It might if it was HipHop MCs and DJ could work if it was filmed in real locations that people from that area would relate to and can appreciate/laugh at e.g. NYC. That's one of the things that made PJDN work for me as it's filmed where I'm from and I'm a fan of Garage. The main problem is that mockumentary style might not translate into comedy as HipHop can be taken too far to the street to be funny.
@@user-tr1zc9kw8g 1. it's possible that you've listened to a track you love and not realised it's Garage. 2. there people that Love Garage and I'm one of them, so you're wrong there.
@@user-tr1zc9kw8g no not at all. That's one of it biggest selling points. Yes it's funny but it's true to the scene. The pirate radio sets in flats and even down to the tunes
Presumably if the US Decoy was a woman, there was no attempt to copy the "Decoy is Angel's real dad but Grindah has no idea" storyline from the original show.
The original Decoy storyline is too sad. In the US that kind of thing would be racially charged so I see why they went away from it. Just imagine not being able to claim your child while she’s being raised by your friend who’s a terrible father and a bad friend that uses you for rides and a weed connection. Then the family moves away with her and all that Decoy suffering so Grindah can have peace of mind? Nah son justice for Decoy and Angel !!! I blame Miche.
@@roughneckjihad1003 Well said. Don't think the US is quite as multicultural as us so that storyline would be well inflamatory. Don't think they could pull off "Greek guy thinks mixed race girl is his" especially with how white their Grindah was gonna be! I did think the Angel/Miche/Decoy plot was really sad and should have had a resolution - always Big In Japan to fix that issue I hope! Loved the bit where Decoy took them to meet his uncles for weed. Fucking pissing himself cos his uncles were white and Grindah had done all the Yardie talk all day! Small victory for my favourite character.
oh my gosh this made my skin crawl. American's really just do not understand. People Just Do Nothing is so inherently British, you know, the council houses, the Garage music, the working class culture, the comedy. It's so great because it's real, people growing up in inner city London, in flats or council houses, producing music. It could have translated over better I feel like if it was about a group of Hip Hop artists in New York in the Projects or something. But trying to make it about 'trap' 'electro' dj's in the middle of Las Vegas is just so dead.
Yeah the Hip Hop MCs idea would’ve worked, because old school hip-hop is obviously not hot anymore and people don’t run pirate radio stations anymore so it would work for a group of white guys (1 mixed or black guy for decoy obviously) dressed like Wu-tang-clan trying to push their music like it’s something new, even though it’s a bygone era. I think I’d actually enjoy that because I like old school hip hop and so do many others, The shit these guys are doing is so niche and always has been, where as garage actually popped once.
The show is about a rudeboy chav who needs to grow up & was successful because of it's British-ism's. A US show about some DJ's or Hip Hoppers would probably be excellent because it wouldn't have been a blatantly stolen concept & reworked for it's best jokes & built in audience. Goddamn savages, is nothing sacred!
That NYC HipHop MCs and DJ could work if it was filmed in real locations that people from that area would relate to and can appreciate/laugh at. That's one of the things that made PJDN work for me as it's filmed where I'm from and I'm a fan of Garage.
Yeah I agree this show is just to British for the Americans to even know what to do with it,,you only have to look back to when they tried to do an American version of the British prison comedy Porridge and then the same thing with Red dwarf they just didn't have a clue as they really don't get our sense of humour 😉😀😜..
The problem is, a bunch of people would probably have preferred it to the original, and I wouldn’t want to continue living on this planet. I’m glad PJDN remains without equivalent.
PJDN is the most underrated and least talked about UK comedy ever made. It should be mentioned on the same breath as The Office, Royle Family and Peep Show. And as with those comedies which some US producer has watched in a hotel room in London and decided to rip off; whoever made that pilot completely missed the point of why PJDN is funny.
@@LucasKingPiano I was literally just about to type the same thing out. This Country is insanely good. There's something about it that just feels so unbelievably eerily close to mine and a lot of people's experiences growing up in the UK. The references both feel insanely late 90s and modern at the same time. It's just great, and like all great comedies they killed it well before it got tired.
There’s NO way a show like this could translate to a US version. Partly because the whole private radio/uk garage culture is thoroughly British. And the type of dry, sarcastic humour wouldn’t translate either
I think it could have worked with different writers and cast. Something more raw.. not a cookie cutter show which it looks like they were going for. They definately could have been more creative if they just Thought about it, I mean even I have some ideas on how.. 🤷🏻♂️
I would have loved to see them use the same writers but a different location in us. It could have had some potential but whoever did this version, didn’t even watch the original.
