What do you mean, you are not complaining? You're German! That's one of the perks coming with the German passport! :D Go ahead! Complain! To everyone, about everything! :D
I am from Hamburg. I went to boarding school in England, lived abroad a while and now moved back 10 years later. I agree with you. TV is horseshit here in DE in comparison. I hosted pub trivia in the UK. It is a full event for the ages. We could use a slice of that pub culture here. On the flip-side in the UK, I was irritated by the 75% switch to the metric system, but then these inconsistent exceptions. People who always use kg, and didn't even know how heavy a stone was kept saying, "I dunno exactly. I just know that's my weight in stone." I had friends who only know metres, yet told me they're six-one or five-nine. "I dunno what it means. I just know that's my height." It made my German logic and order melt into the floor with internal rage and crying. You nearly made it guys, you're so close. You're many 1.609km's better than the US or Canada. You can do it.
I had this story from canadians too. They also converted to Metric, but the weight of babies is still given in pounds. Well, it's the same as Germans still measuring tubes in inches. And the pound is still in use, but the weight of the pound was metrisized.
@@holger_p *Metricated In Canada, the government uses metric, but people generally use customary units in day to day. It has metricated very little. More than US, but barely. I am 38, I have never heard Pfund as a weight. I have only seen Zoll for bicycle height and TV screen sizes (because they are often American).
Kids turning 18 in Canada right now finally measure their height in centimeters. That's been one of the biggest milestones unachieved until now. We are significantly metric, but yes there are still many exceptions.
@@christiansrensen8330 Pfund as a unit of weight isn't really that common, now that you mention it. However, at least where I'm from, its basically the only unit in whitch you weigh Gehacktes/Mett. Nobody says to the butcher "I want 500g of Mett", you say "I want a Pfund of Mett, or 1/2 Pfund or even 2 Pfund(also known as 1kg) of Mett" Sacks of cement are often 50kg, wich is commonly known as a Zentner(derived from "centum" for 100 as in 100 basic weight units are a Zentner; back then that was the Pfund at 500g)
@@Retroxyl Everyone ever has said halbes Kilo or gram. "Where you are from" must be 1950. If you live on a farm and are 70+ then you probably use lots of outdated things.
he means, to show some enthusiasm about the game you are watching to cheer if your team scores...you dont actually have to BE present at the game to cheer in the UK people in the pub would be VOCAL...enthusiatic...
These are all very true. Having grown up in very sociable Italy, it is depressing how few places there are in Germany to just sit down and casually hang out. :( Other things that bug me about Germany are the government imposed closing of shops on Sundays and at night... And the fact that our strike law is so antiquated really bothers me. Workers at big companies have some of the strongest unions in Europe, but you can only strike if a union is doing a Tarifverhandlung (working out a new collective contract with the employer). That means that workers at smaller companies (a gas station, a handyman, etc.) never have ANY chance to strike and apply pressure on their employer if need be. It's weirdly authoritarian...
Closing at night? Depends on the Bundesland. Bayern and Saarland demand closing at 20 h, RLP and Sachsen 22 h. All others allow 24 h opening except on sundays and holydays.
@@MrTuxracer Allowed ≠ Done I live in a Bundesland that theoretically allows 24h service and we dont do it. The times are absolutely consistent from 6-22 in cities and 7-21 in villages. Cuz nobody actually wants to buy something at 3 o clock hence why they dont even offer the opportunity.
Soccer is the British term. As(soc)iation or Assoc football. Football is a colloquial term for that whole phrase. Just as Rugby is slang for Rugby Football. Football is a category of sport. Many countries have a "football." This is why he said soccer. I am German. In English I call it soccer unless I absolutely know it will not be misundertood. It is incumbent on the communicator to adjust to the audience to be understood. Don't be such an obtuse drama queen. It is unhelpful. People exaggeratin outrage on this topic are not being "intellectual" it is pettiness.
@@christiansrensen8330 Bro, nobody is outraged here we're just having some fun. Obviously I won't hold it against Andrew, he seems to like football as much as I like ballet, but not true football fan in England calls football "soccer". But since you went into linguistics, you're probably a prescriptivist while most people tend to be descriptivists. I know which of the two are usually the snobbish ones.
