Russians make old sitcoms into their own
 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061003/tv_nm/russia_dc_1

Russia is out to find its own Brooke Shields to star in a new, local-language version of the sitcom "Suddenly Susan."

The Russian reincarnation of NBC's 1996-2000 series, which starred Shields in the title role as a San Francisco columnist, is part of a big move by the show's producer, Warner Bros., to develop foreign versions of old U.S. sitcoms, such as "Perfect Strangers," "Step by Step" and "Full House."

"Susan" is being produced in conjunction with a Russian broadcaster, CTC, which will shoot 40 episodes of the series. CTC has also committed to 40 episodes of "Step by Step" and 20 episodes of "Full House."

Meanwhile, the first episode of the Russian version of "Perfect Strangers" debuted a week ago on Ren TV. Mismatched roommates Larry and Balki have become Ivan (Artem Semakin) and Andrei (Anton Eldarov). Andrei arrives from his remote ex-Soviet republic and moves straight into the flat of his Moscow cousin, Ivan, where cultures clash between the two dissimilar characters.

Raph's Girl note: Yea but will the Russian version of Uncle Jesse still be an Elvis fanatic?? :lol:

Sounds similar to the new French Muppet show. They basically take the old characters, but give them to French performers... and stateside? Nothing.

Now... if the Russians were doing something Current like... i dunno, the Office or something it wouldn't be as interresting. Aside from Perfect Strangers (which lost its potential to have an annoying goofy American roommate bunk with a button down Russian) those other shows are pointless to remake. Suddenly Susan? I mean, why bother? I liked the one episode with Rodney Dangerfield... but only because he was in it. The less said about Step by Step and Full house the better.

But it would be interresting to see a Family Matters remake, complete with Russian Urkle.