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Well, for what is worth, many Europeans, like the Germans, are even worse at satire and humor than Americans are.

• pluma 12y ago
  As a German, I have to agree. My favourite comedians are British, Irish or Australian, not one of them is German. I find most German comedy unwatchable at worst or unfunny at best.
  • throwawayaway 12y ago
    This guy is pretty funny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning_Wehn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henning_Wehn Anecdotally, plenty of Germans have a wicked sense of humour - maybe it's a Berlin thing. Not sure their humour would get airtime on TV though.
    • pluma 12y ago
      The only German comedians I can think of that I at times find genuinely funny are political satirists, actually. Maybe because the subject matter simply lends itself better to deadpan humour and absurdism.
• cJ0th 12y ago
  > Well, for what is worth, many Europeans, like the Germans, are even worse at satire and humor than Americans are. As a German, I don't agree. I think Germans get satire and humor. I'd say we are in that respect closer to the British than the American (But I have to admit that the Brits are light years ahead when it comes to everything entertaining) It's just that our media outlets are characterized by another German trait: fear of risk. If a program works well enough than nothing is going to change. Just think about how long "Wetten Dass...?!" was on air. As far as tv programs are concerned I think that "Stromberg" or "Tatortreiniger" aren't too bad.
  • bad_user 12y ago
    That was a semi-joke and your answer kind of proves my point :-) Anyway, this is based on my interactions with a German corporation - I guess my sample is from the corporate world and most corporates, regardless of nationality, lack humor, because those business guys take themselves too seriously.