The American role Max Uthoff, Spoiler: He studied law and passed the second state examination in 2002. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Uthoff Since February 2014, he has co-hosted the ZDF program Die Anstalt with 👤Claus von Wagner. Life/career Max Uthoff's father Reiner Uthoff founded the Munich Rationaltheater in 1965 and ran it for thirty years with his wife Sylvia Uthoff before it went dormant for ten years. It was there that Max Uthoff gained his first experience on and off the stage. He studied law and passed the second state examination in 2002. ⚙️Translated
thats an example of freedom of speech. these guys can speak the truth.. and not even that, the show runs on a public service broadcasting channel, the government kinda makes sure that this can exist (thanks to the Brit Hugh Greene, who established that system after WW2). usually they mock our own government, but also world relevant topics like this one
Exactly this. That is why this public service broadcast channels are so important! Of course they also have their own scandals (like corrupt intendants acting in their own financial interests), but structures have enough checks and balances fortunately to uncover such incidents and self-heal via reforms and continuous improvements. Those who want to abandon public broadcast with populist paroles just because it is not 100% flawless are the true enemies of free speech and democracy.
DIe Anstalt also had several legal actions against them to try to get certain episodes away from the internet, because some people were not happy about getting exposed (One episode about the links between journalists and lobby organisations comes to mind for example). So far they have won the processes^^
‚Die Anstalt‘ means Asylum and Claus von Wagner (on the left) and Max Uthoff (the „American“ on the right) are the 2nd generation who host this show since 2014. Max Uthoff by the way was a lawyer before he became a comedian. That explains the lawyer joke at 0:53 min. It started as ‚Neues aus der Anstalt‘ (News from the Asylum) in 2007 where the scene was an asylum and the host (Urban Priol) was the head oft the asylum and the guests (other comedians/satirists) played the role of psychiatry's inmates because the things they said seems to sound so insane that it can’t be real. But in reality it’s all the ‚insane‘ political truth
Some more context: In addition of "Anstalt" in meaning of Asylum, it is also part of the term "Fernsehanstalt" referring to "public television broadcaster". The station (ZDF) is similar to BBC in UK.
I think you forgot Georg Schramm. He was the other host of the first generation other then Priol who played the headmaster of the asylum, Schramm was the speaker of the patients. ("Neues aus der Anstalt")
@@technoscout Thats a myth pretty sure. "Die Anstalt" derived from "Neues aus der Anstalt" which started in 2007. People from the ZDF refer their station internally as "Anstalt" as a running gag between a madhouse and "Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts" (tv station in public property). Migration was not a huge topic back then. Already in his first episode they got their knighthood by the presence of "Dieter Hildebrandt", one of the sharpest minds political cabaret of Germany has ever seen. Also to mention from back then, "Georg Schramm", he was the best when the audience stopped laughing - while the shock of truth was setting in.
I had the pleasure to work for Die Anstalt as an assistant light technician. Among those tasks was to operate the hand guided spotlights. So I saw every show several times live and in full. That was when Priol and Schramm still ran the show. Good times.
"Anstalt" in German has two meanings, that are partly relatet: The first one is an institution which is sponsored by the state and taking care of matters of public concern: road savety, workspace safety, telecommunication. The second meaning is more in the lines of a mental asylum (which might be as well sponsored by the state). From my point of view, the name of the pregramm has bben chosen with this in mind.
At the start when Priol and Schramm were the showrunners they leaned heavily into the asylum direction. With Priol posing as director of the asylum, Schramm as patient representative. The new one, which he reacts to, is more flexible in it's setting to tell a story.
German satire is very funny and pointy but also very, very sad because it's so true. They absolutely have to research that stuff very precise so they don't get sued. I sincerely hope you guys and gals keep some of that stuff. For, let's say, your next election or other times when you get told bull by them up there. Nothing much has changed since then.
no comedian get sued in Germany for telling the truth ... which is commonly known in Germany as the US propaganda does not always stick ... too many good journalists around .. and no NRA paying for lies ...
