Reaction To heute-show (Endless nightmare: Brexit has been postponed AGAIN!) 

When the news are too depressing, there’s nothing better than watching a satiric take on it that shows you how much worse they are than you thought 🙂

Ultimate Brexit violation: "Brexit: Lutz van der Horst verkauft den Briten Schmuggelware". Heute show reporter selling viagra on UK streets before Brexit.

As a German, I really enjoy seeing people explore the German culture. Very entertaining.

I can only speak for myself, but at that time I was just completely fed up with the whole Brexit thing. I even thought that the EU was too soft in dealing with Britain, one delay after the other with no result. Then I felt sorry for the 49 percent of Brits who voted against the Brexit, but the indeciviness and the incompetence if the british government was just so infuriating. Everyone could see that they didn't really expect that referendum to succeed, but when it did they were completely caught offguard. It was just a case of utter stupidity. To be honest, this whole affair has greatly damaged the image of Britain in Europe, perhaps irreversably.

Massive props for you being able to take a joke basically about your own people. Not everyone could do the same. Big respect.

"Is it over the top or is it accurate?" Yes.

Oliver Welke is certainly a great satirist, very witty and on point. He isn't just the anchorman of the show, he also writes many of the texts (his own obviously, but also for many of the other people in the show). He is also a serious and well-known sports journalist, he often presents and comments big football tournaments like the world and european championships for german TV.

11:35 Trump and Johnson were the best thing that could have happened to comedy and satire. Those two delivered so much content, you didn't even have to think up any more jokes. They delivered it free of charge.

Brexit was probably the best topic for the Heute Show. But I can definitely recommend the videos about Donald Trump. There are a TON of them (endless content🤣) and this is probably the peak of the Heute Show when I think about it.

Fun fact: this guy (Oliver Welke) and his pal Oliver Kalkofe brought Little Britain to Germany. They wrote the German translation and voiced David Walliams (Welke) and Matt Lucas (Kalkofe). I'm always in favour of original versions, but they did a great job with the German dubbing.

You would love their take on Boris and Trump. XD

A little tip: If a German word or name ends with "E", then the E is usually pronounced. So it's not "welk", but rather "wel-ke". It's a surprisingly simple thing to do to improve your pronunciation.

about Stuttgart 21: they wanted to build new underground railway lines and new underground stations including a new underground main station in Stuttgart. Construction started in 2010. Actually, everything should be finished in 2019. Now it is planned that the first part will be finished in 2025, the rest later. When they presented the plans they said it cost 2.5 billion euros, when construction started they already planned with 4.1 billion euro, in 2022 they planned that it will cost 9.1 billion euros.

"Stutgard 21" or the build of the BER airport are a well of satirical content. Two construction projects Germany really must be ashamed for 😂

To be honest, half of my political education comes from Heute Show and Die Anstalt. This might be a sad statement, but I notice a lot of times that just by watching the news and these two shows you are more informed than 95% of the population...

Being born and raised in Hamburg. Brexit still makes me sad. Yes, it's a blueprint for satire, but I still feel like we have lost a cousin or any other close relative over a really minor quarrel.

Mate, I LOVED your facial expression at the "island incest" joke 🤣🤣🤣 In German we call that look "entgleisen" which means something like a train "derailed" the tracks😂 But to be honest, that's not the first time I heard this joke. GB is still an island which doesn't like immigrants too much, isn't it? But also I'm aware that this joke is SERIOUSLY dark. As you mentioned, that's why the audience was laughing that weird 😉

As a German, I am so impressed that you are interested in our comedy. About 'direct speech', that comedian is known for the bluntness in his tone. People laugh because of his drastic way of talking. I'll get a subscription of your channel ! All the best to you!

The problem is that they heute show obviously did cover other political crises but these videos don't have English subtitles. They would be auto-generated and that wouldn't be as enjoyable as these hand-written translations.

The joke at 4:05 is a running gag in the entire setting of the Heute Show. The show is broadcasted on the ZDF which means Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German TV Channel) and is one of the few channels that are not privately owned, and a lot of the TV program throughout the day is aimed at relatively older people. So the Heute Show picks that up whenever something’s mentioned about older people 😅

Guys, German satire was almost the only thing I can watch on German TV without puking for a very long time. I guess our friends on the island appreciate the sarcasm. I've watched plenty of reactions to german satire and almost no one got the humor like he does in here. I guess we need to organize again and start translating German satire history. He gonna love it. Does he have a Discord in which we can start a conversation about that?

