Question for all you non-Americans :) part 1

Kirsch

My friend and I were watching Monday Night Football last night and started talking about international TV. To make a long story short, in whatever country you are from do they broadcast American TV shows? We were just wondering... We don't really get any TV shows from other countries (unless of course, they are remakes), and we also don't really get movies from other countries (aside from a few). But at the same time, we always hear about how well American movies did overseas, is this the same for TV shows?

If so, what shows do you get (unless its all of them), and which shows are made in your country that you think I should try and find online?

Thanks

Luckystar

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My friend and I were watching Monday Night Football last night and started talking about international TV. To make a long story short, in whatever country you are from do they broadcast American TV shows? We were just wondering... We don't really get any TV shows from other countries (unless of course, they are remakes), and we also don't really get movies from other countries (aside from a few). But at the same time, we always hear about how well American movies did overseas, is this the same for TV shows?

If so, what shows do you get (unless its all of them), and which shows are made in your country that you think I should try and find online?

Thanks

Oh yes, we get plenty of American stuff here in the UK, american news and TV channels, movies, cartoons, etc etc

And no i can't make a list as i would be here all day.

I would probably say a good 50 - 60% of our TV stuff is american.

Unless you turn on BBC 1, 2, 3 and 4 then it is normally UK stuff with the few American films each night.

Lucky

Baroness von Shush

I think if you have a sky (cable) subscription in the UK then we get pretty much everything from the states, ie Stargate Universe, Bones, Law and Order, SVU etc. It usually tells us that its being aired a few days after showing in the states. As for English programmes its hard to advise unless you state what kind of programmes you are into. Hope this helps.

Kirsch

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As for English programmes its hard to advise unless you state what kind of programmes you are into. Hope this helps.

Well, I really enjoyed "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz"..

Ohhhhhh I just thought of another question! What do you guys think of the American version of "The Office"?

spinifex

This guide is what we can access on our tv.

Australian TV Guide / Perth / Tuesday 2 November / Night

ABC is the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Mostly Australian & English content.

SBS is a bit of everything, leaning towards ethnic shows, from europa, etc.

CH7, CH9, CH10 are commercial channels with various Aussie & American content.

The idea is to have each broadcaster with 3 channels, giving us a total of 15.
These are free to air. We have other stuff, like Foxtel, etc, but that costs money.

Have a look at the guide to see what's on and you will find a lot of shows you know.

Jon

geeve420

You might check out BBC America Kirsch. It is part of our channel line up on Dish. Some pretty good shows and news from from across the pond.

spinifex

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�� Quote: Originally Posted by Baron von Shush

As for English programmes its hard to advise unless you state what kind of programmes you are into. Hope this helps.

Well, I really enjoyed "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz"..

Ohhhhhh I just thought of another question! What do you guys think of the American version of "The Office"?

What's "the Office"?? Don't watch much tv.

Kirsch

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You might check out BBC America Kirsch. It is part of our channel line up on Dish. Some pretty good shows and news from from across the pond.

We have Charter Communications (Cable) I don't think they offer it

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What's "the Office"?? Don't watch much tv.

The Office (UK TV Series) : Stars Ricky Gervais; Martin Freeman; Mackenzie Crook; Lucy Davis; Oliver Chris

The Office (US TV Series) : Stars Steve Carell; Rainn Wilson; John Krasinski; Jenna Fischer; B. J. Novak; Ed Helms

smarteyeball

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Ohhhhhh I just thought of another question! What do you guys think of the American version of "The Office"?

Better than the original. Ricky Gervais is best taken in very small doses.

spinifex

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�� Quote: Originally Posted by geeve420

You might check out BBC America Kirsch. It is part of our channel line up on Dish. Some pretty good shows and news from from across the pond.

We have Charter Communications (Cable) I don't think they offer it

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What's "the Office"?? Don't watch much tv.

The Office (UK TV Series) : Stars Ricky Gervais; Martin Freeman; Mackenzie Crook; Lucy Davis; Oliver Chris

The Office (US TV Series) : Stars Steve Carell; Rainn Wilson; John Krasinski; Jenna Fischer; B. J. Novak; Ed Helms

Wkipedia explained all, but can't say i have seen them.
I love NCIS and shows of similar content.

Kari

A look at the listings of main national channels reveals that here in Germany we can watch today, among others, following shows:
CSI Miami, CSI New York, House, Monk, Law & Order, McLeods daughters, The District, Scrubs, The Simpsons, Two and a Half Men, Rules of Engagement, What's up, Dad?, Star Trek Voyager, iCarly, Genie in the House, Family Guy, South Park, Married with Children, Friends, Dharma & Greg and so on. Some quite new, this season, some reruns.

