Absolutely Fabulous Remake? Not So Fabulous!!
October 7, 2008 by Kath Skerry
No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No!According to Variety, Fox is planning on making a US version of the hit BBC show ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS. Seriously? Please Fox, leave the show alone. AbFab is one of my favorite shows of ALL time and I couldn’t bear anyone mucking it up. Please leave Edina and Patsy alone. I beg you sweetie darlings, I beg you!!
The latest attempt at a U.S. rendition of “Ab Fab” will be transplanted to L.A. but retain the basic template of the original, revolving around the friendship of two boozy, over-40 best friends who are desperate to stay hip and youthful and who carry on under the disapproving eye of Edina’s teenage daughter, Saffy.
Jennifer Saunders, who created the original AbFab and starred as Edina, will be on board as Executive Producer, but I must say that’s not going to be enough to make me happy with this remake. I mean, Ricky Gervais is Executive Producer of the US version of THE OFFICE but it’s not like he has any real say in the day to day happenings of the show (but thankfully under the genius direction of Greg Daniels, Ricky’s baby is in good hands)
I know this plea is a bit odd coming from on of THE OFFICE’s most vocal fans. I mean I guess you never know what’s going to work when you bring it overseas, but I’m ok with never knowing. Really I am. Maybe I’ll eat my words. Maybe it will be great. But maybe it will be an utter train wreck.
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NOOOOOOO
That show was wicked and i fear Fox will ruin it. Unless its staring Jennifer Saunders its not watchable to me
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Wasn’t Cybil kind of a take off of AbFab? Christine Baranski was awesome on that show as Maryann.
Put Maryann Thorpe and Lucille Bluth on a show together and I would tune in every week!
I’m going to reserve judgement. People said the same thing about The Office when NBC announced that they were going to be redoing the BBC series. It may be great. I’ll wait until after the first epsiode to get all up in arms.
Kath – I COMPLETELY AGREE!! There is no way to reproduce AbFab!!!!! It is such a gem and it is ABSURD to think that can reproduce it!!!
As an American and a HUGE Ab Fab fan i agree it should be left alone.
I love the American ‘The Office’. I never did see the original British version yet.
Eddy and Patsy HAVE to retain the British accents. To take them out of London would take away a lot of the hilarious plot lines.
And we dont have a Harry Nichols or Harrods! 🙂
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