I think Theresa May had a nervous laugh, a bit exhausted

Gernot Hassknecht is my favorite part on the Heute Show he does "the comment" His best of is nice :D.

Well, the Vikings often came to the island!😂

I enjoy listening to you. Your accent is so cool. Greetings from germany

Oh, I think you're gonna like the Boris Johnson episodes. Don't know which to recommend, but I'll watch your video

„Realer Irrsinn“ is great too :) Or the show „extra 3“ in general.

7:00 Wasnt it churchill who said something on the line of ,a five minute diskussion with the common voter is the best argument against democracy'? Best example.

The closer you feel to someone, the harder the jokes about them may be. We love the people of the British island, Irish, Scots, Welsh, and yes, also the English. At least - I do... :-)

You deserve way more Subs! The moment I was really impressed, was, when I saw your reactions to Volker Pispers... You showed so much knowledge, it was impressive!! I know, you don't live in the U.K. at the moment, but maybe we can at least get Scotland independent and the join the EU again! :D Greetings from Germany!

Welke is never over the top, he's on point 😂

I suggest two other Clips for reactions for you, Mert. "Commedians for World Peace" and "United States Of Europe [Gibraltar to Spitsbergen, Cayenne to Crimea]". Both are by Jan Böhmermann and his awesome show Neo Magazin Royale. Give it a try! 😀Oh, and switch on english subtitles they are pretty acurate. 👍

Over the the top but correctly representing the overall feelings

Heute Show, die Anstalt and Neo Magazin Royal are actually the only three TV Shows i Still watch regularly on German TV. And Sometimes extra 3 and Quer, two other Satire Shows.

The last "e" in "heute" is actually also pronounced in German. So it's technically not like "hoyt", it's more like "hoyt-uh" 😅 👍🤝

As a German I can confirm that the scene with Ulrich von Heese and the "2000 years of island incest" was supposed to sound extremely harsh and impolite, but after all it was still meant to be seen in the context of satire and therefore as a pun, a pun near the knuckle but also quite hilarious ;

I can recommend the takes on Trump and Boris Johnson, there are a bunch of good 'episodes'

You are doing fantastic. You could increase the frequency of your videos, because it is very nice to watch you. I already know all the episodes you're watching but it's a nice flashback and fun to watch again. Keep it up.

I'm german, but everytimme I watch your videos, the RU-vid ads think that I'm english and want to learn german 😂

Me, as a german, just love english people, just for there serenity and I rly like red hair! With this start i was able to work with an engl.spk teacher at lower school, teaching gardening in Stuttgart for one year, I just loved it! At the same way I love your vids Mert, I need to learn too! Thank you from my deepest!

I‘ve never heard of 2000 years of Island incest in my life.. Considering the Roman invasion, the Celtish invasion from Ireland, the Angles, the Saxons, the Danes and the Norwegian Vikings, the Norman invasion… The best you can do is a 1000 years….😆

The main problem with referendums is that people answer to the person asking rather than to the question. It takes a strong referendum culture to avoid it, meaning a lot of very regular referendums (once a year or more frequently, on various subjects) are required for people to start focusing on the matter at hand rather than on what message they want to send to politicians. The Swiss seem to have managed that pretty well but I’m not sure there are that many other examples.

About the "island incest" thing here an example: In 1903 a largely complete skeleton was discovered in Gough's cove in somerset (england). The skeleton was dated to an age of around 10.000 years. In 2019 scientists were able to do a genome analysis of that skeleton. And they found a direct descendant of that person living only half a mile away and teaching history at a local school.

I know Oliver Welke for 25 years now, starting with a Radio show with Oliver Kalkofe. It was so funny... The shocker prolly is, that Welke was a serious sport show moderator too.

Love these reactions! Please do more!

As a person out of the area of Stuttgart I can tell you that this stuttgart 21 voting causes a lot of problems with here. Different Underground lanes or stations take turn to get completly blocked for months over the past few years. Because of the roadworks around the big area of the construction site the traffic by car is disturbed as well. No need to start talking about the 15 Minutes pedestrian walk around the main station if you need to change between different types of trains. The referendum of the people was back in 2011 when the construction work and the problems started and there published new costs every half a year. Big protests were there within stuttgart at that time and police used their water canons against the demonstrants. Parts of the new governance of Baden-Württemberg (german state stuttgart is located in) that time wanted to deescalte the situation with referendum about a law that forces the governance to cancel the project. So the referendum was actually about the law not S21, so if you wanted S21 to be canceled you would have need to vote 'Yes' and if you wanted it to be continued you needed to Vote for 'No'. with 58% of votes for 'No' out of the whole state area (Not only Stuttgart)the referendum ended up backing Stuttgart 21. Of couse after that referendum some more hidden costs were published but the protests didn't get big again at all. If you are interested why a lot of people did not want S21 to be build I recommend the "Die Anstalt" episode about the Deutsche Bahn (DB) from January 29th, 2019. Maybe someone will translate it in the future.

