Those clips looked horrible. The US equivalents of David and Gareth had absolutely none of the charm the British actors did.
I'll probably still watch it, since I'm such a fan of the original, but I can't see it possibly being any good, especially if those clips were any indication. Much of the humour in the British version was very subtle, which of course doesn't translate to mainstream American audiences. It seems like all the jokes shown in those clips were hitting the viewer over the head with a mallat.
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