HBO's 'Little Britain USA' lends us lots of laughs

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 HBO's 'Little Britain USA' lends us lots of laughs
Thank goodness for the naughty Brits. Sketch comedy may be on its last legs in America and getting lamer with each outing of ... (link)

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Early buzz: Gellar returns, 'Ghostbusters,' Stan Lee, more
Published 9/26/2008 by Whitney Matheson at USATODAY.com - Pop Candy
... with a half-hour HBO series. - We have a positive review of HBO's remake of Little Britain . (Fun fact: Eps are directed by The State 's Michael Patrick Jann .) - Ed McMahon ...

Will American Audiences Accept Little Britain USA ? [Critical Mass]
Published 9/26/2008 by Maria at Jezebel
... will probably like "Little Britain USA." As for the uninitiated, well, I suppose it all comes down to a person's fondness for penis jokes. Because they are everywhere, those penis jokes: in the skits about the petulantly gay prime minister and his attempts to "seduce" the American president, or the one with a law enforcement officer whose erection grows ever larger as he shows off his gun collection, or the bikini-line-trimming friendship between steroid-maimed locker-room buddies. USA Today : Fans of the original (which runs on BBC America) will be thrilled to hear the pair ...

What Make The American Critics Of HBO’s Penis-Happy New Sketch Show LITTLE BRITAIN USA??
Published 9/28/2008 by Hercules at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... The Britishers behind the sketch show “Little Britain” (seen here on BBC America) have created a new HBO sketch series utilizing more American characters. USA Today give it four stars (out of four) and says: … You can't expect every skit in a show like this to work, and of course, some don't. What's startling is that the vast majority do, and those few that flop are over so quickly, you're already laughing at something else by time you notice. Indeed, the only real downside of the program is that they've made only six episodes.… ...

Did you like 'Little Britain?'
Published 9/29/2008 by Ann Oldenburg at USATODAY.com - Lifeline Live
Did you like 'Little Britain?' Like this story? Share it with Yahoo! Buzz Did anyone tune into Little Britain , the Monty Python-esque sitcom that premiered last night on HBO? USA TODAY's Robert Bianco loved it, giving it four stars out of four in his review . ...

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There are few things that are certain in this life: death, taxes, and the fact that that I will laugh uncontrollably whenever I watch David Walliams and Matt Lucas. I speak, of course, of the creators and stars of BBC's Little Britain, who have taken ...
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Little Britain USA Review - TV Show Reviews - Analysis Of Little Britain USA The TV Series

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MATT Lucas and David Walliams' new series Little Britain USA is called 'crude' by critics
'Crude' Little Britain is slammed by US critics just days before the series launches stateside
It seems that Matt Lucas and David Walliams aren’t exactly winning over the Americans with the US version of Little Britain mauled by critics as 'mostly just rude'.
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It seems that Matt Lucas and David Walliams aren’t exactly winning over the Americans - with the US version of Little Britain mauled by critics as 'mostly just rude'.
British Invasion? No, Just Two Lads Playing Dress Up
British comedians Matt Lucas and David Walliams, whose sketch show, “Little Britain USA” has its debut on HBO on Sunday, hope to thrive here without much alteration to their bawdy formula. >