@@user-gh8wt2zi2n Of course you can. Erdogan did and failed. We actually had a law in Germany that you couldn't insult a head of state from anywhere. Especially made for the Shah of Persia back in... sometime. On this occasion (2020ish, I think) they finally got rid of that.
There is a taff old Lady, named Lisa Fitz 👍 and the blonde one sitting in her bed once a week, telling us her satirical sights of things going on in daily politics - Simone Solga grew up in Eastern Germany
@@Mnml1980 oh ja, die und ihre Klappe hab ich immer geliebt. Seit ihrem spezihaften Auftritt neben Södolf in Erding ist mein Verhältnis aber ziemlich abgekühlt. Seine zerocovid diktatorischen Anmaßungen und die Zwangsmaskierung unserer Kinder und Enkel etc etc . . hatte sie sich doch selbst für die "Wuzerle" eingesetzt 😔. Der Typ ist für mich einfach "evil" .
Love your reactions! I think German satire is on point and merciless because we had to apologize and being bashed everytime, inspected in every precise manner, hence we like to analyse situations the same way and give no room for hypocrisy. :)
In every episode of Anstalt when Claus von Wagner (the left one) enters the stage with a board is always epic! It became so popular and we all love his explanations, no matter how hurtful, disappointing and ground shaking the truth is.
It's just not the truth in this case. Read the Wikipedia article about Mohammad Mossadeghs election. Paramilitary groups bared the opposition from entering parliament, and then the socialist changed the constitution. Saying Mohammad Mossadegh was democratically elected is like saying Hitlers empowerment law was democratically decided, even though the communist could not enter parliament. In both cases the opposition was kept from voting by force, without legal base. P.S. Stalin had tanks in Iran at the time.
@@motionpictures6629 That said, I can not find that in his own article, nor the (way too short) 1950 Iranian legislative election article, so which article or section do you mean?
@@motionpictures6629Are you telling us that a young democracy got it wrong on its first attemp? How dare they not being perfect from the start! Thankfully the heroic USA was able to replace that shitshow with a perfect dictatorship. Ah yes, the US... The shining paladin of liberty and western values. Bringing liberty to the downroten masses one dictatorship at a time.
6:09 the shredder comment is also a reference to how, when investigating a far-right series of murders, the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution (one of our secret services) actually shredded some files with evidence that they know the three prime suspects of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) was part of a wider Neo Nazi network and that the office had actually financed undercover agents within the NSU who used the money to actually fund the extension of their Neo Nazi network.
That is correct seen from a german perspective. One might assume that the US and their bureaus have learned from the past. Shredder were instrumental in the 80s in the Iran Contra affair, when the Reagan administration sold weapons to Iran to fund the Contras, a nicaraguan right-wing paramilitary organisation. Oliver North admitted and was convicted of shredding documents about these deals. Until 2016 he was a correspondent at Fox News.
Just as a very general comment, being a German myself I‘ve always been kind of a fanboy for everything Scottish since early youth (and in extension for everything „Gaelic rooted“ for that matter), and although over the years and decades I understood that much of it is kind of a romanticized cliché and stereotypes, I still hold on to the general notion. And I looove listening to your Scots dialect. That alone makes your videos worthwhile watching for me, and together with your covering of some of my favorite satire (being Die Anstalt and Volker Pispers) makes it sooo enjoyable! Just want to say thank you.
