Reaction To German Comedian Roasting UK (Michael Mittermeier) 

Since you talked about Mittermeier's brand of comedy being different from Pispers': In Germany, we differentiate between "Comedy" (we actually use the English word for it) and "Kabarett". The former is (mostly) simply someone being funny on stage for the sake of entertainment, to make you laugh, while the latter would be best characterized as political satire and is usually very serious social and political criticism wrapped in humor because it would be too depressing and very hard to digest otherwise. By the way, not to be pedantic, but in German the letter "v" is almost always pronounced like an "f" [Edit: It actually varies a lot more than I thought, see the replies], so you're technically mispronouncing "Volker" (not a real problem obviously, but I thought you might wanna know) Cheers

Scottish is my favourite accent.

Mittermeier is a pro, his shows in England, USA and Germany differ. He adapts his kind of humor to the cultures. Look up his german shows to compare his way humor and what kind of jokes he makes here and there.

Speaking another language well and being entertaining in that language is not necessarily the same. Chapeau Michael!

Even as aGerman I didn`t know that Mittermaier was capable of that kind of satirical humour. His bits in German have different topics and also have quite a different tone I would say.

I am Austrian and I literally grew up with Michael Mittermeier shows in TV. I do love his style and saw him live. Through your reaction videos I now known his program even works in English. Thank you

Mittermeier when he came to Switzerland he basically made fun of us for 90 minutes in a row and I cried of laughter through half of it🤣

He is a german comedy legend. One of the oldest and most successful, while still doing intelligent jokes, in our sphere.

I would say the german party tourists are the same but less intense, because they have to get up early and reserve a spot near the pool with their towels 😆

Mittermeier was the first who established stand-up comedy in Germany. He was kind of revolutionary. We didn't really have subjects called "guilt" or "shame", but it often felt alike.

As a German, I have to say that I love Scotland. I have been there several times and I have never encountered friendlier people than the Scots. Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty sure there are assholes in Scotland, too - there are dumb-asses all over the world. But those I have met have been open-hearted and kind. God I miss Scotland...

I am about your age and went to Ibiza often aswell. As a German, you can probably guess where I was staying, since even today, one can pretty much connect the bigger towns to certain nations regarding tourists. So yes, we stayed in Santa Eularia, and my mum took me to Sant Antoni once. What I saw mentally scarred me for life haha. Brits on vacation show even worse behaviour than my German fellows.

My cousin is married to an Englishman and lived in Manchester 15 years ago. I lived with her for three months and because I couldn't find a job, I went back to Germany. I had almost only positive experiences with English people, the humour is simply amazing. In the supermarket (ASDA) I was looking for a certain spice paste and was searching up and down the small shelf and was completely concentrated. Suddenly, a very small, elderly lady tugged at my sleeve, smiled at me and said "'Scuse me, are you done counting the packages of spices? Or do you need another moment? Otherwise, I'd like to go first!" And I laughed tears. We talked a bit, the lady was absolute golden. There was a little stand outside selling soft ice cream and I was about to order one after shopping when the elderly lady came out of the shop and I shouted "Hey Lady, would you like an ice cream to apologise for the wait? I'll pay, of course!" and she shouted "I'd love to, when do you ever get a useful gift from a German?!" 😂😂We ate the ice cream, she thanked me and shuffled off.

It has to be said that we Germans love Scotland and of course the Scots too. We just can't really do anything with England. So when we joke about the UK, it's actually only about England 😅

It 's so funny for me to watch you enjoy German comedy and at the same time to watch Michael doing his show in english language. I grew up with Michael 's comedy, I'm able to speak english and I HEAR the bavarian accent. I like it a lot that you're spending your time in watching, enjoying and telling what you think. Thank you 😊

have a shot at Loriot / Vicco von Bülow. Most distinguished German humorist ever. President Material, but passed away in 2011. Gives you a deep insight into the German Biedermeier Soul. Might not be percieved as funny for 90% of modern audience, but that joke with the DIY Nuclear Power Plant as a kid's Christmas Present is really good. And also, of course, "das Bild hängt schief". Humor is rather sombre but deep, and it takes a while, but then it hits. Don't stop your scottish accent, it's the reason a lot of people are seeing this. Godspeed :D

Hi. I am German. There are very stereotypical ideas about tourists from the countries. German tourists (boomer age) are at the pool very early to lay out their towels, wear beige sandals with white sports socks for example ... British tourists then catch the eye when they are very drunk, loud and rampaging through the beach promenade and leave behind a devastation. Some Germans (not boomer age) see this as a challenge

Being Swiss I can say that British People AND German People abroad are VERY similar!