The problem with This show is that it such a British program like the pirate radio station the garage music and just the actual people to me it just something you can't re create with an American take on it and the original is a genuine project between friends and let's face it wannabe djs are 10 a penny
tbh if you imagine fresh Prince of Bel air having a spin off during its heyday , with jazzy Jeff as main protagonist. That would be a pretty good equivalent !
@@dfpguitar but in the Fresh Prince there had to be something to be learned at the end of and episode. If it was made mockumentary style it might be made to look too serious to be a comedy.
if they absolutely did have to dilute a true classic they could have used garage too seeing as it was born there. the people that made this are obviously complete goons though
@@richjones7313 I don't think it was a popular over there as it was here but yes they could of used some garage music but I don't think the masses would of liked it because I don't think any of the people who made garage in the states had the fame as some did here like the streets or the so solid crew
@@charliejones3119U.K. Garage and Garage are very different genres. US Garage is basically soulful house/disco, and originated from the 70s New York nightclub The Paradise Garage. It’s nothing like the U.K. Garage sound that originates in the 90s in London.
@@heftymoreganic4158 nah, I’m laughing at the audacity of this comment. Last I checked Britain colonized my country BECAUSE of spices... but go on about how you’re cultured or w/e
As an American I agree with this...this would've sucked ass! Some things are better as their original. PJDN is rooted in UK garage, this would've been an entirely new show.
True American tv shows are better when there not based on uk ones. There’s so many American remakes and it’s weird. Especially when we speak the same language
I love PJDN, Peep Show and the Office so Andrew you are my spirit animal. These videos must take so long to make and I really appreciate them, just brilliant mate!
I've always thought of PJDN as a kinda UK equivalent to Trailer Park Boys, even tho TPB is Canadian I think that's closer to what you'd need from a US version of PJDN. The equivalent of some Brentford tower blocks is not the Vegas strip, this all just looks like they're trying to make the cast far too cool in order to launch live shows etc rather than letting it happen naturally.
For this to have a chance any to work, it would probably need to be set in the projects of New York or another major US City and probably a hip hop vibe rather than trap. Only problem is that the comedy value would have to lean towards a cross between Fresh Prince of Bel Air and The Big Bang Theory. Also some of the places outside are real locations in Brentford (where I live) so I can fully relate to it and laugh. Additionally Trailer Park Boys is closer to Tower Block Dreams
One thing that is fun to think about (and i'm wondering if it may have been intentional) is how much Kurupt FM would hate the music that this whole remake focusses on.
You can remake "The Office" but you can't remake something like "People Just Do Nothing" all the actors are too unique and perfect for their roles...A great show!
I spoke to George Kevwood (Craig) at an afterparty in London after Kurupts "last" live show, 11/18. He said he was filming scenes for the American spinoff, playing his character on a gap year/road trip. The man is a legend, really nice guy.
You can't force something like this. No amount of money can capture the magic. The pjdn boys lived the life together, the process was organic. No casting agents, producers etc etc. That's why we love it
PJDN is raw British comedy. a fantastic cast and writers made something so beautiful from the documentary 'Tower block dreams'. It really doesn't lend itself to a direct cultural copy.
I feel like the Decoy gender swap could've worked if they had switched her with Beats. US Decoy's actor has more of a "sidekick best friend" vibe than US Beats does imo
They could have looked for actors from the American sub culture called “the juggalo” and done the series based around that that would have worked so well, that’s just the perfect sub-culture to make a show like this in America
Or the 2000 era “wigger” culture, the Eminem era type culture where you had a lot of white people dressing “black” along the line of Malibu’s most wanted (really funny film), that era had its own sub-culture, which would have work really well like PJDN, it could have been based around the same premise as PJDN where you have guys stock in 50 cent/G-unit era of rap/hip-hop trying to make it in this auto tune skinny jeans travis scoot era of rap (basically not moved on with the times), I think this could have worked aswell.
The main problem with US variants of UK comedies is the fact that humor in US differs so much from the UK. Take for example the Office UK version, very dry humor. Most Americans hate that version and live by the American Office variant of essentially fart jokes and quick camera panning to another character.
This may just be the most accurate comment on the internet. Heard so many people rave about the US office I had to check it out. It's humour for 9 year olds
If you see any American comedy, it will be full of gross humor and sex jokes, there's nothing actual humourous about them. UK gets comedy right at least.
I'd been super curious about this myself. Thanks for making this vid! As both a big PJDN fan and an American, I'm very glad this didn't pan out. No disrespect to the actors. It was just an unnecessary adaptation that would have never worked.
