hmm, from sbs independants page..

Wilfred 8 x ½ hr
Production Company: Renegade Films
Producer: Jenny Livingston
Director: Tony Rogers
Writers: Adam Zwar, Jason Gann

One woman, one man and a dog called Wilfred who is one pet who thinks he’s human behaving very badly.

Sarah and her “special little man” dog Wilfred have survived the trials and tribulations of the minefield which is Sarah’s love life. Enter the unsuspecting Adam who is oh so keen on Sarah but who has Wilfred to contend with and the scene is set for this very funny and deeply bent series. Insecure and manipulative, the pot smoking Wilfred will stop at nothing to keep Sarah’s love and affection. So how hard can it be to make friends with a dog? Not half as easy at it might seem.

another quirky australian comedy. yay! remember the last good one? i don't.

sorry, television generally has been disappointing me heaps lately.

fair enough..

pizza had its moment, but i think its just parodying itself these days.

than again, you could say the commericals have stopped trying altogether, so theres not even much competition to rise to the top against.

while im then againing, im now wondering if its been produced with "natural breaks" so sbs can slip some more ads in for mcdonalds or some such.

This looks really funny though. I am looking forward to it.

can i just take this opportunity to say i know the girl who plays the lead role. yes, i'm awesome. you can all touch me for $5.

hey, thats half usual price.

BAM! nice.

sting-bono, she's totally gorgeous. I wanna be her dog. If you know what I mean.

tonight

!!!

this show better be good

When I saw Gabbo's av, then posters around Annandale reading "Have you seen this dog"
Then the ads on SBS, I thought we'd been hit by a viral campaign.

you have been.

VIRUS!!!!

I've been in Adam's position.. it ended up with me liking the dog more.

on in half a hour

sbs site on the show

bring it.

Elijah Wood looks like the show's weakest link in that trailer.

Not sure why the US version had to spend so long trying to rationalise the basic set-up
The side characters are going to prove really annoying as well

as if we needed more proof that the yanks can't remake comedies.

it's as if they've plonked poor old wilfred into some half-arsed version of friends ... and i totally agree that whole rationalisation of the set up is so tired. Clearly way too many idiots messing up the mix.

But then they create huge holes in it with no0n-sequitars like wilfred somehow bringing his own bong to the scene. It just doesn't work unless that stuff is already in the house and wilfred's just juping on one when he gets the chance ... and the timing and tone of the jokes is way off ... could go on and but ... 2 stars

But then they create huge holes in it with no0n-sequitars like wilfred somehow bringing his
own bong to the scene.

It's not a plot hole if you work on the assumption that Elijah's hallucinating / crazy.

In the US version you see a 'real' dog - did any real animals show up in the Australian version?

I don't mind the remake though, I must say.

i didn't mind the whole suicidal/pharmaceutical/hallucinations rationalisation at all. as far as shows being remade for the US go, it's actually quite an obvious/clever & relevant a way to approach it for that audience.

doesn't really matter anyway, jason gann is golden & carries the whole show and he now has even more room to be fucking hilarious ie. we get more wilfred. i thought the first ep was lols, even if i was on some critical high horse and the show was a complete turd, i would just be hoping that dude makes the bigtime eitherway..

I didn't find it as horrendous as I thought it would.

Great that Gann is still Wilfred and still Australian, though a couple of interesting vocab choices, obviously made so Seppos could understand - I notice he said ''trash'' (when an Aussie would have said ''rubbish/garbage'').

He did, however, still say ''wanker'', which was nice.

Americans, huh? They won't read subtitles and they insist on having their anthropomorphised animals explained.

The guy in the dog-suit sounds like a real piece of shit

He should be thankful he didn't get a conviction (don't understand why) which would have prevented him from working in the states.

Ha, totes. I don't get it, was that article meant to invoke sympathy for him?

Have had the displeasure of running into the guy when he's pissed so that article doesn't really surprise me. As far as the remake goes, it's fine thus far. Probably on a par with the original, though I didn't think the original was anything too amazing either. It's in a pretty good position, airing alongside Louie in the States. Will be interested to see if US audiences connect with it at all.

haven't watched the original, loving the remake.

i've had the pleasure of dining with him sober, and i liked him. just seemed like a normal queensland dude with a lot of ambition (oxymoron?), willing to 'play the game' and climb the ladder, but also happy to just have fun in life.

d/l-ed the 2nd ep. liked it, though not as many LOL moments. seems to be tracking similarly to the aussie series. loving elijah wood.

wow that is supremely dickish re: the drunken assault.

Read that article on the weekend. It's appalling and inexcusable. What a nasty piece of work.

i'm intrigued to know what shit could be dirtier than rooting 'deadies'?

seriously, someone should big lebowski quote generator this shit. series 2 really was tops.

RAFFI

Haha Raffi got it good.

Anyone else find Malcolm in the Middle's mum hot? I'd go down on her fo shiz

This is what happens when you go to America

OFFICIAL Wilfred Dog Costume

Price:$99.95

Jason Gann doesn’t have to be the only one who gets to dress like Wilfred. With the FX exclusive Wilfred costume, you too can pretend to be Elijah Wood’s best (and worst?) friend! Let’s see if this Wilfred costume gets everyone to see you as you really are.

• Made of super soft polyester with jersey lining
• Velcro closure down front
• Elastic at ankles and wrists avoids costume from dragging for those shorter folks
• Openings at feet allow for regular shoes to be worn
• Fits most adults between 5'2''-6'4'' and 120-250 lbs

Great episode on sbs tonight. Aus version. prob repeats but I hadn't seen it.