Because if he doesn't, every American watching this will say "It's calle soccer!" in the comment section, even though they perfectly understand what he means.
@@christiansrensen8330 "don''t be an obtuse drama queen". No one is being that. Well, except you, overreacting here. Also, it was perfectly clear that he was referring to a football game.
They used to be more entertaining in the 1970ies and 80ies. Look for "Bananas", "Zwei himmlische Töchter", "Klimbim" and more recently "Stromberg". I have no TV for myself. The program is boring or strange, usually both. Or it's a thriller - and boring and strange.
@@michaelburggraf2822 That's true. Recently I watched an episode of Polizeirevier München 1 from the early 1980s. They had actual actors! They were acting while speaking their lines!
We have TV in germany? Hadn't turned it on for years. 🤣 But to be fair as bad as it is, it is not the worst TV programm in the world, Japan is somehow even worse, in my opinion. While there are hundreds of good anime, that would be worth watching, they are rarely on TV. And most other japanese TV stuff is just pain to watch.
@@michaelburggraf2822 That's true. I recently watched reruns of "Polizeirevier München 1". The had actual actors that were acting, even while talking! However, Stromberg is basically just a remake of The Office.
Retired UK plumber here; At one time I used to do a lot of faults & consequent repairs. The problem is sometime you can start on a job, then a problem shows up. So you fix that and another problem shows up. And so it goes. If you phone the customer you need to do it again and again. It can be difficult to estimate how long an unknown, or partly unknown, problem will take to fix. That just leads to both tradesman and customer being frustrated. I used to say to customers if time is critical, book a job first thing in the morning. I was happy to start anytime after 06:30, but most chose 08:00 so they could then go to work a little later.
As a brit still in the UK your idea of pubs isn't too far from the truth. Example the other day I went for a long walk in rural Yorkshire and was welcomed into the pub, despite my thick London accent the Publican began catting to me.
@@mark9294depends where you are in the uk. Here in the north of England we tend to talk with just about everyone. Nightmare for an introvert like me. But if you go to the south east people tend to be less chatty. London is definitely the least chatty place to strangers in the uk imo
@@mark9294 They're not. They're usually far *worse* about it, but the pub is one of the few zones where that doesn't apply. It might be because the English are still human and need interpersonal contact, but their general social restraint requires them to have designated areas for that purpose.
The Netherlands. I thought this was a worldwide problem. It has improved somewhat over the years, especially with communicating that they are delayed or even better, letting me know an hour in advance when they will be there.
Mate, here in Australia, the "tradies" behave in the same manner as their German equivalents. Many Aussies now do most of their own repairs, only calling on a "tradie" where one needs a certification (like electricial work or plumbing) to do so. And the buggers here "charge like wounded bulls" as well!!!!! After all, one doesn't need to be a "Rhodes's Scholar" to do a lot of this work - between RU-vid videos and material available in hardware stores, one can successfully execute 90% of the repair work!!!!! Grüße aus Australien. Tschüss.
@@stephenlee5929 Mate, I visited York in 2019 and it is a lovely place. I'm not surprised the York "tradies" are polite as I found the locals very friendly. Grüße aus Australien. Tschüss.
I've been struggling for years, trying to convey to Germans how much better many British pubs are than their German equivalents. Or at least how much more welcome I feel in them. One of the first things that fascinated me about them was that they are usually not only classless but also ageless. That parents and their children and sometimes even the grandparents frequent the same locals is pretty much unthinkable in Germany.
Die Situation in der Bar kenne ich so nicht aus Deutschland. Das scheint eine Ausnahme gewesen zu sein. Normalerweise kann man sich in Bars auch während eines Fußballspiels unterhalten wie man will. War das vll. in einem Dorf, wo sich alle Gäste kannten und sich dieses Verhalten mit der Zeit etabliert hat? Merkwürdig....