Americans just can’t handle a depressing and satirical look on life, a good adaptation would be set in outer New York and have the boys playing gangster rap not realising the scenes moved on
Thank you for making this video, I’m a huge fan of PJDN since the TH-cam days when Grindah was MC Sniper! The American remake wasn’t actually as diabolical as I was expecting, obviously nothing like the original, but still!
difference is that british people are naturally funny even when they’re not trying to be and americans just aren’t, so mockumentary style american anything doesn’t work
It feels like it was created by someone who had the original show described to them, rather than any serious research.....very pooer P.S. Really good video Andrew, thanks for sharing with us!
@@westsideisdabest7825 mate if we compared things on format everythin would be the saame, with that argu,ent u can say the office is basically a british trailer park boys.
Amongst other things pjdn is a comedic insight into the 'working class' in London. It comes from a place of peace and love but is still genuine and funny. I feel when Americans try to replicate these delicate cultural balances and try and poke fun of their working class it comes across as very insincere and just falls flat. The people don't have a true perspective of the people they are trying to replicate and we as the audience pick up on it. The characters feel fake, the scenarios are farfetched and the relationships forced.
God this is a mindfuck. Most British sitcoms could, on some level, be adapted for the US market, but this is insane. I come from Brentford, grew up north of the GWR admittedly but my mum as a kid lived on the estate they knocked down to build the houses where Roche lives, and before moving to the country I spent half my time there still. It's THAT specific. All the shooting locations are real, the back alley behind Goddards, Round the back from the old Heidelberg offices by Akash that comes out at the Six Bells, Thames restaurant (which is great btw). We all know a Chabuddy G in West London, in fact, an old school friend Akash Liya who's dad owns Akash Electronics seen in the show was our very own Ultrapaneer growing up. The kids on Green Dragon were ALL versions of the Kurupt crew, nearly as much as the kids on Clayponds but that doesn't look as gritty so I can see the easy decision to use the towers. And it's simply the UKG music that goes only with the exact life circumstances these characters are in that makes the show so on the nose. I suppose I'm saying after that random essay that it's set in a social environment rather than a location, so if someone felt they could move it they really don't get the point of the show to begin with. THROW YA K'S!!!
I know i'm a little late, but I can tell you with complete certainty that at 4:40 That view is from the West Side of Albuquerque, New Mexico looking at the Sandia Mountain range. I wonder if Netflix buying the Albuquerque film studios ended all amazon productions their as they saw it as a competitor. Just a thought. Airport cast photo at 7:27 is the Sunport airport in Albuquerque as well.
Lucky this didnt follow through for numerous of reasons 🤣🤣 rather the ogs i mean u cant replace chabuddy g or beats or steves or grindah or decoy an the golf gti
Some things just don’t need to be remade. I moved to the U.K. from America two years ago and I found People Do Nothing to be absolutely amazing and better than most American shows . It does involve a lot of sarcasm which may go over most Americans heads though. British sense of humor is very different to American sense of humor. American humor is more (annoyingly) in your face, laugh now ,(laugh track) type which I don’t find funny at all. They should have just made the show more available to American audiences rather than try and redo it with an “American version”. Just my two cents! Thanks for the video and can’t wait for the movie to come out!
PJDN is the funniiest and most entertaining show since...well, Peep Show. It's the only BBC seriesI have watched in what must be a decade. I can't believe they aren't making any more :( Hope the movie stays true. In this pilot is Decoy the real mother of Angel? The clip at the end is someone in a Burger King 'King' mask (!?!) Throw them Ks. Biggup
This sums up America. They have remade every film possible, so it was going to be tv next. There’s a serious lack of creativeness in the US. Re-cycle re-cycle
They knew it was shit! American hasn't got half the music scene we have here, there all rock and cunt'ry music, with a tiny pocket of real people listening to real beats such as proper underground House and Drum & Bass. They could NEVER pull this off!! Great job with the research!👊🏻❤️🙋🏻🇬🇧
Americans just don't get it, why are they wearing Thrasher? That shit isn't exactly cheap, they come off like rich instagram influencers instead of working class people. Trailer Park Boys got it right even though thats set in Canada it does remind me a lot of People Just Do Nothing.
I'm American and I think it's a stupid idea. People Just Do Nothing is perfect the way it is. One of the funniest shows I've ever seen. Remember when they tried to remake The Inbetweeners in the US? Yeah, not even close to being as great as the original. Just leave these brilliant shows where they belong.
I get the wanting to change it to something that makes sense as a local cultural thing in America but event promoters and DJs in Las Vegas is entirely off to me. The whole fact that they're in Brentford is a joke that's been missed - I guess the equivalent would have had them somewhere like Reno as opposed to Vegas or maybe something like some random place like Oklahoma City. Regardless, they seem to have missed a lot of the jokes. Clearly the people in charge saw that too which is why it was cancelled before there was even a single pilot episode.
