Reaction To Die Anstalt (The Middle East Explained)

[@NeoDerGrose]

Just to be clear, TV shows like Die Anstalt do handle German politics in the same way, we are not just pointing at others.

[@christianharriviktorreibol5521]

maybe in the past...

[@baronsengir187]

@@christianharriviktorreibol5521 still do

[@christianharriviktorreibol5521]

@@baronsengir187 No it's just propaganda. The low point were the shows about Iran or corona

[@moru3236]

@@gagaxueguzheng The shows contradicted the propaganda that formed his belief. ^^

[@Kivas_Fajo]

It is political satire...ofc they target everyone! ...as it should be!

[@moritzlaszlo3115]

Fun fact: the guy who plays the American was a lawyer before he started cabaret. So the joke about evil lawyers has a subtext in this case.

[@user-gh8wt2zi2n]

He must not have been a very good lawyer

[@martinpallmann]

@@user-gh8wt2zi2nor a very funny one

[@imcahlenkpap]

He once said that he just studied law to command respect :D

[@Mayagick]

The American role Max Uthoff, Spoiler: He studied law and passed the second state examination in 2002. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Uthoff Since February 2014, he has co-hosted the ZDF program Die Anstalt with 👤Claus von Wagner. Life/career Max Uthoff's father Reiner Uthoff founded the Munich Rationaltheater in 1965 and ran it for thirty years with his wife Sylvia Uthoff before it went dormant for ten years. It was there that Max Uthoff gained his first experience on and off the stage. He studied law and passed the second state examination in 2002. ⚙️Translated

[@nonmicusstuporus3559]

@@user-gh8wt2zi2n whyd you say that.

[@Oliver-vx7ls]

thats an example of freedom of speech. these guys can speak the truth.. and not even that, the show runs on a public service broadcasting channel, the government kinda makes sure that this can exist (thanks to the Brit Hugh Greene, who established that system after WW2). usually they mock our own government, but also world relevant topics like this one

[@Israel_estine_EDU]

Gets sooooo threatened by the rise of AfD, right now!!! Don't VOTE for AfD, please!! :((((

[@MiccaPhone]

Exactly this. That is why this public service broadcast channels are so important! Of course they also have their own scandals (like corrupt intendants acting in their own financial interests), but structures have enough checks and balances fortunately to uncover such incidents and self-heal via reforms and continuous improvements. Those who want to abandon public broadcast with populist paroles just because it is not 100% flawless are the true enemies of free speech and democracy.

[@jorgjorgsen7528]

yeh they just forget about to tell you about the 200 german companys who where arming sadam hussein so he was able to gas the kurds.

[@kaiso7322]

the government has nothing to do with this - intentionally

[@Max-gu5so]

But like in other western countries in Germany the political right is trying to limit the public service broadcasting.

[@henning256yt]

Their white board sketches are legendary. I learned a lot from it over the years.

[@Gomorra1989]

DIe Anstalt also had several legal actions against them to try to get certain episodes away from the internet, because some people were not happy about getting exposed (One episode about the links between journalists and lobby organisations comes to mind for example). So far they have won the processes^^

[@Muck006]

*lawsuits

[@Gomorra1989]

@@Muck006 thanks. didn't find the right word in my head :D

[@zarinabostan7753]

the best episode ever

[@rudiratlos5612]

Back in the days we were informed by politicians and laughed about comedians. Now it's the other way around.

[@chrise842]

Truth in movies, lies in the news!

[@raienx5171]

damn what a quote!

[@ThaineFurrows]

I had the pleasure to work for Die Anstalt as an assistant light technician. Among those tasks was to operate the hand guided spotlights. So I saw every show several times live and in full. That was when Priol and Schramm still ran the show. Good times.

[@privatevendetta]

Der gute Herr Pirol

[@musashimiyamoto586]

Das heißt, du hast nicht für Die Anstalt, sondern Neues aus der Anstalt gearbeitet. Himmelweiter Unterschied.

[@ThaineFurrows]

@@musashimiyamoto586 Ja, stimmt.

[@musashimiyamoto586]

@@ThaineFurrows Priol und Konsorten waren Der Anstalt weit überlegen. Ist nur ein flacher Abklatsch.

[@ThaineFurrows]

@@musashimiyamoto586 Ich habe mir die Anstalt nach Priol und Schramm nicht angesehen, muss ich gestehen.