Hab ich mir auch gedacht. Gerade Fußball-Fans gelten ja jetzt nicht als besonders schweigsam und ruheliebend und dann noch in Berlin??? Außerdem gibt es in Berlin massenhaft gemütliche Bars und coole Locations. Da macht das Beispiel noch weniger Sinn. Ich meine, ok, er wohnt in einem Kaff bei Aschaffenburg, da ist natürlich tote Hose, aber das gilt ja nicht für Großstädte.
Ich finde es auch sehr ungewöhnlich. Vielleicht trafen sich Landsleute der einen Mannschaft, bei denen dieses Verhalten üblich ist. Wenn ich in Ruhe TV sehen will, bleibe ich zuhause.
Well to be fair, Kneipe would be more similar to a pub than a bar. And there definitely are great pubs in Germany; I go to karaoke at an Irish pub every Friday.
British Pub Culture as you describe it sounds rather like the way some coffee shops in the US function, albeit it tends to be more over lunch. Bars in the US don't quite replicate it, although you might be able to find something comparable in certain craft breweries.
I have to disagree with you on the quality of Tatortreiniger vs The Cleaner. I really enjoyed every second of the german version but I couldn’t get into the English one. Although I like Greg Davies almost as much as I like Bjarne Mädel, it just didn’t feel right. That said, what I really miss in Germany are all the great panel shows that exist in the UK. Not only Taskmaster but also 8 out of 10 cats (does countdown), WILTY, The big fat Quiz, QI… Talking of quizzes, I’m still waiting for a German version of Only Connect.
Totally agree on both points but I also think if German TV execs tried to give us panel shows that could easily turn into a nightmare I'm not prepared to deal with. Imagine Mario Barth, Thomas Gottschalk, Till Schweiger and Dieter Nuhr on a panel hosted by Barbara Schöneberger.
4:07 Wait a minute. I’ve watched the first episode of The Cleaner and I thought Greg Davies’ acting was so over the top it felt like satire. Is it just the first episode or do I conceive it this different?
Well thank you :) I would have never known The Cleaner if it werent for this vid. It allowed me to take Der Tatortreiniger (which i hold in high regard) and softly put it on the second place and put The Cleaner on number one for me when it comes to dark comedy i know. Man The Cleaner really is funnier. I laughed my so hard a couple of times. So far my fav is the author finding the cleaner in the chair having a 'cleaning block' and then saying 'you son of a bitch'. I so love (british) english. its so much more 'out of the guts' than German. You can be more quick, more fluent, more in the situation and say so much with so little. In German it feels that you have to craft often. Many times im my life i found it so easy to come up with something funny, circumstancial and so on in english whereas in German it comes so late, due to the need to think more. Wie auch immer, danke für den Tipp. Ehrlicherweise muss ich deine Punkte auch immer wieder feststellen, wenn ich mal im Ausland bin. Viele Deutsche nehme ich als verklemmt wahr. Preussisch teilweise. In UK sind viele Menschen offener, mehr im Moment und auch liebevoller miteinander. Ich wurde von Fremden oft mit "mate" oder "friend" oder so angesprochen, Freundinnen von mir mit "love". Achja. Anyhow cheers m8
'I won't interrupt your work by phoning because I was brought up with manners.' -- Such a very British thing to say. No-one in Central Europe would think anything about phoning the plumber, ESPECIALLY if he's already hours late!
Well-stated Andrew. It's the same in the states here. We live now in an age of mass communication and people still don't return a phone call. What gives? Do they really not give a crap about their jobs or you at all? It's quite frustrating.
The thing with tradesmen is quite universal. I live next door to you in Poland, and here it's also impossible to get an actual ETA. In our case it's probably due to the lack of competition - we're suffering from a massive shortage of skilled tradesmen, so they aren't incentivized to care in the slightest. It's really weird when a dentist who makes like a half a million per year has her assistant call me anytime there's a hold-up of more than 15 minutes, but a plumber can't be bothered to text me about the fact that he's going to be 4 hours late.
