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As a Brit deeply into comedy I can confirm my total ignorance of "Dinner For One". How very strange what travels. Visiting the US I was surprised how many Ameri
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
As a Brit deeply into comedy I can confirm my total ignorance of
"Dinner For One". How very strange what travels. Visiting the US I was
surprised how many Americans knew obscure and not terribly funny Monty
Python sketches word for word, and meeting a Chinese CTO once whose
first words were "Ah Mr. Bean".
- _joel 4y agoLikewise, never heard of it
- smcl 4y agoFor a long time I hadn’t either. It’s become much more well-known in last few years though - around this time of year a few places like BBC or Guardian run stories on this tradition.
- notahacker 4y agoMr Bean travels well because it's universal humour requiring no translation. Has done well in British consciousness for a single 15 episode series too. For slightly related reasons, Norman Wisdom became absolutely massive in the Eastern Bloc because his apolitical slapstick could be portrayed as "struggling against capitalism" :D
- ndsipa_pomu 4y agoI remember The Benny Hill Show was hugely popular outside of the UK too although I suspect it's declined now as it's very much a product of its time.
- chinabot 4y agoSaw this a lot in Asia during the late 80s, never understood the hate for it, most of the jokes are on the old white men and he was a real gentleman in real life.
- smitty1e 4y agoRowan Atkinson is such a comic genius. Look at what he can do with a piano key: https://youtu.be/CwzjlmBLfrQ https://youtu.be/CwzjlmBLfrQ
- bardan 4y agoI think that was the highlight of the opening ceremony. Would be interesting to know if Rowan Atkinson was involved in developing the bit (not so much the video clip but the single note business was well conceived).
- ndsipa_pomu 4y agoBritish here as well and I only heard about this a couple of years ago whilst looking for xmas films. It's generally unknown in the UK.
- ThePadawan 4y agoFor the reverse of the reverse - no one in Germany actually cares about David Hasselhoff.
- jahnu 4y agohttps://www.berlin.de/en/tickets/rock-pop/david-hasselhoff-874b4b2c-2f5b-46eb-a23d-b272ae7dd5e3/ https://www.berlin.de/en/tickets/rock-pop/david-hasselhoff-8... He’s not “huge” but as a musician he is bigger in DACH than anywhere else.
- folli 4y agoTo be fair, he used to be huge in the 80s, 90s, with Knight Rider and Baywatch being essential TV shows for every kid. Now I guess he's just a washed out actor, I didn't even realize he's still touring
- FabHK 4y agoIf you've been raised in Germany a long time ago, you can watch this Hasselhoff/Reim duet to realise your advanced age... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoa9HfWIx6I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoa9HfWIx6I
- jesushax 4y agoI didn't even know David Hasselhoff made music and this song is amazing, thanks a lot for sharing!
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y agoIf you like synthwave/cheesy movies, he did a song (and video) for Kung Fury https://youtu.be/ZTidn2dBYbY https://youtu.be/ZTidn2dBYbY
- jFriedensreich 4y agonot true. i have seen more david hasselhoff posters in my german peers flats than probably all of the usa combined.
- realworldperson 4y ago[dead]
- zerocrates 4y agoNow I need to know just where this transatlantic Monty Python sketch appreciation difference lies...
- aussiegreenie 4y ago>meeting a Chinese CTO once whose first words were "Ah Mr. Bean" Consistering there is a large statue of Rowan Atkinson / Mr Bean in Yuexiu Park, the largest park in Guangzhou China. Mr Bean is very well known. Mr Bean is more famous than Monty Python.