This Is Worse Than I Thought
Kristen Johnston gave EW a little more information on what's going on with the new American butchery of the beloved Absolutely Fabulous. Kristen corrected the previous rumors that she's in talks to play Edie. Bitch is in the running for Patsy. Some bitch named Kathryn Hahn is in talks to play Edie. Okay, Kristen is more of a Patsy, but that still doesn't make it right.
I wish Kristen would have stopped right there when talking about this mess. Instead, she had to go further which drove the knife deeper into my back. The tip is practically sticking out of my chest. Kristen confirmed my deepest darkest fears about the show. They are basically taking away all the dirty shit and turning it into a big bowl of lukewarm Cream of Wheat made with tap water instead of milk.
Feel the pain when reading Kristen describe this future caca show, "I think they captured the exact amount of sweetie-darling. I mean, it’s a totally different element, it’s a totally different show. We don’t smoke, we are hungover all the time, we chew Nicorette, we’re trying to be more PC, but I think it really works. It’s one of those scripts that’s like my favorite kind because on paper you’re like, Oh, this is funny, but when you read it out loud with two actresses, it’s, like, the funniest shit ever."
Basically, this sounds more like a remake of that disaster High Society. This doesn't sound like
AbFab at fucking all. Why don't they just rename the characters and change the damn title to something like, Boiled Broccoli with No Velveeta On Top. Why drag the beautiful AbFab name down with them?
And on another note, when did Kristen Johnston become a garden lizard? Throw some dead flies at her mouth. That will keep her busy so she won't partake in effing up a TV classic.
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Well, her stomach exploded at a certain point so that probably has something to do with it.
SHe's alright though. She's not full of shit. She just acts like the girl in class who won't stop talking.
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Thank you sweetie, TITS! AB Fab was sent by a friend of mine in NY many, many years ago, because he said they "act just like you!" And, I am happy to say, not only do I know every single line in every single episode, SO DO MY DAUGHTERS!! This just cannot be allowed. "Bring me a knitting needle!"
(also I loved what you said about wishing to forget things--I have many books i wish I could "erase" for the joy of reading them new. I NOMINATE TITS FOR THE HUMANITARIAN AWARD!
Kudos!
sad. I used to like Kristen Johnston.
I think Kristen and Kathryn could be hilarious together, but they need to call this something else. You can't do Ab Fab and be PC. It's just not right.
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You know, maybe if you ate more comfort food, you wouldn't have to go around shooting people.
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She is not beautiful, www. celebmingle. com is the site where I saw the most beauties. maybe most of them are dreaming for a wealthy man?
man if i had a bleeding ulcer i would pull some ice bathtub trick with someone else's stomach.
I spose her playing patsty is slightly safer, but still, not even any smoking? wtf? What the hell will saffy have to rebel againt?
MK, sweetie darling, it's "Eddie" not "Edie".
I love you anyway!
i'm not interested in this monstrosity remake...
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we've all had our fair share of cock...it's nothing to shout about...
Kristen was scrawny enough before, but she ended up being hospitalized for a bleeding ulcer, so now she can no longer "really" eat or drink, so she looks borderline anorexic.
I don't know if anyone's called it this yet, but this AbFab remake is some Benjamin Buttons shit for real.
I hope this sinks like a fucking stone like the attempt to remake "Coupling" into American did a few seasons ago.
ABFAB is BRITISH!!! I will not work as American!
When I read Horton Hears a Fucking Who out loud it really works too..WTF is she meaning by this? Just trying to convince herself it's good? Watered down stuff is just that, bland borrrrrrring with no flavuh.
That show is a classic. They better not mess it up like 'Coupling.'
Why do we have to remake shows here? Just air the original.
"we’re trying to be more PC"
Yeah, well, you just lost me right there (actually they lost me at "AbFab remake", but whatever). The great thing about the original AbFab was the fact that it was so amazingly un-PC. This is gonna be total shit, and anyone who's seen the original won't watch it. I don't know why they're even fucking bothering anymore.
...if they do it on Show Time or HBO they can put the hedonism back where it belongs...on network t.v. it will die...I think Kristin will be okay.....but honestly...
Patsy would NEVER use nicorette!!! EVER!!!
has the greatest body ever but uhmm..paperbag the rest.
Submitted by mike on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 1:33pm.
The re-make that really pissed me off was Little Britain USA. They had to bring the British characters to the US? American doesn't have enough of it's own white trash to make a Little America? Jesus.
My thoughts exactly. I guess Matt and David decided to take the bags of money that HBO threw at them and pull something out of their arses.
I love them both dearly but if they keep this fuckery up, LB and LBA will be the only things they will be known for. And I thought that was what David was trying to avoid?
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I'm a bilingual illiterate...I can't read in 2 languages. - Pet Shop Boys
I like her, but not the bangs.
...this remake will BOMB. :)
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Submitted by lizzieb on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 12:55pm.
You did copy "Friends". The result was a brit show called "Coupling". Much better then the states version in my opinion.
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I'm a bilingual illiterate...I can't read in 2 languages. - Pet Shop Boys
You're right Sticky!
I know she had some unfortunate illness a while back that caused all her weight loss.... well, that's if you believe anything out of hw.
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It's got the body of a spider, and the mind of a baby.
She's got Mickey Rourke hands.
(sings to the tune of 'Bette Davis Eyes')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-RdAzkKlXY
Not that I want to see decent, hardworking members of the crew out of a job; but can the current, fucked-up economy PLEASE aim your next domino here and cut off the funding for this appalling fuckery? And for all the other proposed rip-offs in the incubator?
