). Then again,I'm sure there was a Brit original format that was remade into Cosby Show... maybe another Galton&Simpson one?
alcockell 6 months ago
@alcockell The 2nd Cosby show that ran 4 years--just called Cosby--was based from a British show called One Foot in the Grave.
truediva18 5 months ago
The girl in UK version seems more flirty and smiles while US one seems to be snobby.Wow,they are true to form,lol. Jeff was awesome,just got little ackward at end when he came back as a girl in last episode I think,right?Wish he would have came back,but even with him not being there the character was still in perfect form as a woman... which was scary to me.lol.Pleeeease don't stop making great comedy like monty python,faulty towers,Benny hill, and Black adder.Thank you
thunderdell369 1 year ago
us version sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!
AQneusermis 1 year ago
wow our version really sucked! :(
Rangerfan194 1 year ago 3
Dear God! UK soooo much better!
RockstarVaci 1 year ago 2
omg..... poeple in US. if you were watching the us version. my goodd it sucks!! i never knew a usa version existed.
anurek123 1 year ago
Every time I watched the US version I thought the actors were trying to play the actors playing the characters from the UK version.
It just goes to show how important direction and acting are to great writing. Steven Moffat is a great writer, and the US cast butchered it. Unforgivable.
mpc91 1 year ago
I'm from US and gotta say,sorry UK Jeff is better,lol. UK makes the great comedy and US just messes it up.lol.
thunderdell369 1 year ago
@thunderdell369 and here is the proof, the UK jeff is and always will be the best.
draklorian 1 year ago 2
Oh dear ... the US version is crap!!! Well, they gotta copy everything, don´t they? The same with "The Office" and many other movies and series ... original still is the best!
Leecher4711 1 year ago 2
Almost as bad as the US version of Red Dwarf
no1mafiaman 1 year ago
@no1mafiaman oh no, they took that too did they?
draklorian 1 year ago
Sad part, they used the same script but the humor is different and it's hard to get American actors that are good at British comedy.
larrystarstruck 1 year ago
They made a US version?!
mrjimmyos 1 year ago
Even an african or japanese version would be more hillarious then this american crap...
Nothing can beat the original Couplings.
Serekh84 1 year ago
why would they even make a US version? it was perfect with the UK version! D:
happybunnyntx 1 year ago
is there anything good about the us version? yuck!
krofiterol 1 year ago
I can´t stand the american version of "Coupling"... but I like the show "How I met your mother" though...
OLESEN1981 1 year ago
I don't mean to offend anyone but UK comedy is far better. It's what we do best.
sam8110 1 year ago 2
I watched the US version before I knew that there was a UK version and I didn't get the US version at all. I didn't like the UK version at first but I turned out to love it so......
soysauce55 1 year ago
no. just no. if you never saw the original, the US might be funny, but it has nothing on the UK Coupling.
No1KnuckleheadNinja 1 year ago
Did the laugh track on the US version start before he even finished the joke?
ScrewedUpMinds 1 year ago
Thing is though the writer (Steven Moffat) of the UK version was an executive producer, I think its the bad acting that ruined it.
k33fy 1 year ago
How I Met Your Mother is the real US version of Coupling; and it's not at all bad. The trouble with the US Coupling was that they never really tried to make it their own (then again; if you look at the US version of Teachers that might not be a bad thing). 100 Questions (also not great, but better) has a lot of obvious similarities to Coupling (including US-Jeff as part of the cast).
Faboba 1 year ago
God, it's like they just did exactly the same show but transplanted US actors in it. What a waste of time and money.
Brittonsp 1 year ago 2
ok im american and i love the uk version it is so much better
dont hate us because most americans like the uk version
3CheesyTacos 1 year ago 3
U.K. coupling is the best the americans just copied it
nemanjanikolic781 1 year ago
It's funny how the UK and the US version took the same script, and in the UK it was funny, while in America it was stupid. Probably because "Jeff" thought he was on Friends.
thevampirefrog06 1 year ago
they have seeeriously overdone the laughter on the us version..
asdflax 1 year ago
There's no point immitating the legendary Jeff.
pretzelberg 1 year ago
ok...first, I dont want the rest of the world to try to blame all us Americans for what we all see clearly in this clip.
Clearly the show that was re-worked for viewers in America is about the crappiest thing ever made....
BUT, lets remember that the reason they even tried to re-make the show is that millions of Americans fell in love with the original version....
It not all our fault this 2nd crap made it on film....