As a Finnish immigrant here, I also subscribe an IPTV-service from Finland. From my native Finland, I could watch today, among others:
The Big Bang Theory, 3rd Rock from the Sun (my absolute favorite, I think it's already on it's 5th rerun round), The 70's Show, N.C.I.S & N.C.I.S Los Angeles, CSI New York & CSI Miami, Law & Order: Crimininal Intent & Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Good Wife, Nurse Jackie, Californication, Eureka, Friends, 24, House, Desperate Housewives, Frasier, The Cleaner, My name is Earl, America's Funniest Home Videos, Smallville, Oprah, Dr. Phil, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno.

In Germany, most American shows (especially sitcoms) are quite old, reruns. The Finnish broadcasters seem to spend more money, generally the foreign shows shown there ATM are either this season or the last one. Exceptions are the old favorites that are shown, it certainly looks like it, always: 3rd Rock from the Sun is now on it's 5th round; every time they have aired the final episode, the next time it starts all over again. Same with The 70's show and Friends, for instance.

In Finland we also watch quite a lot of British television, in Germany not so much. In Finnish TV today for instance Only fools and Horses, Emmerdale, Eastenders, Heartbreake, Top Gear, Fifth Gear, The Royal and so on.

Kari

EDIT: For those interested, you can watch a lot of American and British channels live with FilmOn. You can watch the programme directly in your browser, or download FilmOn HDI Player. Subscriptions are available, but not necessary. Without user account and subscription, you can ATM watch for instance ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC from USA, or BBC 1, 2 and 3, ITV 1, 2 and 3, Channel Four, Channel Five, Film 4 and E4 from the UK.

Here's FilmOn HDI Player on my desktop a minute ago, watching The Early Show from CBS 2 HD live (7:34 AM there, 3:34 PM here):






Kari

Kirsch

Wow Kari! Thanks, that is pretty much exactly what I was wondering. So when it comes to TV (sitcoms and stuff), there aren't as many in other countries as here in the US?

Kari

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Wow Kari! Thanks, that is pretty much exactly what I was wondering. So when it comes to TV (sitcoms and stuff), there aren't as many in other countries as here in the US?

I would not say that.

The list I gave was put together from 15 biggest main, national broadcasters in Germany and 13 in Finland (I only subscribe 13 channels from Finland). In both countries there are at least as much domestic shows, or "localized" versions of originally foreign shows.

Germany as a TV country is more domestic. All channels have they own, German shows, sitcoms and talk shows. Although the concept and / or original idea often comes from abroad, the shows are completely German.

Same thing in Finland, although Finnish TV is more international, also showing quite a lot of French, German, Spanish and Italian shows in addition to those British and American already mentioned, only to mention a few.

The main reason I watch more Finnish than German television although living in Germany is the language. Although speaking and understanding German, almost perfectly, I'm very keen on learning new languages and want to watch foreign shows with original audio. In Finland, all programs and shows are shown with original audio with subtitles, whereas here in Germany (as in all German speaking countries) everything is dubbed in German, nothing is original and subtitled. My German wife for instance learns Finnish by watching her favorite German shows from Finnish TV, with original German audio and Finnish subtitles. But a Finnish show shown in German TV is dubbed to German.

When Ilsa, played by Ingrid Bergman, says "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake" in Casablanca shown in Finnish television, with her beautiful Scandinavian accent, it's film history in making, a pure pleasure to see and hear. When the same film is shown in German television and an unknown German voice says "Spielen Sie es einmal, Sam, alten Zeiten zu liebe", and the lip movements don't match with words, it's really unpleasant, something I refuse to watch and hear.

Anyway, interesting subject. Recovering from some serious health problems, I'm mostly lying in the bed and getting bored, so I watch quite a lot of television nowadays.

Kari

EzioAuditore

Here's the schedule for here for the Discovery Channel (my favorite). Some movie channels are also there telecasting hollywood movies, sometimes with subtitles and sometimes not..

Schedule for Discovery Channel playing on Tue, Nov 02 | Tuesday, November 02 | burrp!TV Guide

I think a programme "A Haunting (like it much)" has american accent,which is telecasted here. Man vs wild and Survivorman are also my two favorite survival shows, which i think, are from UK.

