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It‘s British actors, but was filmed in Hamburg by the public broadcaster NDR. It is a tradition which is not that funny unless you are already shitfaced. Loriot, on the other hand…

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Part of the fun comes from seeing it every year. You know all the jokes and look forward to them, but can’t remember their exact order. So you sit on needles every time he approaches the tiger head, wondering. Will he jump it this time, or bypass it unexpectedly? I can’t explain why this makes it funnier, but it does work for me.

The recording shown on TV is a German Production, but the sketch itself originates from British theater and later TV. The origin story is even somewhat interesting. Seems there is not one, but two people who are involved and mainly known for this little sketch. The original author, and the comedian who made it famous around Europe and is the actor from the recording. And in some way it also kinda sad, as it seems to be the only work for which they are now remembered.

I read that Freddie Frinton is better remembered in the UK for starring in the sitcom "Meet the Wife" (which is mentioned in a Beatles song).

Früher war mehr Lametta ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And then the nuclear plant explodes and all the little cows fall over!

Zicke-zacke, Hühnerkacke!

Düm-Düm-Düüm, Düm-Düm-Düüm, Düm-Düm-Düüm-Dididüm-Dümdüüm[1]

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZKtqz4fzDQ

> Loriot

Bourgeois snobbery!

What's wrong with laughing about a drunk butler tipping over a tiger's head?

Or drinking from a vase after removing the flowers?

Or hopping over it with both feet after the first few times stumbling.

My kids think it's the funniest, and they don't drink :)

Zame procedure as last year, H?

Zame procedure as every year, Feldmarsckalk.

kloph

I'll kill that Bear.

-- The Bunker Version.

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