[@ARrocks12]

‚Die Anstalt‘ means Asylum and Claus von Wagner (on the left) and Max Uthoff (the „American“ on the right) are the 2nd generation who host this show since 2014. Max Uthoff by the way was a lawyer before he became a comedian. That explains the lawyer joke at 0:53 min. It started as ‚Neues aus der Anstalt‘ (News from the Asylum) in 2007 where the scene was an asylum and the host (Urban Priol) was the head oft the asylum and the guests (other comedians/satirists) played the role of psychiatry's inmates because the things they said seems to sound so insane that it can’t be real. But in reality it’s all the ‚insane‘ political truth

[@thetaleteller4692]

Some more context: In addition of "Anstalt" in meaning of Asylum, it is also part of the term "Fernsehanstalt" referring to "public television broadcaster". The station (ZDF) is similar to BBC in UK.

[@christophhenninger6440]

I think you forgot Georg Schramm. He was the other host of the first generation other then Priol who played the headmaster of the asylum, Schramm was the speaker of the patients. ("Neues aus der Anstalt")

[@technoscout]

@@thetaleteller4692 No, I guess it's related to "Bundesanstalt für ...", making a relation between German government and asylum.

[@thetaleteller4692]

@@technoscout Thats a myth pretty sure. "Die Anstalt" derived from "Neues aus der Anstalt" which started in 2007. People from the ZDF refer their station internally as "Anstalt" as a running gag between a madhouse and "Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts" (tv station in public property). Migration was not a huge topic back then. Already in his first episode they got their knighthood by the presence of "Dieter Hildebrandt", one of the sharpest minds political cabaret of Germany has ever seen. Also to mention from back then, "Georg Schramm", he was the best when the audience stopped laughing - while the shock of truth was setting in.

[@NickKnatterton.]

In this case the translation of "Die Anstalt " should be the institution, or institute. Asylum maybe have a wrong connotation.

[@nicolasjochem1814]

hey its so great for me as a german comedy fan to re-live the "classics" through your eyes. Awesome idea!

[@nettlarry]

German satire is very funny and pointy but also very, very sad because it's so true. They absolutely have to research that stuff very precise so they don't get sued. I sincerely hope you guys and gals keep some of that stuff. For, let's say, your next election or other times when you get told bull by them up there. Nothing much has changed since then.

[@bh5037]

no comedian get sued in Germany for telling the truth ... which is commonly known in Germany as the US propaganda does not always stick ... too many good journalists around .. and no NRA paying for lies ...

[@user-gh8wt2zi2n]

You can't be sued for satire..

[@nettlarry]

@@user-gh8wt2zi2n Of course you can. Erdogan did and failed. We actually had a law in Germany that you couldn't insult a head of state from anywhere. Especially made for the Shah of Persia back in... sometime. On this occasion (2020ish, I think) they finally got rid of that.

[@ajrwilde14]

this is not true though it's Zionist Propaganda

[@thorstenjaspert9394]

Are the subtitles good enough? Satire plays often with words. So the joke goes away if it is translated into English. Isn't it?

[@RageDavis]

"Anstalt" in German has two meanings, that are partly relatet: The first one is an institution which is sponsored by the state and taking care of matters of public concern: road savety, workspace safety, telecommunication. The second meaning is more in the lines of a mental asylum (which might be as well sponsored by the state). From my point of view, the name of the pregramm has bben chosen with this in mind.

[@tisamon4070]

At the start when Priol and Schramm were the showrunners they leaned heavily into the asylum direction. With Priol posing as director of the asylum, Schramm as patient representative. The new one, which he reacts to, is more flexible in it's setting to tell a story.

[@mitzekatze8315]

Ist ja auch ne Irrenanstalt... Also unsere Politik 😂

[@RageDavis]

@@mitzekatze8315Ist die Frage, wer da wirklich irre ist: die, die uns regieren, oder die, die sich das immer noch bieten lassen. 😮‍💨

[@davidwuhrer6704]

@@RageDavis The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum

[@HorseloverFat1984]

@@RageDavis Die richtige Antwort ist: beide.

[@christianosminroden7878]

Just as a very general comment, being a German myself I‘ve always been kind of a fanboy for everything Scottish since early youth (and in extension for everything „Gaelic rooted“ for that matter), and although over the years and decades I understood that much of it is kind of a romanticized cliché and stereotypes, I still hold on to the general notion. And I looove listening to your Scots dialect. That alone makes your videos worthwhile watching for me, and together with your covering of some of my favorite satire (being Die Anstalt and Volker Pispers) makes it sooo enjoyable! Just want to say thank you.

[@sebastianm.6669]

now now, not every german satire is this good. in fact, this is the top of the cream.

[@piripiri2322]

There is a taff old Lady, named Lisa Fitz 👍 and the blonde one sitting in her bed once a week, telling us her satirical sights of things going on in daily politics - Simone Solga grew up in Eastern Germany

[@Mnml1980]

@@piripiri2322 Jup, beide Damen sind hervorragend! Monika Gruber ist auch sehr gut!