Solarstarshines

I would also add you can go to stream sites and with the listings you get there would be other viewers streaming it across the net for you to enjoy sites such as

justintv.com to name one most of the time it is real people streaming this stuff also it is modded and no illegal conduct pretty much you have to make a account to be a full member also you can view without being a member just you'll have no chat privledges

I only suggest this cause i am on the go most of the time I am out and about making ends meet for the familly so i have to catch what i like being streamed pretty much when i get home so i can never miss anything

stream sites are so great they can even stream ppv events with out invading copywright laws which i think is way cool

Kari

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justintv.com to name one
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Wrong link. The real address is Justin.tv (no .com)

Kari

gladson1976

Hi Kari,

See that you are making up for lost time with some pretty long posts
Good to have to back here

Anyway, to the point, I haven't really paid any attention to tv for quite a long time. The last show I watched and really enjoyed was Friends

linnemeyerhere

Bring back the kids ! Please.......

Thorsen

First thing I thought when you said Kids was Kids in the Hall.



(which is Canadian btw)(and barely shown anymore)

johnwillyums

Unless you investigate thoroughly it's hard to tell where the idea for a show came from. This is particularly true of game/ reality shows.
For instance we've had several years of Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother. I believe the concept for this show came from one of the Scandinavian countries but I'm not sure.
It seems obvious to me that the idea for a game show or a reality show could and should be recreated for another audience using local people. If the concept is good in the first place then it should play well anywhere.
It is only the little things that differ. For example I understand that the Dutch version of Big Brother contained nudity and sex whereas this was only hinted at in the UK version.
The sitcom is a different matter. I would differ from the earlier post in thinking that the US version of The Office was nowhere near as good as the UK original.
With the US version it was pretty obvious that you were watching a sitcom. When I first watched the original I thought I was watching a "fly on the wall" documentary. It was much more subtle in my opinion.
There is a general view in the UK that Americans lack a sense of irony. I disagree with that. The Simpsons, South Park, Family Guy, King of The Hill etc are full of subtle and ironic humour and have been huge successes here.
Likewise John Stewart's show is very popular and, if I go back a bit, sitcoms like Cheers and Frazier and Friends.
Nearly all of the big HBO dramas have been a success here and The Sopranos is up there with my all time favourites. There would have been no way of remaking this show in an English setting.
Obviously we have organised crime in this country and even the Mafia operate here but so do the Russian mafia and the Turkish mafia etc. There have been drama shows about English criminal gangs but they don't tend to be as flamboyant or stylish as The Sopranos. Obviously I have no way of knowing how close to the truth this portayal of the New Jersey gang was but then I don't suppose many folks in Oklahoma know either and it doesn't matter. It was just a superb piece of scripting and a greaty story arc.
Perhaps the fact that US shows are targeted at such a huge and diverse constituency makes the remaking of sitcoms an inevitability. Some jokes just wouldn't play to an American audience.
For example, the UK is a very secular country, less than 2% of the population attend church. Irreverent humour, profanity and sexual humour is quite commonplace and maybe this would not be well received in the "bible belt"
In general US culture in the form of TV, music and movies have been pretty pervasive in the UK since the second world war yet many Brits have an ambivalent attitude towards American culture.
People will say that the Americans lack irony and subtlety, that they are unsophisticated etc and there is the stereotype of the right wing religious gun toting redneck.
So Brits are torn. How can all this US music and literature and drama be "cool" if they're all rednecks.?
Plainly this is a very blinkered view and does not take into account the vastness of the US and the amazing variety of environments and viewpoints.
It is hard for us to grasp the sheer size of the US from our tiny island

fseal

The UK we have FIVE US channel which is on the so called freeview box, but we only get things like the mentalist 'great program' and NCIS 'crap' and HOUSE 'great program' just shows like that not you're sit-coms or anything like that.

your tv is as crap as ours

whs

We do get a decent amout of non-US programming here int he US, atleast on my service. BBC America and several movie channels show subtitled films and lots of smaller stations will import shows from overseas for a lot cheaper than making their own. PBS shows a lot of british shows.

Course then there are the native language channels, 4-5 spannish and the occasional asian channels that come and go...

It sure could be more though. Especially in the movie dept!

