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Subject: Re: Is this Married With Children for Russia?
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On 2025-05-04 02:36:47 +0000, Your Name said:

> On 2025-05-04 00:42:24 +0000, Pluted Pup said:
> 
>> This looks like a version of Married With Children (1987–1997)
>> in the Russian language:
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-XsKwlZ-Eo
>> 
>> I have no idea how this compares to the original, because
>> it needs english subtitles to be understood by Russian
>> non-speakers!
>> 
>> Note how I included the date in the title?  I have no
>> idea if there are any reality show remakes or dramatic
>> soap opera remakes of it, or porn or CGI versions, so the
>> date of a show or movie should be part of a title to avoid
>> potential confusion.  It can't be assumed that all shows
>> being discussed are new shows, and there are creaky, ancient,
>> arthritic shows that are discussable even when it's not
>> being shown on TV at the moment.
>> 
>> I've tried to watch youtube videos of American movies,
>> otherwise unavailable, that are narrated in russian,
>> but that doesn't work.  Narration is the WORST way to
>> translate a work, subtitles actually work.
> 
> Google translate of the video's title says:
>     "TV series. Happy Together. Season 1 Episode 85.
>      085 Peculiarities of National Contraception"
> 
> IMDB.com and Wikipedia both say the Russian comedy "Schastlivy Vmeste" 
> / "Happy Together" *is* a remake / 'adapted' from "Married With 
> Children". The show ran for seven seasons (2006-2013).
> <https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825482/>
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Together_(Russian_TV_series)>
> 
> There is a question at the bottom of the IMDB.com page that says:
>     "By what name was Schastlivy vmeste (2006) officially
>      released in Canada in English?"
> so there might be an English-dubbed version around somewhere. 
> Unfortauntely you have to have an IMDB.com account to read the answer, 
> which I don't have.
> 
> You can get English subtitles for the video ... sort of.
> 
> 1.  Click on the Settings cog
> 2.  Choose "Subtitles/CC"
> 3.  Choose "Russian (auto-generated)"
> 4.  Click on "Subtitleds/CC" again.
> 5.  Choose "Auto-translate"
> 6.  Choose "English"
> 
> It is pretty non-understandable and unfollowable though.

The Wikipedia page lists a few regional remakes of "Married With Children":

   - Casados con hijos (Argentina, Chile, Colombia)
   - Hilfe, meine Familie spinnt (Germany)
   - Happy Together (Russia)
   - Married for Life (United Kingdom)