[@piripiri2322]

@@Mnml1980 oh ja, die und ihre Klappe hab ich immer geliebt. Seit ihrem spezihaften Auftritt neben Södolf in Erding ist mein Verhältnis aber ziemlich abgekühlt. Seine zerocovid diktatorischen Anmaßungen und die Zwangsmaskierung unserer Kinder und Enkel etc etc . . hatte sie sich doch selbst für die "Wuzerle" eingesetzt 😔. Der Typ ist für mich einfach "evil" .

[@piripiri2322]

@@Mnml1980 ps: ich mag Aussichtstürme 😊, aber NY kann ich absolut NICHTS abgewinnen

[@AWEG-qu8bz]

If you really want to know something about "Die Anstalt" you have to go back to the beginning . Georg Schramm had a decisive influence on the programme. An extraordinary cabaret artist. Such as Volker Pispers. Different but also Briliant.

[@PastawithGod]

Love your reactions! I think German satire is on point and merciless because we had to apologize and being bashed everytime, inspected in every precise manner, hence we like to analyse situations the same way and give no room for hypocrisy. :)

[@db-jugg3r]

there is something true about that, now that i think about it :)

[@susannabonke8552]

You explanation is so accurate.

[@basieellington6493]

I'm very happy to see your openness, respect towards Germany and good observations/analysis on German comedy. And it looks like you're honest about it, too. Die Anstalt is a colloquial term and really means "the mental hospital". Two of my favorite German comedians are (next to Volker Pispers) Horst Evers and Rolf Miller. Although these two work a lot with the German language and are very difficult to translate. (I couldn't find English subtitles on KZbin either)

[@truckihuzztr5049]

Nehme an du bist deutscher, wenn du Leute wie Volker kennst und hast Grundwissen was internationale Konflikte angeht. Ich fühle mit dir in den aktuellen Zeiten

[@Nils.Minimalist]

Der Mann, der wirklich unglaublich gut mit Worten spielen konnte bzw. mit der deutschen Sprache umgehen konnte, war Wiglaf Droste. Ich vermisse ihn, hab ihn damals (90er) öfter mal live bei Lesungen gesehen 😢

[@basieellington6493]

@@Nils.Minimalist und natürlich Heinz Erhardt!

[@gardevoirtraunmagil3881]

Die Anstalt is great. Her latest episode came out yesterday about the Kulturkampf. But I think it's very difficult to understand the newer episodes, because they deal a lot with domestic politics. They always hit the mark with their analysis. But now they have other characters as well that are extrem good. The most prominent is "shit that (Isac) Newton" and Andras Scheuer, Germany's worst traffic minister, who cost us 250 million euros.

[@ImpavidiProgrediamur]

Which are peanuts compared to the sign of power and craving for recognition that'll cost a billion Euros the Greens and SPD so desperately want to build for themselves, called Bundeskanzleramt. It is a riddle to me, why a Bundeskanzler needs 2 homes and a bureaucracy apparatus bigger than those of superpowers...

[@Attirbful]

Die Anstalt is a great program! Very on point and fair to the issues…

[@Marauder1981]

Hasn´t been since 2019. They´ve been whistled back.

[@ForumcoldiArchon]

​@@Marauder1981as if. Still on point. Especially with Iran etc

[@Jan-gh7qi]

​@@Marauder1981No really. Yes, they are less harsh but this was mainly a reaction to more and more fascists and neo-nazis missusing their programs for their lies and narratives. Despite that, they still were one of the few Satirists who dared to tackle issued often missued by conspiracy theorists and right wingers. There is one great bit about the influence of Bill Gates on COVID politics, that manages to criticize private infkuence on Public politics without pandering to Micro-Chip anti-vax bullshit. But given your profile picture, you don't seem to be afraid of far right ideas.

[@pantherpopel551]

@@Marauder1981 Sure, Nazi loser. My man is close to 50 and uses a 4chan avatar. You sad sad little incel.

[@raistormrs]

it wold have been fair to at least mention, where all these islamists came from, but that would have meant talking about germanies own history in this affair and that would not have been fun american bashing then, if we had to start with our own nose, now would it.

[@Lia-uf1ir]

6:09 the shredder comment is also a reference to how, when investigating a far-right series of murders, the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution (one of our secret services) actually shredded some files with evidence that they know the three prime suspects of the National Socialist Underground (NSU) was part of a wider Neo Nazi network and that the office had actually financed undercover agents within the NSU who used the money to actually fund the extension of their Neo Nazi network.

