The Sketch Show US - s01e01

[@Blondie472]

3 Sunny actors are on this show!? I see Sweet Dee, Gale the Snail, and Tyrese from Dee's acting class..

[@spongeb27]

How have I never heard of this, this cast is outstanding.

[@Joe_Ray]

I'm a fan of like everyone in this show. I cant believe I've never heard of it before

[@Draugo]

I wonder what Lee Mack thought about having to do all the sames skits again as the same person.

[@magellanicraincloud]

When UK shows are adapted by the US frequently they fail really quickly and the actors in the original series are offered absurd amounts of money to participate. This is what happened with the US "version" of Red Dwarf. So Lee Mack was probably expecting to film a pilot that sucked, then go home with a full wallet. That's my guess anyway.

[@Inthatgoodway]

What your gonna pay me again?

[@songsofthecentury3909]

Lee Mac wrote most of the UK show anyway.

[@HalfdeadRider]

At least they just reused the skits with only him in, so that saved him some work. It also must have boosted his profile in the US and of course extra income is always good.

[@benzubrzycki2750]

@@songsofthecentury3909 and tim

[@Ikiya69]

10:15 that sketch was better with Ronni. You can see that there's no chemistry between Lee and Malcolm.

[@tonyjurkas9750]

I remember hearing on a podcast with Kaitlin Olson and Mary Lynn Rajskub that they were writing their own sketches, but Fox told them to copy the UK sketches directly which lead to everything being lost in translation. It sounded like a miserable experience for the cast since they filmed most of the outdoors scenes in the cold and rain. With funny and creative comedians like Kaitlin, Mary Lynn, and Paul F. Tomkins on the cast it would've been good if they were allowed to do their own thing.

[@Thursdaym2]

Lost in translation or humour and ham acting like this guy?

[@frazzlesreviews5379]

The cast in this are genuinely exceptional and so talented. It’s a massive shame this wasn’t just allowed to be its own thing and there was so much studio meddling resulting in a show that didn’t realise the casts potential.

[@AwesomeAngryBiker]

It's taken from the UK

[@RedTail1-1]

It's literally just the same sketches from the original show...

[@FuzzyFurry]

Wedding lol😂😂😂 Same flat in "Not going out".

[@RuudJH]

As most of these sketches from the UK version have Tim Vine's style of comedy written all over them, it's odd only Lee Mack is in this US version.

[@pauljordan4452]

Tim Vine is a master of puns!

[@simonmcnamee619]

Mack wrote the show

[@Lauralinkola]

Most of the other ppl in this seem out of place, but if they had the same people too it’d just be.. the original show

[@arianaajbeaverhausen8175]

1:35 I read the co executive producer's name as Charlie Manson. 😳😬😂

[@conedx]

holy shit. DEE AND GAIL THE SNAIL FROM SUNNY?! i searched for this to see paul f tompkins. i had no idea they were in this too. crazy.

[@boxxdrmtb]

I've been looking for years for episodes 5 and 6. I always thought this was pretty brilliant.

[@presntnow]

hahahaha 😂 Great to see Lee Mack and Kelsey Grammer in the show

[@cedricmeallan]

Yes, a lot of sketches are copied from the UK version, but Kaitlin Olson is 🔥🔥🔥🔥!

[@swine13]

Credit where credit is due, though. Dee is a great fit for some of Karen's roles, specifically the one where shes like "i hear what youre saying, and it sounds to me like this...". (Im calling her Dee cause i only know her from Always sunny lol)

[@theslimjames]

I sought this out just to confirm that, yes, a mild send up of The Mamas and the Papas California Dreaming, nearly 40 years after the song's release, was something they put on TV.

[@puffy2017]

thats the one thing that brought me here. to seek that exact same confirmation.

[@james2651]

19:12

[@demonmonsterdave]

It's a great song, and the original skit was British.

[@davidanderson1234]

are you having a laugh.. this is all from UK version, come on America

[@HalfdeadRider]

@Torch Staff Do you actually think that offends anyone, not to smart are you 'Torch Staff' 😂😂

[@conedx]

so this is among the 1% of shows that come from the UK to the US, instead of the other way around? good for you! be proud that you contribute a very small part to television!

[@MatthewMcVeagh]

I won't be returning for episode 2.

