GERMANY'S MOST BRUTAL COMEDIAN! AMERICA REACTS TO Volker Pispers History of USA and T3rr0ism Pt 1

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[@NDSVM]

He really is a German "Comedy" legend, not only does he have a strong bitter sense of humor, but he also confronts people with uncomfortable facts and new perspectives. Too bad that Volker Pispers has withdrawn from the public for more than 7 years.

[@cdk8472]

Yup, he and some other legends have stopped or are gone. Dieter Hildebrandt for example. Urban Priol made himself scarce, seemed a bit tired. Or Georg Schramm. Great political satire. Good times.

[@asator2746]

it is Cabaret... not comedy

[@MrJueKa]

@@NDSVM it is "socio-political cabaret + satire", simply "cabaret" is with singing and dancing women on stage and other entertaining shows

[@lernenderzukunft]

Ja total schade... Weiß man warum?

[@JurgenErhard]

@@asator2746 I hate calling it cabaret. It is related (historically), but different.

[@ExistierenderExzentriker666]

Volker Pispers never got "cancelled" because nothing he said was untrue. He simply slaps the truth into your face so hard until you either laugh or cry. :D Glad you are reacting to this, looking forward to the other parts.

[@drdingsbums1915]

Naja kommt drauf an was man unter Wahrheit versteht!? Heute werden ganze Kanäle gelöscht wenn sie auch nur Politiker oder Medien zitieren!!

[@RemizZ]

Well the last few times I saw him live it definitely was more crying than laughing. When even German Kabarett can't make that shit up anymore, it's bad.

[@Dalmen]

He was not cancelled because it is satire. In satire, slight distortions of reality and exaggerations are allowed. And as well he is not press, so so most slightly inaccuracies are covered by *freedom of the arts*. All have to be aware that satire is no replacement for press or history. Even if there is a lot of truth in his storys.

[@MindControlUltra]

..... and back then "cancel culture" dictatorship of political correctness did not exist. Free speech was not stopped by SJWs, woke, etc.

[@ragnarokgzlr8522]

Cancel culture is not about cancelling lies, but to cancel truth. You can handle lies, but fighting truth needs law and censorship.

[@KarsonNow]

It's not an simple stand up comedy - this is an political cabaret - this is an huge difference. 👆 Volker Pipers is an mastermind and top notch of this cabaret genre.

[@Dowlphin]

A somewhat comparable person in the USA is the late George Carlin.

[@brandolinocaston]

@@Dowlphin Oh yeah, Volker Pispers and George Carlin is a legit comparison

[@felixreu6737]

As a German i have to say: He will be honored and missed. Few can compare to this Man's legacy.

[@2radjunky]

Den guten Mann ersetzt leider niemand

[@raycapellari]

He was one of the razor-sharpest satirists Germany has produced, bittersweet, no one was spared by him, a true master, but he retired years ago. A legend.

[@Medley3000]

The only one who could hold a candle to him was Georg Schramm, but unfortunately he too had already retired.

[@NYPD252]

@@Medley3000 Dieter Hildebrandt. Also one of the best ones.

[@MarcsUnknown]

That's it in a nutshell . True words.

[@LaomerKedor]

Didn't he spare himself?

[@raycapellari]

@@LaomerKedor touche

[@christianehrenfriedkrueger8781]

Met Volker a few years ago on one of his shows, and I could see it in his eyes, he was done with it. He wasnt cancelled, he retired because after spitting the truth into peoples minds for 40 years, he was sick and tired, mostly disappointed because nothing changed. People still voted for shitty politicians and complained. The cycle always continued, he could not bring sense into peoples minds.

[@Anonymous-iw4hx]

and who can blame him, the people laugh at his jokes, realize for a second that there is a deeper meaning but as soon as they are back home, turning on the tv and watching DSDS or bundesliga, the world is ok again. @james seriously though, how does it feel for you, realizing so much more about the US? in how many shit the governments were involved in over the decades? and still wonder why there are countries and cultures and/or religions that think of the US as the ultimate evil. of course its not the people, but the powerful network all above, you can vote dems you can vote reps, wont make a change, will it? i think it was also pispers who said "voting yellow, green, red, black? its all shit in different colors"

[@faterre8885]

Die Menschen sind halt einfach gestrickt...

[@torstenpflug5084]

Wie sagte er doch sinngemäß: man kann den Wähler nicht von einer Politik überzeugen, von der 80% der Bevölkerung profitieren würden.

[@vanrensburgsgesicht4048]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3fKlKR4bZJ0rqc

[@tldw8354]

Die Unbelehrbarkeit der breiten Masse ist wirklich zermürbend. Gut, dass er es nun sein lässt und sich auf sinnvollere Sachen konzentriert.

[@DrDuke-ic7oe]

Until today, Pispers is the Benchmark here in Germany. Nearly unreached. It was an honor to see him live. Even then we knew that we saw someone with an eloquency that no else had and still has. Words cutting through topics like a warm knife through butter!

[@GorillaCrewWarGaming]

Pisssperm is a "benchmark"? Really? You POOR bastards.....

[@pinacoco2]

Bro, I'm really proud that an American understands and honors German humor, especially when it largely compromises US foreign policy. Being able to laugh at yourself is an extremely positive quality. This one is edgy AND highly intellectual, and for the most part …sad but true. RESPECT!

[@Advancedmonke]

I don’t think he’s laughing at himself but rather at the government. He has nothing to do with their war crimes.

[@GorillaCrewWarGaming]

Yeah, I do too. But hasn't it become a little...... BORING and CLICHE yet? One would think one's mind would progress a little further after a few decades.....