Kirsch

In Germany we have 3 types of TV stations.
1. The public channels of which 2 are federal and a dozen are state channels plus a few others owned by parliament, the EU, a common French/German channel and one that is run by Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Plus a couple of others. On all those channels, there are very, very few commercials if any. They have mostly "native programs" and off and on you see an American film or program.
2. Then we have a whole gammet of commercial channels (that I have not even programmed on my sets). They have a lot of commercials and I believe they broadcast a lot of US shows.
3. We also have a lot of foreign channels. About 10 in English (e.g. CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, etc.) and another 10 in French. I watch those a lot. In addition there are more than 100 channels in languages that I do not understand (e.g. Turkish, Arab, Farsi, Hungarian). Some Italian and Spanish channels I watch off and on. But my knowledge of those languages is very basic.
4. When I am in the US during the winter, I never watch TV - can't stand commercials. They insult my intelligence.

dobhar

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Course then there are the native language channels, 4-5 spannish

We don't have that here in Wisconsin (at least my area's programming doesn't).. we don't have a whole lot of spanish speaking people (as their native language, anyway)

Solarstarshines

Can't really say much as your TV is our TV...We do have our Canadian channels but they broadcast American sitcoms and movies. Although most of your movies are filmed in Canada...LOLOLOL

zekramcross

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justintv.com to name one
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Wrong link. The real address is Justin.tv (no .com)

Kari

well i know this but i was just simply putting it that way forgive me for not posting a link up with what i was saying

Trucidation

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Kirsch

My friend and I were watching Monday Night Football last night and started talking about international TV. To make a long story short, in whatever country you are from do they broadcast American TV shows? We were just wondering... We don't really get any TV shows from other countries (unless of course, they are remakes), and we also don't really get movies from other countries (aside from a few). But at the same time, we always hear about how well American movies did overseas, is this the same for TV shows?

If so, what shows do you get (unless its all of them), and which shows are made in your country that you think I should try and find online?

Thanks

Hi,
Yes we get tons of American TV here in Puerto Rico as well as Football.

OneSerious

I don't watch tv, but I'm aware of the local programming here in Malaysia.

On-the-air tv:

Channels 1-2 belong to the broadcast arm of the government. I believe they adhere to a policy which says 70% of the content must be local. This usually translates into foreign cartoons during the afternoon and foreign movies during dinner. Recently they started showing reruns of 80s shows like Knight Rider (hell yea) in the right-after-midnight-news slot. Saturday afternoon appears dedicated to Bollywood. I saw some Mr Bean episodes some time back and I believe they recently aired a particular Jackie Chan movie for the 4th time (albeit over the course of several years), so they're not terribly concerned about getting the "latest" crap.

Channels 3-6 are private but adhere to similar policies. The main difference being the foreign imports are usually more recent. E.g. a popular tv series from USA might be aired a couple weeks after. One of the channels seems to be an MTV clone as every time I'd ever checked it is either playing a music video or the brainless pretty face of the season is nattering about current fashion or other trends.

Satellite:

Then we have Astro, a satellite provider. From what I've seen they carry the usual suspects (Hallmark, HBO, ESPN) so I think this should be familiar to you guys in the 'States. I don't have a subscription but one of the neighbouring apartments does. Which explains why I use headphones. Inconsiderate jerks.

Kirsch

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Ohhhhhh I just thought of another question! What do you guys think of the American version of "The Office"?

Better than the original. Ricky Gervais is best taken in very small doses.

This is just all sorts of wrong. Original Office is THE Office. American doesn't even touch it.

I think the thing is, particularly with comedy is that the rest of the world at this point is very Americanised. So for us to watch U.S. shows, we get it. But Americans can't be expected to get everybody else's. I love British humour, but I can imagine most people across the drink wouldn't care for it.

I love a lot of U.S. shows but when it comes to comedy one thing I prefer about U.K. based series I that they are a lot shorter. Most of our shows only have like 6-7 episodes per series. In contrast, most U.S. shows have anywhere up to 25! I feel it helps to keep things much more fresh. One of my favourite U.K. shows that I'd recommend to everybody is Peep Show. It has had 6 series but only 36 episodes, and so I find that it's still very fresh. Where as U.S. shows like I said, could rack up the same amount of episodes in less than 2 series.

As for U.S. TV. I have Sky and nearly every other channel is built on U.S. shows. I'm glad to because they tend to be higher quility. As for my native Northern Irish TV... Most of it is terrible, I actually cringe at our accent when it's on TV.

Guest

We might have a tough time watching British shows cause you guys talk fast and use lingo like this:

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but I can imagine most people across the drink wouldn't care for it.

Then we would get confused

spinifex

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Kirsch

We might have a tough time watching British shows cause you guys talk fast and use lingo like this:

�� Quote: Originally Posted by kylehimself

but I can imagine most people across the drink wouldn't care for it.