I'm so sorry your first pub experience was something as awful as this lol. I had a pub in my hometown that felt just like a second home. Knew everybody in there, lots of banter with staff and owner, it was great. Covid killed it, unfortunately. I much prefer german pub culture to british. When I first went to London I was utterly confused with how pubs work there. You're not served, meaning if you leave the table to grab a beer or 2 your table might just well be gone, taken by other visitors. Happened to me and was very irritating. That's honestly my main gripe with british pubs (other than the beer, but acquired taste and all). For what it's worth "Der Tatortreiniger" is a great show. It could be one of the GOAT shows and it still wouldn't hold a candle to Greg Davies' rendition though. Just nothing can quite compare to that man.
2:43 "When it matter so much to you, at least cheer the players on!" Is such a great take! But honestly, while i agree that our pub culture has become agregious and unbearable especially since most "Kneipen" were outcompeted by "Bars" I really cant relate to the "everyone is staring at the screen"-thing. That would be WEIRD. At least here in the Ruhrgebiet pubs are pretty lively with conversation, jokes and, yes, cheers when the football is on. But as i said, the culture has basically died out and the one that survived (the bavarian one) has sold its soul to cost 20 bucks per beer. "German shows are strangely dull and a bit lacking" Well! Das gibt ne 1+ mit Sternchen!
People could be bit more open and approachable - as you mentioned the formalities. People to be a bit more relaxed. My opinion after 18 years living abroad
I agree with the Television quality. I think the main reasons why the shows are dull are: (1) The public boradcasters lack innovation due to their fragmented regional structure and while the independence of the broadcasters is admirable, that also means they do not have to justify their lack of programming innovation. So despite having a greater budget than the BBC, they produce an enormous quantity of the same stuff. But no Doctor Who. After the BBC's success of resurrecting Doctor Who it could have been an option to make a new version of "Raumpatrouille" - a classic German sci-fi show that many still love - but they did not even consider it. (2) While shows produced in English, French and Spanish can be sold to large foreign markets, that is not true for German shows. They have to sell well in Germany + Switzerland and Austria and the latter two manage to have even lower quality TV. So there is a lack of marketability. And there is also a cultural divide. While e.g. Canadians, Australians and Americans might understand jokes made in a British context, they know a lot less about Germany and therefore any reference would be lost. (3) Most TV viewers (non-streaming) are 65 or older. And they are dying out. So nobody of the private broadcasters is willing to invest in innovative interesting shows as you won't get young viewers anyway and the old people won't watch it either.
The German shows I know are die alte and tatort. Both were high quality, imo. There was also a detective with a dog. That was the favorite show of my mother’s dog. He didn’t miss one episode.
Hmm, in vielen Bars ist es oft umgekehrt, weil es so laut ist wenn ein Fußballspiel übertragen wird. Gut, manche nehmen Fußball sehr ernst und wollen nicht gestört werden. Aber dann sollen sie halt zuhause schauen.
Customer service is horrendous all across different professions and it's largely due to not having any expectations for it plus lack of workers let them get away with it.
TV Budget of the BBC is better, cause they sell their shows worldwide, without any need to translation. For German shows to do so, they have to film in English, to be accepted on the international market, which doesn't accept dubbed shows. One writer ones told me, Germans like it explicit, the story is explained, every possible upcoming question is answered. That does feel unnatural sometimes, but at least you get the story.
When you come and they just ask if you want the same as always ... or they ask if your friend is coming today ... It's my Wednesday evening appointment.
@@holger_p That's assuming it's relevant in that establishment - I'm not certain, as I don't drink that stuff, but I don't think there's anything special there in that regard. Their special thing is their kitchen, and if I come after the kitchen is already closed, they're perfectly happy to either prepare something in advance or to figure something out even later.
@@KaiHenningsen I have really no idea what you are talking about. I said, next step after knowing your name, is beeing asked to help in bar or kitchen. This is what occasionally happens to me.
Regarding TV shows I can only partially agree. We have a lot of truely garbage TV shows. But the _tone_ of many shows is absolutely what it's supposed to be. I love the understaded almost oppressive atmosphere many German shows have. It feels much more natural than the clearly engineered soundscapes of American/British shows.
