It‘s British actors, but was filmed in Hamburg by the public broadcaster NDR. It is a tradition which is not that funny unless you are already shitfaced. Loriot, on the other hand…
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Dinner for one: A little-known British comedy famous in Germany
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#12It‘s British actors, but was filmed in Hamburg by the public broadcaster NDR. It is a tradition which is not that funny unless you are already shitfaced. Loriot, on the other hand…
> Loriot
Bourgeois snobbery!
What's wrong with laughing about a drunk butler tipping over a tiger's head?
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#13I am from The Netherlands and I had never seen it until I started dating my now-wife. I got the impression that many Germans believe it’s a well-known sketch since it is in English.
Our 8yo daughter thinks it’s hilarious :).
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#14Here in Denmark, it's new years tradition to watch this on NYE, it's about as important as the Queens new years address. Also, it _NEVER_ stops being fun* [*] Legally required to hold this opinion.
Some yeas back a DR2 made a satirical parody of it called the 80 years birthday (in Danish it is called "the 90 years birthday") where all the characters was played by a series of Danish comedians https://youtu.be/H07O6j6-6vQ
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#15I’m reminded of the possibly apocryphal story about 30 Rock being the worst-received comedy in German tv history.
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#16A little know fact is, that the swiss TV produced their own version with the same actors, but subtle (and not so subtle) differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP7Q8B8YB5k
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#17Also here in Austria, usually broadcast shortly before midnight. Not sure if the author confused it with Australia, which is confusingly mentioned under "Popularity across Europe", or lumps us up with Germany, which misses the fun factoid that we split up again in 1945 (and also tends to get people over here surprisingly pissy).
> The short 18 minute long movie has also managed to delight audiences in Australia and South Africa, though it is less popular there than in Europe.
Considering they mention Australia and South Africa together, then later in the same sentence say it is “ less popular there than in Europe,” I would say with 100% confidence that the author meant to say Australia, not Austria.
After all, Australia is not in Europe so if they had meant Austria then it would be strange to say it’s less popular there than in Europe.
There are also many European countries not mentioned so I don’t think anything is being lumped together.
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#18The best thing about the German version (if you watch in on tv) is that before the comedy begins, there's an explanation about why it's funny.
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#19Belgian here, my grandparents put their VHS with the recording on _every single_ New Year's day when we went to visit.
Re: Dinner for one: A little-known British comedy famous in Germany
#20A little know fact is, that the swiss TV produced their own version with the same actors, but subtle (and not so subtle) differences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP7Q8B8YB5k
Funny, I just checked on Youtube: all the copies (that are not specif "new" versions with other actors, or dubbed, etc) are this swiss version. And almost noone seems to notice.