Been watching geopolitics and global issues for 30-40 years now. This thing keeps repeating and only few can see through the context and recognize false information spread, narrative distortion and media manipulation. I saw that in Iran, former Yugoslawia, Ukraine and in many other countries. Since I am multi-culturally upbringing (my parets countries, country of upbringing and current residence...) I see the different kinds of indoctrinations countries all around the world perform on their populace in school, in media and in newspapers for different IQ kinds of audiences. It is always the same, then you argue the war in Iran is not about terrorism, democracy whatever, but about geopolitics, economy and oil, just to be disregarded as a conspiracy theorist and idiot. Then a few years later the same happens elsewhere and it keeps repeating... and every time the bulk of the populace thinks 'this time it is real and plausible'. Aslso watched the Taiwan conflict closely and Ukraine... and it is always the same... spin up narrative... and as long as one can convince the majority of the polulation about the narrative, it will be fine - and later nobody can change anything back, even if they realized the truth. I fact-check a lot as a hobby using video feeds, google maps and original sources. It is insane how the truth is warped and falsified, but the voters still believe it. The USA can do whatever they want and nobody in the west has the possibility of doing anything against it. And most evidence is also supressed by shadow bans and the like.
Die Anstalt is great. Her latest episode came out yesterday about the Kulturkampf. But I think it's very difficult to understand the newer episodes, because they deal a lot with domestic politics. They always hit the mark with their analysis. But now they have other characters as well that are extrem good. The most prominent is "shit that (Isac) Newton" and Andras Scheuer, Germany's worst traffic minister, who cost us 250 million euros.
Which are peanuts compared to the sign of power and craving for recognition that'll cost a billion Euros the Greens and SPD so desperately want to build for themselves, called Bundeskanzleramt. It is a riddle to me, why a Bundeskanzler needs 2 homes and a bureaucracy apparatus bigger than those of superpowers...
define change. elections do change a lot, when the system isnt completely geared towards making the rich richer yet. satire doesnt change anything quickly, but it reminds its viewers of the actual goings on behind the pr, it keeps them skeptical of the politicians, and thus influences how they vote, what protests they join, who they support politically in general, and sometimes it makes or breaks political leaders like in ukraine, where zelensky first had a satire show parodying the ukrainian political landscape, and then actually became president. sounds like a lot of change to me.
In 1986 a satire show was banned by Bavarian TV because it was about the accident in Tchernobyl. The Bavarian governor was Franz Josef Strauß and he was a huge fan of nuclear power. So some shows have been banned in the past, also in east Germany, today no politician could do that or face a huge shitstorm. Today, such a show could not be stopped anymore because it would be uploaded on youtube immediately and everybody could see it. That's why dictators like in China hate the internet and try to regulate it.
I'm very happy to see your openness, respect towards Germany and good observations/analysis on German comedy. And it looks like you're honest about it, too. Die Anstalt is a colloquial term and really means "the mental hospital". Two of my favorite German comedians are (next to Volker Pispers) Horst Evers and Rolf Miller. Although these two work a lot with the German language and are very difficult to translate. (I couldn't find English subtitles on RU-vid either)
Nehme an du bist deutscher, wenn du Leute wie Volker kennst und hast Grundwissen was internationale Konflikte angeht. Ich fühle mit dir in den aktuellen Zeiten
Der Mann, der wirklich unglaublich gut mit Worten spielen konnte bzw. mit der deutschen Sprache umgehen konnte, war Wiglaf Droste. Ich vermisse ihn, hab ihn damals (90er) öfter mal live bei Lesungen gesehen 😢
@@Marauder1981No really. Yes, they are less harsh but this was mainly a reaction to more and more fascists and neo-nazis missusing their programs for their lies and narratives. Despite that, they still were one of the few Satirists who dared to tackle issued often missued by conspiracy theorists and right wingers. There is one great bit about the influence of Bill Gates on COVID politics, that manages to criticize private infkuence on Public politics without pandering to Micro-Chip anti-vax bullshit. But given your profile picture, you don't seem to be afraid of far right ideas.
it wold have been fair to at least mention, where all these islamists came from, but that would have meant talking about germanies own history in this affair and that would not have been fun american bashing then, if we had to start with our own nose, now would it.
