Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Miranda and Me by Miranda Hart Call Me Kat: Critics call US Miranda remake starring Mayim Bialik ‘tired and dated’ Call Me Kat , a US remake of BBC sitcom Miranda , has been called “tired” and “predictable” by critics. Based on Miranda Hart’s self-titled series which ran from 2009 to 2015, the show follows The Big Bang Theory ’s Mayim Bialik as Kat, a 39- year-old woman who spends the money set aside by her parents for her wedding to open a cat café. As with Miranda , the show sees Kat directly break the fourth wall to address the camera throughout the show. The supporting cast includes Swoosie Kurtz, Leslie Jordan, Kyla Pratt, Julian Gant and Cheyenne Jackson. Call Me Kat premiered in the US on Sunday (3 January) night, with the show facing generally poor reviews from critics. CNN ’s Brian Lowry called the show “tired and dated”, criticising its “predictable writing”. Critics praised Bialik’s performance but were less fond of the show. “As for Call Me Kat , even the ‘cat cafe’ concept feels underutilised, given the TV theory that you can never go wrong with cute pets,” he wrote. “Granted, the image of ‘herding cats’ exists for a reason, but they’re an appropriate mascot for a sitcom that barely earns one life, much less nine.” While Decider ’s Joel Keller wrote that he “really wanted Call Me Kat to work” and praised the show’s “top notch” supporting cast, he described the programme as being “too reliant on the fourth-wall breaks and other gimmicky devices”. “It’s so relied upon, that it seems like Bialik is talking to the audience as much as she talks to the other characters,” he wrote. “For all of Bialik’s myriad talents, you can feel her trying a bit too hard in the first episode.” Recommended. In The Hollywood Reporter , Robyn Bahr called Bialik’s performance a “return to form for the actress”, but added that the character’s charm “isn't enough to illuminate her bland surroundings”. “ Call Me Kat suffers from the very same weakness as Miranda : Only the main character keeps your attention and nothing else,” Bahr wrote. USA Today ’s Kelly Lawler meanwhile gave the show one-and-a-half stars out of four, calling it a “predictable, humourless sitcom that wastes Bialik’s talents, as well as that of the rest of the cast”. Join our new commenting forum. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Music used in Miranda the sitcom. This is an episode-by-episode list of all the music sung or played on the sitcom. Warning: This list may contain spoilers. Contents. Series 1 (2009) [ edit | edit source ] Episode 1.1, "Date" [ edit | edit source ] "Stop," Spice Girls (Miranda and Gary are in the club and her pants fall down) "Oh, Pretty Woman," Roy Orbison (Miranda chasing Gary) Episode 1.2, "Teacher" [ edit | edit source ] "The Blue Danube," Johann Strauss II (Miranda conducts an orchestra of vegetable, egg and utensil friends) "Summer Nights," from "Grease," as originally sung by John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John (Miranda sings karaoke at home with Gary the hoover) "Wannabe," Spice Girls (Miranda talks to a man in a nightclub) Tango music, "Hernando's Hideaway" (Miranda spots a tango night class - and subsequent tango scenes) "Money For Nothing," Dire Straits (Gary plays air guitar and drums thinking he's alone in the restaurant) "Beautiful," Christina Aguilera (Miranda sings while pouring orange juice) "Take On Me," A-Ha (Miranda sings as Gary is offering her a proper cooking lesson) "Beauty and the Beast," from the Disney musical (Miranda singing and dancing with her teapot, decorated like Mrs Potts) "Hard to Say I'm Sorry," Chicago (Miranda and Gary sing and make up) "My Baby Just Cares For Me," Nina Simone ("You Have Been Watching. " ) Episode 1.3, "Job" [ edit | edit source ] "In The Navy," Village People (Miranda sings as her mother tries to get her enrolled in the British Navy) "Proud", Heather Small (Sung by Stevie and Heather Small the cut-out) "Take My Breath Away," Berlin (Miranda sings after hearing that Gary was in the RAF Cadets) "The Greatest Love Of All," Whitney Houston (Miranda sings during the job interview and can't stop) "My Heart Will Go On," Celine Dion (Miranda and Penny sing to the Navy recruiter) "Up Where We Belong," Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes (Gary shows up in his RAF Cadets uniform, and "You Have Been Watching. ") "Something Kind of Oooh" Spice Girls (background music at the gym) Episode 1.4, "Holiday" [ edit | edit source ] I'm In The Mood For Dancing - The Nolans (in the nightclub) "Summer Holiday," Cliff Richard (Sung by Miranda and Gary to the mum Mandy in the shop) "Mistletoe and Wine," Cliff Richard (Sung by Miranda to the mum Mandy in the shop) "My Life," Billy Joel (what Miranda's listening to on her new cell phone) "Morning Has Broken," Cat Stevens (Stevie hands Miranda a coffee ("Morning.") and they break into