[@bushhawk5460]

Or, more likely, how the Stasi shredded tons of files as east germany nearing reunification.

[@Lia-uf1ir]

@@bushhawk5460 that too.

[@WilNosg]

That is correct seen from a german perspective. One might assume that the US and their bureaus have learned from the past. Shredder were instrumental in the 80s in the Iran Contra affair, when the Reagan administration sold weapons to Iran to fund the Contras, a nicaraguan right-wing paramilitary organisation. Oliver North admitted and was convicted of shredding documents about these deals. Until 2016 he was a correspondent at Fox News.

[@chrise842]

Shredders were and are everywhere: Haspel lately e.g.

[@matthewrandom4523]

One of the best satire broadcast on German TV!

[@metaluna72]

"Elections don't change anything, or they would be banned." (Tucholsky) The same can be said about satire.

Let's look back at the GDR and the "Third Reich"…

[@WirrWicht]

@ Nice reflexes, take your treat... or maybe try to think about the meaning of those words...

[@jenshep1720]

define change. elections do change a lot, when the system isnt completely geared towards making the rich richer yet. satire doesnt change anything quickly, but it reminds its viewers of the actual goings on behind the pr, it keeps them skeptical of the politicians, and thus influences how they vote, what protests they join, who they support politically in general, and sometimes it makes or breaks political leaders like in ukraine, where zelensky first had a satire show parodying the ukrainian political landscape, and then actually became president. sounds like a lot of change to me.

[@UlliStein]

In 1986 a satire show was banned by Bavarian TV because it was about the accident in Tchernobyl. The Bavarian governor was Franz Josef Strauß and he was a huge fan of nuclear power. So some shows have been banned in the past, also in east Germany, today no politician could do that or face a huge shitstorm. Today, such a show could not be stopped anymore because it would be uploaded on youtube immediately and everybody could see it. That's why dictators like in China hate the internet and try to regulate it.

[@PetraNaefcke]

These two are gold. I've seen both of them live on stage with their respective solo programs, and they are simply amazing. Political satire at its best. Same as Volker Pispers. Never missed one of his performances. Sadly, he retired like so many others. I'm not sure if their programs are available with subs, but you definitely need to check out one of the icons and fathers of German political satire: Dieter Hildebrandt (Notizen aus der Provinz / Scheibenwischer)and "Münchener Lach und Schießgesellschaft" (from the days when Hildebrandt was active and later when Henning Venske was active). You won't regret it.

[@DaxRaider]

To be fair it's absolutely the same category as Volker Pispers, political Cabaret.

[@tranmthu]

I love Die Anstalt. Discovered them during the first year of the pandemic and binged every episode. Unfortunately not many have English subs, one of my recent favourite episodes is the one about Frontex.

[@Talkshowhorse_Echna]

Die Anstalt is a great show in its old times and now. Its quite important to have places where its possible to be so up front with problems and satire is a good thing helping with that part in germany. It also explains why some people don't think germans are funny, when in fact sometimes reality and truth are funny to us for how absurd they can be.

[@fynnj0]

Die Anstalt is my fav Show! I love satire and Kabarett :)

[@moza2156]

This Video was brilliant 😂 Thank you very much, that you share it with us 😉

[@antonywerner1893]

This is actually a carbaret series like Volker Pispers and they Produce one Episod every month in the ZDF ( German Public Broadcasting) and its always such a good Humor.

[@HypeBrit_Knocktune]

In fact this was shown to my class and me as part of our political education in A-level some years ago now.

[@vgdkhs]

A lot of politics teacher in germany recommand "die anstalt" learned for my graduation with episodes of this and our german tonight show

[@fabiantammen2787]

The shredder line hits different, when you realise that this aired in a time when the "Verfassungsschutz" (interior secret service) was under investigation about big mistakes concerning NSU and shreddered documents and files

[@fissemaddenzchn6874]

Love that you choose Die Anstalt, it"s my absolute favorite I just wish more people, mainly those sitting right from the middle, would watch it. Because they are not just pointing at other countries, they regulary "rip into" German behaviour, be it society or politics as well. So I hope you keep wtaching them and maybe get others to join as well. Like the comment "don't they have a shredder' is (what I think) an allusion to the fact that some things have been shredded in Germany, for example NSU files.

[@t00nfish]

thank you for bringing attention to the topic but also to the satire show Die Anstalt. It's my favourite way to stay informed about current politics.

