video from NDR – Norddeutscher Rundfunk – with a 2-minute introduction in German
The sketch is almost completely unknown in England. It was first broadcast on German TV in 1963 and has been a New Year’s Eve fixture since 1972.
The sketch is almost completely unknown in England. It was first broadcast on German TV in 1963 and has been a New Year’s Eve fixture since 1972.
2022-02-04T21:12−08* / February 4, 2022
*a link; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer; see also the about post and the archive of miscellany or notrehta posts
the line "Same procedure as every year" (in the original English) is now used in newspaper headlines and advertisements in Germany (!?)
*a link; see a note on notes and links and a disclaimer; see also the about post and the archive of miscellany or notrehta posts
the line "Same procedure as every year" (in the original English) is now used in newspaper headlines and advertisements in Germany (!?)