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woohoo replied

7 February 2019, 17:51
Originally posted by Eirikur View Post

Not funny at all, the comments below the movie agree
BTW "Manuel" is from Kazakhstan but speaks Russian and the owner thinks Kazakhstan is somewhere in Russia

Is it just me but does it look slightly threatening in German?
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SpinyNorman replied

7 February 2019, 14:22
Originally posted by vetran View Post

Will they be redoing "The Germans"?

Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post

That I'd like to see.

Apparently they remade 11 of the 12 episodes. One was... overlooked.

Pity, because it's got so many great non-WWII jokes as well, like the fire drill.
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NotAllThere replied

7 February 2019, 07:36
Originally posted by vetran View Post

Will they be redoing "The Germans"?

That I'd like to see.
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SpinyNorman replied

6 February 2019, 22:57
It's better than any of the three(!) American copies...

I don't agree that it HAS to be worthless. (And the comments section there is mixed, by the way.)

The reason it might have worked is that Germans are kind of stiffly neurotic, sort of unrelaxed. But so is Basil, isn't he, so that might translate very well.
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reddog replied

6 February 2019, 11:44
how about "Die Letzte Bulle"?, bit of a rip off of "Life on Mars", unfortunately my DVD copy doesn't have German subtitles (need subtitles in German as it helps if you don't quite catch a word)

would be interested to know any other suggestions of German TV or podcasts.
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vetran replied

6 February 2019, 10:51
Will they be redoing "The Germans"?

[Basil squabbling with the German guests after a bump on the head]:
Basil: Is there something wrong?
German Guest: Will you stop talking about the war?
Basil: Me? You started it.
German Guest: We did not!
Basil: Yes, you did. You invaded Poland.
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xoggoth replied

6 February 2019, 10:25
The set looks just the same.

Where's the French version of Allo, Allo?

Last edited by xoggoth; 6 February 2019, 10:27.
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Eirikur replied

6 February 2019, 10:12
Originally posted by stek View Post

German remake of Fawlty Towers, with a Russian Manuel - I want to see it!

Not funny at all, the comments below the movie agree
BTW "Manuel" is from Kazakhstan but speaks Russian and the owner thinks Kazakhstan is somewhere in Russia
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original PM replied

4 February 2019, 15:05
I detect sockie......
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SpinyNorman replied

4 February 2019, 13:50
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Well that was 3,20 minutes of my life I'll never see again...

Well John Cleese liked it. Apparently he even appears in one of the unaired episodes.
Only 1 ep was ever shown. And even that is completely and totally impossible to find now.
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suityou01 replied

9 April 2014, 06:53
Excellent thread. Keep it up!
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stek replied

8 April 2014, 21:54
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVuR4NxdaxI
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darmstadt replied

8 April 2014, 20:22
Originally posted by stek View Post

I got the Stromberg Staffel series somewhere!

I also have the first two eps of the IT Crowd clone they did (Die Jungs und der Maus?) - EXACT copies so the same its a joke, apart from the the language. Even the same clothes!

Think it was canned after two eps....

I get these for my missus who's fluent in German, any recommendations? We got plenty of films, plus Alexanderplatz, Heimat, I'm looking for eps of Lindenstrasse tho!

I'm currently working my way through Der Tatortreiniger (Der Tatortreiniger | NDR.de - Unterhaltung - Comedy - Der Tatortreiniger) which is rather enjoyable, also any of the Tatort series set in Münster (they get the highest viewing figures in Germany.)
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stek replied

8 April 2014, 20:15
Originally posted by darmstadt View Post

Well that was 3,20 minutes of my life I'll never see again...Check out Stromberg, their version of The Office which has just been made into a full length (crowdfunded) feature film, which, IMHO, is pretty crap as well (*).

(* when they originally showed there was no credit to The Office and I remarked on how similar it was. They had apparently plagiarised it and when the BBC found out, they had a fit and now has to say that it was inspired by The Office.)

I got the Stromberg Staffel series somewhere!

I also have the first two eps of the IT Crowd clone they did (Die Jungs und der Maus?) - EXACT copies so the same its a joke, apart from the the language. Even the same clothes!

Think it was canned after two eps....

I get these for my missus who's fluent in German, any recommendations? We got plenty of films, plus Alexanderplatz, Heimat, I'm looking for eps of Lindenstrasse tho!
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darmstadt replied

8 April 2014, 19:07
Well that was 3,20 minutes of my life I'll never see again...Check out Stromberg, their version of The Office which has just been made into a full length (crowdfunded) feature film, which, IMHO, is pretty crap as well (*).

(* when they originally showed there was no credit to The Office and I remarked on how similar it was. They had apparently plagiarised it and when the BBC found out, they had a fit and now has to say that it was inspired by The Office.)
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