I've never seen it but I can't beleive the US Shameless was so popular. Like you said, I'm not sure how such heavy UK specific things would be translated.
Italian here; just finished watching Season 5; I kept thinking "This could be actually be remade in Rome; it would translate well" In the US? Apparently not 🥶
On the topic of American pjdn, I went onto Netflix with a us vpn and went to watch the show only to find some of garage songs had been replaced at seemingly random points. Just seemed strange that they’d change some music and not all of it.
Seriously one of the best shows if you like rap music. I could also see this being a good show for someone who HATES rap. It’s still fresh in my memory but I can’t wait to rematch in a few years. I’ve never went out of my way to rematch a show EVER.
Yanks dont get our humor or bants. It was never gonna work out there. PJDN reps the UKG scene most of it is close to real life as many have lived it or knew someone that was a underground DJ or MC. Including myself as I was the greatest DJ in the galaxy.😆👍
PJDN is pure British, there's no way it would ever have translated well to the US market
It might if it was HipHop MCs and DJ could work if it was filmed in real locations that people from that area would relate to and can appreciate/laugh at e.g. NYC. That's one of the things that made PJDN work for me as it's filmed where I'm from and I'm a fan of Garage. The main problem is that mockumentary style might not translate into comedy as HipHop can be taken too far to the street to be funny.
@@rogerakhan74 What makes PJDN funny as well is the fact no one really gives a fuck about Garage.
@@user-tr1zc9kw8g 1. it's possible that you've listened to a track you love and not realised it's Garage. 2. there people that Love Garage and I'm one of them, so you're wrong there.
@@user-tr1zc9kw8g no not at all. That's one of it biggest selling points. Yes it's funny but it's true to the scene. The pirate radio sets in flats and even down to the tunes
I'm from New York and I love the show
In that tiny clip, the US Decoy spoke more than the original did in a whole 5 series'
Presumably if the US Decoy was a woman, there was no attempt to copy the "Decoy is Angel's real dad but Grindah has no idea" storyline from the original show.
deeky bruvvvvv
Why do you always keep talking about Decoy?!!
The original Decoy storyline is too sad. In the US that kind of thing would be racially charged so I see why they went away from it. Just imagine not being able to claim your child while she’s being raised by your friend who’s a terrible father and a bad friend that uses you for rides and a weed connection. Then the family moves away with her and all that Decoy suffering so Grindah can have peace of mind? Nah son justice for Decoy and Angel !!! I blame Miche.
@@roughneckjihad1003 Well said. Don't think the US is quite as multicultural as us so that storyline would be well inflamatory. Don't think they could pull off "Greek guy thinks mixed race girl is his" especially with how white their Grindah was gonna be! I did think the Angel/Miche/Decoy plot was really sad and should have had a resolution - always Big In Japan to fix that issue I hope! Loved the bit where Decoy took them to meet his uncles for weed. Fucking pissing himself cos his uncles were white and Grindah had done all the Yardie talk all day! Small victory for my favourite character.
oh my gosh this made my skin crawl. American's really just do not understand. People Just Do Nothing is so inherently British, you know, the council houses, the Garage music, the working class culture, the comedy. It's so great because it's real, people growing up in inner city London, in flats or council houses, producing music. It could have translated over better I feel like if it was about a group of Hip Hop artists in New York in the Projects or something. But trying to make it about 'trap' 'electro' dj's in the middle of Las Vegas is just so dead.
Exactly, thank you. They try to make it into money.
Yeah the Hip Hop MCs idea would’ve worked, because old school hip-hop is obviously not hot anymore and people don’t run pirate radio stations anymore so it would work for a group of white guys (1 mixed or black guy for decoy obviously) dressed like Wu-tang-clan trying to push their music like it’s something new, even though it’s a bygone era. I think I’d actually enjoy that because I like old school hip hop and so do many others, The shit these guys are doing is so niche and always has been, where as garage actually popped once.
The show is about a rudeboy chav who needs to grow up & was successful because of it's British-ism's.
A US show about some DJ's or Hip Hoppers would probably be excellent because it wouldn't have been a blatantly stolen concept & reworked for it's best jokes & built in audience.
Goddamn savages, is nothing sacred!
That NYC HipHop MCs and DJ could work if it was filmed in real locations that people from that area would relate to and can appreciate/laugh at. That's one of the things that made PJDN work for me as it's filmed where I'm from and I'm a fan of Garage.
Yh you smashed it with that comment 💯
Americans, Don’t ever try. Leave PJDN alone please.