Pretty spot on. Kneipen have no culture to speak of. German TV sitcoms and dramas are terrible (including and especially Tatort.) I don’t have a problem with plumbers and electricians, because they are contracted through our huge co-op, and the contract is so important to them, they’re always on time. Living in your own home or in an apartment owned by a “small” landlord definitely has its drawbacks in Germany.
I just watched a film on ARTE that perfecly fits the description made of mediocre audio. Constant loud crackling of floorboards, atrocious diction, unnecessary high speed of dialogues etc. Could this be the film referred to? I switched the subtitles on, but even that was too quick for me. A pity, as the subject matter of the film hat potential.
I don't think the acting is all that wooden in German TV, it's just very understated, like German people are among each other. It's an adjustment to more "realism" in movie, while theater acting is more exaggerated. To me, the problem is a lack of imagination - it's crime investigation or social drama or light comedy. And it all adheres to the same low-key realism, except when it attempts action or social commentary. It's all the same. And the interactive shows (game shows, talk shows, etc.) are mostly following the same concepts as US-american entertainment channels, and they don't feature regular people anymore but mostly celebrities.
Recently I came across to notice, Germans love and try to copy pub culture, but it's 100% and always only Irish pubs. Nobody thinks on Britain, when it comes to pubs. (In worst case it's scottish.) I even found one in Downtown Chemnitz or the most remote spots you can imagine. I know your topic was more feeling home somewhere, and this pub culture is more finding guiness and fiddlers somewhere.
I was 16 when I first traveled through England ans Scotland. (By hitchhiking, btw. Yes those were the days …) Anyway, my impression of the English and especially the Scottish pub culture was this: They opened a 7 o'clock and closed at 10, which meant: You have exactly 3 hours to get drunk, ready, set, go !!! (I forgot the exact times, it's been a long time since, but you get the idea.)
All the pubs that I've been to (13 years in the UK) were opening in the middle/late morning till at least 11pm. They change the law some years ago and now the pub owner can decide to keep it open longer.
The tradesmen are a real problem indeed. The work they deliver is miles ahead of what I experienced in Britain, but they are so fucking arrogant and so expensive. Would it be too much to ask to still pretend that you need my business? I'm still paying for it after all.
@@truckerallikatuk I expect it's because this list is not exhaustive and simply calling the DB something that'd need to "improve" is massively underselling it. Plus, RU-vid has a tendency to demonetise excessive swearing.
okay i know this is subjectiv, but the english tartortreiniger was not better. I would even argue that this is blasphemy. I thought it was magnitudes worse. Though maybe I wanted more of the tartortreiniger I knew and didn't get it or something like that. But i didn't like it
Quiet British pub culture, sure, every culture could benefit from adopting warm cosy friendly eccentric pubs. British drinking culture overall? Absolutely no one needs that. And TBH I'd probably trade the latter if it meant we lost sociable pubs and had the German quiet and boring.
football commentary on sky is off putting, I switch back to the English commenters as much as possible, my German wife also says this. A lot of the time they really bias towards the wining side until the other team come back and they are the best team ever. Also they have very little knowledge on the players.
Yeah, German Film and Television is awful. It really isn’t the budget, German public TV has a bigger budget than the BBC, but we never got a German Doctor Who. Whenever a production is entirely German, that is German original language, German production company, German actors, you can pretty much be certain it will be terrible. There’s a chance to find a German actor in something that’s good, and there’s a chance to find a German (co)production that’s good if it includes a lot of actors and production staff from outside Germany, but never both at the same time. The only thing German TV does pretty well is political satire.
