While on the subject of Americans I was reading an article about the excessive noise over Windsor Castle made by overhead aeroplanes. Apparently a visiting American dignitary asked Prince Phillip in all seriousness why it was built so close to Heathrow.
While on the subject of Americans I was reading an article about the excessive noise over Windsor Castle made by overhead aeroplanes. Apparently a visiting American dignitary asked Prince Phillip in all seriousness why it was built so close to Heathrow.
With the OPs example of adverts. Many famous US actors do advertising abroad as generally people back in their homeland are unlikely to see it. I know people such as Di Caprio have done TV adverts out in Asia. It's no different really.
As for not finding American comedies funny. Well it's all personal preference but they produce a wide variety of comedy shows and comedians that if you don't find at least some part of it amusing then I personally would question someones sense of humour.
What s wrong with blokes meeting in pubs and women meeting in, I dunno, shoe shops or somewhere.
The coffee shops are more American than European. I cringe when I see people here sitting behind a "bucket" of hot milk & coffee with all sorts of shite in it and on top of it. Some of the large cups/mugs in Starbucks have two handles to carry them.
I cant help but notice that a heck of a lot of advertising 'requires' American actors - EE,Direct Line,Hotels.com being 3 current examples. This, along with the influx of Americans and American themes with Top Gear as another example, just shows how much American influence is being exerted in the media nowadays. To me, looking at humour as an example, i really dont 'get' US humour - it just doesnt make me laugh (Simpsons aside) and i deliberately swerve away from anything American in that respect. Why do we need to import all this yank rubbish?
Bizarrely, a lot of British actors are invading US media as well. A lot more Brits in Hollywood than 10-20 years ago.
I think it's more a symptom of globalisation, rather than something limited to just the UK.
Which is another reason as to why we should need to bring in all this US crap.
Look mate, you don't need to hint around it, you can just call me by name.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.
Bizarrely, a lot of British actors are invading US media as well. A lot more Brits in Hollywood than 10-20 years ago.
I think it's more a symptom of globalisation, rather than something limited to just the UK.
Which is another reason as to why we should need to bring in all this US crap.
Look mate, you don't need to hint around it, you can just call me by name.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.
Thanks for the balance SD- i knew you'd chip in !
Tell you what , if we give you back Matt LeBlanc, Kevin Bacon and Harvey Keitel (who i like) - then can we have John Oliver back then please (whoever he is !)
What s wrong with blokes meeting in pubs and women meeting in, I dunno, shoe shops or somewhere.
The coffee shops are more American than European. I cringe when I see people here sitting behind a "bucket" of hot milk & coffee with all sorts of shite in it and on top of it. Some of the large cups/mugs in Starbucks have two handles to carry them.
Nothing wrong with a drop of hot milk with your coffee. But agree, in huge buckets, with all sorts of syrups and squirty shit in it, that's a no no to any coffee connoisseur
Bizarrely, a lot of British actors are invading US media as well. A lot more Brits in Hollywood than 10-20 years ago.
I think it's more a symptom of globalisation, rather than something limited to just the UK.
Which is another reason as to why we should need to bring in all this US crap.
Look mate, you don't need to hint around it, you can just call me by name.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.
Thanks for the balance SD- i knew you'd chip in !
Tell you what , if we give you back Matt LeBlanc, Kevin Bacon and Harvey Keitel (who i like) - then can we have John Oliver back then please (whoever he is !)
Bizarrely, a lot of British actors are invading US media as well. A lot more Brits in Hollywood than 10-20 years ago.
I think it's more a symptom of globalisation, rather than something limited to just the UK.
Which is another reason as to why we should need to bring in all this US crap.
Look mate, you don't need to hint around it, you can just call me by name.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.
Thanks for the balance SD- i knew you'd chip in !
Tell you what , if we give you back Matt LeBlanc, Kevin Bacon and Harvey Keitel (who i like) - then can we have John Oliver back then please (whoever he is !)
I don't think we can afford John Oliver anymore - he is bloody brilliant though.
I'm in a bar in New England watching a baseball game - that's something that will never, ever catch on in England btw - and an advertisement just came on featuring James Corden (and I don't think it was for his show, for a theme park or something). So it runs both ways, we get Kevin Bacon and they get Smithy.
What s wrong with blokes meeting in pubs and women meeting in, I dunno, shoe shops or somewhere.
The coffee shops are more American than European. I cringe when I see people here sitting behind a "bucket" of hot milk & coffee with all sorts of shite in it and on top of it. Some of the large cups/mugs in Starbucks have two handles to carry them.
Nothing wrong with a drop of hot milk with your coffee. But agree, in huge buckets, with all sorts of syrups and squirty shit in it, that's a no no to any coffee connoisseur
Milky drinks are for breakfast, and kiddy-winks. Espresso only after 11:00am. (You can have an Americano if you are feeling a little feeble.) Otherwise you might just as well have a strawberry Nesquik.
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What s wrong with blokes meeting in pubs and women meeting in, I dunno, shoe shops or somewhere.
As for not finding American comedies funny. Well it's all personal preference but they produce a wide variety of comedy shows and comedians that if you don't find at least some part of it amusing then I personally would question someones sense of humour.
Netflix is currently awash with some fantastic British shows that they've collaborated on or are promoting in the States. Just started watching "The Missing" on Amazon Prime and it's gripping. Armando Iannucci has an incredibly successful, critically acclaimed show in "Veep," an Americanized version of The Thick of It that doesn't lose that fast, clever dry wit. I feel like these things tend to go in waves, and it seems right now that we're going through a pretty heavy period of exchange.
For all of the American crap you get, there is some fantastic American television, Veep as mentioned previously, first series of "True Detective," Game of Thrones (which is American produced but very international, and lots of other things I can't think of off the top of my head. Oh, and we've taken John Oliver as a national treasure since you lot couldn't find a fucking thing for him.
Tell you what , if we give you back Matt LeBlanc, Kevin Bacon and Harvey Keitel (who i like) - then can we have John Oliver back then please (whoever he is !)
Fine in the US, but not here.
I'm in a bar in New England watching a baseball game - that's something that will never, ever catch on in England btw - and an advertisement just came on featuring James Corden (and I don't think it was for his show, for a theme park or something). So it runs both ways, we get Kevin Bacon and they get Smithy.
Otherwise you might just as well have a strawberry Nesquik.