Men Behaving Badly minutes longer. "Men Behaving Badly" is based on Simon Nye's 1989 book of the same title. Producer Beryl Vertue first considered it for a film before deciding it was suited for television adaptation. Harry Enfield, already a well-known comedian, was cast first. He had seen Martin Clunes perform in a play and recommended him for the other lead. Enfield felt out of place in the sitcom and announced he was leaving after the first series. When Thames Television found out, their immediate reaction was to end the series, and they had to be persuaded to put on a second series,
Rob Schneider "Men Behaving Badly", an American take on the hit British series of the same name. The U.S. version ran for two seasons. Schneider starred in the 1999 feature film "", a tale of a fish-tank cleaner who incurs a massive debt and is forced to become a "man-whore." This was followed by "The Animal", about a man given animal powers by a mad scientist; "The Hot Chick", wherein the mind of a petty thief played by Schneider is mystically switched into the body of a pretty, but mean-spirited high school cheerleader (Rachel McAdams); and the sequel "". The latter movie