Yeah, German TV is bad. At least concerning entertainment. Information shows are pretty nice, but those interesting stories are reality, the artificial stories of entertainment shows suck. Which is why I basically quit TV altogether. Didn't watch much of it for the last 10 years, but still had TV in my internet contract. Now this contract ends in 5 days and I am not intending to get anything like it again. It's so far more interesting and full of variation to watch various content creators than those cheap TV productions, which have another big problem in Germany: every show and every movie is about nothing else but some boring real life crap. Especially soap operas are so disgustingly boring. There is never something supernatural or special about German productions. Look at home many German Blockbusters are known all over the world. I don't know any. It seems like nobody has any ideas and/or there are no serious budgets in films, so that nothing out of the ordinary IRL crap can be produced. If you see any CGI in a German film, that's already way special.
both Dark and Babylon are heavily Anglicized/Americanized, as everything is basically in NATO countries. Without getting political - which we wouldn't be able to escape in a serious analysis of the whys - I recall specifically about Dark that it did not have a single German song. Maybe one or two slipped in so correct if I'm wrong and point me to them, but every time a music score was to be played, it was in English, 99% if not 100% of them, American songs... so yeah, not much left to say other than characters wearing shirts with English clichés and so on. Sad. That's the thing with Netflix though, it's a production line of flashy American gibberish - as a rule of thumb I avoid watching anything with the big red N production brand. Look elsewhere for authentic national and local productions.
I worked as an Electrician here in Germany. We were mostly our construction site most of the day and only have done 1 customer service a day, we rarely had urgent customer service stuff to do. Once in a month on a Friday we put every customer service work together, it was often stuff like hanging a lamp up, change a wall socket or install a new Intercom. Our First Customer were always the one which had an exact appointment, for the other we informed them, that we will call 30-60 minutes before we come to them, that gave the people enough time for doing there stuff and being at home when we were there, if it wasn't possible, we called someone else, if they are home.
Does that company still exist? Please? It's proving nearly impossible to find an electrician for standard maintenance work in Germany these days. If you're lucky, friends of friends will whisper a phone number into your ear, under provision you don't tell anybody where you got it from. I'm exaggerating, but only slightly.
I always thought, that was standard, because it was like this with nearly every service work I got. The tricky part in getting an appointment is, that it doesn't matter wich trade you are looking for, they're all called "Wagner" or some variety of "Claussen" or "Clasen", at least around here. So you have to pay attention to really contact the electrician "Wagner" for your new socket, not the roofer or the landscaper... 😅
I think we have to agree to disagree about Der Tatortreiniger. For me, it's the only show I can think of where I'd argue that the humor in the German version is more subtle than in the British one. Bjarne Mädel is playing the character with dry humor and understatement, whereas Greg Davies is a far louder and more imposing presence. (Which, of course, is also a result of the actors' very different physiques.) For pubs, there are home-like places like the ones you describe from England, but in Germany they're the exception rather than the norm. I think you're most likely to find them in the Rhineland around Köln or Düsseldorf, but they exist elsewhere, too. (We're lucky enough to have one just across the street from us in Berlin. 😊)
@@maxbarko8717 This is a case where I‘m not familiar enough with any of the versions to have an opinion on that. I do find it a bit silly that the German production company originally claimed that Stromberg was completely unrelated to The Office (before eventually admitting that it was pretty much a remake), but, of course, that’s a matter of business ethics and doesn’t say anything about the quality or entertainment value of the show.
@@maxbarko8717 Stromberg was different from the original - it felt like a well done cover version, tailored to the abilities and quirks of the group covering it. I wouldn't say it was better, but it was very successful in translating the idea into a german setting (which is something I like about the US version as well). And there I am not sure about the Tatortreiniger - perhaps it is the case as well, and I am just missing it, but for me it lacked a certain dryness in the english version. And Bjarne Mädel is just a much better actor than Greg Davies.
As far as our TV Lineup goes, unless it's just an adapted format from the US, every TV show produced in Germany, for Germany, is very tailored to the exact same audience and experience. It's either: - a dating show, where we make fun of sexually frustrated people being more stupid than we are - a "Sozialer Brennpunkt" documentary, where we make fun of poor people being more stupid than we are - a reality TV show, where we make fun of rich people being more stupid than we are - a quiz show, where we make fun of our family members being more stupid than we are - a pet show, featuring Martin Rütter, where we make fun of pet owners being more stupid than we are
Holy shit this is actually the quintessence of german tv! And then there is political satire show where we make fun of politicians that are dumber than we are!
