Currently in an Airbnb in Germany that has an old, decrepit tiger rug. They keep it around because it reminds them of this skit! We’ve obviously watched it today
Dinner for one: A little-known British comedy famous in Germany
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#192Here 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.
The same procedure as last year?
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#193My daughter in law who's Swiss introduced me to this. I can't remember but I think it was on New Years Eve. I remember before VHS tapes they were quite a few shows that were always aired around the same holiday time and we all watched them together (with commercials!). Fun times but like catching your new favorite song on the radio those times are gone.
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#194As a Brit deeply into comedy I can confirm my total ignorance of "Dinner For One". How very strange what travels. Visiting the US I was surprised how many Americans knew obscure and not terribly funny Monty Python sketches word for word, and meeting a Chinese CTO once whose first words were "Ah Mr. Bean".
For the reverse of the reverse - no one in Germany actually cares about David Hasselhoff.
I finally heard David Hasselhoff sing - he is pretty good! I’m surprised his singing career wasn’t bigger in the US. All we usually get is T&A + auto tune or suggestive lyrics + shock value, very few people with actual talent for singing.
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#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
Don’t forget that while this is broadcast on NYE in Denmark and Sweden, in Norway it’s broadcast on Christmas which is something you should definitely bring up on a mixed Scandinavian family dinner. It’s also quite fun since there’s a joke relationship between Swedes and Norwegians calling each other stupid, so it’s quite fun to insinuate that Norwegians simply do not understand that the movie is set on NYE.
"the movie is set on NYE" Is it? I don't recall anything to suggest that. The title in German in "The 90th birthday".
It's a frequent misconception that it is set on NYE, since one of the guests (Mr. Pomeroy) says "Happy New Year Miss Sophie" in one of his toasts. But this is intended to be a joke, that the butler James is drunk enough to believe for a moment that it is NYE.
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#196Re: Dinner for one: A little-known British comedy famous in Germany
#197When I was a kid The Wizard of Oz on telly was an annual tradition at Christmas. Eventually it died out.
This is a kind of modern day replacement (the annual internet post about this odd tradition).
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#198The 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.
Here's the part you mean: https://www.ndr.de/kultur/dinner_for_one/Dinner-for-One-Hein... What to keep in mind: It is one of the few pieces of German television tradition that are shown entirely in English - without subtitles. The English is intentionally made so simple that many people without good language skills can understand it. In 1963, however, when the sketch was recorded, a great many Germans knew only a few…
The original is being kept original.
This year I learned: there are dialect versions. Seen one in Hessian today.
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#199Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
If you've been raised in Germany a long time ago, you can watch this Hasselhoff/Reim duet to realise your advanced age...
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#200Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's the final joke?
James assists Miss Sophie to “retire”. The same procedure as every year. wink wink
And furthermore, presumably poor old James has to perform the duties of all the four deceased friends of Miss Sophie that night. Same procedure as every year, James.