MM is definitely a good man, heard of him in 1998 first time, still keeps the bar up. Never chavy, always spot on

I can recommend Vince Ebert. He has great humor too and is a studied physicist and makes some scientific jokes here and there. There are clips of him doing comedy in English as well.

I am positively surprised how well Michael Mittermeier can transfer his humor into English. He's also funny when he doesn't speak his native language and that's not German but Bavarian.

You asked how Germans experience Brits abroad. Very different. I have often experienced Welsh people in the relevant holiday resorts as unpleasant. The worst prejudices come from them and they let them out as soon as they're drunk. The English are like this and like that, but they're always drunk. The Scots and the Irish are the most agreeable: the drunker the funnier. And best of all: When I drink with Scots, I speak perfect Scottish after the 3rd beer at the latest!

Oh, please, the Scottish accent is beautiful! Love from Germany 🥰

What a great video. Stumbled across this, but it's very apt to me. I'm a Brit (ex Army,) living in Germany, I've been here since 1991, so I understand both the British and the German culture. As it is, I love watching Michael Mittermeier, in German he is very witty and I didn't know he did English comedy, but despite his very broad accent (he comes from south Germany, Bavaria, where they are like the Scottish to the rest of the UK when it comes to accent) he did a very good job of making us laugh, but here's the point, most of his subjects are actually all based on true stories and events. He depicts the Germans as they actually are and after living here for 30 years, I see myself in his depictions. Great video, loved watching you watching him. Thanks for the giggles. Take care.

My experience with a drunk Englishman on the Mediterranean, true story, which I experienced exactly the same: I was in Malta a few years ago in the summer; on one of the few beaches; on this beach the shore went down steeply, after 1.5 meters you could no longer stand and had to swim; I was standing/swimming right on that edge when a drunk Englishman drowned right about 2m in front of me; he said "blubb, blubb, help, blubb, blubb" and he was gone! I immediately swam to him, dived down briefly, grabbed his hair, swam to shore and pulled him out. He then regained consciousness relatively quickly (whatever that is when you're drunk), spat out some seawater, shook himself violently and staggered off! I was standing there like a drowned poodle, I had just saved someone's life and he just ran away!

I love Michael Mittermeier. He has been a comedian a long time and still does it today. As a German myself I have to say I prefer the british comedy overall, because it is just my kind of humor, but he is really good as well. Also, I do love brits/scots people - but yes on holiday you guys are verrry different. Especially if it is a large guy group.

The funniest description of a "typically British" trait when it comes to holidays in southern countries I heard from a Scottish girl I met on a holiday in Greece. She said: "When Brits arrive in the South their skin is not just pale, it's bluish. Then in the first week they turn white. In the second week they turn lobster red. But when they´re back home after the two weeks , they are considered as really brown." So, from what I witnessed that`s not so far fetched .🤣

I am sorry, but it is such a trope as a comedian from Germany to do Nazi jokes. *yawn* Mittermeier would have really impressed me if he managed to be funny by doing innovative comedy without using anything in regards to WW2. It is almost Pavlovian conditioning in German entertainment: To be recognized outside Germany you need to do "something about Hitler" or "something about Stasi" (see the Oscar nominated movies). Boring as hell.

German Comedian Roasting UK? The opposite may be a Frying Scotsman...

Michael Mittermeier is doing a live show about 100 meters away from my bedroom window (across a river) as I'm tying this. I can sometimes make out a few words and hear the audience laughing. I swear, I only realized this _after_ I randomly clicked on this video from the recommendations! And the only reason why I started paying closer attention to the venue in the first place wasn't even because of this video but because I suddenly heard R.E.M.'s Losing my Religion playing rather loudly (must've been an intermission or something). There's no real point to this story - I just thought it was kinda neat/weird.

I once took a flight from Glasgow to Berlin and was the only one on the plane not travelling to Germany to see Celtic play. That was definitely an experience. The flight attendants looked like bouncers, they refused to serve more alcohol on the flight, I got proposed to twice and I had to completely reevaluate my English speaking skills because I only understood about 10% of drunk Glaswegian

First of all I really like your accent. Second this was the first time I watched MM in English. And it is probably even more funny. MM is definitely one of my favorite German comedians. But I always liked the British humor. Started with Monty pythons. Miss them.