AlanMolstad 1 year ago
@AlanMolstad I will still blame you americans for having people that suck at life...
FearRain 1 year ago
@FearRain fine.....but as for this video, I just want to make it clear to all that us Americans by and large find the newer American version of the great English show to be very sad.....
The classic Coupling was not in need to being "improved"
AlanMolstad 1 year ago
US jeff sucks ass
themunster 1 year ago
@themunster everything in the us version coupling sucks
DennisBentulan 1 year ago
No contest, UK version the original and best. The cast of the UK version had such brilliant chemistry and comedial(?) timing. The writing of course was UK, that says it all.
DeanFirefly 1 year ago
Jeff > fakejeff
evocthurner 1 year ago
on behalf of America i apologize for the US version of Coupling. No one can replace Richard Coyle as Jeff. Not sure why they made a US version since half the stuff that made Cupling great America can't pull off.
mmgringoire2 1 year ago 11
Us version sux....why they do that?
SahalafidN 1 year ago
@SahalafidN They can't stand ANYONE doing something better than themselves. They are so inward looking that they think that if they show something from abroad it is somehow under mining their constitution. Advertisers think that they will be seen as Unamerican (crime worse than genocide) if they endorse a foreign made anything. They even took a WW2 submarine episode where a British sub was heroic and changed it to a US sub!!! The gall of it, rewriting history, god forgive them.
DeanFirefly 1 year ago 2
US ruined the coupling they ruined Taxi basicly they messed up ewry european movie even the F117 isn`t invisible in Europe believe me i`m from Serbia we took one down
Stiv1982 1 year ago
The US version looks forced to me. It's a different humor style and in some ways, I like British comedy better.
larrystarstruck 1 year ago
uk version was so much better. maybe it was because the us version just rehashed all the scenes with less funny characters
shineyK9 1 year ago
The UK version is better!!
THE OFFICE is BETTER than the one in USA (btw)
IbizaRepublice 1 year ago
@IbizaRepublice UK one is better.
The US Office is better. But the UK one is still funny.
Nabroleon 1 year ago
@Nabroleon
Nope, sorry sir!! The UK is way funnier in every aspect. US can't even come up with good shows, that's why they have to go and copy the UK!!!! British comedy is awesome!
IbizaRepublice 1 year ago
In the US version, Colin Ferguson was a really good Patrick. And I thought Lindsay Price was decent as Jane too. In fact I daresay those two were better than the original UK cast. At least as far as acceptability to a US audience.
However, the other 4 were made much worse. Especially Jeff, as demonstrated here. Jeff is supposed to be quirky and awkward, which Richard Coyle captured perfectly. The US actor (Christopher Moynihan) was totally wrong for the role, and ruined the character.
notme222 1 year ago
@notme222 nah dude i say gina is a better jane. i can agree with colin a lil. ben is cool.
3939allen 1 year ago
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someguywithvideos 1 year ago
I resent that. I'm American and I AM JEFF!
Jonstern1983 1 year ago
@Jonstern1983
on film not i real life
AnaMarija111 1 year ago
@someguywithvideos
I agree
AnaMarija111 1 year ago
U.K. version is the best!!!
RaOsV 1 year ago 88
U.S. version was sad and full of bad actors.
MPatrick1970 1 year ago 32
NBC thought it would be a perfect idea to remake one of the best British comedies...WELL THEY WERE BLOODY WRONG!!!!
someguywithvideos 1 year ago 5
UK Coupling = the best
Coupling doesn't get any better than Jeff, it's a shame he wasn't around in series 4, BUT SERIES 4 WAS STILL FUNNY, it had great writing.
US Office = the best
RIcky Gervais' office was funny, but I thought it was too embarrassing to watch. To me Steve Carell pulls off being an idiot in a funnier way than Ricky Gervais.
Leewise1 2 years ago 6
@Leewise1 How can you pick the US Office over the Office? Your reason against the original is the entire point, It's supposed to be embarrassing humour.
The US version might as well have an entirely new name and say it was inspired by the Office.
GaiashKetoji 2 years ago
@GaiashKetoji
i like the uk version
the us one is stupid
AnaMarija111 1 year ago
@Leewise1 I agree about UK Coupling being better, the US version was doomed from the start, it would never have worked. US/UK office I like them both, the UK office did look more like a real documentary but Steve Carell is great as the boss. David Brent and Michael Scott are both really unlikeable people in their own way.