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For the love of all that is hairy, WHY DOES ANYONE CARE ABOUT THIS TWATWAFFLE??????? --Sugaroo
This is some fucking bullshit.
This is exactly why I love shows like True Blood and The Sopranos. You get to see all the nitty gritty parts, tits and ass included. I want the juicy stuff, not some bland shit I can get on Lifetime.
Hollywood sucks. Leave one of the funniest shows alone. Asshats.
"Submitted by CollinK on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 4:54pm.
To quote Patsy Stone: Abort, abort, abort!"
Ditto.
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"Oh shit. Your throat just jumped out and ran the fuck away, didn't it? Go take a net to that shit. Your social life will tank without your throat. We'll wait for you."
To quote Patsy Stone: Abort, abort, abort!
This reminds me of the time they (Hollywood) made an American version of the Aussie hit 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert', it became a fantastic abomination known as 'To Wong Fu, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar' just saying...
Thanks to Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo , Blythe Danner, Stockard Channing, Chris Penn and all the other actors who left this 'Trash Camp Classic' for future generations. Well, we can hope the AbFab remake will at least be trashy, Right?
'Meth' is a terrible addiction. What can I say?
'Lois' on 'Family Guy'
Kristen Johnson was on Sex & the City; she played a hard-drinking party girl who dies when she falls out the window of a high rise. One can only hope the same thing happens to her in Ab Fab.
They are supposed to be UN-PC!! That is part of its craziness & appeal! What they are doing is kind of like calling soap opera sex a porno...Know what I mean?
When my husband watches 3rd Rock from the Sun, he thinks Kristen Johnston is cute...Cant wait to show him this pic of pigface...Yucko!
No. Just NO. AbFab without the drinking and smoking, et al, is not AbFab. Sorry, sweetie darling, I'm going to have to pass on this one.
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WHY WON'T YOU LET ME BE GREAT!!!
I've had a change of heart. If it were not for Ab Fab I might not drink, smoke and swear- I was it on the telly so it must be good.
Actually one v bad habit did come from AF. If I am with friends and we fancy a drink we always say 'too early for a drop of Bolly?' to which of course the only correct response is 'it's never too early for a drop of Bolly' I must have said that 100 times.
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I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it. (Groucho Marx)
Patsy would rather od on heroin or hang herself from a designer belt than be PC and chew Nicorette.
This remake seems so profoundly stupid. Why does U.S. television assume that we are all too retarded to understand decent, funny television hence having to remake it into simple-folk fare?
Wow, Nicorette? How edgy!
"JUST SMILE LIKE A NORMAL FUCKED UP PERSON."
Charles Manson
Mike - squidbillies! lmao, my bf gets mad at me when I ask him if he wants to touch my frontbutt!
And seriously, follow TIT's links and tell the people in charge that this shit is unacceptable
Bitch, please! My boot moves are a blessing! - Slutts
Just sent her an email at Fox. Thanks for the link.
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Will.not.watch.this.fuckery
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Kathryn Hahn is best known for playing side-kick girl friends in movies like "How to lose a guy in 10 days", "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy".
If they green light this version, I hope it's 75% as funny which means they'll leave it on.
Fox isn't known to let fledging shows stay on for long-"Arrested Development".
Look what NBC did with the "The Office".
I hope the show the best of luck.
The re-make that really pissed me off was Little Britain USA. They had to bring the British characters to the US? American doesn't have enough of it's own white trash to make a Little America? Jesus.
BTW, one of the most dead-on send-ups of a region is the Squidbillie's portrayal of North Georgia. They NAIL it.
How sad that they are throwing money at this piece of
smelly bragas.
think im gonna pop in some of season 2 AbFab and workout
this piercing hangover!
Why is TV so afraid to portray un-PC characters? After all, they're television characters, they're for watching and laughing at, not emulating (unless you want to) I guess as a grown woman, if I see smoking and drinking on TV, I might take it up.
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"I'll go unlock the kids and make us all breakfast." - Theodore Bagwell
Submitted by parissucksliterally on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 1:17pm.
speaking of SHIT TV, I just saw on PP's FB page that SHE is getting a show on E! channel!
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WHAT?! Nooooooooo!
omg
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(Jane, screaming at the top of her voice)
"BRING ME A KNITTING NEEDLE"
"If Drinks Aren't Involved, Then Neither Am I."
Submitted by TITS on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 1:10pm.
You know Hyssie, I've been watching that show and then the dvd's for SO LONG I almost have the eps memorized.
Part of me longs for memory loss.
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don't worry, TITS. memory loss will come with time. trust me on that one
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speaking of SHIT TV, I just saw on PP's FB page that SHE is getting a show on E! channel!
oh jesus NOOOOOOOOOO......
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It's not as though we just broke up, it's not as though it was yesterday- but something in me needs this pain, something I just can't explain; I know I'll never see your face again....
-George Michael
Why doesn't FOX just rerun the original episodes? That would be more entertaining than this shit.. WTH why doesn't anyone rerun the episodes anymore? Comedy Central?? BBC America? Hello people?
I am just too much. - Joan Crawford
Submitted by parissucksliterally on Sun, 02/01/2009 - 1:12pm.
that will suck ASS. I will not even glance at the pilot.
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write fox and tell them that. i posted the link below.
and believe me they do pay attention to feedback.
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It's got the body of a spider, and the mind of a baby.
that will suck ASS. I will not even glance at the pilot.
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It's not as though we just broke up, it's not as though it was yesterday- but something in me needs this pain, something I just can't explain; I know I'll never see your face again....
-George Michael
Ah this abortion will be gone in a week.
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"The four most over-rated things in life are champagne, lobster, anal sex and picnics"-Christopher Hitchens