I'd be carefull with "absolute" truth. It's probably not factually wrong and it shows a different perspective than what we are used to hear. It paints a more complete picture in contrast to the usual narrative, but not on it's own. They summarized 60 years highly complicated history of half a continent into a 10 minutes joke. That's as simplified as it get's. It's a political narrative, not a history class. Which is not to say that I don't love to watch the Anstalt, which I absolutely do. It's just not any more or less "THE truth" than any other political format.
@@TheBazino I don't see how you can tell from this video. I don't even know what the "actual truth" is here, do you? We are talking about 60 years of history in the most eventful region of the 20th century's second half. The truth is always complicated. The Anstalt is not any less onedimensional than all the other political format and I don't see them pretending like this is meant to be taken seriously. They just happen to be funny and likable unlike other political formats. Being against the main stream, when the main stream is questionably biased, doesn't make this any more objective, just differently biased. But nobody wants to listen to historians explaining the unbiased version in a 60+ hours monolog.
@@Fotoschiki The truth in such regards is usually easy to find. Follow the money. So I know all of what they are saying is true - especially since they are talking about opened CIA files, which they would never lie about since they have journalistic integrity.
If you really want to know something about "Die Anstalt" you have to go back to the beginning . Georg Schramm had a decisive influence on the programme. An extraordinary cabaret artist. Such as Volker Pispers. Different but also Briliant.
Americans don’t even veil their unwillingness to fight for civil rights (edit: as a foreign speaker, I misspoke. What I meant to say was: human rights) in their own country…
@@latexsalesman history of democide of indigenous people, slavery, segregation today ongoing racism, war on queer and trans people, women, voter suppression and gerrymandering, among the highest incarcerated people per capita in the world, and school shooting every other week. Many religious motivated legislation in a country that claims to care about segregation of church and state. While Banning books and restraining teachers. On top of everything that video just mentioned. The USA has a lot of good people, but to close your eyes towards your countries issues is not patriotic nor will it solve anything.
@@latexsalesman you are correct to some degree. I had meant to say “Human rights” and not civil rights although they are taking blows from the Supreme Court on an almost weekly basis now, too. This is a second language problem, that, however, I should not have made. Point well taken. My comment about “human rights” was meant to imply that although the U.S. have, like many other nations, have ratified the human rights declaration of the U.N. in the fifties (or was it the sixties, I don’t recall), yet, they still - in many states, have and apply the death penalty. I mean, this - and the various civil rights issues - were one of the reasons for the civil rights movement. When black soldiers returned to America from fighting in WW II, they realized how they were still treated like a subhuman species in many walks of life. And as far as the current state of things is concerned, don’t forget that women have currently less civil rights and rights to physical autonomy than a corpse does. I think these are serious problems that need to be addressed and changed…. America is walking backwards in strides, not forward even by increments…
@@latexsalesman and you are dead wrong about other nations not including civil rights statutes or America being the only one… In fact, the German Constitution has, as its very first article: Human dignity is unviolable… and that goes for all races, creeds, ecomomic statuses etc. this is why we do not have the death penalty to stay with that example… And this is why in Germany, you CANNOT say whatever you want. Example here: Nazi ideology, flying a swastica at your front door, spouting Nazi ideology on the internet. Because once you do that, you are violating the dignity of others, you are ridiculing victims of said ideology, you are espousing an ideology that is against the core ideas of what this nation is founded on.
larest the last 3 years proof a lot of your points wrong, the fate of Julian Assange also proof parts of your arguments are wrong. The "American dream" is a raffle (in best case), or a just a lie. Look at your country talk to your people...this could aducate you.
The only thing recounts of this gloss over is the whole "the CIA installed the Shah as a dictator". Technically, that Shah was already the king of Iran during Mosaddegh's rule, but at that point had become more of a symbolic figurehead. The CIA ousted Mosaddegh to bring the Shah into full power. Also, the U.S. and other world powers could've easily helped to prevent the Ayatollah's rise and keep the Shah in power...but this was right when the Shah got the idea to nationalize Iran's oil fields like Mosaddegh before him, so he too had to go. And the Western powers thought the Ayatollah would be an easier puppet to control. Except he went and nationalized the oil fields anyway and made relations between Iran and the West way worse than either the Shah or Mosaddegh before him.