[@philmstud2k]

The only thing recounts of this gloss over is the whole "the CIA installed the Shah as a dictator". Technically, that Shah was already the king of Iran during Mosaddegh's rule, but at that point had become more of a symbolic figurehead. The CIA ousted Mosaddegh to bring the Shah into full power. Also, the U.S. and other world powers could've easily helped to prevent the Ayatollah's rise and keep the Shah in power...but this was right when the Shah got the idea to nationalize Iran's oil fields like Mosaddegh before him, so he too had to go. And the Western powers thought the Ayatollah would be an easier puppet to control. Except he went and nationalized the oil fields anyway and made relations between Iran and the West way worse than either the Shah or Mosaddegh before him.

[@TheBazino]

Die Anstalt tells the absolute truth under the cover of comedy. Unfortunately, nothing ever changes.

[@Fotoschiki]

I'd be carefull with "absolute" truth. It's probably not factually wrong and it shows a different perspective than what we are used to hear. It paints a more complete picture in contrast to the usual narrative, but not on it's own. They summarized 60 years highly complicated history of half a continent into a 10 minutes joke. That's as simplified as it get's. It's a political narrative, not a history class. Which is not to say that I don't love to watch the Anstalt, which I absolutely do. It's just not any more or less "THE truth" than any other political format.

[@TheBazino]

@@Fotoschiki It's so much closer to the actual truth than anything any other media thing will tell you, that I consider it absolute.

[@Fotoschiki]

@@TheBazino I don't see how you can tell from this video. I don't even know what the "actual truth" is here, do you? We are talking about 60 years of history in the most eventful region of the 20th century's second half. The truth is always complicated. The Anstalt is not any less onedimensional than all the other political format and I don't see them pretending like this is meant to be taken seriously. They just happen to be funny and likable unlike other political formats. Being against the main stream, when the main stream is questionably biased, doesn't make this any more objective, just differently biased. But nobody wants to listen to historians explaining the unbiased version in a 60+ hours monolog.

[@TheBazino]

@@Fotoschiki The truth in such regards is usually easy to find. Follow the money. So I know all of what they are saying is true - especially since they are talking about opened CIA files, which they would never lie about since they have journalistic integrity.

[@janedoe4586]

that's the trick and why Politics allow show like this to go on air

[@herrulkich9369]

I really appreciate the work of 'Who Is Mert?' when you bring these great artists into mind (Volker Pispers and co.)! If I ask myself if there could be a reason why they are found especially in Germany, I could imagine that it's probably because Germany was less envolved in wars in the last decades making it easier to think (and even make jokes) about their background. Anyway, there are no such sharp and critical artists left in Germany. Nowadays cabaret runs 24/7 in media - but unfortunately not from artists and not meant to be cabaret... (Sorry for my bad english and thanks for your videos!) With best regards, HU

[@thorstenkoethe]

A very good example how important it is to teach history - as it happened, not as we wish it would happen!

[@juwen7908]

Hey, the guys from Die Anstalt are genius! Hope you reacting to more of them 👍

[@banzobeans]

Really cool! We need much more of this.

[@philorc4539]

I would HIGHLY recommene Loriot. This man was a legend, his comedy is centered around the stiff and complicated culture in the 70s germany. It comes in sketches and is definitely clever.

[@dave_sic1365]

Seeehr sauber

[@ribozyme2899]

Ach? Ach was?

[@nebukadnezzar3578]

I was going to recommend exactly that show and episode! An absolute gem!

[@denzzlinga]

The guy who played the american also plays Sir Isaac Newton in some sketches, very funny too :D

[@shezario]

Thanks for linking to my upload of the sketch. The original had no subtitles so I just did a rough translation thinking more people should be able to see this.

[@db-jugg3r]

That is so well done. I love his charts. One of my favourite shows.

[@kawisari]

Hell yeah. My favorite clip of them. Die Anstalt is top notch but most is really Germany specific

[@newYorkStories]

I love your videos! And I am a German, living in the USA - go figure ;)

[@h3m1v33]

die anstalt and volker pispers are just the best. im german myself and i started watching those when i was 16.

[@thomasstoehr5981]

Im from Germany and this is a classic. We did actually see this in school.

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

Nowadays, "Die Anstalt" (previously "Neues aus der Anstalt") is the gold standard of political satire on German TV. We definitely have a lot of great comedians in Germany, both in the entertainment/humour department as well as the more "serious" socio-political satire. But with Volker Pispers and "Die Anstalt" you already picked the greatest of the great. "Die Anstalt" is known for very well researched and fact-checked, hard political satire with a touch of comedy thrown in to make it less dry. Since Max Uthoff and Claus von Wagner (the guys from this clip) took over the show in 2014 they always have a theme for each episode. They always have about 3 guests and do a lot of ensemble play, weaving together a narrative around the topic. And in nearly every episode they do one of their infamous white board sketches like the one you just saw. Sometimes they have special guests in the show, ie. people affected by the topic like refugees or handicapped people.