Tbh, i absolutely despise reaction content on RU-vid, but your channel is different somehow. You give your own intelligent input on topics and try to start the dialog between nations, i really like that idea! Thank you!

Good reaction!

About Stuttgart 21: 15 years after they had started the building site, they asked whether or not we wanted the Station. So the question was not whether or not we wanted a new Station but whether or not we wanted a poisened building site for ever. In my 12th year in school which was in 2000, we still had geography books with the DDR... No money for that after 11 years of reunion, but for an unneccessary Station... No comment...its a disgrace😊

4:02 On average, ZDF has older viewers. Heute Show is broadcast by ZDF

there is a great "Stuttgart 21" bit from "Die Anstalt" wich explains everything perfectly

Last Time i watched your Videos you had "only" 6k Subs... now near 16k :O Congrats

Oliver Welke lends his voice to David Walliams as a dubbing artist in "little Brittain"

3:00 The same also did happen with a German Politician (Armin Laschet) which laughed at a press conference after the biggest flood in years (Ahrtal).

That`s funny that Teresa May and Angela Merkel are such good friends and wear the same jacket. That`s true friendship.🤣

At the 9:10 the Correspondent von Heesen is played by a Swedish actor of German descent, no german actor would have dared to say that. 2000 years of island…..

As for 2000 years of intrafamily relations… the highest degree of that is within the royals and there, we are involved quite heavily (see Habsburg).

Loving your Heute Show interest and reactions! Oliver Welke, Lutz van der Horst and Fabian Köster are geniuses. If I could be ultra picky, it’s pronounced “Hoy-Tuh” and not “Hoyt”, and Oliver “Vel-ka” 😉

I've been watching this show since 2017 and I can recommend the segments with Olaf Schubert. Also I have to say I think it's very sweet that you celebrate our satire 😊

I like your comments very much. On point. You have a strong accent and I wonder where this is spoken. Like that as well because it’s different from Oxford English but for me as a German still easy to understand.

"Taxi!" 😂

There is a good shw from "Die Anstalt" for the Stuttgart 21 Situation

7:30 For Stuttgart 21 see "Die Anstalt" from "29.01.2019"

We need more of this

You reacting to these in order makes it feel like this shit is still ongoing :')

The Heute Show about the Danish border was the greatest (cool rock music). Second best, the ones about the Bundeswehr.

Together with "Die Anstalt", this is my most favourite satire show and frankly the only German TV stuff I'm watching nowadays. I couldn't agree more with what you were saying. It's just so intelligent and funny at the same time. It helps while situations are really frustrating :)

Oliver Welke is mainly a TV Presenter, but he dubbed Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie with Oliver Kalkofe (try him, too!) and apperead in the latter's two Edgar Wallace-parodies Der Wixxer 1 & 2 in a cameo role.

Awesome vid :) BUT you need to pronounce the E at the end of Heute .. like the i in Egg :)

It is really funny to see these videos again and I enjoy it to see your reaction. Sometime the missunderstandings and bad translations but also to see that german sarkasm works and that we share the same humor. Normally I am not fan of that kind of videos, but I use it to get a better understanding for english language and also the mentality for british people. It is nice to see that you like german things so much. Even if the content is older, these are still great artists you are watching. Some content is regional but what you have also to watch is from the second German television (ZDF) Mr. Jan Böhmermann with his show ZDF Magazin Royal. You will love it too. I am waiting for new videos and will be happy to continue watching.

I think Ulrich van Heesen's piece was not too far over the edge to German satire or comedy standards, although the incest allusion was quite tough (but also funny, of course). Ulrich van Heesen is just his comedy name for the Heute Show, by the way. His real name is Dietrich Hollinderbäumer and he is a German-Swedish actor who is quite popular and already 81 years old.