- a million expensive show which embarrasses stars from all over the world, members of the public betting that they can walk over mustard, oil, hit iron 16 times and Gottschalk plays the octopus. And when the contestant looses, some stars have to bathe in Mustard or walk in a chicken costume in Dusseldorf. What is that show?
@@AYellowPepper *where the editor cut footage from politicians making you feel that they are dumber than you. You can slander politicians when you like to. I prefer to look beyond the image.
The thing about tradesmen also applies to haulage companies. It's not unusual for them to arrange a huge time frame of when they might show up (like between 10AM and 6PM or something), but I've also had them show up *before* the arranged time frame, like at 7 in the morning. I know that scheduling this stuff is difficult when they have a bunch of stops to make, but that doesn't make it any less frustrating for the customer.
Everything you said is true, the only thing that a bit disturbing is that you don't like Tatortreiniger. The Conversations are just perfect representation of a working class German dealing with a more and more complex world around him, but stays loyal to his pragmatic way of dealing with the world. His Points always make sense, he's humble and does his job while he just wants simple things like the woman who left him and watch Football. In his social Interactions he is authentically cold like Hanseatic people are. But the show is makes him show in his way that he is empathetic, cares for people and has moral values. Maybe Germans see themselves in that Character, because we live in a culture that often doesn't show emotion openly. Idk, I don't want to analyse the show too much, but Tatortreiniger has a deep understanding of German culture and a unique way of showing it. It is just honest and authentic. Not even mentioning the unique way the show is dealing with the philosophical topic death in almost every way possible. I am not a film critic but Tatortreiniger had me laughing and crying within minutes. Tatortreiniger never tries to be funny and never tries to be philosophical, but still is both. Please do me a favor and rewatch Pfirsichmelba, for me it embodies the essence of Schotty and why he is likable. Or just give the show a second chance, for me it is the best show that was ever produced in Germany.
He did not say he didn’t like it, just that he foiund UK remake to be better, which maybe it is and maybe not, after all he is British, if it is a really good remake maybe it works better with him
I'm currently in south england for work and the pub culture is so phenomenal good, even in the little city we're staying at. I really wish it could be that good in northern Germany
We've had a somewhat comparable pub culture in NRW (that's where I can it say with confidence at least) during the 60-80, lingering into the 90. It was a bit tied to the whole mining industry thing here, as many Kumpels liked to get their beer fix there before going home. From what I've experienced from the very tail end of this, they had a fairly "homely" atomsphere. Well, the actual atmosphere was made of coal dust and cigarette smoke ofc. There was a little bit of youth in the 90s that used to visit these, but they very much declined shortly after and never quite lost the aura of older smelly drunk men. Only a few of these places still exist, and many have transformed into either fast food style dining, or being more like event locations.
The classic german Kneipe is halfway to a british pub, bot not really the same. A bit more focus on the beer and a bit less on the atmosphere, but much cozier than for example american "bars"
Maybe you were in a Sky (FKA Premiere) Sports Bar? IMHO it is a bad idea to go to a german "Bar" when you looking for something like an british Pub. Seek for a "Kneipe", specialy those less hip but more country side and traditional ones.
Oh, please. German Television is so much worse when you consider what we pay into it. The BBC gets 4.310 million € (3700 million pounds) licence fee income and produces these shows known worldwide. ARD gets 5.900 million € and most Germans will struggle to tell you what they do besides the news and "Tatort".
The BBC does have the advantage of producing shows in a language understood by a huge international audience, so they have an easier time justifying ambitious productions. That said, German media funding is also just a clusterfuck of perverse incentives and regional redundancies (because federalism). Not that TV in other European countries is typically any better. It's absolutely dismal in both Italy and Spain, from my experience.
There is a difference between production and broadcasting. At least in Canada, there is a world news channel by them. They only broadcast the news there. And nothing else. The shows are often licensed to other broadcasters or distributed by bluray or DVD. The domestic shows are often only seen by people who can receive freesat or their IP address can open the iPlayer. The BBC only license foreign content domestically, not for Europe, whilst ARD and ZDF license them for Europe. Most of the costs is rights.