[@MrOnePieceRuffy]

The Shredder joke, was at this time a german "Insider" because they meant our Inner Secret Service called "Verfassungsschutz" which were shreddering files of the NSU Killing Series at 11.11.2012 which is also the beginning day for "Karneval" in Germany, so the Media called it "Operation Konfetti"

[@MrJueKa]

"Die Anstalt" and similar formats in Germany are not what you would call simple "comedy", but politically and socially very critical and fact-based "satire/political cabaret" and that's a very big difference in Germany, of course it's sometimes "evil" humor, because it's supposed to be entertaining, otherwise nobody will ever watch it. Just by the way: I'm German and, together with my girlfriend, we`ve been enthusiastic Scotland fans for years, we've spent many holidays there, each for three or four weeks. I love this typical Scottish accent, even if I don't always understand every single word straight away, especially when it has its own special pronunciation.

[@skeltek7487]

Been watching geopolitics and global issues for 30-40 years now. This thing keeps repeating and only few can see through the context and recognize false information spread, narrative distortion and media manipulation. I saw that in Iran, former Yugoslawia, Ukraine and in many other countries. Since I am multi-culturally upbringing (my parets countries, country of upbringing and current residence...) I see the different kinds of indoctrinations countries all around the world perform on their populace in school, in media and in newspapers for different IQ kinds of audiences. It is always the same, then you argue the war in Iran is not about terrorism, democracy whatever, but about geopolitics, economy and oil, just to be disregarded as a conspiracy theorist and idiot. Then a few years later the same happens elsewhere and it keeps repeating... and every time the bulk of the populace thinks 'this time it is real and plausible'. Aslso watched the Taiwan conflict closely and Ukraine... and it is always the same... spin up narrative... and as long as one can convince the majority of the polulation about the narrative, it will be fine - and later nobody can change anything back, even if they realized the truth. I fact-check a lot as a hobby using video feeds, google maps and original sources. It is insane how the truth is warped and falsified, but the voters still believe it. The USA can do whatever they want and nobody in the west has the possibility of doing anything against it. And most evidence is also supressed by shadow bans and the like.

[@Drakkross]

It's sad but true. They want you demoralized and ignorant.

[@Sadfluffybear]

Die Anstalt is always great, everything they do is a must-watch

[@Attirbful]

Americans don’t even veil their unwillingness to fight for civil rights (edit: as a foreign speaker, I misspoke. What I meant to say was: human rights) in their own country…

[@lillyko5611]

The man that plays the American government is Max Uthoff. He is amazing. Educated, funny witty and kind.

[@lillyko5611]

@@latexsalesman history of democide of indigenous people, slavery, segregation today ongoing racism, war on queer and trans people, women, voter suppression and gerrymandering, among the highest incarcerated people per capita in the world, and school shooting every other week. Many religious motivated legislation in a country that claims to care about segregation of church and state. While Banning books and restraining teachers. On top of everything that video just mentioned. The USA has a lot of good people, but to close your eyes towards your countries issues is not patriotic nor will it solve anything.

[@Attirbful]

@@latexsalesman you are correct to some degree. I had meant to say “Human rights” and not civil rights although they are taking blows from the Supreme Court on an almost weekly basis now, too. This is a second language problem, that, however, I should not have made. Point well taken. My comment about “human rights” was meant to imply that although the U.S. have, like many other nations, have ratified the human rights declaration of the U.N. in the fifties (or was it the sixties, I don’t recall), yet, they still - in many states, have and apply the death penalty. I mean, this - and the various civil rights issues - were one of the reasons for the civil rights movement. When black soldiers returned to America from fighting in WW II, they realized how they were still treated like a subhuman species in many walks of life. And as far as the current state of things is concerned, don’t forget that women have currently less civil rights and rights to physical autonomy than a corpse does. I think these are serious problems that need to be addressed and changed…. America is walking backwards in strides, not forward even by increments…

[@Attirbful]

@@latexsalesman and you are dead wrong about other nations not including civil rights statutes or America being the only one… In fact, the German Constitution has, as its very first article: Human dignity is unviolable… and that goes for all races, creeds, ecomomic statuses etc. this is why we do not have the death penalty to stay with that example… And this is why in Germany, you CANNOT say whatever you want. Example here: Nazi ideology, flying a swastica at your front door, spouting Nazi ideology on the internet. Because once you do that, you are violating the dignity of others, you are ridiculing victims of said ideology, you are espousing an ideology that is against the core ideas of what this nation is founded on.