I saw you the first time today. How cute are you please! Love your accent. Greetings from Germany

The Problem is "heute Show" is no Kabarett Show, it is a Kabarett Weekly News Spot like a normal News Spot. So it is difficult to set a point on one topic.

I watch "heute-Show" regulary and the edited preview images are always a highlight.

This show is great. I dont miss a show.once a week

Of course the commentary is over the top and meant tongue in cheek but.... it's not entirely unfair is it. I just enjoy this channel for featuring a scotsman appreciating German humour, that's yeti style rare.

With Stuttgart21 it's a different story. That was a referenum about a railway project that had been allowed by the government. It took place because the amount of monex necessary to follow through with the project basically tripled. The problem was that the people had to vote against an actually existing law, so if you were against the project you would have to vote "yes". The press titled weeks after weeks "Stuttgart21 yes or no" implanting an opposite syntax to the actual referendum which pretty much overwhelmed the intellectual capacity of many people...

Their (first?) video on Boris Johnson is titled: "Boris Johnson: no plan B aside from no-deal Brexit" It's nice.

"extra 3" had a few songs about Boris Johnson, these might be funny to watch aswell. I think they have (german?) subtitles by standard

Translated "Heute show" just means roughly something like "Today's show" you can call it whatever you like though i just wanted to say this real quick :) (It is fun to see you react to this show)

I don’t know why but me as a German I like watching how you like our satire and comedy and you don’t take it too serious…at the end we all just want a good laughter! And trust me the show is roasting our politicians and our people also as hard as it gets 😂

among the best parts of the heute show is Gernot Hassknecht (you can translate his name to "Ger(man)distress hate-servant") and his yearly recaps and general replies to situations on another note: i am still wondering why the heute shows title is displayed so big on top of the video... copyright issues?

Well... in my region in the south of Germany, I actually live near Stuttgart and have seen the project Stuttgart 21 (which should be renamed to Stuttgart 23 or Stuttgart 24... or or or...), we like to call the British "Island Monkeys", Inselaffen :D Not in a bad intention but just to make fun of them ^^ I really like your channel and in general like the Scottish people. Love you accent, reminds me very much of Amy MacDonald, who is Scottish herself :D Or Sean Connery, who always sounded like "God s(h)ave the Queen" :D

There is a complete episode covering 'Stuttgart 21' by 'Die Anstalt', if you want to know more about that - not sure if there is an English translation though

Two very fitting quotes on democracy are commonly attributed to Winston Churchill: 1) ‘The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter.’ 2) ‘Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time….’

Heute show is part of the public legal tv and you do not have to censor the video in any way ☺ really enjoying your reactions!

"What is your favourite political crisis..." love it😄

Do not think that you have the worst politicians who have no idea. Here in Germany it is no better. I also watch the Heute Show regularly, but unfortunately I can't laugh so much about it anymore because it's just so depressing what's happening in Germany, the EU and elsewhere. Ulrich van Heesen, by the way, is already borderline in our country, but to the point.

You could take a look at jan bohmermann and his zdf show. He is targeting more the younger people and less "loud direct" but more "smart direct"

Stuttgart 21 was the idea of a underground Train station for some tons of money , but we have to cut down a lot of trees in the park. so demostration but they got a "experience" of Repautoire of Police violents , that tooks a long of time and growing constructions cost on speed. People realy hate that Prestige- building

Sorry, maybe I missed it, but could I please ask which part of Scotland you are from i.e. what your accent is? I am very interested in variations of the English language.

There is a phenomenal video about Stuttgart21 by Die Anstalt. One of the best bits Die Anstalt ever made in my opinion. I just don't know if there are any english subtitles.

Stuttgart 21 referendum was a mess. Many people did not even understand the simple question that was something like: "Do you want to use the option to chancel the contract?" That would be like the brexit referendum being "Do you want the prime minister to invoke article 50 of the Treaty on European Union?"

There is an episode from Die Anstalt about Stuttgart 21 if you like to find out more about it, but I’m not sure if it has english subtitles

You are such a nice person, and you keep your sense of humor! Yes, we germans are very straight and direct, mostly. Exceptions prove the rule. The Heute-show is very funny in general. I couldn`t say what`s the best... Greetings from germany!✌😊

Without a politician laughing stupidly at the wrong time, Germany would possibly have a different chancellor today.

This was funny as heck. 🤣

You are so sympathic!!!!!!!!

The Stuttgart 21 bashing is so real

There is a Anstalt themed about Stuttgart21...