Yeah I agree this show is just to British for the Americans to even know what to do with it,,you only have to look back to when they tried to do an American version of the British prison comedy Porridge and then the same thing with Red dwarf they just didn't have a clue as they really don't get our sense of humour 😉😀😜..
I agree! Sincerely, an American.
Didn’t they learn after trying to remake the inbetweeners
PJDN needs to be left alone or broadcast on BBC America
@@iamthatguyfromslipknot1137 you forgot shameless
removing the angel decoy dynamic is a big wasted opportunity
i really wish they did it, so everyone could rip the absolute piss out of it
The problem is, a bunch of people would probably have preferred it to the original, and I wouldn’t want to continue living on this planet. I’m glad PJDN remains without equivalent.
🤣🤣🤣
The fact it's shot so clean too takes away the feel of the show...
That’s america for you
It also help when the actors are they ones that came up with the show....
@@bearded_z0mbiegaming108 also write the scripts.
Did you see how attractive Roche was? Roche had game. She wasn't a honey! They made Decoy female, so i guess that's nothing by comparison
it’s the same with shameless
PJDN is the most underrated and least talked about UK comedy ever made. It should be mentioned on the same breath as The Office, Royle Family and Peep Show. And as with those comedies which some US producer has watched in a hotel room in London and decided to rip off; whoever made that pilot completely missed the point of why PJDN is funny.
Give it time. If you've not seen it already, 'This Country' is another recent that is worthy of being mentioned with the classics.
Google tower block dreams, they copied a documentary
@@daveeast9130 Copied? You are aware that this is a mockumentary?
@@LucasKingPiano I was literally just about to type the same thing out.
This Country is insanely good. There's something about it that just feels so unbelievably eerily close to mine and a lot of people's experiences growing up in the UK. The references both feel insanely late 90s and modern at the same time. It's just great, and like all great comedies they killed it well before it got tired.
I reckon it’s better than The Royle Family and The Office.
Peep Show is king though.
Mich ‘i was just walking around and he kind of just shouted at me from a van’ 😂 kristal ‘we met on tinder’ 😒
You summed up why British humor is elite in one line
Dear Americans, leave our comedies alone please.
As an American, I agree. PJDN is a fantastic show that should be left alone.
It’s not, it’s rubbish and you can have it
@@thegentleman4873 stfu
@@thegentleman4873 cope
There’s NO way a show like this could translate to a US version. Partly because the whole private radio/uk garage culture is thoroughly British. And the type of dry, sarcastic humour wouldn’t translate either
I think it could have worked with different writers and cast. Something more raw.. not a cookie cutter show which it looks like they were going for. They definately could have been more creative if they just Thought about it, I mean even I have some ideas on how.. 🤷🏻♂️
I would have loved to see them use the same writers but a different location in us. It could have had some potential but whoever did this version, didn’t even watch the original.
They don't have a sense of humour over there
'private radio' :D
@@catbwoy See that radio marked 'private', do you think a private runs it?
The problem with This show is that it such a British program like the pirate radio station the garage music and just the actual people to me it just something you can't re create with an American take on it and the original is a genuine project between friends and let's face it wannabe djs are 10 a penny
tbh if you imagine fresh Prince of Bel air having a spin off during its heyday , with jazzy Jeff as main protagonist. That would be a pretty good equivalent !
@@dfpguitar but in the Fresh Prince there had to be something to be learned at the end of and episode. If it was made mockumentary style it might be made to look too serious to be a comedy.
if they absolutely did have to dilute a true classic they could have used garage too seeing as it was born there. the people that made this are obviously complete goons though
@@richjones7313 I don't think it was a popular over there as it was here but yes they could of used some garage music but I don't think the masses would of liked it because I don't think any of the people who made garage in the states had the fame as some did here like the streets or the so solid crew
@@charliejones3119U.K. Garage and Garage are very different genres. US Garage is basically soulful house/disco, and originated from the 70s New York nightclub The Paradise Garage. It’s nothing like the U.K. Garage sound that originates in the 90s in London.
Why can’t Americans just watch the original shows instead of having to be spoon fed shows that fit their bland pallets
Lmao, bro try and name ONE dish that’s from the UK that’s got flavor.
@@EffectsofJungli Found the American
@@heftymoreganic4158 nah, I’m laughing at the audacity of this comment. Last I checked Britain colonized my country BECAUSE of spices... but go on about how you’re cultured or w/e
@@EffectsofJungli cry more
@@EffectsofJungli what country are you from?