[@glowiedetector]

@GorillaCrewWarThunder wym

[@timhellmann]

Volker Pispers is a national treasure who retired way too early. He was the GOAT of political comedy, in my opinion. "Painfully funny" is quite a fitting description if you ask me. :)

[@alechs]

he makes you laugh about the things he tells you because otherwise you'd cry.

[@Medley3000]

The only one who could hold a candle to him was Georg Schramm, but unfortunately he too had already retired.

[@DieFrauAmHerd]

He said that his programm didnt change since 2010 or so, since the problems are still the same and people in charge didnt change at all.

[@steffenrosmus9177]

@@Medley3000 and Werner Finck. But I think he was way before you were born.

[@k.k.8394]

@@Medley3000 I'd say Dieter Hildebrandt as well

[@mayyoufindlove702]

The great thing about German comedy is that it teaches you about the world and historical events at the same as it makes you laugh.

[@waayneinteressierts9704]

That depends on the type of comedy. Volker Pispers is doing political satire, so of course it has poltical and historical context. The majority of german comedians don't really do political/historical satire tho, so you can't really say that german comedy is teaching you about history and makes you laugh in general, Volker Pispers does.

[@MichaelW.1980]

@@waayneinteressierts9704 Political satire is very much a thing in Germany. The problem is: Most of the time, it doesn’t really sell. And that’s why most of that kind of entertainment never makes it to the media, let alone getting subtitles, to make it accessible to people from other countries. Most of the political satire is happening in the cabaret. Volker Pispers said it himself. There are many artists like him, who struggle to make it to a full house performance on any bigger venue. Let’s face the truth about the media. They don’t care about you, if they don’t expect to earn money with what you do.

[@waayneinteressierts9704]

@@MichaelW.1980 That's exactly what I was trying to say and I wanted to point out that you can't really use satire and comedy interchangeable. There are many popular german comedians, but only a few popular satirists . I'm a big fan of Volker Pispers myself and the only person coming close to him in my opinion that's still active would be Jan Böhmerman even tho Pispers is still on a different level.

[@ingobordewick6480]

The problem is, that everyone forget about it, when the show is over and vote the same way they did for their whole life. That's why he quit doing it.

[@luigipiuattivo3316]

@@waayneinteressierts9704 No Böhmermann is an ideological propagandist - better listen to Serdar Somuncu: Hes punchung your face with tonns of Hate! kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6LJoamGeqZog6s

[@sarmadbehnam4018]

I find it sad when a comedian is more accurate in political history than any school history book.

[@dirkbaldorad3634]

He picks a very specific part of history and tells you about that and only that whilst a school history book is meant to give you a broad overview of history. That's not a fair comparison.

[@siramoras]

@@dirkbaldorad3634 you learn a new specific topic every year, so it´s compareble.

[@gabbyn978]

(being german) couldn't help but laugh. You're sooooo right. But as you know, 'history' is written by those who came out as the most powerful ones.

[@dirkbaldorad3634]

@@siramoras I don't know how it might have been in your school but in mine I got an overview about European history from ancient Greece and Rome, over the French revolution, the 30-year-war, worldwars 1&2 and the times of the DDR. There wasn't much time to talk about USAmerican meddling in other countries. But luckily I could watch Volker Pispers already. And a lot of other Kabarettists that nurtured my interest in politics (I.e.: Urban Priol, Georg Schramm and in newer times Claus von Wagner, Max Uthoff and a lot of their guests). If you are USAmerican probably you should have been told something about this but on the other hand you are meant to pledge allegiance to a flag when in school, so I wouldn't expect to much critique. 🤔 I hope I chose the right words to convey my thoughts on this. Please feel free to respond. ✌

[@BarryMambo]

Volker Pispers was absolutely a giant of political satire in Germany, one of a kind. Such a shame that he retired (a fact that nobody could understand then) - this gap will never ve filled, we miss him so much!

[@laokon]

Lisa Eckhart has the potential :)

[@BarryMambo]

@@laokonIts true that her potential is,huge - but her kind of cabaret ist completely different - based in poetry and semantics and not as Pispers cabaret in explaining history, economics etc.

[@spittylama]

Well he has explained that essentially it was the frustration that his satirical pieces written 20 years ago still hold true today and will do for decades to come. Let the man have his well deserved retirement

[@mskirata1]

Nuhr is filling in, he is just the other side of the political spectrum. Pispers was a socialist, Nuhr is a Liberal with some libertarian nuances

[@eventider1970]

@@mskirata1 Nuhr mit Pispers gleichzusetzen ist ja schon fast wie Blasphemie. :-) Einen krasseren Kontrast gibt's ja gar nicht. Die Aufgabe von Kabarett ist es Missstände aufzudecken - nicht sie zu relativieren oder gar schönreden, wie es Nuhr praktiziert. Es gibt einen Grund, warum bei Nuhr immer nur die gleiche Gäste auftreten. Der Typ genießt unter den richtigen Kabarettisten nicht grundlos seinen schlechten Ruf. Aber davon mal abgesehen hält sich Nuhr auch noch für ein IQ-Wunder.

[@wooperlovesbts2987]

People say us Germans have no humor. No, you just don't understand our very evil humor.

[@Gunni1972]

Satire is understood worldwide, where it is allowed.😉😉

[@dieSpinnt]

@@Gunni1972 That is absolutely true. And we should celebrate every time another bastion for the humor falls! Hehe What my German compatriot sheds light on is the fact that there are many stereotypes about German humor. Mostly and on a meta level this results in extreme schadenfreude **g** ( This realization is best conveyed to the people in a dominatrix outfit, for the extra meta level up ... level 99 ... where you can't distinct if you should run of fear or laugh heartily) Have a good one!:)

[@BierzeItboxer]

Our humor can be darker than the british...

[@arstozka197]

Vermintes Gebiet. Der nächste Kommentar darf gerne diesen Witz fortführen.

