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So... I'll be quitting the internship and will be taking a job with a different TV production company who are into making comedy. German comedy is the bit of German television that I can actually get excited about. Der Wixxer, Der Schuh des Manitu, (T)raumschiff, Erkan & Stefan, those are all awesome hilarious German movies starring great German comedians.
Don't sneer. Germans do have a sense of humor.
Let me show you a bit from 'Der Schuh des Manitu', where they sing a song with English lyrics. To give you a bit of background (which you'll need if you don't want to be totally lost): Karl May is a German author who in the first half of the 20th century wrote terrible Mary Sue western novels without ever having been to America. In the 50ies, there were some terrible movies made from the terrible novels, and pretty much every German knows those. 'Der Schuh des Manitu' is a spoof of those movies. There's the bad guy, called Santa Maria; he's the guy in the black hat. Then there's Ranger - he's the one in the cowboy dress - and there are the Apache twins Abahachi, Ranger's blood brother, and Winnetouch - the one with the shorter hair.
In the clip, Santa Maria has taken Ranger and the twins captive and is planning to kill them. He asks them if they have any last wishes, and Winnetouch says: "Yes, I want the song from the Super Perforator commercial!"
When the movie came out in Germany, EVERYBODY was singing this song. 'Der Schuh des Manitu' is the most-watched German comedy movie since 1902. They did an English and a Russian dub, but both audiences hated the movie. In Germany, you'll be very hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn't seen it at least twice.
Okay, I admit it. German humor might be a little bit... warped. But it's there, you can't deny it xD.
Right, so I'll be working for people who do this comedy thing. The job will actually be a lot more than what an intern would usually be doing, but the company is quite small and only semi-professional, and they don't have a lot of money. The guy I talked to seemed quite awesome. We set up a meeting at a local café for the job interview, and I asked him if I should bring anything with me - I was referring to stuff like certificates and diplomas - and he went: "Yeah! Cookies!" xD
Going to go to a stand-up comedian live show the company is organizing tomorrow. I'm really hoping this job will work out.
I've been watching the Spaced documentary, and what is it with British TV people that they all seem so awesome? I want to write them all fan mail telling them how fucking awesome they all are and that they should never ever stop doing what they do, because they're fucking brilliant at it. I never got this with American actors or directors. The only one I ever got this with aside from David Tennant and Simon Pegg was Stephen King.
I can see myself ending up writing fan letters. Wow, fangirlism, here I come.
Don't sneer. Germans do have a sense of humor.
Let me show you a bit from 'Der Schuh des Manitu', where they sing a song with English lyrics. To give you a bit of background (which you'll need if you don't want to be totally lost): Karl May is a German author who in the first half of the 20th century wrote terrible Mary Sue western novels without ever having been to America. In the 50ies, there were some terrible movies made from the terrible novels, and pretty much every German knows those. 'Der Schuh des Manitu' is a spoof of those movies. There's the bad guy, called Santa Maria; he's the guy in the black hat. Then there's Ranger - he's the one in the cowboy dress - and there are the Apache twins Abahachi, Ranger's blood brother, and Winnetouch - the one with the shorter hair.
In the clip, Santa Maria has taken Ranger and the twins captive and is planning to kill them. He asks them if they have any last wishes, and Winnetouch says: "Yes, I want the song from the Super Perforator commercial!"
| Super Perforator You dont have to wait for later, Here's a new eliminator, Ask your local weapon trader, For the super perforator. Stress? Just cool it, Here's a special bullet, Put it in the magazine, Boom a bang into your bean. You can call the operator, For the super perforator, Killing is our habit, Make you wriggle like a rabbit, But before you die, my dear, Have a final glass of beer, And before the break of dawn, We'll have you back where you belong, Sprinkling the lawn. Bully-bang-bang, a-bang-boom-boom, Meet your doom! Call us soon! The local weapon trader, With your super perforator. Cheers! |
When the movie came out in Germany, EVERYBODY was singing this song. 'Der Schuh des Manitu' is the most-watched German comedy movie since 1902. They did an English and a Russian dub, but both audiences hated the movie. In Germany, you'll be very hard-pressed to find anyone who hasn't seen it at least twice.
Okay, I admit it. German humor might be a little bit... warped. But it's there, you can't deny it xD.
Right, so I'll be working for people who do this comedy thing. The job will actually be a lot more than what an intern would usually be doing, but the company is quite small and only semi-professional, and they don't have a lot of money. The guy I talked to seemed quite awesome. We set up a meeting at a local café for the job interview, and I asked him if I should bring anything with me - I was referring to stuff like certificates and diplomas - and he went: "Yeah! Cookies!" xD
Going to go to a stand-up comedian live show the company is organizing tomorrow. I'm really hoping this job will work out.
I've been watching the Spaced documentary, and what is it with British TV people that they all seem so awesome? I want to write them all fan mail telling them how fucking awesome they all are and that they should never ever stop doing what they do, because they're fucking brilliant at it. I never got this with American actors or directors. The only one I ever got this with aside from David Tennant and Simon Pegg was Stephen King.
I can see myself ending up writing fan letters. Wow, fangirlism, here I come.