The uk show works because the four main actors were friends for years before they began making the show. They should just bring the guys to Vegas ✨
They were and they had pjdn series online produced by themselves way before BBC picked it up and made it a big series
People just do nothing in Vegas
Why do yanks ruin every tv show
As an American I agree with this...this would've sucked ass! Some things are better as their original. PJDN is rooted in UK garage, this would've been an entirely new show.
True American tv shows are better when there not based on uk ones. There’s so many American remakes and it’s weird. Especially when we speak the same language
@@Lilah81 I agree you guys must think our shows are awesome to take them all lol but the only better one was the office
Mostly true but as a Brit, I prefer the US version of the Office.
The only American remake I enjoyed is the US office, everything else sucks
Wow without Nanny McPhee we wouldn’t have this interesting piece of found lost media. Inspired.
It’s like they don’t even watch the original lol
Ye, it’s like they just read the overview when they was drunk and made it bad.
as a fan of this show i can genuinely say, hand on heart, I'm so so SO fucking happy this didn't work.
They completely missed the no dubstep rule with the skrillex track. Absolute gem this video is !
What about the no sauce rule?
The American office was a successful re make in my eyes that's about it lol.
That’s only because Ricky Gervais was involved with it though
@@DuasImperiais ah that makes sense
@@DuasImperiais not really
That was shit as well.
@@MrVee24 Your opinion fair enough 🤷
I love PJDN, Peep Show and the Office so Andrew you are my spirit animal.
These videos must take so long to make and I really appreciate them, just brilliant mate!
I've always thought of PJDN as a kinda UK equivalent to Trailer Park Boys, even tho TPB is Canadian I think that's closer to what you'd need from a US version of PJDN. The equivalent of some Brentford tower blocks is not the Vegas strip, this all just looks like they're trying to make the cast far too cool in order to launch live shows etc rather than letting it happen naturally.
For this to have a chance any to work, it would probably need to be set in the projects of New York or another major US City and probably a hip hop vibe rather than trap. Only problem is that the comedy value would have to lean towards a cross between Fresh Prince of Bel Air and The Big Bang Theory. Also some of the places outside are real locations in Brentford (where I live) so I can fully relate to it and laugh.
Additionally Trailer Park Boys is closer to Tower Block Dreams
As an American, I could have told you right away that the show would never translate. Everything about it is uniquely British.
One thing that is fun to think about (and i'm wondering if it may have been intentional) is how much Kurupt FM would hate the music that this whole remake focusses on.
Thanks for the video. Thank fuck this got canceled. Cheers
You can remake "The Office" but you can't remake something like "People Just Do Nothing" all the actors are too unique and perfect for their roles...A great show!
People just do nothing,the inbetweeners,trailer park boys and more .Shows like that you just don't touch
Facts
I spoke to George Kevwood (Craig) at an afterparty in London after Kurupts "last" live show, 11/18. He said he was filming scenes for the American spinoff, playing his character on a gap year/road trip. The man is a legend, really nice guy.
DJ Steves tried to put my mate in a headlock once
hahahaha what the fuck, any more context?
Explain
what lmao 😂
You can't force something like this. No amount of money can capture the magic. The pjdn boys lived the life together, the process was organic. No casting agents, producers etc etc. That's why we love it
PJDN is raw British comedy. a fantastic cast and writers made something so beautiful from the documentary 'Tower block dreams'. It really doesn't lend itself to a direct cultural copy.
Its jokes how similar to towerblock dreams it is 😆
Clearly whoever thought this was a good idea wasn't a wisionary.
“Wisionary” I see what you did there!! 😄🤣
I feel like the Decoy gender swap could've worked if they had switched her with Beats. US Decoy's actor has more of a "sidekick best friend" vibe than US Beats does imo
Fascinating video, and top detective work! I'd love to see more videos about PJDN in the future 😊
People Just Do Nothing Is A Masterpiece. It should be respected and readily available In the US
They could have looked for actors from the American sub culture called “the juggalo” and done the series based around that that would have worked so well, that’s just the perfect sub-culture to make a show like this in America
Or the 2000 era “wigger” culture, the Eminem era type culture where you had a lot of white people dressing “black” along the line of Malibu’s most wanted (really funny film), that era had its own sub-culture, which would have work really well like PJDN, it could have been based around the same premise as PJDN where you have guys stock in 50 cent/G-unit era of rap/hip-hop trying to make it in this auto tune skinny jeans travis scoot era of rap (basically not moved on with the times), I think this could have worked aswell.
@@seunayadi Good concept
The main problem with US variants of UK comedies is the fact that humor in US differs so much from the UK. Take for example the Office UK version, very dry humor. Most Americans hate that version and live by the American Office variant of essentially fart jokes and quick camera panning to another character.