[@LeeSmith-lj1ih]

Who knew Mack & Grammar crossed paths?!

[@iSuRRendeReDuK]

Not a patch on the British version.

[@nunyanunya4147]

i see a bird... a bird. a fucking talking bird...

[@naufalakbar2012]

Indonesia, judul acaranya sketsa dan inspirasinya dari sini. The sketch show UK/US tayang di trans tv jadi inget jaman saya smp.

[@asantaraliner]

I remember watching several of them including a car door taken off because the bride's cloth got stuck and "everything in this school is free" so the students storm the canteen.

[@pb5531]

Not a patch on the original ones, but at least they have Lee and Kelsey in.

[@myself-wm8ek]

All this is doing for me is making me want to watch Frasier.

[@hermanmurry2812]

This and the lance krall show were awesome

[@FiendishStormForce]

To be fair, the phobias sketch here is much better the version in the British show. They were allowed to change the setting and some of the dialogue, and it flows far more naturally.

[@dmf1301]

I recognize most of these sketches from the UK version. Why couldn't they write more of their own?

[@MaggotDiggo1]

Close to all of them are from the UK version.

[@IFilmStuff1]

This was when there was only four channels so to the U.S. viewers weren't meant to see the UK version and vice versa

[@jay278822]

there were a lot more than four channels in the early 2000's

[@cheltencam]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[@sadbadmac]

@@WarLordArtos Does Brexit ring a bell? Lmao dumbass

[@BeatlesBowieKrimson]

That was actually pretty funny.

[@ShawnStafford-1978]

I watched this on here 3 year's ago. 🤣 Still think it's funny.

[@ptanyuh]

This is so weird, who thought this was a good idea? Even the actors wanted to rewrite it for an American audience----soooo bizarre. But I will always love Mr. Peanutbutter.

[@evilwomanofdoom]

Here after Paul F Tompkins talked about this on c&c & conversation

[@stombstone]

Same skits, different actors, lame.

[@mushypork1272]

Cannot understand what was the point of these? i'd rather go back to the UK one. lol

[@cheltencam]

I imagine it is for people in the US!!!

[@MrWombatty]

It so they don't have to sub-title it for American viewers!

[@metalnerd2554]

Exactly what the US did with Kath and Kim from Australia. Stupid.

[@HalfdeadRider]

@@MrWombatty 😂

[@djbloodyflame]

That’s the woman from always sunny in Philadelphia

[@CyberUK]

Practically every sketch was just the UK sketch with American actors. Why didn't the US just show the UK version with Kelsey lead ins?

[@chrisvarney2577]

Its all the sketches from the British one and some are altered for the american audience, however having Lee mack in it was a good choice and overall a good show

[@scottybbadd]

I love Mary Lynn Rajskub.

[@151282ful]

it still made me laugh

[@kaiza3312]

So Lee Mack basically had to do these sketches twice?? one for the UK and the other for US??

[@notme222]

I remember when this was on in the US. No idea this was a copy of the UK. Also good cast then, even more famous now. (Other than Kelsey who was headlining it.)

[@SNiBet]

Lee mack on the tamdem may as well be the same clip from the UK version, unless it is 😅.

[@moeman1984]

These are all the same sketches doggone it.

[@DawsonVonDarkcastle]

@Threads 7:59

[@michaelweiskopf7771]

I’ve never seen a wedding with only two bridesmaids

[@deepairine]

Lee Mack 🔥🔥

[@DenyXPanji]

You don't see the Indonesian Version of this Show >XD

[@EccentricGentelman]

I don't know why they did this, it all the same skectches from the original uk version but with differnt actors. they could have broadcasted those and saved themselves a lot of money.

[@FunkySpunkyJunky]

EccentricGentelman ... Americans cant understand British accents.... apart from Lee Mack obviously.

[@kaiza3312]

@@FunkySpunkyJunky They must be stupid then...

[@hairballrocks]

Leave it to Fox to cancel something so quickly that was actually funny

[@poopie870]

I’m wondering if firefly or Futurama had to be cancelled so this show could happened

[@garethevans6990]

Ryan H. It’s not funny. It’s literally a remade version of the UK show.

