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I grew up watching SNL when Eddie Murphy was playing Buckwheat.. but that’s not the same as a real comedic attempt by a foreign power at satirizing us -;) there

I grew up watching SNL when Eddie Murphy was playing Buckwheat.. but that’s not the same as a real comedic attempt by a foreign power at satirizing us -;) there must be something online...

giancarlostoro 7y ago
Maybe Russia will do it. I heard they have a 1:1 rip off of the Big Bang Theory. You can YouTube it, it looks obscure.
- i_am_nomad 7y ago
  In the name of all that is holy, why would anyone rip off that show? It is literally the worst thing I have ever seen on television, excluding reality TV. And I say that as someone who grew up during TV’s dismal 1980s.
  - mrep 7y ago
    > In the name of all that is holy, why would anyone rip off that show? It is literally the worst thing I have ever seen on television While I have never seen the show, 10-20 million people apparently watch it [0] so apparently a lot of people do like it and your tone comes off as condescending. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory#U.S._standard_ratings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Bang_Theory#U.S._stand...
    - MagnumPIG 7y ago
      Furthermore, apart from the fact that geek culture has always had a hate-on for TBBT, we don't import/export TV show concepts because they are perceived as good, but rather because they are seen as profitable. Good is subjective, money is its own metric.
    - i_am_nomad 7y ago
      > While I have never seen the show You should have stopped there.