tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post1489376997793303456..comments2024-01-22T09:43:09.570-05:00Comments on Me and You and a Blog Named Boo: Tuesday's Overlooked TV: GrandPhillyradiogeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06898493001431352624noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-10775567028992757892013-05-14T08:13:24.797-04:002013-05-14T08:13:24.797-04:00It goes both ways...certainly COUPLING probably wo...It goes both ways...certainly COUPLING probably wouldn't've existed without FRIENDS, even if COUPLING was far wittier (if not much more mature). And, of course, the writer/producer duo from COUPLING have since gone onto some success with such projects as DOCTOR WHO and SHERLOCK (inspiring US variations)...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-91572187452691577022013-05-12T17:12:50.271-04:002013-05-12T17:12:50.271-04:00Todd: I'm always surprised at how many America...Todd: I'm always surprised at how many American sitcoms are based on British counterparts (last week's DEAR JOHN yet another example).<br /><br />Bill: That's the first thing I think of regarding this series as well. I thought for sure I'd find that version on the Web, but alas...Phillyradiogeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06898493001431352624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-74020754925723395082013-05-09T17:43:47.890-04:002013-05-09T17:43:47.890-04:00I remember watching Grand sporadically, mostly bec...I remember watching Grand sporadically, mostly because NBC made it really, really hard to do so with any regularity. Great theme song, though... the season one credits feature the cast lip-syncing it, and that's probably the image(s) of the series that remain with me the most.<br /><br />Hell of a cast, too.Bill D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18013121134005443309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443354468557521729.post-22870323459726854812013-05-07T10:12:58.375-04:002013-05-07T10:12:58.375-04:00I think it might've been spurred in part by th...I think it might've been spurred in part by the British series BRASS, as well...I certainly liked both, for similar reasons.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com