I love this guy. I am scottish and live in Germany. Near München where michael is from. He's funny in German too

Mittermaier's comedy absolutely better in English than when he's reciting in his native German. Just a different angle in German, the English line of comedy, much better.

Spot the British tourist on any sunny island in the Mediterranean: they're red like lobsters. Oblivious to the idea of sunscreen, drunk on arrival, they spend all day in the sun. They even glow in the dark.

Michael Mittermeier is actually funnier in English than in German.

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for sharing. Until now , I have only seen Michael Mittermeier performing in German. Hilarious to hear him in English 😅

The german tourists are not a yota better than the british ones 😉

Great contribution to national understanding! Subscribed!

I recommend the (retired) Georg Schramm for his virtuos use of the german language and his intellectual brilliance.

Being a Bavarian I very much enjoy your appreciation for one of our finest comedians

I have never seen Mittermeier in English... you should see him in German, 200% as funny. The problem is that most german comedians don't speak english (well). So you're missing a lot of good stuff.

I had a Scottish penpal who I got to visit in 95 when I was 14, first flight, first time alone and first time into an ‚English‘ speaking country to a family who didna speak any German….it was simply amazing. 💕🩷 I basically imprinted on a Scottish accent, and to this day I have to strain to not get annoyed by RP, because it reminds me of my English teachers at school, whereas a Scottish accent around Perth in particular just makes me so happy and comfy. Michael Mittermeier did programs I found a lot funnier in German, but props to him for doing one in English…it still shows that there is a language barrier and the wit around undertones I find lacking in this set. Scottish and German pronounciation are a lot closer than English and German, that‘s why we have a lot of Gaelic speakers in Germany, funnily enough,…. The way I feel about English RP is on point in his comedy here, so I appreciate that a lot 😝

have you seen germans in mallorca? the main reason we love to make fun of brits on holiday is because we are not the worst when they are around.

English people in Spain.... Red hair and pale skin for the first two days. Then all red like a lobster after the third day. And of course sleeping or drunk all day long. But always funny. At least for people from 20 to 30 years old.

mein Lieblingshumor hatte Ingo Appelt in den 90er, dreckig und schwarz...das geht heute wohl nicht mehr.🤷‍♂

When I remember correctly Michael Mittermeier studied americen studies and even wrote his Diplomarbeit about Standup Comedy. And he did shows in South Africa, USA and England etc.. So he is really skilled to do this in English and has quite a lot of experience abroad. I was to two of his programs, they where really great, would visit a show in a heartbeat again. Besides that, I never met some people from the UK or Scotland on holiday outside of the UK/Scotland/ Ireland. So I can't share something there. But I loved visiting England, Scotland and Ireland and I'm really fond of the people, the culture, the films etc.. I believe we have a lot of similarities. For example I'm from a region that traditionally has a lot of rain and was back in time called siberia of Germany, because there was a time, when the people where really poor here. Another Comedian to check out is Otto. He had his own sketch show, played songs, made movies, painted and dubbed really famous characters in Disney/ Pixar movies. For example Mushu in Mulan and Sid in Ice Age.

Lisa Eckhart

Hi I'm from Germany. Michael Mittermeier is one the best german comedians. I love him 😂

Mittermeier is so funny. I would also recomend Loriot as a THE classical German comedian with plenty of sketches on RU-vid. Today I would also recommend Lisa Eckhart - she is an Austrian and breaks every taboo you can imagine in a sophisticated way ... , but she has no English sketches and has a sarcastic kind of humour (which a.o. annoys the wokes)

For me british tourists are awesome. They are so drunk and loud, nobody recognises even the loudest and drunkest german tourist anymore.

This is A-class amazing. I grew up in Munich - Michael is even in my extended circle of friends - well everybody growing up in Munich kinda is, Munich is small. Compared to New York, where I live now. Super Michi, sauguad!

Roasting the UK? Bro chill theyre like half in the grave

so that was german humor in english. i found in my own experience living in the US for 25 years now that many americans don't even recognize the german sense of humor. They think we are serious..... most outrageous shit i say.... there is always an awkward pause, sometimes i just leave it alone :) sometimes i have to tell them it was a joke. Don't even try to explain it....

even better than his german stand ups😅✌️

watch Till Reiners and/or Moritz Neumeier :) Greetings from Germany

It‘s not German humor it’s ADHD spectrum (this video is tamed Mittermeier, he was much more powerful when younger) - Germans in general are not very funny or especially witty. They don’t get most of the jokes that would work with British or East European audience. And Mittermeier is Bavarian. He’s great. But it’s always about the comedians and their personality. That thing with guilt and shame is true btw 😂 They just called it history, social studies, arts, foreign language in school 😅

Thanks, @whoismertsalih, I'd never have seen this footage of Mittermeier without your reaction video! It's consoling to hear that even somebody from the UK finds the scottish accent hard to understand.

