The remakes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" that were done in the 80's were lame(I'm being polite). They lacked the cleverness, mystery and overall ambiance of the original.

As far as music is concerned, with a few exceptions, the original artist is usually the best imo. That may be simply because it becomes the reference point that we use to judge the others by though.

Half of communication is listening. You can't listen with your mouth.