We have no pubs, but especially in the countryside used to have "Kneipen" and "Gasthäuser" having a much more homely athmosphere than a bar or even a sportsbar. A lot of those closed down over the years, and a few more during the pandemic, so... TV-Shows... I think it is undisputable that the British do great TV Shows (even if they also produce - well, trash. IMNSHO.) If you ask me, they are the best in this genre. And Germany.... well, we tried. We got "Derrick", though, and for some reason, the world seemed to love this. Maybe because it was so - un-edgy. :))) As for the Tatortreiniger, I'll have to disagree and blame this on a different aquired sense of humour. German TV "humour", if you might call it such, is everything but subtle. It's more like "Kasperletheater" for grown-ups. Sometimes I think that the reason for this is that sense of humour varies somewhat with region, and sometimes works best in the local dialect. So what was, for years, presented as humour on German TV was the lowest common denominator between all these various regions, and hence, very simple. (In addition, in post-WWII-Germany, sharp political witticism was somewhat frowned upon. There was a lot of harmless shenanigans being shown that woud not hurt anybody save good taste.) The Tatortreiniger is an example of subtle German humour, but it works best for those familiar with the cultural references w/o having to think twice. (The same is true for some local British shows, which work for me on one level, but work on 2 or 3 levels for a British audience.) And the main cultural references for the Tatortreiniger are Norther German, as I think the show is located in Hamburg. So, for me as a native Northern German, it feels "like home" in a way a British show (or even a show from Frankfurt or Cologne) would never do. And I suppose for you it's the other way round. For me, the Tatortreiniger is perfect as it is, as it presents Northern German humour at it's best - mayhap the problem is that even other Germans claim that Northern Germans do never laugh or do not possess any sense of humour at all. So it might be hard to spot for outsiders. 🤣 (I am just guessing.)
In Spain you might even wait for your package the whole day in your home to finally receive a note that says "nobody was there, please come to the office to take it"
Happened to us here in Austria just before Christmas... The package was then no-where to be found. It only turned up again when the guy who sent it complained at the package-sending company.
@@fruzsimih7214 in Spain happens quite often that the guy bringing all the packages is too pushed by the company to deliver a lot of them in a short time, so they end up leaving a note without even trying just to get back to the office on time
Three things that need improving, and no mention of rail passenger service - so you have dropped all hope for Deutsche Bahn then. One needs to be realistic.
You are comparing UK and Germany. That does not make sense at all. I used to live in several countries, I would like to visit your channel and tell some facts.
I fully agree about pub culture but what you said about TV is a bit weird. German TV sound engineering is excessively pristine. My daughter is living in the UK and we argue about this. She hates German TV and cinema sound because it is too clean and lacks liveliness in her mind while I prefer German sound engineering because it is easier for my older ears to understand. The reason I could imagine why one would say what you said would be when talking about scripted reality shows on trash channels like RTL II. I am living in a tri-lingual environment (German, English and French) and have access to German, Austrian, Swiss, UK and French TV. I generally find German TV the least bad of them. UK TV is packed with soap operas, boring reality shows and the millionth rerun of Midsummer Murders. I can't stand French shows. The acting style is either pretentious (for dramas) or clownish (for comedies). The main German TV channels aren't much better. But there are many additional channels run by the public broadcasting corporations that produce excellent educational content.
Sports: It's exactly the same as Italy or any other European country. Drinking culture is less prominent so it's more focussed on sports. There are still good Kneipen and Bierkeller where they don't show sports. Doctor Who: it was NOT the same in the 60s. Actually, it was filmed on bad sets with low production values. Modern Doctor Who trades on decades of nostalgia. Life on Mars: a cult show broadcast on PRIME-TIME TV years ago - not representative of what we have now. Even its sequel (Ashes to Ashes) was badly reviewed. British high-budget shows are often flops: for instance, Sherlock had a massive drop-off in viewers towards the end. British people are MORE exposed to American media than Germans. It was disappointing not to see Tatort mentioned. German TV also shows more repeats than the BBC. Tradesmen: Trades qualifications are harder to obtain in Germany. Nothing else to say.