Then we would get confused

It's actually a lot of yanks that use the "across the drink" phrase.
Pommie humour is cleverly good. I'm sure ours derived from there and we just improved it.

If anyone is confused with the word "pommie", it dates back to around the end of the 19th century. Lots of different ideas around, but this link will explain all. (i hope).

IownAmoneyPit

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Kirsch

My friend and I were watching Monday Night Football last night and started talking about international TV. To make a long story short, in whatever country you are from do they broadcast American TV shows? We were just wondering... We don't really get any TV shows from other countries (unless of course, they are remakes), and we also don't really get movies from other countries (aside from a few). But at the same time, we always hear about how well American movies did overseas, is this the same for TV shows?

If so, what shows do you get (unless its all of them), and which shows are made in your country that you think I should try and find online?

Thanks

Yes we have tons of American Movies & TV although Hulu and Internet TV streamed through Media Center are not. Without the influence of of American Movies & TV, Canada may not have produced such acclaimed actors as Mike Myers the man behind the Avatar of our beloved Administrator z3r010 (Dr Evil).

Some American Movies and TV shows are also filmed or produced in Canada.



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Kari

A bit off topic, but here's a list of my all time favorites TV-shows from both sides the big pond.

USA, comedy:
- 3rd Rock from the Sun. I just love to see and hear John Lithgow. As "Monty Python" as Americans go!
- The Big Bang Theory
- Cheers
- First 3 or 4 series of Frasier

USA, talk shows:
- Everything hosted by Leno, Kimmel and O'Brien

USA, drama:
- have liked almost everything from HBO. Especially the series about John Adams was really interesting and well done, explaining the birth of the U.S.A. in a way that made it easy to follow and understand. IMO every foreigner interested in American history should see it. I also fell completely in love with the serie The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which IMO is the best of all HBO drama series

UK comedy:
- Monty Python
- Fawlty Towers
- Mr Bean
- Men behaving badly
- Only fools and horses and the hilarious spin-off The Green Green Grass

UK, talk shows:
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show
- Daybreak (former GMTV, am a huge Kate Garraway fan )

UK, drama:
- Heartbreak
- EastEnders

IownAmoneyPit

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Kari

A bit off topic, but here's a list of my all time favorites TV-shows from both sides the big pond.

USA, comedy:
- 3rd Rock from the Sun. I just love to see and hear John Lithgow. As "Monty Python" as Americans go!
- The Big Bang Theory
- Cheers
- First 3 or 4 series of Frasier

USA, talk shows:
- Everything hosted by Leno, Kimmel and O'Brien

USA, drama:
- have liked almost everything from HBO. Especially the series about John Adams was really interesting and well done, explaining the birth of the U.S.A. in a way that made it easy to follow and understand. IMO every foreigner interested in American history should see it. I also fell completely in love with the serie The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which IMO is the best of all HBO drama series

UK comedy:
- Monty Python
- Fawlty Towers
- Mr Bean
- Men behaving badly
- Only fools and horses and the hilarious spin-off The Green Green Grass

UK, talk shows:
- The Alan Titchmarsh Show
- Daybreak (former GMTV, am a huge Kate Garraway fan )

UK, drama:
- Heartbreak
- EastEnders

All time Faves from your list.
3rd Rock from the Sun
Cheers
Mr Bean
and Jimmy Kimmel (the early years) - The Man Show ( Censored )

Best Sci Fi - Babylon 5 and Andromeda and first Stargate series
British Comedy - Benny Hill
American comedy - the older the better (too many to list)

johnwillyums

Had a thought. There have been quite a few British comedies without a laughter track. This means the viewer doesn't know where to laugh. He/she is drawn into the humour rather than having a fake laughter track dubbed over the top to let you know when you're supposed to laugh.
Can't think of a US comedy without a laughter track.

dobhar

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�� Quote: Originally Posted by Kirsch

We might have a tough time watching British shows cause you guys talk fast and use lingo like this:

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but I can imagine most people across the drink wouldn't care for it.

Then we would get confused

It's actually a lot of yanks that use the "across the drink" phrase.
Pommie humour is cleverly good. I'm sure ours derived from there and we just improved it.

If anyone is confused with the word "pommie", it dates back to around the end of the 19th century. Lots of different ideas around, but this link will explain all. (i hope).

I actually never heard of across the "drink"...I always have used across the "Pond".