[@lancemurdoc6744]

​larest the last 3 years proof a lot of your points wrong, the fate of Julian Assange also proof parts of your arguments are wrong. The "American dream" is a raffle (in best case), or a just a lie. Look at your country talk to your people...this could aducate you.

[@cathodius]

I really like your reaction videos. "Die Anstalt" could just be the most enlightening and at the same time shocking things on german TV right now. Two thirds of the time you're choking on your initial laughs.

[@aumarov]

I used to watch this programs few years ago. They were very articulated and were sble to show what is behind scenes

[@TrayusStudios]

Fun thing about your thumbnail: We did indeed watch Die Anstalt in school

[@4gpm]

This is from 2014. Things in public broadcast have gone down the drain since then. Today a piece like that wouldn't be possible anymore.

[@ckkerusio5573]

i come from Germany, nice to see you like our Political Comedians, like Volker Pispers or this 2Guys. Its very important to expalin other Peoples we have a lot of good Comedians with smart Programs :D

[@frankbrandtner7970]

Thank you for your funny video and greetings from Berlin! 👍

[@unichan5]

Remember that show when it first aired and that I watched it multiple times. In my opinion one of the iconic satire pieces of Die Anstalt. The two moderators had just taken over but already so on point! Great to watch that segment again with someone experiencing it for the first time, thanks for sharing! 😊

[@ABode-er7rz]

Hey Mert, I really like your reactions and your interest in German satire. And as a German, I can say, you really picked the best (Volker Pispers, Heute Show, Die Anstalt).

[@fairgreen42]

You picked a great video! Love your channel!

[@user-gs5wm2tq8u]

Nice. Please have the original screen Incl subtitles more prominent. I'd switch them with your screen tbh

[@Bluescreen_1]

Uthoffs impression of Newton paired with von Wagner as Germanys former "Bundesverkehrsminister" (Transportation) - also nicknamed "Bundesbenzinkanister" - Andreas Scheuer is again another level. They had debates about the toll desaster as well as ecological and economical topics regarding climate change. Pure gold. Satire is comedy that has to sting. And it's fake laughing, only the tears are real. :D

[@martinoberstein8431]

I appreciate the way you appreciate the most appreciated satire show in German TV. It’s political, it’s funny, it’s serious and great entertainment. Thank you for your review, love to Scottish Europeans and kind regards Martin

[@renetr6771]

"Die Anstalt" or earlier "Neues aus der Anstalt" is a great satirical polit-show, the most of the time, they work on european or german inner-politic issues. Nice to know, Max Uthoff (what play the USA in this clip) is also an examinated jurist, the other one, Claus von Wagner, is "Magister Artium" (master of arts). The Anstalt (what means a mental hospital) also showed the aggressiv expansion of EU and NATO (and the role of the "Atlantik-Bruecke") to the east and close to the russian border, long before russia starts the war to Ukrain. Sad, can't find this episode (from April 29, 2014) with engl. subtitles. Parts of this show were once censored by interim injunction.

[@ozymandias1817]

Fan of watching "Die Anstalt" long time So first what I can tell you, it started as cabaret experiment, to give cabaret a bigger place and more public. And very succesfully. They always have 2 hosts (the 2 guys there) and some guests and nearly all of them were high profile comedians or other cabaretists. Also "Die Anstalt" as title is a joke in itself as it means "The Asylum". In this specific video, it does not show, but both play out a scenario and Max Uthoff (the man with the cylinder) plays the americans, while Klaus von Wagner (the other guy) obviously explains everything. It was a bigger part in the whole episode and came up several times again. Both by the way also very good in their job as well, like Volker Pispers. Can recommend many of their videos. but sadly only few with english subtitles.

[@KxNOxUTA]

Oooh you picked up the "Die Anstalt"! Very high quality stuff! looking forward to your video. Aaaand yes as always they've been depressingly brilliant and accurate X'D leaving everyone in a hot mess of emotions and I very much love your reaction to them

[@bruchthal]

great comment and explanation on Die Anstalt. Thank you

[@DL-RC]

Your video was recommended to me by the KZbin algorithm, I guess. But I enjoyed your reaction and commentary. Thank you. But I have to ask you where your accent is located in? Because I really like to listen to it. Please don’t get this wrong or anything. It’s just nice to listen to. Have a good one!

[@Mamaki1987]

The thing about the office shredders references I think the NSU scandal in Germany.

[@schraibfelafanzine7637]

Yea, the Billboard Sketches fromm the Anstalt are legendary. Also the Sketches when the Bring Newton back top speak about global warming.

[@voyance4elle]

Thank you so much for giving this more publicity! This needs more publicity in the Western world - especially among US Americans of course.