[@binkaitself1736]

Stimmt, aber die allgemeine Verblödung macht Pipi-Kacka-Witze salonfähig im deutschen TV

[@shradavanteal3782]

I am sooo glad you finally found Volker Pispers. He is very knowledgeable, understands what is going on in the world and tells it in a brutally honest (and funny) way. And a lot of germans that are interested in history and politics (like myself) love him for that. :D

[@ProduktReview]

Too bad that now you would get cancelled if you make jokes like that in Germany.

[@doogmann]

go lisa eckard she is even sharper no politics but its social and collective psychological effects on differences in germany austria swisserland she is like pispers intellect and scalpel like language pared with the fast wit of slam poetry and the flair of viennese dialect ,give it a go

[@wokler5192]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbGcoGof7p5Z7M The most brutal Satire from Germany. Enjoy ;)

[@prunabluepepper]

This take of Pispers is his best in my opinion. You can literally take this talk, replace the old names form back then with the current leaders and it would still make sense! Young folks don't learn this history.

[@Arcaryon]

I think for a lot of people the most unfortunate thing is knowing that you have to keep fighting even if you keep loosing again and again. Taking every tiny victory and using it as fuel for years upon years of attrition. That you know that you will not succeed in your lifetime but still have to preserve hope for the sake of what you hope to achieve as the next small advantage of the generation that may be a bit luckier than your own. I am still fairly young myself and ultimately, knowing that little will change doesn’t sadden me but it can be somewhat frustrating to know how much potential will be wasted because you can not convince enough people.

[@prunabluepepper]

@@Arcaryon that's very true.

[@davidg2404]

dude, we really apreciate you reviewing a german comedian. he is a legend of political comedy here

[@davealfdergraue3266]

I really hope that you'll upload the other parts soon with a reaction. This whole stand up from Pispers is still amazing....and disturbing.

[@JamesBray3]

I definitely will 👌🏽 I’ll be streaming the reactions on Twitch this weekend

[@dreikasehoch3916]

Ich hab kein twitch😢

[@davealfdergraue3266]

@@dreikasehoch3916 Er streamt die Reactions auf Twitch und lädt sie hier auf YT hoch.😉

[@Gallowglas]

especially bc this show is quite old, but still relevant. That's why he toured with exactly the same show over years and years bc the names of the politicians/parties may have changed, but everything else keeps repeating itself time and time again.

[@muratferguson4534]

@@JamesBray3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/joCwZpiemtCBb9k IT IS AS GREAT AS PISPERS but much more MODERN.

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

I love it how more and more Americans and Brits watch this. Especially in today's times I think it's really important.

[@muratferguson4534]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/joCwZpiemtCBb9k DAS sollte unbedingt auch gesehen werden.

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

@@muratferguson4534 oh yes!!! Aber dann das mit Untertiteln:p

[@johannesschiele1513]

it's crazy that this part of his program is already 18 years old

[@totallyanonymousbish9599]

@@johannesschiele1513 yup. And nothing has changed.

[@johannesschiele1513]

@@totallyanonymousbish9599 In some regards it even got worse. From time to time I watch some really old episodes of "Scheibenwischer" with Dieter Hildebrand, especially the one about the Rhein-Main-Donau-Channel. It's somehow a relief that not much has changed for 40-50 years and I don't have to have faith in humanity that we will fix our problems for the sake of ourselves. Too much idiocracy and selfishness. I can only influence my immediate surrounding and the people around me.

[@anettestache91]

Pispers is so great and important because he puts his fingers in the wounds. His stand-up is pure enlightenment. I LOVE the guy! So sad he doesn‘t perform anymore. He sure would be cancelled today. Maybe he anticipated what would come and retired foresightedly. I totally miss him. Greets from Frankfurt, Germany.

[@Wasser-fz9ub]

Me as a German, it was always hard to listen to him, because people were laughing about facts everybody should cry about. I once also visited him at home when he was living in Düsseldorf.

[@algin9387]

I saw him once at a two part show. The way he framed the first part of the show, u could still laugh. But the longer the second part lasted, u almost choked on your laughs and left bitter and disillusioned. A true giant

[@al_kaloid]

What were you doing at his place? And where in Düsseldorf did he live?

[@thomasbinder396]

Volker Pispers never got canceled because his sources for everything he said were major newspapers at the time as well as generally respected history books. He is not edgy at all, just sarcastic and sometimes maybe a touch cynical 😇 You have a wild ride of scary facts in front of you, good sir. Will keep watching, enjoy and have a good day!

[@Barxxo]

I think today he would be cancelled very quick, i don't imagine him falling for this "its all Putins fault" - propaganda.

[@gonzo2495]

and there was no cancel culture in germany back then. sadly he retired from comedy a few years ago.

[@dieSpinnt]

@@Barxxo What are you guys? Drunk or Romantics? (Sorry, joke! :) ) Maybe you are just too young: The controversy back in the day about Volker Pispers stage programs and the discussions were like a cauldron battle! But that is his job as a political kabarettist, to polarize and to get people to think. The boulevard press and discussion was FULL OF cancel culture habits, just the name for such behavior was another: Criticism and gossip. Oh and well, Pispers gave a shit about it (because it was the intention to polarize)!. Aside from that: He citing our first chancellor, Adenauer: „Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern.“ => "What do I care about my gossip from yesterday." **g**

[@thomasbinder396]

@@daarksideyt Which ones, do you have any source links to articles? I'm sure the Bild Zeitung wrote plenty of untrue conspiracy theory material, it's what most of their readers want after all. I am not aware of any coverage of fake Ukrainian extremism from FAZ, Süddeutsche, ARD, ZDF, etc. And shitting on the Bush (Jr. and Sr.) administration with facts was deserved, despite plenty of conservative politicians and "intellectules" being shocked and appalled. History has proven Pispers right and then some.