DiverforPort 2 years ago
I agree also I prefer Jim to Tim...
Jim: nice guy, likes to have fun with people, only serious when things effect him personally, great chemistry with his female costar.
Tim: average guy, likes to belittle people, mostly serious, but with a few moments of fun, little to no chemistry with his female costar.
Jonstern1983 1 year ago
Not all the actor's fault, poor fake laughs placement too.
ElPolloDiablo100 2 years ago
partially that, but there was also the piss poor delivery of the line. With Jeff it felt like what he meant to say was something like, is that a good book? With American guy pretending to be Jeff it sounded like he meant to say something like, I'm surprised that you can actually read.
It's the difference between being an idiot and an ass hole. An idiot means to say something nice, but it comes out wrong, an ass hole means to say something mean and wants you to take it as a compliment
Jonstern1983 1 year ago
Jeff is better from the UK
forgetitforever 2 years ago 7
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someguywithvideos 1 year ago
omg the US acting was horrendous.what fn american is that retarded? its the actor fault .its no wonder yull never see him again.
ThundaLippz 2 years ago 5
The acting in that little bit of coupling us seemed really forced, like he was reading something. It seemed unnatural at best
Estmaraver 2 years ago 4
Uk coupling is better than US better actors I think!
now Us office is way better than Uk office!!!
Essendordrecht 2 years ago 7
Why do they sell their rights to these assholes? It just ruined the show. The UK version will always be the best. As well as in The Office. Why do they do this? It's just so damn painful to watch lol
Duvessa7 2 years ago 5
@Duvessa7 its all about the money.
forphuksake 2 years ago 2
Well, the US Office is pretty damn funny - as for the US version of this; it was destined to never work out. The original is way to perverse to translate to American television.
HeyJaw 2 years ago
HeyJaw you said "The original is way to perverse to translate to American television." And im not tryin to pick a fight but this show the original British verison of Coupling aired on television well before the American version, the edited only swear words but nothin was left out as far as subject matter. The studio who did the American version must have felt that a show about Brits wouldnt work as well in America. Though they should have just played the original show rather then reinvent it.
Blue24U 2 years ago
@Duvessa7
i agree.
ricky gervais is brilliant.
RestmyChemistry13 2 years ago
I didn't even know there was a US one.
It looks terrible.
444Riku 2 years ago 7
The English version will always be better than the US version. Same goes for the office.
TheJaded 2 years ago 7
@TheJaded
the british have better actors and a better sence of humor thats my opinion
AnaMarija111 1 year ago 4
i suppose america is too stupid to enjoy quality comedy, so they have to lessen the standards for them to watch a series...
This is a crime UK coupling is the best series that has been, is and always wil be there
chefkochjay 2 years ago 4
Yeah, and the girl in UK's version was much more beautiful.
asmodeus585 2 years ago 5
Bollocks!
Uljmanski 2 years ago
US Coupling is terrible, it's not funny at all, it just feels awkward watching it. The UK version on the other hand is absolutely brilliant.
The actor playing Jeff in the US version is not funny at all, he's completely different from UK Jeff who is probably the best on the show.
gunseng2 2 years ago 5
no way steve is the best or have you forgotten lesbian spank inferno
CaptainHellblaze 2 years ago 5
@gunseng2
the uk jeff is confused and funny
the us one is an asshole and insulting
AnaMarija111 1 year ago 3
America really needs to stop messing with UK tv-show. The should come up with their own ideas, or air the the uk orignals on BBCAmerica.
Roxydowie 2 years ago 5
As I understand it they have to make a US version because they can't show the UK version on broadcast (terrestrial) tv due to censors, they show the UK version on BBC America, and I agree that the UK version is lightyears better than the US version.
1991Historybuff 2 years ago
This is not right! Coupling is flawless genius, why change it? I can't beleive they made a US version! (I'm from the UK so I'm biased but even so!) How can you have Jeff without a welsh accent?!!
mousesandwich 2 years ago 7
@mousesandwich
I agree the us one stinks
AnaMarija111 1 year ago
I wish they would do more seasons! UK version I mean.....US version is weird watching....
unshutoptic1 2 years ago
@unshutoptic1
yes me too
AnaMarija111 1 year ago
us version is sucks!
burcinbb 2 years ago 4
nice english idiot
and the english version is better than the us version
strikeout1991 2 years ago
US Jeff looks like a retarded idiot and probably is too :-) UK Jeff is very funny!
pradeeptubeu 2 years ago 5
Im African-American and I think this US version sucks.
