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Old 05-03-2017, 10:27 AM   #64
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Originally Posted by darryl View Post
I do wonder if your preference is wholly or partially a cultural thing. Often programs, particularly comedy, which screen in one country, in this case the UK, are re-made for another, in this case the US. Yet it would usually be more cost effective to simply screen the original series rather than re-make it. Presumably the reasoning was that the idea behind the show would travel well, but the actual show itself would not.
Particularly in the '70's there were a LOT of American remakes of British programs. And I'm sure culture is part of it.

But Sanford and Son also starred Redd Foxx, a legendary comedian and an influence on Richard Pryor and Chris Rock.
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