[@wireless-earbuds-brain-tumor]

also there was not a cancel machinery yet

[@Enki_Changa]

As a Swiss, I like Germans. One of the many things I like about German the directness. They shy away from confrontation and are not afraid to speak their minds directly to your face. Here in Switzerland, there is more of a backlog and much less frequent contact. As for the video itself; The tragic thing about the whole thing is, that what he says in the greatest humorous mood, is the truth.... and we laugh because we realize how stupid we all are... phahaha.. and at that moment somewhere in the world (we know where everywhere...) there is exactly this shit that he wraps up in "Comedy"... I love all living things far beyond this ball on which we live... but what we call the world ...just hurts...😥

[@tumlili7129]

Hallo Tom, Wunderbar geschrieben, du has recht, ja wir Alemannen sind etwas konfliktscheuer und konsensorientierter, und die Wahrheit kann schmerzen, auch wenn sie so humorvoll daher kommt. Gruß aus Basel !

[@Enki_Changa]

Hoi @@tumlili7129 😁 Danke für Deine Antwort 😀. Ja eben diese Konfliktscheuheit und diese ausgeprägte Konsensorientierung beisst sich in meinen Augen. Konflikt und Konsens sind zwei Dinge die zusammengehören... also für mich jedenfalls. Ich sehe das als grosses Problem bei uns, da das Potential für fruchtbare Entwicklung so eher unterdrückt wird. Eben genau weil wir so konsensorientiert erzogen wurden...die meisten jedenfalls. ❤ Liebe Grüsse aus Zug

[@whatthehirsch7385]

Grüße in die Schweiz. Ja, die Schweizer sind sehr indirekt und freundlich, was nicht immer nett ist, aber dass muss Mann verstehen.

[@Enki_Changa]

@@whatthehirsch7385 Absolut 😄

[@wokler5192]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbGcoGof7p5Z7M The most brutal Satire from Germany. Enjoy ;)

[@GetgreeD]

Part a Prophet, Part a Philosopher - but mostly one of the sharpest Tongues that German speaking Cabaret or Satire ever had. Such a Legend, too bad he stopped with his Art... maybe because the Reality can hardly be topped. Einer der ganz - ganz Grossen!

[@biochill]

Funny and great to see an American react video to Volker Pispers, and also so many Germans responding and saying how great he was. Like it!

[@drummertp12]

Volker Pispers is basically if George Carlin gave history Lessons. Brilliant Man!

[@bushcraftundausrustung9725]

So true he is a caliber of George Carlin.

[@commanderkruge]

Pispers is pretty great. Not the "funniest" comedian, but you actually can learn stuff from him. About his whole style - if I'm not mistaken he's a teacher, so that explains that pretty much. :D

[@dreikasehoch3916]

Er ist vielleicht nicht der witzigste ,aber er schlägt dir die Wahrheit ins Gesicht. Und wenn du lachst müsstest du eigentlich weinen.

[@muratferguson4534]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/joCwZpiemtCBb9k

[@CavHDeu]

Das ist der feine Unterschied zwischen Kabarett (was deutlich politischer ist) und Comedy. Der einzige der beides miteinander verbinden kann ist Serdar Somuncu.

[@burtscher23]

wer den unterschied zwischen satirischen kabarett und comedie nicht kennt, kann leider auch auf die pointen von pispers und anderen satirikern nicht schmunzeln und zeitgleich drüber nachdenken satire is halt leider zu hoch für die meisten kiddies heutzutage

[@LutherAsmodi]

@@burtscher23 für die meisten Kiddies ist heute alles zu hoch was oberhalb der Pattex Ebene auf der Autobahn ist :>

[@georgetheonlyporge]

He really was brutal. He would not only viciously attack the ones in power, but also fuck with the viewers , who he knew were mostly upper middle class. And great punchlines for such intelligent comedy. From one day to the other he just stopped performing, no statement, no explanation, and has not been heard from since.

[@askschwerin]

Gruß aus Deutschland. Volker Pispers ist wirklich einer der besten. Leider hat er vor ein paar Monaten erklärt, dass er nicht mehr auftreten will. Klasse dass er nun auch in den USA bekannter wird.

[@nucnuc7591]

Happy to see international audience hearing Volker Pispers. He stopped preaching in Germany, but seeing this really makes me happy. Nice to see you got the humor at some point... while hearing hirstory.

[@baumaeyn]

Seit wann hat Pispers gepredigt? XD

[@riptors9777]

The Issue with Pispers and many like him is that while hes VERY good at pointing out problems, he never really presents a solution. Everyone else is allways at fault.. he comes off like a preacher who is frustrated because people dont take the obvious "good" road and go down the ignorant "evil" road. Theres only a slight problem with that: Whom where people supposed to vote for when ALL candidates are basically the same? Not to mention that people back then didnt even knew what sketchy shit their goverments where up to and HAD to come up with. Lets not forget that soviet communism was just as real of a threat as was hitler germany to the world. The world was on the brink of anihilation a couple of times back then, and yes.. wars are fought dirty when the alternative is the destruction of the world. Also as i said before: he completly ignores is the fact that back in 1979 and 1990 there was no internet as we know it and that people where MUCH less informed and involved globaly. People got their information through print and TV media. And both only showed what the influential figures of the world wanted them to show. The broader Populace had no idea that their own countries where funding and arming Dictators and removing democratic elected goverments to replace them with puppet regimes. You can still see this in effect in modern day russia. People over there honestly believe that the invasion of the ukraine is not a war of agression... but instead a special military operation to remove nazis from control of ukraine. Because the TVs tell them thats whats going on... and your own goverment would never lie to you right? So yeah... moral grandstanding in hindsight with edgy humor might be entertaining, but constructive or helpfull? Not really. So him getting frustrated because of the stupidity of people is hypocrisy of the finest.. he was the one who lamented the fact that people want easy worldviews and completly failed to see that he himselfe build an easy worldview for himselfe.

