Little Britain is one of my favourite shows of all time and it also saved Matt and David's careers because before that, they had flop after flop after flop. LB was a massive success and I even saw the live show in Belfast. David Walliams was the first, but hopefully not the last, celebrity that I saw naked in real life.But what comes up, most come down. And for Lucas and Walliams it was this. The biggest question for Little Britain is "How do you top a show that's so great?" and the answer is you can't. And that's the problem with this show. Lucas and Walliams ran out of ideas and should've quit LB after the third season. But when HBO is paying you a lot a money to write a show that you have no idea where to begin, you'd probably think "Meh, what could go wrong?"At the end of first episode, I thought "That was okay, I guess. Maybe it'll take a couple of episodes to grow on me." It didn't. It got worse.The first problem with this show is that the new characters aren't funny. The twist at the end of the "I love you more than" game is just unfunny sex jokes. Oh ha ha, a little girl saying "Penis" and "Blow jobs". The boring couple who do boring things is not funny. It is indeed boring. The old lady who does things her dog wants her to do is not funny.What about the old characters? Well, putting Vicky Pollard in Boot Camp is a great idea, but it's not executed very well. Lou and Andy, we've seen it before.Sebastian falling in love with the President instead of the Prime Minister, we've seen it before. Besides we've seen the Prime Minister humiliate himself, the President does not. The "Bitty" sketches, ugh. Seen it.Is there anything I like? Well, I have to admit, the man getting an erection every time he holds guns made me chuckle, the naked men in the locker room was funny the first time, but not in the second and third times we saw them.Instead of laughing, I found myself yawning through the whole series. Thank God there was only one season.Speaking of laughing, the studio audience laughter was replaced by canned laughter. Overall, an absolute bore. Stick with the first three seasons and ignore this one.

The cult duo are back with a new series on a new continent. Little Britain USA could very well surpass the original series, which was fairly hit and miss. Most of the best characters are back and most of the new ones are great too. (The astronaut was a little weak, but I'll give it time.) The couple of 40 years who are completely miserable is probably my favorite. The humor is outrageous if a little gross, but so was the original. It seems like 'USA' has reached a higher quality of comedy. This is a truly hilarious series and a joy for fans of these guys. If you hate them I can't guarantee this show will change your mind, but I think it's very well done.Unfortunately it's already been cancelled. And Americans think Friends is good comedy...

Let me first start out by saying I like Little Britain Series one and two; I missed series three because I started to live in the US again by that time but I may not watch series three now that I know how Little Britain USA turned out. In act of full disclosure I did start a bit late into the US version as I just upgraded my Satellite package to include HBO and BBC America in November due to a new discounted rate through my apartment complex so if there was some comedy gold missed in the first few episodes due tell me.When I discovered that there was a US version of Little Britain I was quite happy. I was very keen on watching the programme I enjoyed so much back in the UK and being able to watch it in HD was just some icing on the cake. Well, as it turns out the cake has been left out since 2004 because by the time I viewed Little Britain USA it had become quite stale indeed. Mind you I watched one and a quarter episodes so it's not like I didn't give it a shot I just didn't find it all that good. I think I may have chuckled once perhaps but that was at a rehashed bit that used to be quite funny in the first series. In fact as I watched the US version I started to think that maybe it was never funny in the first place. Maybe I was deluded back in Britain into thinking it was funny just because of the hype surrounding the show at the time. I thought that I had been duped but then I happened across the original on BBC America and I discovered that I had not been duped the show has just become really bad. I then tried to watch another episode that I had recorded of the new series and was just as let down after only 8 minutes and had to shut it off. In my eyes the show as run its course.Please do yourself a favour and watch Series one and two... maybe three; again I haven't been able to see that one yet but just don't bother with Little Britain USA. You will just get depressed by the thought of how much these once funny characters are dead perhaps forever.

I have never seen this show or any of this groups' previous shows. I'd never even heard of them, although it seems now that they have been around more than a few years. I'll say in advance that I enjoy British humor, especially Monty Python & Tracey Ullman. I enjoy anything funny & well made, regardless of where it's from. When I found this show listed on HBO OnDemand I popped some popcorn & took over the couch.I nearly died laughing. That was just the first 5 minutes. I had to stop it a few times because I laughed so hard I missed some of it & had to back it up. Watching this program felt like I was making a new friend, someone that would happily be in my life forever. I want more. I NEED MORE.To me, this show is Kids In The Hall meets Monty Python with Reno 911 sprinkled on top, but DIRTY funny too. Funny British Comedy! Funny Comedy for any country.I've watched the Little Britain USA twice more & sat down to write it up here, which I've NEVER done before. I am sure there will be some who disagree with my initial feelings for this show after my first viewing, but that's some people for you! Some people have a sense of humor, some don't. And I stand by my warning...Go to the bathroom before you watch this show. I wish someone had warned me.