This is a big cultural thing that happens once in a while. See: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff?from=Main.BigInJapan htt

This is a big cultural thing that happens once in a while. See: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff?from=Main.BigInJapan https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GermansLoveDavid... Another example is 'dinner for one', an ancient British theater play/sketch that is on Germany a new years tradition.