[@zendakk]

@@baumaeyn Seine ehrwürdige Eminenz, Kardinal Pispers 🙏

[@pascalwittmer-braun6025]

He didn't say "there will never be a war started without Germany", he actually said "There will never be a war ended without Germany". I have seen this show with another audience, where he just added "as long as we don't start it!? 🤷🏽‍♂️".

[@ShenLong991]

The "as long as we don't start it." line, comes later ;) but in a slightly other context.

[@dannymunch4633]

It's a pun on the anti-war slogan "Never again may a war be started by Germany". Simply changing one word and it becomes "Never again may a war be started without Germany".

[@DieFrauAmHerd]

Its a pun which works in german, "ausgehen" can mean begin with or end with, like never can a war start from germany declaring a war, which is the intended way of the quote. But it can also mean in context never can a war end without german participation.

[@lemmontree1]

No, what he said is "no war can end without Germany beeing involved" meaning: "without Germany plaing a key part in delivering all those weapons and making a lot of cash off those wars." But the double meaning with Germany starting/ending wars was intentional and added to the joke.

[@Lightkie]

You would never use the word ausgehen to mean end something. It's only used for light/fire (go off/die down) in that sense, as the direct translation is off-going. He just chose to use it that way because it's in the slogan he's referencing and can still be understood if you squint.

[@mareikemars4137]

Awesome, thank you so much for sharing 💖 ! It really fills my heart with joy that people outside Germany appreciate that man's work . Saw him live years ago. It was the day of the meltdown in Fukushima, you can bet the atmosphere that evening was very special.

[@Dahrenhorst]

Volker Pispers was one of the best. Few could address "uncomfortable" truths as good as he did. Pity he's retired long ago.

[@Mr...M...]

He's not brutal he is HONEST IN ALL SORT OF WAYS. Love him

[@boomerspeaks]

To make it easier to listen too: he is speaking about Germany just the same way! ;-) So he is always very fair, by just calling things by their names, no matter which country.

[@George-mr8ix]

I miss this kind of comedians that are preaching the truth in a funny way that’ll either make you cry or laugh. They aren’t really there anymore😞

[@egalomon]

Serdar Somuncu did that but he quit a couple years ago too

[@aharef]

"If you know who the enemy is, the day has a structure" is so deeply deep and applicable to so many situations. Use that in a small town.

[@44WarmocK77]

Volker Pispers is god-level of comedy with his puns and bashing like a gentleman. xD

[@zakkwyldesdmf13]

Yeaaaaaaaaaah! Volker! You look at him and think: "That guy's a vacuum cleaner salesman." And then you hear him talk - every sentence hits like a world class boxer. Non stop, the whole 12 rounds. By far my favorite routine of him.

[@flyingsnow311]

Ja, James, thats german satire at its finest based on very accurate research and truth. I'm very impressed that you found out about Volker P. - regards MG

[@constancevigilance8696]

Wow, I am so impressed by the amount of knowlegde you have about Germany and Europe. You improved my sight of americans so much.

[@autohmae]

I'm not from Germany and hadn't seen him before. But good to see someone says few things so people get to learn some history. Glad you could laugh as well.

[@RobertVlcek]

Actually it isn't comedy but Kabarett, a form of a satirical stage revue. From Wikipedia: Kabarett is the German word for the French word cabaret but has two different meanings. The first meaning is the same as in English, describing a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre (often the word "cabaret" is used in German for this as well to distinguish this form). The latter describes a kind of political satire. Unlike comedians who make fun of all kind of things, Kabarett artists (German: Kabarettisten) pride themselves as dedicated almost completely to political and social topics of more serious nature which they criticize using techniques like cynicism, sarcasm and irony. I hope you have fun and get something out of it because that's what it is actually about. Oh, and keep in mind George W. Bush's recent slip of the tongue when he accidentally said "Iraq" although his script said Ukraine. It gets wilder, harsher, more "brural" with every minute btw. Die Anstalt also made something similar although much shorter: "Die Anstalt - Isis and the middle east explained." I think we need some Germans to make subtitles for more of these videos. 🤔

[@theholk]

The problem with creating subtitles is that it is REALLY hard to translate the "joke" parts, because German uses tons of homonyms and synonyms that just don't translate. Example from this video "Pinochet ausgewiesener Menschenrechtsexperte" it's hard to translate that "ausgewiesen" in this context both means "documented" (the expertise) AND "expelled" (from chile) depending on interpretation. So the subs only use "proven expert", which is a joke in the cynical sense, but loses the wit of the double meaning. That's btw part of the root of "Germans aren't funny". A huge chunk of what makes German humor is so deeply rooted in the mechnisms and idiosyncrasies of the German language, that you can't help but lose half to 2/3rds of the joke(s) even when REALLY REALLY trying to do a meaningful translation. For instance when just going by the subs on this (not that they are bad), all that remains is the bitter and cynic part, but the mockery and ludicrousness gets lost.

