US remakes of British comedies can be hit (The Office) or miss (I still shudder at the thought of Coupling), but I have high hopes for ABC’s planned adaptation of the BBC’s Gavin & Stacey. I’m obsessed with this charming comedy about a Welsh girl and an Essex lad’s romance. Gavin and Stacey themselves mostly play it straight, leaving it to the incredibly rich supporting characters to bring out the laughs. Best are Gavin’s sparkly housewife mom Pam, his beer-loving best friend Smithy, Stacey’s tough, promiscuous best friend Nessa, and her geeky Uncle Bryn (played in the British version by brilliant Rob Brydon). The Welsh-Essex stereotypes will have to be transplanted somewhere in the States for the culture clashes to have the same comedy effect. This IS possible — I remember the fear when David Brent of Slough’s Wernam-Hogg was going to have to be Americanized – but he became the brilliant Michael Scott of Scranton’s Dunder Mifflin.
Have you seen the original Gavin & Stacey on BBC America? Watch this clip, then tell us which American actor you think could take on the meaty (in more ways than one) role of Smithy. I’d vote for Zach Galifianakis, but he might be too in-demand after The Hangover.
I didn’t think it was possible, PopWatchers, but I now love Glee even more! Last night’s episode may have even trumped last week’s season premiere. I mean, they covered Bell Biv Devoe AND Color Me Badd!!! How can you NOT love this show! Is it wrong that I kinda would buy an Acafellas album? I thought they were so adorable. And their renditions of “This is How We Do It,” “Poison,” and “I Wanna Sex You Up” were actually really good.
Well that was something, huh guys?!? We have a winner for season 4 of America’s Got Talent!! When the always [redacted] [redacted] beat [redacted] to claim the million dollar prize, I thought I would just about — hold up, why am I being censored? I can’t tell you that [redacted] won?!? Right — our friends on the West Coast have yet to catch the star-studded finale, so to tide you over until we can publish a full recap we’ve set up this space for you to use*. Vent! Cheer! Whatever your opinion of tonight’s outcome, this is the place to let it all out. We’ll be back in a few hours with what will undoubtedly be a lengthy play-by-play. See you then!
Today’s Made Us Think comment comes from “Elly,” who writes in response to 
ABC has a D.C.-set sitcom in the works from Friends and How I Met Your Mother alum Greg Malins and, er, Arianna Huffington. 
Holy déjà vu! Do you remember last week, when American Idol announced they were 