I love the Scots - don't say what i think about the English. ... Scots Wha Hae! ♪♪♫1♪♪

I would recommend watching Georg Schramm. But there's practically no videos of him with subtitles.

Mittermeier is a Bavarian and speaks of his Bavarian mentality as "typically German". But that isn't true. Germany has many mentalities and characteristics that are completely different, just like the dialects. When people think of Germany, American people first, think of Lederhosen and Beer, thanks to people like Michael. But if you come to Northern Germany, you will find that the people here are completely different. We are stiff, humorless and speak very very little :D We love our Seagulls and Fishermen and we're proper proud of it :) As a Northern I say NO WAY to Michael.

"Doing the toilette everywhere." I'm gonna adopt that phrase. What a polite euphamism.

German humor? Is this possible? Except V von Bülow

you sound more scottisch then bittish. in reality m.m. is bavarian . Bavaria (they say) is Part of Germany......like (they say) scottland is Part of great Britain.....understand? scottland is not G.B. like Bavaria is not Germany ....we have more in common like you may think.

In the eighties, I went on holiday in Portugal with friends. We visited a bullring, it was noon, it was hot, we were looking for shade … The English could be recognised by sitting without a T-shirt but with massive sunburn in the middle of the blazing sun.

UK border controll officer in Heathrow airport checks passport and asks: "Occupation"? German tourist answers: "No just vacation."

If you like Comedians you should try Markus Krebs. He likes playing on words. He invented a job like: "Brennholz-Verleih" = Firewood rental;

French, German, British......all pretty f`d up but the food differs

Actually, I LOVE the scottish accent! I could listen to you scotts aaaaaalllll day ❤ Hearing Mittermeier's heavy German/bavarian accent while talking english is quite embarrassing 😳 Michael Mittermeier used to be one Germanys top comedians in the late 90s, but in my opinion, he isn't really funny anymore. Fortunately, we have some other really good comedians & satirist, like Carolin Kebekus, Jan Böhmermann, Torsten Sträter, Kurt Krömer, Sarah Bosetti ...

As for political satire one of my favourites is Urban Priol. Also very good is Max Uthoff (part of "Die Anstalt"). One of my favourite comedians is Thorsten Sträter. I also like Wolfgang Trepper especially when he tears appart German Schlager.

One of my absolute favourites of German satire besides Volker Pisper is Hagen Rether. Very sharp-tongued and always straight to the point. I'd like to know what you think of him. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bqQVSv2ixQo.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YIOvUEz8czM.html

Honestly, Mittermeier is kinda low-class comedy while Pisper is higher class. Comparable to english; Mittermeier would be David Chapelle or Fluffy; Volker Pispers would be like watching Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj. Something else I would always recommend regarding german higher class comedy would be "Die Anstalt". It is done by two very good satiricals with some guest stars, who go into extensive research to show complex stories but easy to digest. For easier comedians, you can try Jürgen von der Lippe, but I doubt he has alot of english translated pieces...

german comedy is like germans on vacation... YOU know..

Thank God, you didn't pick Mario Barth.....but then again you asked for comedians not for unfunny pricks who tell jokes that were outdated by the time the pyramids were built

Ask yourself would german comedy evloved like this without Monty Python? At least germany developed already before WWII good comedy, but did it really help?

Like theboon13 said Volker Pispers is not a comedian like Michael Mittermeier. Volker Pispers is a political cabaret artist criticizing politicians and the establishment. Michael Mittermeier makes fun about people and their behaviour. Very often about Gernans too. I like them both because their are artists on their own fields. And to the point that "V" is always pronounced an "F"... this is not quite accurate. In the case of Volker it might be true. But in the word Vase, the "V" is pronounced "W". One of the traps non German speakers might step into. Or as we Germans joke "Deutsche Sprak, schwere Sprak!".