[@petethebeat4868]

Thanks Robert, that's exactly the comment I wanted to write until I read your comment. You saved me some work.🙂👍

[@wokler5192]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbGcoGof7p5Z7M The most brutal Satire from Germany. Enjoy ;)

[@Santiago-fn7ff]

Volker Pispers is so intelligent, really sad he isn’t making shows anymore. I’m glad you discovered him

[@user-ld6vy6px9q]

The line "Ohne Deutschland darf nie wieder ein Krieg ausgehen" is a incredibly well crafted pun on the post war slogan "Von Deutschland darf nie wieder ein Krieg ausgehen." ("There shall never again be war wages from Germany") What makes it special for german speakers is that "ausgehen" in the original sentence means "coming from" as in "the war comes from Germany". But in the pun that Pispers makes "ausgehen" has the meaning of "ending" or rather "going out" or extingish as in "Das Feuer geht aus" - "the fire goes out". So he just switched "without" for "from" and changed the meaning around. This is some high level wordsmithing that younger comedians don't do as well anymore and I think he is comparable to George Carlin or Bill Hicks. Today we have our fair share of Schwabs and Schumers tho =D

[@hasinski]

You're astonished about Volker Pispers, and the way he talks about americans and the politics they made. Trust me, you don't wanna know what he is telling about his german fellow citizens and the dumbness they're are live in. He is so great but retired a few years ago. He was so tired about talking for 25 years to the people about the truth, but nothing was changing. I still miss him!

[@Gallowglas]

Absolutely, he just about grilled everybody in his shows (bc everybody does some dump sh*t at some point.) He was known to be quite left, but, at least in his later shows, he used to bash the left even more than the right. and not bc they were left, but bc everybody already knew that the right is BS, he attacked the left, bc they never actually did something against the rise of the far right here.

[@markuskalchbrenner3284]

you are not allone -> I think it´s better for him -> in the last 2 years they would have kicked him out -> the truth is not wanted nowadays !!!!

[@Tignite91]

We, like always, have a word for the phenomenom you described: "Stellvertreterkrieg" which google translates to "proxy war" but more literally its a representative war

[@faultier1158]

Yeah, proxy war is the normal English word for that.

[@phil0934]

Well proxy can be translated to representative :)

[@zendakk]

@@phil0934 It can, but proxy war is an established and appropriate term for what we're talking about here.

[@gccstan31]

Proxy war is the correct translation.

[@MrVvulf]

I found this comment by searching for "proxy". I knew someone must have pointed out the correct term.

[@spikemarsters5376]

I love this man. It is very sad for me, that he ended his work a few years ago. Never heard someone speaking the truth in that Kind of way. He is a Genius. You should watch more of his stuff. I learned so much from him.

[@TheGegX]

Volker is an outstanding comedian. I learned alot about history and politics because of him. I Was able to See him in Like 2014 for his last Tour. He is a fucking Legende in the way is working with words, Tempo, Feelings, the audience and the Media. He was Never cancelt because in 2000s where this video was recorder We had this Thing called free speech. 😄

[@f.z.2163]

Volker Pispers is the best. Brutally honest. Works with facts. And holds a mirror up to people. It's a shame that he has ended his career.

[@truefluekiller]

Man he was always my favorite. He just slaps the shit out of you with some knowledge that you cannot deny. He just knows his shit, is sharp as hell and always on point. Hard to digest but damn important as well. Cool reaction man!

[@TheDonutMan3000]

Thats German cabaret for you. My favorite kind of humor, and looking at shows like Last Week Tonight it's definitely growing. German cabaret isn't comedy. It's putting reality into context, so the absurtity of it comes out. Make the audience choke on their laughter

[@user-yy7tr2hg8s]

Thanks for commenting every joke with original remarks like "oh" "bro" "my god" or an unmotivated "haha". Or my favorite, just repeating the joke itself. Thats some content here! Amazing!

[@BoothTheGrey]

Yeeeeaaaah - Volker Piepers was really a great political comedian here in Germany - not with easy humor but with really deep but also very harsh analytical approaches to many topics. He quit the job for enjoying his elder age but this was really his style for about 20-25 years. And he did pick up on almost anything he could deconstruct which was a lot. His style occasionally contained directly speech to the audience that is/was in his opinion part of the problem. In Germany he was much more known for his anti-capitalistic but very fact driven economical critique than for international politics but after 9/11 a lot wanted to show very clear how problematic the us foreign politics in many ways was... and still is.

[@TheLevantin]

Volker Pispers is not a comedian, he is a cabaret artist. He does cabaret, not comedy

[@BoothTheGrey]

@@TheLevantin The term "cabaret" is not the same like the german word "Kabarett". If you wanna be a "Klugscheißer" you should know this. And Kabarett explicitly contains being comediac. So calling it comedy is factually right.

[@TheLevantin]

@@BoothTheGrey i use a translator. Criticism of the form is not criticism of the thing. My lack of understanding of the English language has absolutely nothing to do with my argument. Volker Pispers does "Kabarett" and not "comedy". And your comment lets me know that you don't know what "Kabarett" is. The differences between comedy, satire and "Kabarett" are enormous

[@BoothTheGrey]

@@TheLevantin Klugscheißer 2.0 - wozu? Why? Comedian is the title - satire and political satire are special areas of the field. At least in an international discussion. In German we dont have a good title (Überschrift) for all comedian areas. You seam to hate the word - If you are German I can understand this, cause we again use the english term "comedian" slightly different (since the 90s) than it is used in anglo-american english - "comedian" is a bit "eingedeutscht". We Germans use the word usually for ease fun comedians - partly even to discredit this area of professional humor as "anspruchslos". This is not how the word is used in USA. You can also not quite translate "Kleinkunst" although in many translation books "cabaret" is shown. Factually this is wrong casue cabaret can be a real huge show. And the german word "Kabarett" especially "Politisches Kabarett" just does not apply to any translation completely - so its OK to take the word that descibes in english all fields of professional humor: comedian. To try to put a German language discussion in english under an reaction video of an american is really weird.

[@stefanomorano8787]

I am german and I am a fan of Volker Pispers for many years. Sadly, that is the only one wiht translation. Everybody can learn a lot from him. Most intellectual german comedian.