Die Anstalt is a great show in its old times and now. Its quite important to have places where its possible to be so up front with problems and satire is a good thing helping with that part in germany. It also explains why some people don't think germans are funny, when in fact sometimes reality and truth are funny to us for how absurd they can be.
"Die Anstalt" and similar formats in Germany are not what you would call simple "comedy", but politically and socially very critical and fact-based "satire/political cabaret" and that's a very big difference in Germany, of course it's sometimes "evil" humor, because it's supposed to be entertaining, otherwise nobody will ever watch it. Just by the way: I'm German and, together with my girlfriend, we`ve been enthusiastic Scotland fans for years, we've spent many holidays there, each for three or four weeks. I love this typical Scottish accent, even if I don't always understand every single word straight away, especially when it has its own special pronunciation.
German Comedy is dead. It was good though. But critical voices like Volker Pispers are gone. And reasonable people cant take the stuff on public TV serious, they bash people unnecesarily and in unsophisticated ways, like calling them names....while being oddly silent and soft in critizizing the government, and as we all should now comedy only is good and funny when it gets to the borders and simply speaking about stuff others are uncomfortably to speak out... the previously mentioned,, thats simply people pleasing, whispering sweet nothings, popular positions. neither intersting nor helpful and sometimes even toxic ( people bashing).
I really appreciate the work of 'Who Is Mert?' when you bring these great artists into mind (Volker Pispers and co.)! If I ask myself if there could be a reason why they are found especially in Germany, I could imagine that it's probably because Germany was less envolved in wars in the last decades making it easier to think (and even make jokes) about their background. Anyway, there are no such sharp and critical artists left in Germany. Nowadays cabaret runs 24/7 in media - but unfortunately not from artists and not meant to be cabaret... (Sorry for my bad english and thanks for your videos!) With best regards, HU
The shredder line hits different, when you realise that this aired in a time when the "Verfassungsschutz" (interior secret service) was under investigation about big mistakes concerning NSU and shreddered documents and files
German comedians have found out that they don't need to invent anything. Telling mere facts about politics makes the audience laugh. Because if they don't laugh, they have to cry about the monstrosities they are hearing. I dunno if other countries have comedians using a similar style.
Mert, when You analyse all this satire-clips from Germany, You never made up the idea that the Germans were in the same position as Iran or Iraq some decades before?
This is actually a carbaret series like Volker Pispers and they Produce one Episod every month in the ZDF ( German Public Broadcasting) and its always such a good Humor.
I would HIGHLY recommene Loriot. This man was a legend, his comedy is centered around the stiff and complicated culture in the 70s germany. It comes in sketches and is definitely clever.
German satire can be found everywhere on TV in terms of quality. We have a truly functioning media landscape that exposes grievances spot-on. And yet, there are more and more idiots who actually claim that we live in a dictatorship. Such a statement is a disgrace. Especially public television offers a wide range of fact-based programs, and I would greatly wish for this type of reporting to be present in even more countries around the world.
When governments start censoring opinions - under the guise of "fighting hate-speech" or "preventing misinformation" - you ARE living in a dictatorship! Modern technology allows for better control, so you only need to "cancel" dissidents instead of "actually ending them" (or locking them up). German public broadcasters have a RUNDFUNKSTAATSVERTRAG, which ALWAYS includes a REQUIREMENT to "be objective" ("umfassende Berichterstattung") when it comes to NEWS ... but they havent been doing that for decades, which you can easily see how they BASH EVERYTHING RIGHT-WING as EVIL ... just look for *THOUGHT-TERMINATING CLICHÉs* ("Totschlagargumente") in their reporting and you can see this easily, because the point of TTCs isnt "reporting truth" but rather to CONDITION and INDOCTRINATE those who "listen and BELIEVE" (the "thought-terminating" bit) and to OTHER/OUTCAST those targeted (by the cliché). If you had any clue you would recognise this as TWO-COLLECTIVE-THINKING ... from one of the most evil ideologies ever: COMMUNISM.