This may just be the most accurate comment on the internet. Heard so many people rave about the US office I had to check it out. It's humour for 9 year olds
If you see any American comedy, it will be full of gross humor and sex jokes, there's nothing actual humourous about them. UK gets comedy right at least.
I'd been super curious about this myself. Thanks for making this vid!
As both a big PJDN fan and an American, I'm very glad this didn't pan out.
No disrespect to the actors. It was just an unnecessary adaptation that would have never worked.
the joke was that there were still people running a pirate garage music station. that stuff never existed in the us
I’m writing my dissertation on People just nothing and the office so your content is perfect for me
whats your degree?
What's the dissertation about?
@@axw the framing of mockumentaries and how the genre explores communities
@@lingy1274 Interesting!
Americans just can’t handle a depressing and satirical look on life, a good adaptation would be set in outer New York and have the boys playing gangster rap not realising the scenes moved on
I'm not sure Americans have that type of people to relate to like UK people
Oh they do. I've met my fair share. 😄
Thank you for making this video, I’m a huge fan of PJDN since the TH-cam days when Grindah was MC Sniper! The American remake wasn’t actually as diabolical as I was expecting, obviously nothing like the original, but still!
I had no idea an American remake even existed, but I was somehow expecting it to be a lot worse!
This channel is always putting together great original content, keep it up dude!
I think The Office is the only case where the american version is just as good as the british one
12:02 I mean that's kinda funny
difference is that british people are naturally funny even when they’re not trying to be and americans just aren’t, so mockumentary style american anything doesn’t work
Massive generalisation, no?
Criminally underrated TH-cam channel
It feels like it was created by someone who had the original show described to them, rather than any serious research.....very pooer
P.S. Really good video Andrew, thanks for sharing with us!
PJDN is basically a British Trailer Park Boys anyway lmao.
except they live in a housing estate and its about pirate radio
@@richjones7313 Same format though
@@westsideisdabest7825 mate if we compared things on format everythin would be the saame, with that argu,ent u can say the office is basically a british trailer park boys.
It could be argued that Trailer Park Boys is closer to Tower Block Dreams where the protagonists often end up on the wrong side of the law.
Isn’t coyote, American prison slang for transvestites? Kind of a similar play on words as grindah.
I only know it as a term for someone who smuggles people across the US/Mexico border. That’s probably not what they were going for though.
Amongst other things pjdn is a comedic insight into the 'working class' in London. It comes from a place of peace and love but is still genuine and funny.
I feel when Americans try to replicate these delicate cultural balances and try and poke fun of their working class it comes across as very insincere and just falls flat. The people don't have a true perspective of the people they are trying to replicate and we as the audience pick up on it. The characters feel fake, the scenarios are farfetched and the relationships forced.
Very well put!
God this is a mindfuck. Most British sitcoms could, on some level, be adapted for the US market, but this is insane.
I come from Brentford, grew up north of the GWR admittedly but my mum as a kid lived on the estate they knocked down to build the houses where Roche lives, and before moving to the country I spent half my time there still. It's THAT specific. All the shooting locations are real, the back alley behind Goddards, Round the back from the old Heidelberg offices by Akash that comes out at the Six Bells, Thames restaurant (which is great btw). We all know a Chabuddy G in West London, in fact, an old school friend Akash Liya who's dad owns Akash Electronics seen in the show was our very own Ultrapaneer growing up. The kids on Green Dragon were ALL versions of the Kurupt crew, nearly as much as the kids on Clayponds but that doesn't look as gritty so I can see the easy decision to use the towers. And it's simply the UKG music that goes only with the exact life circumstances these characters are in that makes the show so on the nose. I suppose I'm saying after that random essay that it's set in a social environment rather than a location, so if someone felt they could move it they really don't get the point of the show to begin with. THROW YA K'S!!!
Return of the king
I know i'm a little late, but I can tell you with complete certainty that at 4:40 That view is from the West Side of Albuquerque, New Mexico looking at the Sandia Mountain range. I wonder if Netflix buying the Albuquerque film studios ended all amazon productions their as they saw it as a competitor. Just a thought. Airport cast photo at 7:27 is the Sunport airport in Albuquerque as well.
excellent work. Glad it got cancelled.
this would have been so 'my name is earl' vibey, shame it never got made
Lucky this didnt follow through for numerous of reasons 🤣🤣 rather the ogs i mean u cant replace chabuddy g or beats or steves or grindah or decoy an the golf gti
Some things just don’t need to be remade. I moved to the U.K. from America two years ago and I found People Do Nothing to be absolutely amazing and better than most American shows . It does involve a lot of sarcasm which may go over most Americans heads though. British sense of humor is very different to American sense of humor. American humor is more (annoyingly) in your face, laugh now ,(laugh track) type which I don’t find funny at all. They should have just made the show more available to American audiences rather than try and redo it with an “American version”. Just my two cents! Thanks for the video and can’t wait for the movie to come out!