[@k.schmidt2740]

That was a brilliant history lesson that even some Americans saw (s. KZbinr Ryan Wuzer) and appreciated.

[@benischramm3703]

Both of them, Claus Wagner and max Utloff Said in an Interview that they die this but Volker Pispers dis IT before in a longer Version. Volker Pispers ist Kind of a great Idol for the other German left cabarets. I write this as a German WHO enjoy the German cabarett since around 13 years

[@OverSchall]

The website of the show also features a PDF with references to their sources. Often the statements seem too absurd to be true, but you can read them up after the show.

[@DragonchildTV]

Such a big difference between genuine laughs with different intensity, levels of applause and so on compared to the fake applause so many shows have nowadays..

[@Sonnenwurm]

I recommend also Hagen Rether as a german Kabarettist. Keep on Investigation german Kabarett!❤ Greetings from Berlin

[@RandomBeing]

The shredder joke at around 6:30 was a jab at the german verfassungschutz (constituition protection agency) who conviniently shredded some files that could have proved they worked with nazis etc.

[@svenhal3996]

This is my absolute favorite i Always Tell this to a Lot of PPL

[@LigH_de]

"Die Anstalt" (The Asylum) has a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Wonko the Sane built a home he called "The (mental) asylum", but he defined its interior as "outside"...

[@simrock_]

If you're branching out, the "Heute Show" has a couple shows with official english subtitles on Brexit.

[@SirMarshalHaig]

Ah Die Anstalt, good choice. They also had a nice one about the Maidan.

[@john2426]

'Die Anstalt' is absolut amazing

[@tobiasschmitz8285]

I Loved the way you looked at us. :-D Good Times.

[@Mike-si2gi]

cool that you know the anstalt ... its a very good political critical kabaret from germany. in this case some stories about america, but they also take european and german topics

[@thirdcoffee]

I think it's also important to say that the "heute show" as well as "Die Anstalt" are both finances as part of the public german broadcast service, not from private companies.

[@timcapes5000]

Didn’t Rory Bremner, John Bird and John Fortune use to do quite biting satire in the 90s and early noughties?

[@StefanCM15]

I would recommend to watch the movie "Wag the dog".

[@lorenzsabbaer7725]

yes, die anstalt is watched everytime i see a new episode!

[@oliversvensson8280]

First of all : I highly appreciate your interest and even more your ability to immediately isolate the core points, followed by intelligent and qualified analysis and remarks! Volker Pispers certainly used to explain and critizise political failures and undemocratic issues very directly and at times you could even feel his real anger besides his sarcasm and comedy. After more than 30 years of doing so, in my opinion his frustration and disappointment had grown up to a level that he quit his career. He surrendered facing the fact, that only a few people really understood his message which basically said: We have to stop and start a big change in Germany's politics and structural order of the entire society. I do miss his cristal-clear analysis, critics as well as his suggestions for a better world a lot!!! "Die Anstalt" is part of the public German broadcast system which - in my opinion is under certain political influence. I wonder how it was approved at all to show the behavior of the United States during the last decades in such a true way because our current government in many ways acts like Big Brother's puppet on a string...

[@jmc2179]

Would you mind elaborating your views on the differences between British/Scottish satire and comedy compared to German cabaret? I always thought about British political comedy as pretty ... impious(?), to the point, but charming. Yet you seem surprised about the openness and clarity of German political cabaret. I am a huge fan of the Anstalt and Max Uthoff. I appreciate his clearness. But for me, he is overacting sometimes. I absolutely recommend Hagen Rether and Georg Schramm. Id be willing to contribute to subs if some more people would be interested.

[@Why-D]

Die Anstalt is every month on air to actual politics. It is part of the public broadcast, as the ZDF is financed by the public broadcast contributìon, by any household.

[@theacrobat4683]

I enjoyed the Die Anstalt from 15. November 2022 about how germany caused allot of the modern Problems in the middel east even more. Starting from Minute 31. It was eye opening! You should check it out!

[@Christian09992]

Maybe you should have a look at this one. Its from the same TV-show and looks on the middle east conflict as well

[@matthewrandom4523]

If you like this kind of satire and guys like them (German: Satiriker or Kabaretist) I highly recommend Urban Priol and Dieter Nuhr!

[@HECATONCH1RES]

Volker Pispers also appeared in that show from time to time

[@cooler_boi_patrick3989]

3:34 in this szene i don't know if they ment just chill in ( ruhig brauner) wich means chill browni ( to a horse regularly) but in this case it could also be a reference to a diffrent brown idiology stuff. Only a prosssiblity.

[@5-Coin_Konstellation]

Gretings from Germany ;) this is a was we calld this a Klassiker