I was never a fan of Little Britain when it was shown on the BBC, and Little Britain USA is just as bad. Little Britain and Little Britain USA is basically a sketch show with a collection of 'colourful' characters, like Vicky Pollard, the chav schoolgirl, Bubbles, the overweight nudist, Lou and Andy, the fake disable guy and his carer, Daffyd Thomas, the homophobic Welsh gay, etc, with some American buddies like the gym buddies, the mother and daughter team Ellie and Grace where they tell each other how much they love each other until one of them comes up with something vulgar (like double ended didoes) and Phyllis Church and Mr. Doggy, a woman who does inapproitate things in the disguise of her King Charles Spaniel.
They are several problems with Little Britain and the American Spin-off. Firstly once you heard one of the jokes, like Vicky Pollard's 'yeah but no but' or seeing Andy getting out of his wheelchair when Lou isn't looking, then you don't need to see or hear it again, but Matt Lucas and David Walliams are poor writers and just go over the same territory over and over again. At the same time the fans of the show just lap it up and love it. The catchphrases from the show have become a part of British culture and can get very annoying. Because they is such little room for continuing the show in Britain the characters are taken to other places like Thailand and obviously the US. Secondly, the show is vulgar, it is perfectly willing to go to the lowest common denominator just to get a cheap laugh, like seeing someone grotesque naked or watching a woman urinating whilst talking to someone. The show has been criticised for being sexist, racist, homophobic, and ageist, basically annoying a lot of people on the left and right. I say its borderline and does cross the line sometimes. The offers no intelligence to the audience, has no clever jokes at all. It crude and crass. The characters are horrible and they is no point to the show. They is little originality and because of the show ability to repeat itself all the time any novelty goes off really quickly.
They has been a real decline in British comedy over the years. Gone are the days where great shows like Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, the Young Ones, etc... are long gone, and the BBC keeps rubbish show after rubbish show like After You're Gone, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and Coming of Age. But they are still some gems like Peep Show, the Office and to a lesser extent Extras, as well as panel shows like Have I Got News for You and Mock the Week. I personally recommend shows like that way above Little Britain and Little Britain USA.
What surprises me most is that it s HBO that shows Little Britain USA. How can a channel that has made top-quality like the Soparnos, Oz, Deadwood, Rome, etc... show this rubbish to its audience? Do the executives think that just because the show is British that it means it's high quality? It doesn't. The saving grace in my made is that the American critics have panned the show and audience figures were low in the states. It does show that America does have taste and in recent years have overtaken Britain in quality in a number of areas in entertainment. Top-quality British shows are becoming less and less frequent. As well Little Britain USA has not be renewed for a new series which is good news.
They are several problems with Little Britain and the American Spin-off. Firstly once you heard one of the jokes, like Vicky Pollard's 'yeah but no but' or seeing Andy getting out of his wheelchair when Lou isn't looking, then you don't need to see or hear it again, but Matt Lucas and David Walliams are poor writers and just go over the same territory over and over again. At the same time the fans of the show just lap it up and love it. The catchphrases from the show have become a part of British culture and can get very annoying. Because they is such little room for continuing the show in Britain the characters are taken to other places like Thailand and obviously the US. Secondly, the show is vulgar, it is perfectly willing to go to the lowest common denominator just to get a cheap laugh, like seeing someone grotesque naked or watching a woman urinating whilst talking to someone. The show has been criticised for being sexist, racist, homophobic, and ageist, basically annoying a lot of people on the left and right. I say its borderline and does cross the line sometimes. The offers no intelligence to the audience, has no clever jokes at all. It crude and crass. The characters are horrible and they is no point to the show. They is little originality and because of the show ability to repeat itself all the time any novelty goes off really quickly.
They has been a real decline in British comedy over the years. Gone are the days where great shows like Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, the Young Ones, etc... are long gone, and the BBC keeps rubbish show after rubbish show like After You're Gone, Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps and Coming of Age. But they are still some gems like Peep Show, the Office and to a lesser extent Extras, as well as panel shows like Have I Got News for You and Mock the Week. I personally recommend shows like that way above Little Britain and Little Britain USA.
What surprises me most is that it s HBO that shows Little Britain USA. How can a channel that has made top-quality like the Soparnos, Oz, Deadwood, Rome, etc... show this rubbish to its audience? Do the executives think that just because the show is British that it means it's high quality? It doesn't. The saving grace in my made is that the American critics have panned the show and audience figures were low in the states. It does show that America does have taste and in recent years have overtaken Britain in quality in a number of areas in entertainment. Top-quality British shows are becoming less and less frequent. As well Little Britain USA has not be renewed for a new series which is good news.