I watch the original versions reruns on the BBC "on-demand" channel.
They shouldnt have made this half assed attempt, anyway as u can see it didnt last
KriistalKleerDiamond 2 years ago 4
How did they ever think this was going to work out in the US? Should have kept it in the UK. It was much funnier.
Jubernack 2 years ago 7
british one is funnier american one you don't get much difference in acting
swiv2d 2 years ago 5
Oh, I miss this show! The British one, of course.
Eduarodi 2 years ago 6
why does the us have to make their own versions of everything they did it with red dwarf the office and now this and there all shit (actually the american office was alright but still) its like their going "noooooooooooooo it r not amricn IT MUST BE CLENSED
xboxbandit 2 years ago 7
UK Jeff is sooo much better than US Jeff.
lghngslly09 2 years ago 67
I think it' s because if they don't make their own and broadcast UK versions, Americans will probably start watching European shows instead, and won't watch American ones anymore....
tickle2012 2 years ago
OMG i can't believe there's a US VERSION. that SUXS! JEFF is sooo MUCH hotter in the UK version.
sreng1104 2 years ago 2
Why couldn't they just broadcast the UK version?
UK accents are that offensive to US networks?
The US BUTCHERED Life on Mars into a shitty starsky clone (wtf)
and coupling has become mediocre...
johnaiton 2 years ago 4
hahhahaha UK Jess is the funniest!
Us one not at all...
moneyISwallpaper 2 years ago 6
It seems that, on american television, you can hardly broadcast foreign tv shows...even when they are shot in english.
Lack of open-mindedness?
Too bad for those who only saw the US version: they really missed something because Coupling US is truly a disaster.
Come on guys: Richard Coyle is irreplaceable
3LIYAH83 2 years ago 7
oh my god, how do you even get the idea? how often do remakes work, i ask you?
the uk version rules, the us version is just sad.
hypersoundwave 2 years ago 5
totally agree
and im in the US...
moneyISwallpaper 2 years ago 4
Whyyyyy would they make an American version?
freddy2fan 2 years ago 2
my god, americans surely know how to fuck up things. From Iraq to good brittish sitcoms, they all screwed it up
smudzi 2 years ago 11
I am American, but I thank God that I somehow missed the American adaptation of this show. I knew of it's existence because the UK version was (briefly) carried on public television, and I caught one episode (the one with the dildo modelled after Patrick that Steve accidentally gave to Susan's parents).
Recently I watched the entire UK show on Netflix, and if this little clip is any indicator, no wonder Steven Moffat was so disgusted with his experience with NBC.
phoenixshade3 2 years ago 3
absolutelly i prefer coupling UK, american Jeff is so so so dump, he´s no funny, i don´t like him.
UK rules!!!!!
meineschonste 2 years ago 2
This is an example of "political correctness" taking over U.S. television... can't say something slightly demeaning about a woman without making the man look as dumb as Homer Simpson.
I give the Americanization a -1.
suburbanindie 2 years ago 5
Besides, remember it was an Israeli woman...
asmodeus585 2 years ago 2
the US version just sucked!!!
moderndesignworks 2 years ago 7
Us Jeff is simple just tryin too hard! Urk!
Uk (Y) :-)
Calzibriuz 2 years ago
obviously seeing the same joke for the second time will not be as funny for those of us who have seen the British series, but for those Americans who dint have the opportunity to see the British one, this one was prob somewhat funny to them.
flickers1988 2 years ago
Awful! No wonder why it lasted so short In the U.S., God Awful! Was it a Brit trying to "dumb it down" for us? Steve Moffat needs to watch more Seinfeld before attempting another TV show across the pond. If it was a U.S. mistake...no excuse! Go right to the execution! Besides no way to imporve the U.K. version, it was perfect.
bargerb04 2 years ago 2
See my previous post... Moffat wasn't trying to dumb it down; NBC was interfering with production decisions in an attempt to pacify several affiliates (that were owned by religious organizations) who refused to carry the show.
phoenixshade3 2 years ago
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bargerb04 2 years ago
you cannot beat Richard Coyle!!! Coupling UK, no question!
boredom747 2 years ago 7
I agree completely!
Boohahascaredyou 2 years ago 2
Oh dear! One word: Gutted!
PrincessSisi87 2 years ago 2
Ohh my god no.