PJDN is the funniiest and most entertaining show since...well, Peep Show. It's the only BBC seriesI have watched in what must be a decade. I can't believe they aren't making any more :( Hope the movie stays true.
In this pilot is Decoy the real mother of Angel? The clip at the end is someone in a Burger King 'King' mask (!?!)
Throw them Ks. Biggup
This sums up America. They have remade every film possible, so it was going to be tv next. There’s a serious lack of creativeness in the US. Re-cycle re-cycle
Mate brilliant work once again!
They knew it was shit! American hasn't got half the music scene we have here, there all rock and cunt'ry music, with a tiny pocket of real people listening to real beats such as proper underground House and Drum & Bass.
They could NEVER pull this off!!
Great job with the research!👊🏻❤️🙋🏻🇬🇧
Great to see you back mate
This is perfect! TH-cam needs people like you!
PJDN is a masterpiece
Yasss I lost your channel for a while but iv just found you and turned on notifications, I was already subscribed though aha
Americans just don't get it, why are they wearing Thrasher? That shit isn't exactly cheap, they come off like rich instagram influencers instead of working class people. Trailer Park Boys got it right even though thats set in Canada it does remind me a lot of People Just Do Nothing.
god i love tpb. it's a shame the netflix funded seasons don't hold up as well as the others though
Yeah I got that feel from tpb
Whoever cast these people in the American version, needs a new career.
He’s finally back..
...for now
@@axw oh..
That’s why I’m proud to be British lol
American EDM 'culture' is so tragic
I'm American and I think it's a stupid idea. People Just Do Nothing is perfect the way it is. One of the funniest shows I've ever seen. Remember when they tried to remake The Inbetweeners in the US? Yeah, not even close to being as great as the original. Just leave these brilliant shows where they belong.
you deserve more views man. This was brilliant
Genuinely great journalism
andrew, you're a hero
when Kurupt finds out Whet Desert plays house....fml no wonder it didn't work.
PJDN is centred purely around garage music. For that reason alone, the US cannot imitate the show.
I get the wanting to change it to something that makes sense as a local cultural thing in America but event promoters and DJs in Las Vegas is entirely off to me. The whole fact that they're in Brentford is a joke that's been missed - I guess the equivalent would have had them somewhere like Reno as opposed to Vegas or maybe something like some random place like Oklahoma City. Regardless, they seem to have missed a lot of the jokes. Clearly the people in charge saw that too which is why it was cancelled before there was even a single pilot episode.
Thank God this was cancelled
I've never seen it but I can't beleive the US Shameless was so popular. Like you said, I'm not sure how such heavy UK specific things would be translated.
US version looks terrible. Don’t think you can create PDJN. The cast in the U.K. version all knew each other before the show which is why it’s so good
Thank CHRIST this got cancelled
this is why we cant have nice things
My favourite channel strikes again
americans would be like "where's the jokes this is just how i live my life hurr durr"
First American's remake inbetweeners and now People just do nothing...
You can’t remake GREATNESS
Italian here; just finished watching Season 5;
I kept thinking "This could be actually be remade in Rome; it would translate well"
In the US? Apparently not 🥶
Lolll America didn’t you learn when you tried to do the same with ‘The inbetweeners’ You CANNOT even compare/correlate to OUR CULTURE
On the topic of American pjdn, I went onto Netflix with a us vpn and went to watch the show only to find some of garage songs had been replaced at seemingly random points. Just seemed strange that they’d change some music and not all of it.
Seriously one of the best shows if you like rap music. I could also see this being a good show for someone who HATES rap. It’s still fresh in my memory but I can’t wait to rematch in a few years. I’ve never went out of my way to rematch a show EVER.
The outing photo that you mention at 11:08 is at the Santa Fe art exhibit Meow Wolf.
Just make a subtitled version for the American market. Simples.
I like the American Office more than the British Office, but i really don't think this would have worked.
PJDN gets it, these guys... not so much...
Great video once again, you're one of the very few channels I have notifications on for
Please do something about This Country!
Wish Andrew would come back to yt could do some great co abs with this Great channel
Yanks dont get our humor or bants.
It was never gonna work out there.
PJDN reps the UKG scene most of it is close to real life as many have lived it or knew someone that was a underground DJ or MC. Including myself as I was the greatest DJ in the galaxy.😆👍