song) "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)," Beyoncé Knowles (Miranda invites the business colleagues back to her hotel room) "Just Dance," Lady Gaga (Gary shows up at Miranda's hotel room) "Prince Charming," Adam and the Ants (Miranda sings to Gary when they're alone) "Proud," Heather Small (Sung by Stevie, without the cut-out, to the seminar) "Uptown Girl," Billy Joel ("You Have Been Watching. ") Episode 1.5, "Excuse" [ edit | edit source ] "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross (Miranda and Stevie singing together after deciding to tell her mother that she's a lesbian) Unidentified classical music (in background at the party) Antiques Roadshow theme tune ("You Have Been Watching. ") Episode 1.6, "Dog" [ edit | edit source ] "Build Me Up Buttercup," The Foundations (Miranda dancing in the nightclub) "Ging Gang Goolie," traditional Boy Scouting song written by Robert Baden-Powell (Miranda sings while trying to attract attention away from Titan in the restaurant) "Suddenly I See," KT Tunstall (At Gary's going-away party. before the music changes) "Back for Good," Take That (At Gary's going-away party. after the music changes) (unknown polka/conga line song) (when the music changes again) "Proud", Heather Small ("You Have Been Watching. ") Series 2 (2010) [ edit | edit source ] Episode 2.1, "The New Me" [ edit | edit source ] "Reach," S Club 7 (while Miranda is jumping on the bed) "If You're Not The One," Daniel Bedingfield (Miranda singing karaoke in her pajamas) "Top Gun Anthem," Steve Stevens (When Danny makes his grand entrance, and takes off his helmet) "You're the One That I Want," from Grease (Danny introduces himself, and the girls and Miranda pick up the song) "It's Raining Men," The Weather Girls (Miranda strutting through her apartment and down the street, and it plays again for the credits) Episode 2.2, "Before I Die" [ edit | edit source ] "Proud", Heather Small (sung by Stevie and Heather Small the cut-out) "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word," Elton John (Miranda sings while giving a eulogy) "Poker Face", Lady Gaga (Penny demonstrates the laugh of the season) "The White Cliffs of Dover," Vera Lynn (Miranda sings to try to calm down the room full of elderly people) "Proud," Heather Small (Sung by Miranda and Heather Small the cut-out to show how weird Stevie is) "Can't Get You Out Of My Head," Kylie Minogue (Miranda sings the la-la-las from this song trying to not think about Alison's cervix) "Scenes From An Italian Restaurant," Billy Joel ("You Have Been Watching. ") Episode 2.3, "Let's Do It" [ edit | edit source ] "Just The Two Of Us," Grover Washington, Jr. (Miranda says hello to you, not any family members you're watching with) "Making Your Mind Up," Bucks Fizz (Stevie and Miranda singing karaoke - spoofing the 1981 Eurovision appearance) "All Woman," Lisa Stansfield (Miranda sings in practice for her okey-dokey-no-space-for-blokies karaoke, and later Miranda alone after Gary goes home) "My Humps," The Black Eyed Peas (Miranda and Gary trying to get comfortable together) "I Feel Pretty," from "West Side Story," Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein (Miranda singing alone after Gary goes home) "I Want To Break Free," Queen (Miranda gets her waxed leg stuck to the bathtub) "Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)," Phil Collins (Tilly singing karaoke angrily after the break-up) "Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves," Eurythmics (Tilly, Penny, Stevie and Miranda singing karaoke, and "You Have Been Watching. ") Episode 2.4, "A New Low" [ edit | edit source ] Theme tune to "The Archers," "Barwick Green," from the My Native Heath suite by Arthur Wood (Miranda and Stevie mutter-sing trying to act like nothing's wrong with a trio of youths in the shop) "Tomorrow," from "Annie," Charles Strouse & Martin Charnin (Tamara becomes Tomorrow when Stevie and Miranda each try to get her attention first) "Shame," Robbie Williams & Gary Barlow (Miranda sings with Gordon the Grapefruit and other fruit friends) "Telephone," Lady Gaga feat. Beyoncé Knowles (The girls sing at Miranda's after the nightclub) "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," Stevie Wonder (Tamara wants to see the sun rise) "The Only Way Is Up," Yazz and the Plastic Population (Miranda and Stevie do shot after shot of energy-inducing items) "Search for the Hero," M People (Stevie and Heather Small the cut-out sing to get Miranda awake to swim) "Let's Get It On," Marvin Gaye (Miranda slams Gary down onto a table) "When You Say Nothing At All," Ronan Keating (Clive plays this when Miranda doesn't know what to say) "Didn't We Almost Have It All," Whitney Houston (Clive plays this the next day when Miranda shows up at the restaurant) "Left Bank Two," The Noveltones, from "The Gallery" segment on children's program "Vision On" (Everyone sees Tamara's huge nude portrait of Miranda, and "You Have Been Watching.