threes company, was in fact based and the scripts were taken almost verbatim from the UK original one, man about the house, the uk one was more adult based as there was a certain tension, which after having seen threes company, it didnt have, steptoe and son, was the same, it became sandford and son.
it sort of lost things in the translation, but todays tv, is aimed at mothers, as per adverts, and has a subtext of anti maleness, see how many tv shows show that men are dumb, see how many shows only have breeders in them.
a few years ago, someone came up with an electronic version of a bleeper machine, that would convert "bad" words into "good" words. and they tried it, but they decided it was too dumb, (this story is either apocryphal, or an urban legend not sure), so the actor dick van dyke, became penis van lesbian.
same with the DOVE website (no link to the soap as far as i can tell), if they dont like the tv show, they dont have to watch, let alone let their brats watch, there is a OFF button.
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