[@yellowcougar18]

Ah, this is the show Lee Mack said just didn't work. You can see much of it is down to the chemistry between the cast being completely missing.

[@walperionmusic1245]

The bBritish bloke is so good! Doesn't skip a bit in his acting.

[@josescg4736]

Lee Mack, legend!

[@67Ciwa]

UK version was better....copied skits....

[@gigmix1958]

Why on earth does the US have to remake British sitcoms? We accept their sitcoms no problem and they're popular over here! The only successful one has been The Office, the others like this are pale copys. The cheesy music is appalling.

[@daroumore7840]

Of course, because the british version of the office was not a sitcom! Americans trying to make sitcoms or sketches from another sitcoms is annoying.

[@bobvettel3519]

All in the Family, Sanford and Son and Three's Company, all remakes of British sitcoms, and infinitely better known than their British counterparts.

[@ShawnStafford-1978]

​@@daroumore7840Hahaha LoL You're funny

[@That_Coffee_Cat]

What was the point of this? Why couldn't the Americans just air the UK version?

[@lancesmith7829]

I don't hate it, and I don't love it. This was in my recommended from watching Mr. Show. I seen that some of the cast is from that. Only good for killing time while I do work at home.

[@Walperion_Music]

Lol what a vast array of comments!

[@Thedownliner2015]

So it's basically all the same clips but with different actors? What is the point when you could've just syndicated the British show? And Kelsey Gramer's barely in it so was he the token Celebrity to sell it?

[@redmondo42]

The transition shots with the jaunty sax number and (not) hilarious horseplay are so cringe.

[@barbthornell4786]

They do the same thing for Australian t.v. sometimes too (ie: Are You Being Served, etc.). Why? Because the British aren't speaking English (or some other, similar corporate/donald trump type reason)?

[@james2651]

It's weird because Australians are used to watching original programs from the UK. The accents aren't difficult at all and the humour generally translates well.

[@mike_van_in]

Why treat Americans as idiots!? These sketches have already been recorded and broadcast with a British cast. (Which includes the much nicer-looking Karen Taylor). This is just stupid.

[@shoxdanger]

Alot are the same stuff just new people

[@sammy61187]

So basically some of the same sketches but far less funny

[@WonderWaageRadio]

Paul with no mustache... No thanks

[@sheenabelle2816]

Reused material. UK VERSION IS SO MUCH BETTER

[@StefanTravis]

Remember when "adapting a UK format to US" meant "making it shit"? Well, at least they didn't do that here.

[@Walperion_Music]

Lol

[@byronwelichko8577]

This is horrible.

[@sparklywarkly89]

Bugger absolutely the same sketches as the UK version.. Shame on you Lee Mack!!!

[@swine13]

Why is this Lee's fault?

[@kdravn]

This is a worse copy that the US Office!

[@twistedsparky06]

2 Mins in so far not quite up to the British one. Just does not translate as well, might also be because I have seen these sketches before.

[@906087]

Just blatent copy of the original

[@906087]

But the "I spy" sketch wasn't half bad

[@markc8956]

Funnier than our UK version ever was . Laughed more in the first five minutes of this than the entire run of the UK series.

[@johnnyw525]

All the bits without Lee Mack were funny

[@TheSouthsboy14]

This is cringe city especially after watching the UK version. There’s zero differences aside from the actors excluding Lee Mack. Same skits, bad acting and even the exact same dialogue. Guys.. please watch the UK version. Not this copycat unfunny ripoff.

[@ShawnStafford-1978]

Why are you so hurt about this US version? They must've had a plan for making it here? 🤷‍♂️

[@hanshh8163]

Bad copy of the British Sketch Show

[@laggers54]

How bad is this

[@supersaiyanjack9233]

Even though its a remake lee mack was funny everyone else was crap and im saying that as an American and i do like this one and the British one but the British one is so much better

[@smidgens1]

Not funny at all

[@baselabuobeid3801]

sucks

[@thefulld6650]

Typical UK series copying brilliant American TV shows. Everytime the UK tries to redo a classic American TV show it's always shit only ever gets like 1 season... if that.

[@spencerbrocklebank]

Other way around mate US copied the UK version

[@ShawnStafford-1978]

​@@spencerbrocklebankNot exactly. I think they brought it here, to try it in the USA.