[@TheLevantin]

Volker Pispers is not a comedian, he is a cabaret artist. He does cabaret, not comedy

[@wokler5192]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZbGcoGof7p5Z7M The most brutal Satire from Germany. Enjoy ;)

[@doogmann]

naja ich würde sagen , da gibts einige wie Schramm , aber auch nachkommen tut einiges , ich finde Lisa Eckart benutzt die Sprache ähnlich ,wie er , einziger Unterschied er sprach über Ursache und sie spricht über Wirkung

[@nicopletschke2160]

Volker Pispers was exactly what ppl need. The blunt, uncensored truth. And you, Sir, are exactly what this world needs to spread this into the public. I really like how you admit the truth in this but still point out the bitterness and harshness. Really enjoying you vidoes. All of them. Keep up the good work !!

[@blueblood8658]

This man deserves to be known. We in Germany have known him for more than 30 years. Thanks to the internet he might become more famous even though he has been retired for almost 8 years now..

[@monikadeinbeck4760]

he makes you swallow bitter pills of truth with a sweet coating of humor

[@olliminati]

Awesome! Volker needs more international recognition! You'll be mind blown toward the end!

[@HafdirTasare]

10:30 We have a realy suiting word for that "Stellvertreterkrieg" a "Proxy-War" Have others fight the wars for you while the other side does the same so you dont have to engage in Thermonuclear Warfare.

[@plsdonttttt]

I like how you actually listened and it seemed to reach you. was the same for me when I first discovered him (im german). we used to chill at a friends place smoking pot and be like "no waaaay" all the time. I mean he has some good points and it actually shaped the way I see the world

[@matthiasbaumbach5393]

Your reaction is gold! You gotta watch the whole thing. It's getting even better or darker, depends on 😂 And if you do your own research you'll find out he is telling desert dry facts. Another fantastic artist is Hagen Rether he is focused more on German inner political issues. Really good to learn a lot about Germany.

[@Cologne.1948]

Please do the other parts of this routine as well. It's brilliant.

[@Arnolog]

I'm german and I love his perspective and humor, because he's right with everything he said. Seems it's brutal for some or the most people, but it's the truth. He's done the same lectures with the financial system incl. banks and insurrances, the german policy and so on. For me the best political cabaret artist. But since a couple of years, he stopped doing that unfortunately.

[@ignisetaqua7089]

It's sad that he finish with his career. I miss him🌹 Thanks for brining it up! Geetings from Svizzerland

[@alechs]

you should watch "Die Anstalt" on the middle-eastern conflict. they're a bit quicker and a bit less dark and dry about the whole topic.

[@commanderkruge]

Also - as for how "edgy" Volker Pispers is - you're right, he IS, but that's nothing completely new. Post WWII Germany has a pretty strong, traditionally left leaning satire/comedy scene (here it's called "Politisches Kabarett"). For a long time there was a show called "Scheibenwischer", that pretty much set the standard for this kind of tone. Since the original cast of Scheibenwischer have died the show was discontinued at some point, but political cabaret (in the German meaning) still is pretty much left leaning by default (or so I believe), but usually has no problems at all pointing at left parties when they mess up too.

[@Gallowglas]

Scheibenwischer also was the ONLY TV show in German post-WW2 history, that was taken off the air in one single state bc the Bavarian government thought that one episode was too "edgy" to be broadcasted in Bavaria ... Bavaria also was responsible for this show being cancelled after nearly 30 years (1980-2009) after the BR (bavarian radio and television organisation) managed to take control of the show.

[@faultier1158]

" but usually has no problems at all pointing at left parties when they mess up too." Leftist infighting is a proud tradition after all.😁

[@Gallowglas]

@@faultier1158 As it is with the right ... 🤷‍♂️

[@commanderkruge]

@@faultier1158 Thus goeth the cliché. :D And as far as clichés go, there's definitely truth in this one. :) But, at least in moderation, this can even be a good thing - it can lead to new, better ideas getting into circulation and things like that. (it doesn't HAVE to, but it can). The other extreme is everybody just following one bloke without daring to question his decisions and only telling him, what he wants to hear. "Yes, comrad Putin, the Russian Army is in TOP condition! Very motivated! Yes, comrad Putin, the Ukranian people are WAITING for us to free them from democracy!"... We can all see where that nonsense leads. In my opinion "somewhere in the middle between both", kinda like we're doing now (even though there's always room for improvement!) isn't all that bad. ;)

[@dersven4912]

So nice that you react to this!!! He is awesome!

[@Rosa_Canina]

Volker Pispers is by far my favorite political satire comedian ever. Watched him for years.

[@rogerblumenstein1238]

If you want to hear about the real history, watch Volker Pispers. His performace about "Hartz IV" on TV, opened my eyes and really helped me to save a lot of money.

[@WuweiTranslations]

Great video! Was even more fun to share it with my American friends than just Pispers' show itself. Cheers from Berlin!

[@jorgwitt4083]

He definitely teaches lessons! I wish he would have had started a political party and getting elected to chancellor! He really is not funny, just holding up the biggest mirror to be found to reflect on oneself! I appreciate your efforts to educate your fellow humankind! Keep it up!

[@TTMHEST]

Mehr davon, mehr davon.

[@ExRazR]

Volker Pispers is not a comedian, but a "Kabertist" (don't even know if there is a english word for this field) Kabaret in comparison to Comedy is more focused to bring real life events into focus. The "funny" wording and comparisons to help keeping you thinking about it. Its especially useful when having topics none of the politicans want to openly discuss or acknwolage. to borrow a comment from another reaction video: think of Kaberetists more like a Jester before the King in the 1500s. only he was allowed to show the absurd reality to everyone else without getting decapitated for insulting the monarchy. VP was one of our best. he left the stage in 2016, after pretty much discussing the same topics in slightly different flavors (eg. the unemployment system was bad back then, it got discussed through and through back then in the 90s, in the 00s with Hartz IV it got even worse..) i can understand, you might get cynical if you stand on the stage for over 30 years and watch an audience aplauding the shortcommings of our politics you showed them, but the same audience is still voting for the same parties making the same decisions and nothing gets better. after all those years, i hope he has the nice and peaceful retirement he deserves :)

[@Gobbears]

I want part 2 NOW!

