Germans and light entertainment.
Germans and light entertainment.
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Gandahar

Original Poster:

9,600 posts

151 months

Saturday 18th July 2020
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They will never be any good at it.

Take this phrase:-

"She lives in a comedic vacuum"

And lets extrapolate....


"She lives in a Comedic Hoover

when resorting to brand names. Still funny in an abstract way.......

German version

"She lives in a comedic Miele"


It's like going down the rabbit hole on comedy. A tidy, dust free rabbit hole, but still a rabbit hole.




phazed

22,455 posts

227 months

Monday 20th July 2020
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Of course the Germans are brilliant at comedy.

Just look at the Fawlty Towers episode, "the Germans ". wink

Scrump

23,744 posts

181 months

Monday 20th July 2020
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They were almost as funny as the French in ‘Allo ‘Allo.

phazed

22,455 posts

227 months

Monday 20th July 2020
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Just to finally put this matter to bed and as for confirmation.

My mother is German, she has a fantastic sense of humour. She married my father who is English.

My work is done.