UK UK UK ALL THE WAY
Geoff/Jeff, who cares, is WAYYY better in UK,, awesome accent ;)
zeebe10 2 years ago 6
UK all the way
zxcvnmtgb 2 years ago 6
Coupling UK wins!! Funniest comedy ever made!!
That is my vote from Dallas, TX.
timthecop 2 years ago 7
UK > US.
girliemags 2 years ago 7
cringe
Kyrano 2 years ago
UK UK UK UK
Benny1642 2 years ago 9
i love the original...
COUPLING UK!!!
there's no doubt
i like the us productions, but i really love this version... i like the humour and all.. i mean the UK version it's better...
that's it!!!
monik0301 2 years ago
They have a US version? It seems horrible. Why would they bother?
lemonylover13 3 years ago 4
it only lasted 3 eps lol
razingking 2 years ago 3
If they wanted to watch the same exact plot and story that worked, why would they remake it??? And then remake it HORRIBLY! Bad acting. OVER acting, bad casting, bad directing. It's like they really tried to capture the magic of the BBC version and then added a flavor called.. what's the word? Oh, crap. That's it.
skycalen 3 years ago 11
Trying to recreate the pure gold that is British humour by slapping it in America with Americans leads only to failure.
You want to laugh at British comedy?, watch British comedy.
nurizeko 3 years ago 10
It worked pretty well for Three's Company / Man About The House. Seems to be working for The Office as well.
philnolan3d 2 years ago
funniest shows.
1. Coupling
2. Fawlty Towers
3. Seinfeld
4. Family Guy
jaytel69 3 years ago
Please The Simpsons beats Family Guy any day:) I have to give you applaus for remembering Fawlty Towers, too few people recognize the billiance acting of Cleese in that serie.
Baal1985 2 years ago
Titus should be on that list too the best show right after coupling
ssegrub 2 years ago
Futurama kicks both Family Guy and The Simpsons asses.
fabarati 2 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Please nothing beats the simpsons:)
Baal1985 2 years ago
US version was god awful. I remember when NBC was hyping it as the replacement for friends. Lasted 4 episodes I think. We can't make good versions of UK shows. The UK Office is better as well. US is good UK is great.
But if you guys think this clip was bad. You should try and find the US version of Fawlty Towers with Bea Arthur. Yes the same Bea Arthur from Maude & the Golden Girls.
Called "Amanda's" 1983. That was torture. The UN prohibits it's showing to detainees.
jaytel69 3 years ago 4
umm ok there's no competition. UK UK UK UK!!!
ahsjkc816 3 years ago 8
someone needs to hit the moron who let it be made in the US
ssegrub 3 years ago 7
I watched the US version when it came out, I really thought it would be as funny as the original, but it sucked balls!!! This clip shows exactly the difference. UK's Jeff seems real with his trademark nervousness, most of the guys can relate to. The US Jeff seems fake and over acting with bad delivery. I call it Friends syndrome. I hope in the future they don't mess with what was the best, and just keep it as is.
moderndesignworks 3 years ago 3
And to whoever said: "We miscast actors because they're better looking." Heretic bastard! Sarah Alexander is an angel compared to Rena Sofer!
makokun9 3 years ago
us version sucked ass. no wonder why they cancelled it so fast.
makokun9 3 years ago 6
pardon, welsh accent
misskittie1313 3 years ago
The UK Jeff makes me laugh - even with just this one line!. This US ... guy (I refuse to call him Jeff) makes me want to run away from my computer (screaming).
Juul122 3 years ago 3
i've only ever seen the uk version... why remake it? i love the uk jeff!!!!!! with his scottish accent and all, too funny
misskittie1313 3 years ago
I hope you're joking cos thats the funniest Welsh accent he's got "Brilliant"
American one looks Gay!!!
cabelas1987 3 years ago
It was remade because of American censorship. They say things like "shit" and "for christ's sake" in the UK version that people would flip out over and bitch about over here, rather than taking it for the hilarious bliss that it really is.
Never understood how the world's largest porn distributor could get so upset over a little swearing, but that's just me I guess.
mrharryballzonya 3 years ago 3
I will never understand why tv can't just show the ORIGINAL versions here in America. Why must we remake every good foreign show? UK Coupling was amzing, US Coupling made me ashamed. I love British humor, I love American humor(well, classic American humor). I hate Americans trying to do British humor. It just fails.
disny07 3 years ago 12
There's an American version of COUPLING now? Jeez... that's *horrible*!
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