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the american office is weird, because it's so much like the original in look - takes a lot to get over that when you're used to the uk version; but they did a good job.

catherine tate is very hit and miss

outlaws was fucking funny

another great overlooked show was itv's "monkey trousers" with vic, bob, coogan... another idiot piece of scheduling from itv (it was on at 11pm) meant it really got missed. if bbc2 had had that we'd all be saying "i don't know" to any question.


as for peter kaye - much as i like his stand-up, it's wearing a bit thin really - there's only so much childhood nostalgia and observational comedy i can take after a while. his character stuff is fantastic (they're repeating "that peter kaye thing" at the moment - the brian potter one sowed the seeds of many phoenix nights running jokes) that said; max and paddy was weak (apart from the flashback to potter when he could walk)