My roots are from Britain so I guess that's why I love British humor...Monty Python has always been one of my favs...my friends could never get a handle on it... LOLOL Something like "There's a Penguin on the Telly" or "Spot the loony"

lorddenis

yes we get them....

althog i think that germany gets them all. haven wached any tv for quite some time now but when i did i remmber that they aired some show that werent in my country.
British shows?
Jekly
Coupling
Primeval
Spooks

OneSerious

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Kirsch

We might have a tough time watching British shows cause you guys talk fast and use lingo like this:

�� Quote: Originally Posted by kylehimself

but I can imagine most people across the drink wouldn't care for it.

Then we would get confused

I'm not surprised, that doesn't even scrape the surface. British lingo is pretty good. Northern Irish is in a league of it's own.

smarteyeball

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Can't think of a US comedy without a laughter track.

Arrested Development.

Kari

�� Quote: Originally Posted by johnwillyums

Can't think of a US comedy without a laughter track.

PBS News Hour?

Kirsch

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Can't think of a US comedy without a laughter track.

The Office?
Community?
Outsourced?
30 Rock?

johnwillyums

Ok. fair enough

bigmck

Quite often when I hear someone from the UK talk, I have a hard time understanding because of the accent. Is it the same in the UK when hearing Americans talk?

bigmck

I have another question for you folks below the equator. == Here in the US when you flush a toilet, the water goes down counter-clock-wise. I have always heard that below the equater, it goes down clock-wise, is that correct?

Kirsch

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I have another question for you folks below the equator. == Here in the US when you flush a toilet, the water goes down counter-clock-wise. I have always heard that below the equater, it goes down clock-wise, is that correct?

Long story short, no, it has nothing to do with where the toilet is located. It all has to do with toilet design.

Also, in case anyone throws it out there, water funneling down a drain (i.e. sink, shower) does not go the opposite direction either.

OneSerious

�� Quote: Originally Posted by bigmck

Quite often when I hear someone from the UK talk, I have a hard time understanding because of the accent. Is it the same in the UK when hearing Americans talk?

Nope, like I said before. The world is very Americanised. We get a lot of US shows and and films so we are generally used to the accent and humour. It's why I was saying in an earlier post I don't think many Americans don't get British humour, it's not that it's beyond you guys it's just you wouldn't be used to our accent and humour because it hasn't been drummed in to you like your stuff has with us.

Kirsch

�� Quote: Originally Posted by kylehimself

It's why I was saying in an earlier post I don't think many Americans don't get British humour, it's not that it's beyond you guys it's just you wouldn't be used to our accent and humour because it hasn't been drummed in to you like your stuff has with us.

Might have something to do with you fellas using the letter "u" in the word "humor"

Thorsen

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�� Quote: Originally Posted by bigmck

I have another question for you folks below the equator. == Here in the US when you flush a toilet, the water goes down counter-clock-wise. I have always heard that below the equater, it goes down clock-wise, is that correct?

Long story short, no, it has nothing to do with where the toilet is located. It all has to do with toilet design.

Also, in case anyone throws it out there, water funneling down a drain (i.e. sink, shower) does not go the opposite direction either.

Hmmm. This site seems to contradict: Discovery Online, The Skinny On ... Why Toilet Bowl Water Twirls Clockwise

OneSerious

�� Quote: Originally Posted by Kirsch

�� Quote: Originally Posted by kylehimself

It's why I was saying in an earlier post I don't think many Americans don't get British humour, it's not that it's beyond you guys it's just you wouldn't be used to our accent and humour because it hasn't been drummed in to you like your stuff has with us.

Might have something to do with you fellas using the letter "u" in the word "humor"

Hey guy! It's called English.

bigmck

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�� Quote: Originally Posted by Kirsch

�� Quote: Originally Posted by bigmck

I have another question for you folks below the equator. == Here in the US when you flush a toilet, the water goes down counter-clock-wise. I have always heard that below the equater, it goes down clock-wise, is that correct?

Long story short, no, it has nothing to do with where the toilet is located. It all has to do with toilet design.

Also, in case anyone throws it out there, water funneling down a drain (i.e. sink, shower) does not go the opposite direction either.

Hmmm. This site seems to contradict: Discovery Online, The Skinny On ... Why Toilet Bowl Water Twirls Clockwise

No, actually the story said the jets in the toilet determine the way the water flows. That is what Kirsch said.

Thorsen

I needed to read to the end. lol you would need a toilet a mile wide to see even a small fraction of the science..... uhhg... I should have read the last paragraph