Little British Invasion

How serendipitous my previous post turned out to be.

Matt Lucas and David Walliam, the talent behind the BBC's Little Britain, are coming to the US.

The comic duo will make an American version for HBO after finishing a Christmas special for the BBC. Matt Lucas mentioned on The Graham Norton Show, where he was a guest this week, that there is not a name for the HBO project yet.

They can't do the original British sketches on network television due to the censorship laws. Bubbles DeVere might be fined for her nudist tendencies, even if it is a fat suit and not real.

The HBO show will remake some favorite characters into the American paradigm, such as Vicki Pollard, the problem teenager who lives in the projects and speaks as incoherently as the choices she makes.

As for Florence and Emily, above, we can only hope that the two ladies will do their lady-like things somewhere in Middle America. Perhaps Iowa or Indiana?

Daffyd, the Only Gay in the Village, will now reside in the Deep South, instead of Wales. It is difficult imagining Alabama embracing his choice of latex clothing as easily as Wales did.

There is no word on a potential location for Maggie, the elderly bigot, right, who can't stomach those not of her liking. Perhaps she'd be most uncomfortable venting her spleen somewhere on the West Coast, but she'd play just as well in Peoria.

The genius of the show is taking its eccentic characters and juxtaposing the character's quirks against a particular region. It remains to be seen how well they will learn the American regional accents; the British regional accents were played to great effect in the original British version.

Thank you, HBO. I might become a subscriber just to watch this show when it airs. Unfortunately, there is no word when that will be.