Dinner for One (British comedy)

[SleepyWitch]

Happy New Year everyone!
I'd like to share this little sketch with you. It's a British comedy (produced in Germany I think) that we watch on New Year's Eve every year. Basically, EVERYONE in Germany watches it every year. Funnily enough, the British don't seem to know it/or at least they don't watch it on New Year's Eve.
It's in English.. there's a short introduction in German at the beginning but it's subtitled in English.
Dinner for One, part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBTZZ0TwgWo)
Dinner for One, Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsdc1krl6w)

[Nightshade]

oh wow my grandmotherhas this on video and I think she watches it everynewyears eve. They definetly used to when my grandad was alive :D:D

Only of course they lived in germany for a while and they are Oma and Opa instead of nanna and grandad:D

[Schokokeks]

Happy New Year everyone!
I'd like to share this little sketch with you. It's a British comedy (produced in Germany I think) that we watch on New Year's Eve every year. Basically, EVERYONE in Germany watches it every year.
Yea, and I'm tired of it by now (20 years is enough :p). :D
But this has been part of New Year's Eve here for such a long time, really a classic. I wonder how long it will take before a TV channel will have the courage not to show it :rolleyes:.

[Nightshade]

well how old is it??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner_for_One
wow.... thats old! :brow:

[SleepyWitch]

hehe, Schoki, I'm kinda tired of it, too, but I thought people who haven't been forced to watch it for 20+ years might enjoy it :)


Only of course they lived in germany for a while and they are Oma and Opa instead of nanna and grandad
heehee, that's cute :) where in Germany did they live?

[Themis]

Basically, EVERYONE in Germany watches it every year.

In Austria, too. But I still like it. ;)

[kilted exile]

This is what we used to get at New Year's in Scotland: Rev. I.M Jolly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAikjaiiHY


Wonderful.

[Laindessiel]

they are Oma and Opa instead of nanna and grandad:D

Whoa. How close are the German and Korean language? Ama and Apa are used there too, pertaining to the same meaning.

[Virgil]

Happy New Year everyone!
I'd like to share this little sketch with you. It's a British comedy (produced in Germany I think) that we watch on New Year's Eve every year. Basically, EVERYONE in Germany watches it every year. Funnily enough, the British don't seem to know it/or at least they don't watch it on New Year's Eve.
It's in English.. there's a short introduction in German at the beginning but it's subtitled in English.
Dinner for One, part I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBTZZ0TwgWo)
Dinner for One, Part II (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLsdc1krl6w)

I have to say I enjoyed it. But why would German speaking people have such an attachment to a skit in English? Did most Germans understand English even generations ago?

I liked your skit too Kilt. Something about earlier comedy that was so endearing. Over here, all comedy today must have a sex joke every 30 seconds. No originality and frankly boring. At least to me. We have old comedy like that too, and I enjoy that.

[kathycf]

This is what we used to get at New Year's in Scotland: Rev. I.M Jolly

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbAikjaiiHY


Wonderful.

He got a postcard with a pic of a cemetary and the message was "wish you were here..." :lol:

[Themis]

I have to say I enjoyed it. But why would German speaking people have such an attachment to a skit in English? Did most Germans understand English even generations ago?


The dialogue's fairly easy to understand. You don't need a lot of skill to get the gist of it.

[Petrarch's Love]

:lol: Thanks for posting this Sleepy. A friend of mine from our German department had been telling me about "Dinner for One" just a few days ago and I was curious to see it. It's really funny. I'll have to tell my friend he can catch it on YouTube if he starts feeling homesick.

Kilted, thanks for the I.M. Jolly clip. He's hilarious. :lol:

[SleepyWitch]

heeeheee, kilted, that's hilarious! :) what kind of accent is it? I mean, I know it's Scotish but it's not as broad as some Scotish accents I've heard... is it some kind of Standard Scotish English pronunciation or something?

Virgil, I'm not sure why that is. Many Germans love British comedy (e.g. Monty Python, Mister Bean, Blackadder...) and all things British.
I don't know how it could catch on in the 60s though (when English was not a compulsory subject at schools).. Maybe people got to know Brits during the "occupation" after WWII and liked them? I know it worked the other way round: many British soldiers' families visited the Rhine area in the 60s and 70s and grew to like Germany.
Schoki, help me :)

[Nightshade]

err or maybe it was made for the occupying forces?? and got lifted?? or maybe this is proof of how closley tied the 2 cultures are and we just share a resulting similar sense of humour. :nod:

[kilted exile]

what kind of accent is it? I mean, I know it's Scotish but it's not as broad as some Scotish accents I've heard... is it some kind of Standard Scotish English pronunciation or something?



That is the accent of someone from Bearsden (one of the few affluent parts of the city) it is the accent of someone who doesnt want to be associated with Glasgow.

[SleepyWitch]

That is the accent of someone from Bearsden (one of the few affluent parts of the city) it is the accent of someone who doesnt want to be associated with Glasgow.
an arrogant snob, in other words? ;)

[Schokokeks]

hehe, Schoki, I'm kinda tired of it, too, but I thought people who haven't been forced to watch it for 20+ years might enjoy it :)
Jaaaa, you're right, obviously they do :). I was a bit surprised when I heard that hardly anyone in Britain knows it - I had thought the trend came from over the channel and we were just copying it :D.

[SleepyWitch]

Jaaaa, you're right, obviously they do :). I was a bit surprised when I heard that hardly anyone in Britain knows it - I had thought the trend came from over the channel and we were just copying it :D.
yep, at least my English friend told me they don't watch it over there.
it's produced by a German guy, even though the actors are English.