A man like Volker Pispers would not be possible nowadays. He would be called a right-wing extremist, a Putinist, a Schwurbler or a Querdenker. That is something Mr. Pispers said himself in one of his rare interviews. So no, German Satire is in a extraordinarily bad shape as of now. And just to be clear, before the accusations start: I am vaccinated, condemn the invasion and don't vote for AFD. It is possible to see bad things on both sides of the aisle.
I love Die Anstalt. Discovered them during the first year of the pandemic and binged every episode. Unfortunately not many have English subs, one of my recent favourite episodes is the one about Frontex.
The Shredder joke, was at this time a german "Insider" because they meant our Inner Secret Service called "Verfassungsschutz" which were shreddering files of the NSU Killing Series at 11.11.2012 which is also the beginning day for "Karneval" in Germany, so the Media called it "Operation Konfetti"
Nowadays, "Die Anstalt" (previously "Neues aus der Anstalt") is the gold standard of political satire on German TV. We definitely have a lot of great comedians in Germany, both in the entertainment/humour department as well as the more "serious" socio-political satire. But with Volker Pispers and "Die Anstalt" you already picked the greatest of the great. "Die Anstalt" is known for very well researched and fact-checked, hard political satire with a touch of comedy thrown in to make it less dry. Since Max Uthoff and Claus von Wagner (the guys from this clip) took over the show in 2014 they always have a theme for each episode. They always have about 3 guests and do a lot of ensemble play, weaving together a narrative around the topic. And in nearly every episode they do one of their infamous white board sketches like the one you just saw. Sometimes they have special guests in the show, ie. people affected by the topic like refugees or handicapped people.
Love that you choose Die Anstalt, it"s my absolute favorite I just wish more people, mainly those sitting right from the middle, would watch it. Because they are not just pointing at other countries, they regulary "rip into" German behaviour, be it society or politics as well. So I hope you keep wtaching them and maybe get others to join as well. Like the comment "don't they have a shredder' is (what I think) an allusion to the fact that some things have been shredded in Germany, for example NSU files.
The website of the show also features a PDF with references to their sources. Often the statements seem too absurd to be true, but you can read them up after the show.
Would you mind elaborating your views on the differences between British/Scottish satire and comedy compared to German cabaret? I always thought about British political comedy as pretty ... impious(?), to the point, but charming. Yet you seem surprised about the openness and clarity of German political cabaret. I am a huge fan of the Anstalt and Max Uthoff. I appreciate his clearness. But for me, he is overacting sometimes. I absolutely recommend Hagen Rether and Georg Schramm. Id be willing to contribute to subs if some more people would be interested.
@whoismertsalih: complete offtopic: What nationalism are you? Are you scotish? Its funny but i understand your accent much better than american english. And moreover it is very charming. By the way, i am german. This satire shows are a part of public legal broadcasting, in my opinion the satire shows of them are better than the ones of private broadcasting.
cool that you know the anstalt ... its a very good political critical kabaret from germany. in this case some stories about america, but they also take european and german topics
4:50 This is perfectly described with the phrase: *_You are using the LETTER of the law to defeat the SPIRIT of the law._* Just look at WHY the USA/CIA put all the prisoners they ABDUCTED[1] from all over the world in the prison in GUANTANAMO BAY ... because it is TECHNICALLY NOT "US SOIL" and thus US LAWS DONT APPLY! [1] The "GLOBAL CIA Logistics Center" is in Frankfurt, Germany ... another such "loophole" for PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY and "evading the spirit of the law".
These two are gold. I've seen both of them live on stage with their respective solo programs, and they are simply amazing. Political satire at its best. Same as Volker Pispers. Never missed one of his performances. Sadly, he retired like so many others. I'm not sure if their programs are available with subs, but you definitely need to check out one of the icons and fathers of German political satire: Dieter Hildebrandt (Notizen aus der Provinz / Scheibenwischer)and "Münchener Lach und Schießgesellschaft" (from the days when Hildebrandt was active and later when Henning Venske was active). You won't regret it.
