How is Tina Fey’s ‘The Four Seasons’ Different From the 1981 Carol Burnett Original?

Tina Fey‘s new show The Four Seasons, which premieres on Netflix today, has more than a little in common with its inspiration, the 1981 film of the same name starring Carol Burnett and Alan Alda. The film and the series share the same premise: three couples who take seasonal vacations together find their dynamic disrupted and their relationships stressed when one couple divorces. The show also uses the same character names, settings, plot points, and even some jokes with the Alda-directed film, which received multiple Golden Globe nominations, including Best Actor for Alda and Best Actress for Burnett, and won for Best Screenplay.

But the show, which Fey stars in and produced, also differs from the source material significantly. Some of that is just a matter of run time — the film was 107 minutes long, while the show is made up of eight half-hour episodes, giving it more room to explore each character’s life. But some of the changes reflect the difference of 44 years, or just differences in taste between comedic masterminds of different eras. Both the show and the series are hilarious, and in the end, each is a fairly unique experience.