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luvdance

10-04-2007, 02:14 AM

HOLLYWOOD comic Molly Shannon will star in the American version of Kath & Kim.

The Saturday Night Live alumni was confirmed late yesterday as being one of the two leads in the soon-to-be filmed US adaptation of the Australian hit comedy series, to be produced by US network NBC.

"I can confirm that Molly Shannon has been cast in Kath & Kim," an NBC spokesman told The Daily Telegraph.

Shannon, 43, will take on the role of suburban mother Kath, played on the local series by Jane Turner.

The Ohio native sprang to fame in US comedy institution Saturday Night Live, in which she starred between 1995 to 2001.

On the show she played various characters, including her iconic awkward schoolgirl role Mary Katharine Gallagher, who she later portrayed on the big screen in 1999 movie Superstar.

The mother-of-two was the lead in critically acclaimed independent film Year of the Dog.

Fellow film veteran Joan Cusack, 44, was also in contention for the US version of the series but is said to no longer be attached to the project.

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finally u americans are coping something that was done is Australia first LOL

DJDarknez

10-04-2007, 08:51 AM

Bound for failure.

International adaptations pretty much never work

Sgdalero

10-04-2007, 06:38 PM

nope. its prolly gonna suck.

DJDarknez

10-04-2007, 07:10 PM

Course, it doesn't help that I'm really not a fan of Molly Shannon

luvdance

10-04-2007, 08:47 PM

Kath & Kim is huge in Oz and the UK....

i dont know how the american one will work...

< ---------------------- Kath (right) & Kim (left)

the Aussie one is about a monther (Kath) and daughter (Kim) and their everyday life as australians...it is so funny...it's really paying out the aussie people pur to the extreme...it's funny!

DJDarknez

10-04-2007, 08:51 PM

Well, I'll tell ya...there was that one show..Absolutely Fabulous, that was brought over the US

Didn't go to hot

luvdance

10-04-2007, 08:52 PM

yeah that's from the UK....

it's kinda like that...but and aussie version... and they're 'normal' lol

JoeySkillz

10-06-2007, 10:00 AM

is that kinda like "Married with Children"
shit why not just air the show here instead of making a new adaptation of it.

DJDarknez

10-06-2007, 12:05 PM

Too much Aussie humor that Americans wouldn't understand. The different slang, too, nobody would understand it.

JoeySkillz

10-06-2007, 12:43 PM

right
does crazy Aussie's and thier wierd ass dialect

DJDarknez

10-06-2007, 01:06 PM

jes

does crazy aussies

JoeySkillz

10-06-2007, 01:33 PM

always wanting to do things backwards

luvdance

10-07-2007, 11:43 PM

Too much Aussie humor that Americans wouldn't understand. The different slang, too, nobody would understand it.

I agree.

but i think they would be putting in the american way...like american slag and stupid things that typical americans would do...

u should watch an episode of Kath & Kim...it is pretty funny...i love it...i have all the seasons + the christmas special on dvd. there is aboutr 2 more episodes of season 4 to go....ive already ordered my copy :D

DJDarknez

10-08-2007, 03:48 AM

Oh yeah, it would be completely re-scripted.

That being said, I'd never watch it. I can't stand 99% of the shit they air on the TV these days.

JoeySkillz

10-08-2007, 11:49 PM

Oh yeah, it would be completely re-scripted.

That being said, I'd never watch it. I can't stand 99% of the shit they air on the TV these days.

i'd prolly watch it.. she says its funny.. i'll give it a try when it comes out.

DJDarknez

10-09-2007, 01:33 AM

Ya, I have a pretty short attention span when it comes to tv. I hated all the usual shows growing up. I'm weird like that.

luvdance

10-09-2007, 11:53 PM

Ya, I have a pretty short attention span when it comes to tv. I hated all the usual shows growing up. I'm weird like that.

LOL

ill say!

go watch ur rambo...

DJDarknez

10-10-2007, 12:02 AM

I'm watching Top Gear :D

Sgdalero

10-15-2007, 03:02 AM

I'm watching Top Gear :D

bastard, thats the one car show i would love to see.

Frederick

10-15-2007, 12:19 PM

Sgdalero

10-15-2007, 01:09 PM

and accents.

DJDarknez

10-15-2007, 01:36 PM

bastard, thats the one car show i would love to see.

:D

I just watched Season 10, Episode 2 last night. God bless the innerwebs :applaudit

and accents.

Molly Shannon has no accent

misterdoormat

10-15-2007, 07:35 PM

Bound for failure.

International adaptations pretty much never work

Yeah... The Office never made it past pilot.

misterdoormat

10-15-2007, 07:37 PM

is that kinda like "Married with Children"
shit why not just air the show here instead of making a new adaptation of it.

There is a Russian version of Married with Children. It's a HUGE hit there.

misterdoormat

10-15-2007, 07:38 PM

Luvdance, was "Thank God You're Here!" originally from Australia?

DJDarknez

10-15-2007, 08:05 PM

Yeah... The Office never made it past pilot.

Whar was that an adaptation from?

One of the very few that seems to have worked. But it's still not screamingly popular.

luvdance

10-15-2007, 11:14 PM

This will not sit here due to the difference in humor and values.

yeah...aussies are laid back and find anything and everything hilarious!

luvdance

10-15-2007, 11:16 PM

Luvdance, was "Thank God You're Here!" originally from Australia?

yeah, im pretty sure it was...or maybe it was the UK...

it's like 'who's line is it anyway' which is very very funny!

"Thank God You're Here!" its' pretty good, expecially when they have good comedians on the show..

JoeySkillz

10-15-2007, 11:58 PM

There is a Russian version of Married with Children. It's a HUGE hit there.

O RLY?
well damn im sure it would never match up the one here
The original Al Bundy and Bed Wetter B :p