If you want another german satire, roasting some Brits, maybe 50%... 😉 search for "Heute Show Brexit english subtitles". Some people from the Island would say "It´s offensive!!!".
Yup, you watch the good stuff, not silly "comedians", which we have, too, of course. Georg Schramm was also VERY good, similar to Volker Pispers, but maybe too old-school German for a young foreigner? ;)
Uthoffs impression of Newton paired with von Wagner as Germanys former "Bundesverkehrsminister" (Transportation) - also nicknamed "Bundesbenzinkanister" - Andreas Scheuer is again another level. They had debates about the toll desaster as well as ecological and economical topics regarding climate change. Pure gold. Satire is comedy that has to sting. And it's fake laughing, only the tears are real. :D
I enjoyed the Die Anstalt from 15. November 2022 about how germany caused allot of the modern Problems in the middel east even more. Starting from Minute 31. It was eye opening! You should check it out!
At that Time, Die Anstalt was a really great and very insightful and critical Programme, including a great Programme about the Ukraine and the Transatlantic Networking of the Print Media! Today, Die Anstalt is only a shadow of its former self. Woke, close to the government, just creepy!
One of my favorite shows on German TV. Also, despite all the terrible geopolitical actions the US take, you have to point out that they keep the records and make them public....... and you can speak out against it - Save our democracies!!!!
Not so fun fact: There was another guy who wanted to seperate Church and state. His name was Ahmad Shah Massoud and he warned the West about Bin Laden and asked for support to fight the Taliban. Unfortunately arms deals to Pakistan (the place where Bin Laden began hiding after 9/11) were more important. So Al Quaida executed him two days before.
Both of them, Claus Wagner and max Utloff Said in an Interview that they die this but Volker Pispers dis IT before in a longer Version. Volker Pispers ist Kind of a great Idol for the other German left cabarets. I write this as a German WHO enjoy the German cabarett since around 13 years
For being "world police" nearly 45% of American apparantly want to stop supporting Ukraine. Can't say I blame them for their decision but then they should stop messing with other wars qs Well.
In deed in Germany it is called "Political Cabaret", to somewhat distinquish it from simple satire. It this balance of commedians telling the hard truth without consequences, when wrapping it in a sketch (almost like a successor of the middle-age Jester who was sometime the only one brave enought to tell a king the bitter truth). It also has something of the German "da bleibt dir das Lachen im Halse stecken" (the laughter get's stuck in your throat)... it is presented in a funny way... but when you realize it in deed is true you are sometimes irritated, if you should continue lauging or start crying...
Hi. Have you heard of Lisa Fitz? A German comedienne who has slammed the covid policy of the German government and condemns the government's stance re. Ucraine. Ps. She has left the mainstream. Ps. Love your show.
Ah... Die Anstalt. But, with all due respect to Messrs. von Wagner (the one standing on the left) and Uthoff, the show was better with Messrs. Priol and Schramm.
Hey. I had watched your video on heute show and thought ok but that is rather light comedy. But since you went into this already... Look for the dctp interview Oberst Sanftleben (Character by a cabaretist who later quit the job because reality was just too dark to keep joking)
You totally and absolutely need to see George Carlin.... He hits on the USA as hard as both these german shows/cabaretists ... and he teaches some important lessons along the way. ;) He's just not from germany sadly. ;)
I really like your reaction videos. "Die Anstalt" could just be the most enlightening and at the same time shocking things on german TV right now. Two thirds of the time you're choking on your initial laughs.
If you ever met one of the characters from "Die Anstalt", do not tell them that you like their comedy. They are doing cabaret which is a difference. Cabaret is the comedy's grumpy brother. The topics are usual politics, and it has to be on point.
