Prepare yourselves, sweetie darlings! The "Absolutely Fabulous" remake has been cast

I was determined to HATE any sort of AB FAB re-imagining.

And then you said Kristen Johnson was involved. And my heart melted. I adore her.

And then Kristen said they were trying for "PC."  I knew then my first instinct was right.

I'll watch the pilot to get my Kristen fix but I don't know that even my love for her will sustain my interest in a watered-down AB FAB.

This is ridiculous,how can you play a convincing Patsy without a sigaret(or2 or3) in here hands.

Agree with Snicks, Joseph and Sollasollewmn.

Read "More PC" and thought that is just the nail in coffin lid.  Game over. Do not past go.

there's no way the original can be improved upon.

None.

Besides, who are they going to get to play Sapphy -- and the most important part of all, Mum?

I also remember fun nights at JRs in DC watching AbFab on Comedy Central (they had satellite, DC cable at the time didn't have Comedy Central) as a community builder - honestly, it was the only time I could stand to be in JRs.  But I can't imagine watching this.  Some cows are sacred, especially one this outlandish.  You can't recreate the chemistry that the orignal stars had - hell, in some of the middle seasons, they couldn't even recreate it.  And making it PC?  That's just....wrong.  So wrong.

As for it being on Fox, well, I'm not a Fox fan these days, but they have, in the past, given us some of the most un-PC TV in memory - Married with Children, In Living Color, Family Guy.  If I had to pick a non-cable network to try this, it might have to be Fox.  I can't imagine CBS, NBC, or ABC allowing it.

This is like the 2nd or 3rd time that an American tv production as tried to "re-invent the wheel" for the amazingly originally, campy, rich, hilarious and totally politically incorrect AbFab. 

Here's the word to focus on: TRIED. Those other American productions tried to make their attempts work, yet they've failed each and every time.

I don't want to see a PC version of AbFab. I know as a viewer, I enjoyed seeing how frustrated, appalled and embarrassed Eddie would be at Saffy, her only daughter, for being an intelligent and responsible student (and still a virgin at 16 years of age). Choosing to not become a drug-addicted tart, shacked up with some 3rd rate "performance artist/guitarist".

There's a reason why things that worked well in the first place, do not need to be "revamped" for American "sensibilities".

Love me less, but love me a long time - Les Chansons D'Amour

I agree with Randommer. The original Ab Fab had its time and was definitely OF its time. Not to say that it's no longer funny, I'm sure it is. However the best comedies hold up a mirror to society, and the people who were the Eddies and Patsys of the 1990s would have moved on, stopped smoking, (but still be using fad diets). I say give them a chance...sweeties.

Acually thinking back to the last few seaons of Ab Fab...they were shite. I felt let down by everything after The Last Shout. Perhaps it needs to go in a new direction if it's going to be made at all.

I agree with Randommer. The original Ab Fab had its time and was definitely OF its time. Not to say that it's no longer funny, I'm sure it is. However the best comedies hold up a mirror to society, and the people who were the Eddies and Patsys of the 1990s would have moved on, stopped smoking, (but still be using fad diets). I say give them a chance...sweeties.

Acually thinking back to the last few seaons of Ab Fab...they were shite. I felt let down by everything after The Last Shout. Perhaps it needs to go in a new direction if it's going to be made at all.

Ok I think kristen stewart is due for a comeback (i loved her in ER) and i would love to see this...BUT I will miss my chain smoking Patsy.... I mean comeone her basic body compostion is Niccotene, Vodka, and Botox.... Political Correctness is not gonna work and its dead before it hits the air... GIVE ME CLASSIC ABFAB OR GIVE ME DEATH!....Or cake to calm me down...

My response to television's PC Abfab: Have any of these people ever watched the show? And if they don't like it, can someone go over to their houses and teach them how to change a channel?

-Chaotic/Devient-

Once upon a time FOX would have been the perfect place for AbFab. That time was when a little show called Married With Children was on the air. Gone are the irreverent screw being PC days.

I think the show would be better served if it was on one of the cable networks.

We have a pretty good track record of making a english show better, but it won't work if they try to be PC.

Saying ABFAB will be more PC, is like saying that married with children is the sequel of sound of music.

Andy

If Jennifer Saunders is part of the deal then it stands a chance but I don't believe for a minute she will try to copy the Brit version but come up with something that'll resonate with the Yanks. Unfortunately, the path of remakes is strewn with pot-holes and this may very well end up 'going down'. 

Besides, how can you improve on the real thing? 

Maybe they won't screw it up entirely, I loved Absolutely Fabulous the first time but if they're gonna make it politically correct they'll have difficulty keeping the feel of the show .. I hope it turns out good, I'd love to see this re-done well.