Just can tell about working in a Duty free shop in Salzburg, Austria. In Winterseason we are nearly sold out by Brits and Scandinavics. One word "Jaegermeister"😂

Great video! Your Scootish language accent is beautiful. lexellent ;-) so to say. Visited Scotland for 3 weeks in the days when the 1st oil drilling platform was taken out to the North Sea. One could see it from Castle hill in Edinborough. The idea what it was revealed itself in the evening news. The 1st thing Scots told me that I will never be able to speak Scottish because I cannot pronounce loch. Well, I said, I can, because my native language is German. Next on the Orkneys, they told me I would not understand their local dialect, which was Scandinavian. Well I could. Gud necht, tonecht (spelling?) was easy: good night, tonight.

hahaha, us Germans can't really complain about British Tourists, being pretty much the same bunch of drunk zombies. :D

Another German reaction video? You must get a lot of clicks out of Germany. you know, we love to hear other peoples opinions 😀

As a German i gotta admit, Michael Mittermeier is one of the best comedians we have. I live the english humor too tho like little britain or mr.bean will always be classics to me. One thing i never understand tho is why scottish is said to be that bad. Like i find it to be the easiest to understand

I was in 2002 on Zakynthos Greece, an EOD, english occupied destination, as same as for us "Krauts" on Mallorca,and I can confirm every of his prejucdice, he stated, british tourists are not appreciable e. g. take a review what happened by the soccer nation ships in europe the last decades..

British comedy is way more raunchy, and most of the time just uses slurs to make fun of people. The coursing is mostly was makes it "funny", i.e. "he said the p-word, lmao". To be honest: There isn't a lot of funny british comedians, but rather "those that know how to curse the best way possible". German comedy, when taking the p*ss, is mostly very polite sort of observations - but with a machined precision and truth behind it. Goes for almost all comedians ever. German comedy is also best, when talking about how much politicians fk people raw.

Although Mittermeier is a very gifted comedian I fullheartedly resent his idiotic program talking almost exclusively about something that happened generations ago reinforcing the association of Germans with nazism and reinforcing other stupid prejudices about Germans. That´s about the lowest level of humor. Volker Pispers on the other hand showed us how sophisticated a comedy program can be.

Yeah. British people have a kind of bad reputation of being always drunk and wild on holiday. When in Spain I met quite a few of them. But I really enjoy meeting you guys in your own country 😀

I normaly love the british humour. But this is just excellent! I heard that british tourists behave very badly on Mallorca, but so do Germans. No way I am going to Mallorca, never ever!!!!

Sorry, Mister good Guy, we got no humor anyway ... I forgot it in my last comment. 'Cause I'm also a German. It was forbidden once berfore !! [Guess it was round about the year as Brian died] ... So I've to rest my life until the end without knowing something like this ... Best wishes again [frtom Dortmund, Germany]

4:38 We are quite good a dead faced sarcasm, to more likely it is that you believe it, the funnier. And generally, a germany comedy tradition is "Kabarett" which can basically summed up by the premise: You either laugh or you cry. Because it will be painfully true.

British tourists vs German tourists in Palma de Mallorca: same thing, unfortunately. Just a pity.

There is still another level for Germans: Michael Mittermeier is a Bavarian :) And to your question: I feel shame for the germans, as the british feel shame for their countrymemembers, ...and guess, what my norwegian friend feels about norwegian tourists at Mallorca :)

I am enjoing your videos currently and your views. thanks. anybody recommended Jan Boehmermann, yet? singer, parody, political and media satire, journalism. Mostly German related topics and a record of spectacular media satires, not only mentioning #varoufake or a lesson to Erdogan to teach him political satire.

Hi Mert... you're getting close to an area of German content, that is linked to the recent right wing movement. If you wanna avoid getting political, just a heads up. I thought you should know.

Answering your question: yes, british tourists have a bad reputation....

Should say “grateful” instead of “thankful” 😂

Oh no. I watched 3 minutes. Michael M. is not funny. 🙈 he was funny 10 years ago.

Would like to see, what you are thinking about Lisa Eckhart. She is very polarizing - and Austrian by the way.

From his jokes about germans and polite and punktuality and guilt and and ...... I recognisze big similaritys with us swedish. Realy it have to be someting down in our common germanic history and some in the history that look some alike but in different times..... realy love this comedy and your reaction to it!

Try Winfried Schmickler. I prefer him a lot over Volker Pispers.

Mhhh, difficult simpleton humor to me. Laughed at it when I was 13 and found him to dumb down every scetch.

Honestly, I think Mittermeier is quite flat. He's barely able to go beyond stereotypes and cliches.