[@ananashund4283]

At first I thought some jokes went over your head but this is a "reaction video" so you just play along. HOWEVER I have to say later in the vid I realized you're very well informed about world (and even german) politics, so I tip my hat :D

[@rosadallago9543]

Thank you for reacting to this. Pispers was our best.

[@HellBrYnger]

Please do more of him!! or atleast the rest of this program pretty please

[@bendon81]

I loved Volker Pispers, but i could never laugh about his show. It's just the bitter truth. He is a master in showing all the insanity in world politics and history.

[@Cardboardgrinch]

That vid is much longer there.. i mean that speach is kinda old today but i really appreciate it still and the man for sure too. Plus Love to see you guys over there react to it. Feel like first time watching.. whoever and wherever you are.. we all react the same. ^^ Thanks man keep it up guys over there, love goes out!

[@Wisstihrwas]

Volker Pispers was a comedy genious on the intellectual level of a Ph.d. in political sociology/ political science. This dudes knowledge is beyond imagination. And he delivers all he knows so smoothly, dressed up in perfect punchlines

[@arthur_p_dent]

This isn't stand-up comedy, but "Kabarett" - political cabaret, which is a genre typical of the German speaking countries. Nothing comparable exists in the Anglosphere.

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

Are yiu sure about that? George Carlin had a lot to say about politics..... as had many others....

[@gonzo2495]

@@trazyntheinfinite9895 thats true, but there is no clear differentiation between (RTL-) Comedians and Kabarettisten in the US like in Germany.

[@Alias_Anybody]

@James Bray Have you seen GW Bush's recent Freudian slip? That was wild if you know the history.

[@zebra5377]

12:15 is reference to a popular phrase in German politics popularized after WW2 basicly saying "Never shall a war start in Germany", but he switched some of the words so it means: "Never shall Germany not profit from a war".

[@denizgunes6198]

volker pispers had an legendary status years before he retired. he is one of the best cabaret artists in germany.

[@scottevil4531]

He is really good satire. Heavy stuff, but you learn a lot. Hope you do the other parts too.

[@jesuscallsmeflo1189]

In Germany wer call this Style of comedy "Realsatire" its the concept of hitting you in the face with truth And its reveered as the highest Form of comedy. Volker Pispers is a real Legend

[@TheLevantin]

"Die Heute show" is realsatire, Volker Pispers is cabaret

[@klausschleicher523]

I hope you will upload the other parts. Your reactions are really great. BTW: The better parts of Volker Pispers History Show will come ;-)

[@partikelsmusic]

Volker Pispers would have to become a part of history classes. There is a very good video of him, only in German and without subtitles, where he explains the war poor against rich and what role the media play in it.

[@matthewrandom4523]

Volker Pispers is one of the German "comedians" - in fact he's more a satirist - who calls a spade a spade. That's what he's famous for, and that's why us Germans love him!

[@page8301]

What I like about Volker Pispers is that he critizises all sides about equally harsh.

[@dirkbeichertbusinessphoto2968]

Kudos for making it through this :)

[@derwunderbaum1740]

My favorite joke of Pispers as a natural born northern german is: "Just ask a welfare recipient which party he would like to vote for! He then replies, "Are you kidding me? Are you trying to offer me different flavors of shit?" "

[@easterbonnie_gamer6703]

Im from germany and i was actuly scared ._.

[@itsazen3942]

This dude is a comedy legend

[@dennisvonw.8970]

Pispers, legend! Hello from Germoney to USA!

[@felixz2083]

Appreciate your content, there is alot of this kind of stuff in German cabaret, keep it up bro. I will follow...

[@RustyDust101]

Nope, in Germany comedians usually don't get cancelled, unless they directly, intentionally, insult foreign politicians, and disguise the insult under the guise of "I won't say, that XYZ is an asshole." and then proceeding to do that in all form and manner, except say the actual word. Volker Pispers is very careful in only insinuating what he wants to say without actually saying it. He allows the audience to listen and make their own connect-the-dots picture without spelling it out explicitly. That makes his bone-dry wit and humor so hilarious, yet at the same time so incredibly informative. Nothing he says is technically wrong, only by applying his insinuations could anyone construct this to be an insult to someone else. But on a purely technical base nobody could ever prove him to be insulting.

[@jaorlowski]

When talking about German political satire, IMO Dieter Hildebrandt and Georg Schramm need to be mentioned, too. The latter slips into some very different roles. The most prominent is certainly the old man Lothar Dombrovski. And one very important recommendation: "Yes Minister" please watch "whiskey priest". The other episodes are also good, but this one is iconic. If i have learned most from a single show about politics, then it is this one. Much more people need to know this. It is in part based on true events. Please do watch!

[@Rotrabenfeder]

Volker Pisper ist eine Legende . So einen wird es so schnell nicht wieder geben der so aufgeklärt die Wahrheit erklärt hat ohne langweilig zu sein. Man wird geohrfeigt und freut sich dabei

[@evamariaertl7474]

I love, how differentiated and interested you are. Thank you- changes the opinion of many Germans about Americans for sure.

[@MrMichaelHeat]

Wow. I am always very impressed that you are so open to learning things that are important to the world. I respect your mindset and I think we can learn a lot from you. And it's courageous too, because I appreciate that you don't just make friends with your videos. Many thanks for that.