Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Too true - a cut-throat business, too. No end of quite good independent comedians have fallen by the wayside after being squeezed out of the tour circuits by managing set-ups with a pool of top-flight acts. They now do small clubs, and are better than ever because they're in an evil mood and need the money - don't get any more TV airing though. Best, Douglas On 19.03.2011 01:20, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Comedy is serous business. If you think of it there's really nothing funny > about it! Americans take pot shots at random European countries like they > don't have a sense of humor or something there but I bet every single one > does. > About the funniest flick I ever saw was Japanese. > I was in a funny mood tonight and I thought the lady behind the checkout > counter was going to give me my stuff for free. Comedy is serious business > here in NY. No less so than rapping. I got a free mocha from Starbucks when > I first got here because I just was really on and they really liked my act. > Its that first line which is really important. > > > -------------------- > Mark William Rabiner > > > > >> From: Douglas Sharp<douglas.sharp at gmx.de> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:56:46 +0100 >> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] German language comedians >> >> 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 >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >