The 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.
Isn’t this required for all televised comedy in Germany?
;)
Dinner for one: A little-known British comedy famous in Germany
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#162In Sweden, it has been shown since 1969 on New Year's Eve. The distribution rights were bought 1963, but since there was so much drinking involved it took 6 more years before it was broadcast. We use the Swiss version that is 11 min long, not the 18 minute German version.
Yes, it is huge here in Sweden. As an Anglo Saxon, I was surprised it was so popular and we never heard of it.
What is an "anglo-saxon"? iirc they died out a thousand years ago.
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#163Seems there's a prequel in the works:
> UFA’s planned prequel series, Dinner for Five, based on a 2002 crime caper by the German author Michael Koglin, is set 51 years before the famous birthday party, in the year 1921, at a country house near Eastbourne, East Sussex.
* https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/30/european-new-y...
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#164Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don't forget Tre nøtter til Askepott, an old communist Czech movie that's somehow so critical to Norwegian heritage they had to send a Norwegian team to another country to make sure it was preserved and restored.
My favorite part is how it's all dubbed into Norwegian by one guy doing all the voices, but he sorta starts giving up distinguishing the characters about half way through. Spending Christmas with my friend's Norwegian family was just getting one "tradition" after another explained to me for a week while I continuously got more and more confused.
The guy doing the voices were improvising as he went along, as he was under the impression that it was a test. That this ended up being the track they used is, in itself, really odd. It's a funny track, though, so I guess that could be the reason?
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#165Here 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.
It’s going to be getting a prequel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/30/european-new-y...
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#166In a similar vein, "Sound of Music"[1] about the Austrian Trapp family is a very popular Christmas movie in the US, but barely anyone in Austria (and Germany) watched it. The reason may be that Schnitzel is served with noodles in the movie[2]. NO Austrian would ever do that!
[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sound_of_Music_(film) [2] - https://oe3.orf.at/stories/2916424/ (German)
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#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
Mr Bean travels well because it's universal humour requiring no translation. Has done well in British consciousness for a single 15 episode series too. For slightly related reasons, Norman Wisdom became absolutely massive in the Eastern Bloc because his apolitical slapstick could be portrayed as "struggling against capitalism" :D
I remember The Benny Hill Show was hugely popular outside of the UK too although I suspect it's declined now as it's very much a product of its time.
Saw this a lot in Asia during the late 80s, never understood the hate for it, most of the jokes are on the old white men and he was a real gentleman in real life.
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#168Earlier quoted context omitted.
For the reverse of the reverse - no one in Germany actually cares about David Hasselhoff.
https://www.berlin.de/en/tickets/rock-pop/david-hasselhoff-8... He’s not “huge” but as a musician he is bigger in DACH than anywhere else.
To be fair, he used to be huge in the 80s, 90s, with Knight Rider and Baywatch being essential TV shows for every kid.
Now I guess he's just a washed out actor, I didn't even realize he's still touring
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#169As a Brit, I’ve never heard of it.
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