Vice Versa (obscure French teen sitcom, 2004-05)

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Vice Versa (obscure French teen sitcom, 2004-05) Apr 11, 2024 3:41:47 GMT

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This is a bit of an obscure one. Basically in the mid-2000s the French public television station France 2 aired a show called Vice Versa, a show that was basically Ned's Declassified meets Ranma 1/2. Per French Wikipedia:

This series features Thomas, a thirteen-year-old teenager, who, following an incident, transforms into a girl whenever he wants…

From what I've found all of series 1 is on Youtube but only one episode of series 2 is (episode 5). Not sure what the demand for French teencoms here is but it's worth a shot!

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Vice Versa (obscure French teen sitcom, 2004-05) Apr 11, 2024 22:33:22 GMT

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Apr 11, 2024 21:51:47 GMT darkrage6 said:

Sounds interesting.

honestly I'm surprised a show with this concept aired in 2005, granted it was in Europe (no way was this getting a US adaptation in the Bush years). It might have aired on one of the French-language channels in Canada but I doubt it. Here's what I could find of the official site: web.archive.org/web/20050126011606/http://serie.viceversa.free.fr/

web.archive.org/web/20060522153553/http://kd2a.france2.fr/series/12556016-fr.php

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Vice Versa (obscure French teen sitcom, 2004-05) Apr 12, 2024 2:14:57 GMT

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Apr 11, 2024 22:33:22 GMT mvangord1 said:

Apr 11, 2024 21:51:47 GMT darkrage6 said:

Sounds interesting.

honestly I'm surprised a show with this concept aired in 2005, granted it was in Europe (no way was this getting a US adaptation in the Bush years). It might have aired on one of the French-language channels in Canada but I doubt it. Here's what I could find of the official site: web.archive.org/web/20050126011606/http://serie.viceversa.free.fr/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060522153553/http://kd2a.france2.fr/series/12556016-fr.php

Yeah I was baffled at how a show like Genie in the House(Featuring the titular Genie played by a white guy in brownface) could've aired in the 2000s and 10s, there's no way I can possibly imagine a show like that ever being greenlit in the U.S. in that time.

There was another teen French comedy originating in Quebec called Radio Enfer that ran for a while, looks like most of the episodes are on Yotuube.

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Vice Versa (obscure French teen sitcom, 2004-05) Apr 12, 2024 2:31:46 GMT

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Apr 12, 2024 2:14:57 GMT darkrage6 said:

Apr 11, 2024 22:33:22 GMT mvangord1 said:

honestly I'm surprised a show with this concept aired in 2005, granted it was in Europe (no way was this getting a US adaptation in the Bush years). It might have aired on one of the French-language channels in Canada but I doubt it. Here's what I could find of the official site: web.archive.org/web/20050126011606/http://serie.viceversa.free.fr/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060522153553/http://kd2a.france2.fr/series/12556016-fr.php

Yeah I was baffled at how a show like Genie in the House(Featuring the titular Genie played by a white guy in brownface) could've aired in the 2000s and 10s, there's no way I can possibly imagine a show like that ever being greenlit in the U.S. in that time.

There was another teen French comedy originating in Quebec called Radio Enfer that ran for a while, looks like most of the episodes are on Yotuube.

Yeah I don't think 2005 America would've been ready for essentially a genderfluid show with a youth audience, you saw how people got over that one Postcards from Buster episode with the two moms. Maybe The N would've taken it, seems like it would've been up their alley. Or a whole bunch of channels in Canada.

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Vice Versa (obscure French teen sitcom, 2004-05) Apr 12, 2024 3:07:03 GMT

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Apr 12, 2024 2:31:46 GMT mvangord1 said:

Apr 12, 2024 2:14:57 GMT darkrage6 said:

Yeah I was baffled at how a show like Genie in the House(Featuring the titular Genie played by a white guy in brownface) could've aired in the 2000s and 10s, there's no way I can possibly imagine a show like that ever being greenlit in the U.S. in that time.

There was another teen French comedy originating in Quebec called Radio Enfer that ran for a while, looks like most of the episodes are on Yotuube.

Yeah I don't think 2005 America would've been ready for essentially a genderfluid show with a youth audience, you saw how people got over that one Postcards from Buster episode with the two moms. Maybe The N would've taken it, seems like it would've been up their alley. Or a whole bunch of channels in Canada.

We were OK with Ranma but I guess people here were more willing to give a pass to anime being weird.

Yeah I remember the furor over that Buster episode and people in my school class discussing it, we all thought the ban was stupid.

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Post by darkrage6 on Apr 11, 2024 21:51:47 GMT

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