Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That as well, some of the Bavarians really need subtitles on TV - but most are well-known nationwide (and in Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg) In fact, Austria has some of the best satirists and some really weird comedians of the likes of Alf Pocher - whose stage act makes you think he should have been put in an asylum. Stand-up comedy is really big business in Germany these days, a few comedians even fill football stadiums with audiences of 50,000 or more. One of the most famous comedians in the German language region is Swiss - Emil Steinberger - a master of sketches and films that hold a mirror up to the Swiss. The German marketing and advertising industry has discovered humour too: Here are a few: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyFAVMxb8IQ And an absolute classic (although it was made in Norway): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z_3AhZh8Y0 Dutch TVCs aren't bad, either - *warning! filthy language!!* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOwjO63BcaM Cheers Douglas On 18.03.2011 20:26, Mark Rabiner wrote: > I thought Germany had different comics for different regions with different > German dialects? > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:21:15 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] Nazi fascination >> >> Funny that nobody in Germany has ever heard of him. We >> probably haven't missed much. >> >> Plenty of comedians here, though - some very good ones >> too - and Germany is still the best place for extremely >> caustic political satirists (at least 5 shows a week on >> prime time TV) >> >> Douglas >> >>> On Mar 18, 2011, at 12:41 AM, Ken Carney wrote: >>> >>>> I thought the most interesting part was that there was actually a German >>>> comedian: "The stand-up Henning Wehn, who styles himself Germany's >>>> comedy >>>> ambassador..." >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >