Reaction to heute-show (Dear Brits, please LEAVE ALREADY!)

[@samjones714]

I think it's hard to get all the jokes inside this when you don't know the German language and didn't closely follow German news from that time but I'm glad you enjoyed it anyway😊 greeatings from Germany

[@falk6121]

You betcha!

[@KaiLerner-o5f]

That's so true, without knowing the German language and the History it's hard to understand the cross linking jokes 😂 Yours Kai from Germanien

[@bg31337]

e.g. Hängebritten = Saggy T... Brits

[@winterlinde5395]

@@bg31337rhymes with what the guy on the picture had at his chest.

[@GooDDay4UBro]

Die EU gehört von Grund auf erneuert...

[@KarenLovesColours]

I'm German and I love the UK. Brexit still breaks my heart. I think I speak for most Germans when I say, that we didn't want the UK to leave. But after they voted for Brexit UK politicians acted really ridiculous, so us remaining EU-states got quite annoyed...like...if you want to leave, then...well...leave!

[@dee2251]

Then we should be left alone, but that’s not what’s happening. Guy’s and other politicians in the EU are always on about us rejoining

[@wallerwolf6930]

@@dee2251 I suspect that if a new vote were to be taken today, the result would be different ;-)) Which you personally probably wouldn't like ;-))

[@maureenobrien9661]

And they say the Germans don't have a sense of humour...I guess this proves that they do! Hilarious! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@embreis2257]

not sure if all jokes made sense just by watching the show. for some, one needs to recognise politicians and their office back then or the story around 7:37 the 'bloody sailboat'. that has been the German navy's sailboat to train new cadet officers since the late 1950s _Gorch Fock_ and repairing that ship was a textbook exercise in squandering public funds by a string of poor decisions

[@dereknewbury163]

Brexit, not our best moment and I am ashamed to say that I voted for it (something about concerns for democracy v big corporation). Big, big mistake and this German programme is both bang-on and very funny. Thanks for sharing it

[@pami333]

We all make mistakes sometimes... And you at least can state that you got blinded by lies. The important thing is, you came to your senses, a thing half of the US still did not achieve.

[@michaelgoetze2103]

Respect to you for realising it :) It is quite obvious that the leave campaign was built on lies so don't be too hard on yourself.

[@dereknewbury163]

@@pami333 Cheers

[@dee2251]

It was not a mistake and FYI Germany, once the strong man of Europe is now the poor man of Europe. I will never regret voting for it and also FYI the Germans called us ‘Treasure Island’. Strange how Guy and his cronies in Brussels are begging is to come back. That’s because there’s a mountain of EU debt they’re anxious for us to help pay. If they weren’t so desperate to get us back, they wouldn’t keep pressurising, but instead leave us alone and stop interfering

[@ShabanAjeti]

​@@pami333He was Not Lied, the EU is the whors think ever hapend in Europa.

[@trampertravels]

Massive grin and very true. Frankly, if I had any money I would be leaving the UK as well. Unfortunately, I have none, so I am stuck with this total 'Balls up!' Plus I voted to stay in the EU on the grounds of Fortress Europe - I spent most of my military service in Germany 1971 to 1983. Now we have a Parliament of at best fools and at worst persons guilty of extreme fiscal malfeasance.

[@mariuss4766]

maybe the UK or especially England needs international humiliation and economic ruin to heal from Dreams of the old Empire. I am just sorry for people like you who suffer without fault of their own. and maybe in some decades the UK can join again when it is ready to do so without further privileges. i would be completely against a UK return with old or new privileges

[@michaelgoetze2103]

@@mariuss4766 I was sad to see the UK leave and would love to have them back but, as you said, it needs a full commitment from them without the obstructionism. I just hope that the young who wanted to stay don't lose their enthusiasm in the mean time.

[@Jack-md2uf]

Of course the irony is that the UK is now growing faster economically than Germany, despite Brexit.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

5 years ago, I visited Crete. One day, I was waitin' for a bus together, with some people. I don't remeber exact how, but I came into a conversation with an older gentleman. It turned out, that he was British. We talked a little chit chat and ended very fast in the Brexit topic. He was really upset about that nonsense and he voted also against leave. We finished our conversation, as the bus arrived. His last sentence to me was: " You konw, I served in the Army of the Rhine for several years in the late 50's. It was the damn' best time of my life..." Sounded good to me, as a German...

[@lianel664]

​@@Jack-md2ufThen everything is great for the UK. Strangely enough, the British just don't notice anything about it. Or just the rich again?

[@fluteplayerinlove]

am in tears, 😂😂😂 its so much mor fun to see this show and watching you watching it, so good

[@blondkatze3547]

We Germans get along well with the British . Brexit back and forth in Europe. Martina Hill ( Tina Hausten) is so funny with her English pronunciation.🤣😂💞👍

[@gamensch2629]

It is a bit funny that most native english speakers probably don't even understand that the woman speaking in that german accent is doing it on purpose they probably think: "well, that's how germans sound while speaking english"

[@wallerwolf6930]

Correctly. That's part of the joke.

[@marvinkem3201]

Germans don't hate Brits at all^^. Just making fun of the whole Brexit situation

[@SparkyB.]

Good Reaktion. Yes, "die heute Show" is really funny. Greetings from Germany

[@welcome567]

I’m from the UK and I found this absolutely hilarious because like most good humour, there’s a lot of truth in it. Keeping the politics short, the Brits never thought Brexit through before voting for it, had no plan as to how to implement it and now have to live with the fallout which, far from ever being “done,” will be with them indefinitely. Frankly, it left me ashamed to be British. Happily, I have two passports. Much as it pained me, there is one that I’ve simply never bothered to renew. Why bother? I don’t think the Brexiteers have any real idea how deep a wound Brexit has caused in the UK. Oh, and JPS is right, if you deal out the mockery, you must be ready to take it.

[@Peter_DRIFT_SK]

There is no hate from Germany. Only a big WHY?

[@rosenpuzzle4204]

If someone doesn't want to be your friend, you have to let them go.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Really...? We work togheter@@rosenpuzzle4204 in so many fields. From this point of view, there is no such a case. Bonnie Prince Charlie mentioned it himself in May, when he visited Germany...

[@origJodahs]

To watch you watching Heute show makes it double funny 😂

[@wallerwolf6930]

Unfortunately, there are a few EU states that voluntarily no longer want to leave the EU, even though they would have to be kicked out ;-)) Which unfortunately isn't possible ;-(( They are the countries that benefit the most, but are completely ungrateful and also constantly complain about the EU and do harm to the EU!

[@85stace85]

Great video, us brits love a bit of banter, so fair play 😂 we're not easily offended 😊

[@juliane__]

Why are you so friendly? This is the comment section! You have to be offended! 😂😅😄 Do you have a similar show in Britain? And seriously, when the politics theater is over, i don't mind getting to normalised relations between Britain and EU. Rejoining, i don't know, i guess we need to wait at least a generation for that. Too much damage done, that won't be fixed in a decade from neither side and the Anglosphere is a real thing.

[@85stace85]

They are only saying things that the average brit would, we can take the piss out of ourselves quite well, as well as others. 😂The whole brexit thing was ridiculous, all our politicians are morons, most of us brits are sick to death of hearing about it, so yeah, taking the piss is justified. Many of our own TV shows make fun of our politics, so I'm not in the least bit offended. 😂😂😂 I thought it was very funny in parts!

[@michaelkemper3326]

Germans love sarcasm 😂

[@RustyDust101]

It was a running joke:"It is the year 2423, the United Federation of Planets is discussing peace treaties. In other news, the UK House of Commons are now in their 46987th round of deal or no deal negotiations."

[@neuralwarp]

In other news, water has been found on Mars. The EU has claimed the fishing rights.

[@Justforvisit]

"And the Airport BER STILL isn't done!"

[@juliane__]

@@neuralwarp too blindsighted

[@juliane__]

@@Justforvisit too old

[@heidelbaerin4995]

asked for it many times - Comedians for worldpeace extended version. You will not regret it

[@palantir135]

I like German humor too. It’s quite funny that the English always say that the Germans have no humor. You should see the stand up comedians at carnival shows in Cologne/Köln/Kölle or Düsseldorf or Mainz. Personally I like Cologne the most. I don’t know if they have subtitles.

[@eb3552]

As you said we do not hate our british friends, we were just pissed off that they wanted to leave and still get all the benefits from the EU. So basically they did not want to contribute financially to the EU but still get all the benefits, and that is what pissed us off. That is why we made fun of them.

[@mikekelly702]

Pure comedy. Thanks Joel.

[@mogwai76]

As a Saarländer I disagree to what was said about the Saarland 🤪😂

[@ub681904]

Smaller than Bielefeld. And Bielefeld doesn't even exist.😅

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

lol... Betroffene Hunde bellen...

[@mogwai76]

Fake news 🤪

[@faketheo3432]

Saarländer? I thought you guys are called Saarlafisten

[@tubeaddicted485]

Alles wohr.

[@USEismydream]

Oh we absolutely have no problem with the brits on a personal level, I would probably say the relationship is really good, especially thinking about the past 😄 I think Europeans were disappointed by their decision bc most people outside the EU knew that brexit is a scam and after the first shock and some time to deal with that it was just annoying that they took so long to leave.

[@npe1]

So depressing for the 48% of us Brits who voted to remain in the EU and still want to be back in the EU but I doubt the other members would have us.

[@faketheo3432]

We Germans like the British. But sometimes I feel like it isn't reciprocative...

[@grangegorman34mikmik66]

We like Germans....but not German comedy....brexit is a mistake

[@faketheo3432]

@@grangegorman34mikmik66 Idk. Whenever I see British people reacting to German comedy they seem pleasently surprised and are having a good laugh. But of course humor is subjective. On the other hand whenever I see Brexit videos from Germany, regardless whether it is comedy or serious there are a lot of Brexiteers being offended, spiteful and hateful towards Germans and Germany. Just take a look into the comment section under this video

[@DonF1818]

Some jokes in the English for brexiteers part a hard to understand when you are not from Germany,

[@gundleyG]

Seems that you don't like the german humor when USA is the topic. You coudn't stand Volker Pispers. German cabaret doesn't use free spech for lies but for the harsh truth.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Den Eindruck hatte ich bei ihm eigentlich nicht. Das schmeckt ihm natürlich genauso schlecht, wie uns dass 3. Reich. Aber er erträgt es mit Fassung. Und um Pispers wirklich originell zu finden, ist auch ein entsprechendes Hintergrundwissen, von absolutem Vorteil, was von ihm wohl kaum zu erwarten ist...

[@Mephistokles333]

When the brexit was anounced I thougt it was a shame, that the brits want to leave. But when the debated over and over again my thoughts went to "stop talking and leave already -.- I hope you take the overpronounced german accent not to serious. Most germans can speck a very smoth english ^.~

[@flintlock539]

Hi Joel , I enjoyed this video (pierre)

[@JerePark]

Hey Joel great reaction. As an Aussie I never thought that Brexit was going to be beneficial for Britain...and now 57% of Brits think the same.

[@paulkazzer]

So true. As soon as Johnson and Morrison boasted about brexit incensing the trade in Tim Tams to the UK you knew they were stuffed.

[@alansmith4748]

It's been very beneficial to Australia though

[@DarrenLamb-on3py]

Oh yeah, well I was never asked. I wonder where they grab these 'stats' from? And btw, german humour is extremely infantile.

[@dpunktgehpunkt5876]

nobody hates the brits. they are just hillarious af :D

[@dpunktgehpunkt5876]

*the government

[@hannabergmann8831]

Germans love British people. Don't take it seriously. This is german satire. They talk this way even about themselves (watch full episodes).

[@GenHummel96]

When will you upload the last three parts of your Volker Pispers reaction? He is a real genius 👌

[@stephanieoertel6302]

We Germans don't hate the British people and we know that many young British people wanted to stay in th EU. The most votings to leave the EU came from older people and that was a mistake to let them decide ......

[@Masque54]

"The most votings to leave the EU came from older people and that was a mistake to let them decide...." Well, that's an interesting take on democracy - you can participate in the decision as long as you are not old and you vote for what we want!

[@DarrenLamb-on3py]

And you know that how? So now the young ppl are the wise ones who the older generation should listen to. Yeah makes a lot of sense. The same generation that have been brainwashed into removing their penises and going to watch gay men flash little children at pride matches and who think Justin Bieber is good music is who we should now all be listening to. Yeah that's right the children should now be guiding the parents. Trust me, forget all the fake stats you read. Forget all the bs you see on the programmed media I have met very very ppl who wanted to stay in a Franco German dominated 'union', forever allowing all your refugees to sail over to britain. Most Europeans know nothing about the views of the average British ppl. They voted leave for a reason and it was never the ordinary ppl who dragged their feet I'd was the bought and paid off politicians. Take it from me, most of us are glad to be able to make our own laws and govern our own affairs. We aren't babies, even though you think we'd be better off doing the bidding of the babies. We have been at this being a country thing quite a long time and left to our own devices and without being the dumping ground for a shadow cell of middle Eastern fighting age males come via Italy Germany France and every other European county on route, we'd be a lot better off. So don't patronise us. And from all I have seen the general stereotype of German 'humour' is true. Politics and humour is such a boring combination. Infantile and pathetic.

[@KarenLovesColours]

​@@Masque54 I think what Stephanie meant is that the majority of young British citizen wanted to remain in the EU, but unfortunately many of them couldn't be bothered to actually vote - so they let the older generation (who made use of the right to vote) decide their future.

[@thisismetoday]

If you’d been there over the years, and had to listen to their whining and wanting special treatment and making so many u-turns it made you ill, you would understand 😂

[@dicem8977]

This is hilarious and so accurate because it was such a mess after the surprising referendum result. Brexit is the reason I now support Scottish independence. Well done to the Germans, my favourite continental European country for taking the piss out of us so effectively. I laughed out loud several times. Incidentally, there is a famous and very funny German comedian who frequents our TV screens that you should look up - Henning Wehn.

[@alansmithee8831]

@dicem. As someone who grew up as a kid in a poor area of Bradford, a topic raised in your independence debate, even I could see that the Scottish vote was before the EU vote and understood the significance at the time. As I have commented on Scotland History Tours channel, where Bruce makes no bones about wanting independence, I do not get the argument for Scotland to become independent, then join the EU, when England is the biggest market for Scottish trade. There are plenty of videos on KZbin that show how Scotland's economy thrived after your royal family took over England. Without taking sides, I see no evidence of a real appetite in England to rejoin the EU except on the traditional TV and radio channels. It seemed to me that given the equivalent of an independence vote, the English grasped it. Mind you, once the US president mentioned "Back of the queue" it seemed obvious to me which way the vote would go.

[@topguydave]

Great dicem8977 How soon can you Scottish lot get gone? You're a troublesome drain on the finances.

[@alicemilne1444]

@@alansmithee8831 First of all, Scotland's royal family did not "take over England". James VI had a strong claim to the English throne because he was descended from Henry VII through both of his parents. He was invited to become monarch by English courtiers (e.g. Dudley) with the tacit approval of Elizabeth I of England. They had political reasons for doing so. They did not want a border with a country that was a potential ally of France, their arch-enemy and rival. Henry VIII had already been trying to get Mary Queen of Scots to marry his son in the 1540s and force an alliance with England (look up the Rough Wooing). Scotland's economy suffered badly in the 1600s due to having absentee monarchs who put England's interests ahead of those of Scotland. There were widespread famines, wars triggered by Charles I's attempt to impose Anglicanism on Scotland (Wars of the Three Kingdoms), military occupation (Cromwell's model army and the annexation of Scotland into the "Commonwealth"), English Navigation Acts that put a severe strain on trade by Scottish shipowners, blockage of trade with traditional trading partners (the Low Countries and France) when England went to war with them and dragged Scotland's troops with them. Probably one-tenth or more of Scotland's population emigrated during the 1600s, masses to Ireland, but also tens of thousands to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sweden, and other European countries. Emigration to Poland was so strong that by the end of the 17th century there were 30,000 Scots living in Poland. And there were about 100,000 Scots living in Ulster. Those are pretty big figures when you consider that Scotland had a population of just about 1 million in 1700. Don't believe all the videos you see about Scottish history on KZbin. The actual facts are very different.

[@alansmithee8831]

@@alicemilne1444 I tried to cram a couple of hundred years of history into a couple of words. I will keep watching Scotland History Tours channel for the stuff you discussed. My crude summing up does not mean Scotland lost out. All of Europe went through turmoil at this time. Ignoring the details, Scotland's economy came off better, however much else you try to throw at it. As an blunt English Northerner, distraction with detail would not persuade me otherwise.

[@anthonyevans6796]

Heute is pronounced "Hoy-te". Tabernak, Les Americains

[@sobelou]

LOL!! Smaller than Bielefeld! You go and tell them Saarland!!

[@polizistmitkrallendran8739]

You have to watch Jan Böhmermann. He's great ^^

[@intoxicatedangle1162]

Jan Böhmermann ist ein propagandistischer Hampelmann... Die Heute Show war früher aber auch viel lustiger

[@Justforvisit]

Ugh, no. That idiot is just caressing his own ego that he is way more in love with that he should be.....if he could marry himself he instantly would. He is so impossible to endure after just 10 seconds..........well, actually, take 11 seconds away from that to be more accurate about it.

[@salemoh9759]

I love it i am half french half german 🤣😂🤣😂

[@DarrenLamb-on3py]

Oh well what a surprise. Would that have made you a collaborator then?

[@Deolinchen]

I'm a German, sometimes like to see the frickin European 'set to be' trough your eyes 😅don't watching this show in particular... But sometimes it's funny 😂

[@alansmithee8831]

Hello Joel. If I started on Germany like this, I reckon I would be called racist, though I would not want to. I like Germany. Even those who voted Brexit were generally not haters of Europe, rather they did not want the EU to make unaccountable decisions. I am not surprised at the confusion though, as successive British governments have had politicians who did not want it, which is what these jokes hit upon.

[@stevealexR1]

Well said!

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

Decisions are made by the governments of the member states and their national parliaments. Each member state has a veto right. With this veto right, Hungary and Poland blackmail the EU again and again. The Brexiteers have been lying for years that the UK could be outvoted by a majority of other states. One of hundreds of examples that this is not possible in the EU: The UK was not among the states with the Schengen agreement. It had a veto right, could not be forced to join the agreement. The British do not know how the EU works. That's why they could be lied to. By the Tories, by Murdoch's gangster media, by the rich.

[@dicem8977]

Little bit sensitive and can't take a joke can't we?

[@alansmithee8831]

@@dicem8977 On the contrary. I can take the joke. The issue people in UK often comment about is that only views that are pro EU seem to be on British TV and radio. This just backs up the idea that "Project Fear" is ongoing and does nothing but reinforce anti EU sentiment among those that voted to leave, which was the majority. You do not persuade anyone by telling them they were stupid.

[@dicem8977]

@@alansmithee8831 Well 'Project fear' was obviously nonsense, because of Brexit we can now control our borders, except for all those hundreds of thousands coming across the channel, and we have the highest immigration now in our history, oh and we've got the highest inflation in Europe and the lowest growth in the G7. But that's nothing to do with Brexit, right?

[@rufust.firefly6810]

Just recently got a reasonable explanation, how to spot stupidity and how to deal with it. Regarding the rise of populists around the globe and especially in the 'western world' since the mid of the 2010's years and their growing approval by the voters, we might have to accept the fall of reasonable behaviour and the rise of mankind's end. So sad.

[@johnloony68]

It is a bit awkward hearing Theresa May being obliterated by a German voice-over but with English subtitles. By the way, the last time I met Theresa May was when I was 75,452 times as old as Princess Charlotte.

[@chrisrudolf9839]

The part with Theresa May speaking was a snippet of an actual news report with a real quote, the voiceover was a simultaneous translation. So Mrs May obliterated herself there. ;-)

[@topguydave]

Joel, what you don't understand is that a referendum 5 June 1975 was join the Common Market, later to be known as the Single Market. It was all about trade, which is all UK ever wanted. Over the years each successive Treaties were signed up for without any democratic mandate and each one got us deeper and deeper into the terrible political regulation and Mafia like control of our laws, courts and fiscal policies that destroyed whole UK industries like fishing, manufacturing and food production. The common agricultural policy 'CAP' favoured the inefficient French farmers, and so to keep the price high we and other EEC countries had to pour thousands of litres of milk, wine, beer etc down the drain, and plough tons of vegetables and meat into the ground. The UK only ever wanted or desired the free market, not any political Federation of currency, laws, army, inforced immigration etc. on top of handing over £billions in funding a wasteful bureaucracy. Imagine Canada deciding all these things for the United States. And the US told they had to open the Mexican border for all to just walk in. The USA would not be silly enough to get into that mess. We (via politicians) did and Brexit was the result. As the EU becomes more and more Federal, and more and more dictatorially controlling, I think UK will be so thankful in the future it has become a Sovereign country once more.

[@lliamjurdom9505]

Wow you been chonking out the videos JP

[@dimrah]

I mean, I wouldn't say that we as Germans hate the Brits in general. We just don't like having to deal with stupidity and illogic decisions (at least those of us capable of the necessary thought processes themselves) and the UK displayed a lot of those during the whole Brexit journey. Like... A LOT.

[@britanniafirst1254]

It wasn't an illogical decision when we opposed your fellow Nazis and prevented your ancestors taking over the world in 1939. unfortunately, we couldn't stop you gassing 6 million Jews.

[@johnmc2514]

Hmmm. I don't think Germans are in any position to be insulting anyone about anything.

[@DaxRaider]

EU in english is like OY for you so try to say hoyte but make sure u pronounce the "e" in the end as well as they are also always pronounced but u did that already i rly think that thinking of it as hoyte

[@joecoolbln]

If you leave a party without telling anyone - There is a linguistic term in German called „Polnischer Abgang“ something like „polish exit“ ! Now there is a new Therm born! If you strall around that party and you tell really everybody that your leaving … but you’re just not leaving - thats called a „Britischer Abgang“ 😂😂😂

[@macdieter23558]

They don´t hate the brits, but making jokes about idiocy is their business model!

[@kimpetersen358]

Hey man...there is no hate in this at all...EU is all about efficiancy and staying together...the whole brexit procedure over several years is quite the opposite with a lot of total stupidity...hence this strong satire..

[@toopster15]

Ironically the Germans are known globally for their lack of sense of humour. British sarcasm is certainly lost on most. I'm forever explaining to my friend in Hamburg.

[@chrisrudolf9839]

Germans love sarcasm and use it a lot. But it's generally difficult to understand sarcasm in a foreign language, because you have to know that language well enough to get the nuances in wording and tone that indicate the sarcasem. Same with jokes that are based on wordplay and double meanings, which we also use a lot and which are often times impossible to translate without falling back on explaining the joke (and no joke is funny if you need to have it explained to you instead of being surprised by the punchline and connecting the dots yourself).

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Oh... You can make it even more ironic and sarcastic. One of the best German political satirists is undoubtedly Volker Pispers. Even if he stopped being present on stage with programs a few years ago, in 2004 he made a grandiose stage program about the USA and the history of terrorism. Amazingly, black Americans discovered this program 1 or 2 years ago and received a very special history lesson. The subtitles are very well done. And apart from a few smaller excursions into German domestic politics before the Merkel era, a very good program for English-speaking contemporaries... Joel have also looked in this program...

[@idc2886]

We Germans need more other countries to laugh with us haha

[@gerwinbitter4968]

They don't hate the Brits at all!

[@niallrussell7184]

for me EU was fine up to the 90s, when it was about trade and free movement, and not being assimilated into United States of Germany. Even before Brexit, EU countries wouldn't piss on UK to put out a fire, while UK would run into a burning building to save them.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

Funny british humour or Brexiteer bullshit lies.

[@michaelgoetze2103]

The EU was always a political project for ever closer union. It is stated in the founding documents. The Brits thought it was a trade agreement and didn't read the fine print. Brexit was a consequence of having a different understanding of the same thing.

[@topguydave]

It was a fanatical desire of Edward Heath and a few lazy Politian's to have everything run by Europe. He even said that by the time the UK realized what a mess in was getting involved in it would be too late, we would be in to deep to get out. Sadly that is true now for those in it, as EU has loaded each member state with EU debt from C19.

[@lupus.andron.exhaustus]

Before you laugh about his so called jokes, there is a lot you should know about Oliver Welke: during the C19 pandemic he was one of the greatest agitators and baiters who insulted and humiliated the unvaxxed people. He was telling everything that the government wanted to hear him saying, just to get a laugh. I guess you would call such people socket puppets. Before C19, I was a fan of his, but since then, this man is simply dead to me!

[@Nala_Uko]

Maybe, only maybe - It‘s Oliver’s own opinion. Not everyone with a different opinion than yours is payed by the government. If anyone at all. But it’s pretty easy and comfortable to say so, isn’t it? Because otherwise you would have to question yourself and your sources and, god forbid, that would be way to difficult and exhausting. Nothing more satisfying than a simple world view, huh?

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

Short: The NeoNazi people hate him.

[@nozee77]

​​@@Nala_UkoThank you for saying that! Some of my friends have become exactly that kind of person, and it is exhausting to try to have a conversation with them, if not impossible, because they are completely unable or unwilling to question their own opinions, or even just tolerate that people might have different opinions to begin with! But god forbid they educate themselves from sources out of their own circle of delusion.

[@Steeler-wg5zo]

The main thing is that your aluminum hat fits you.

[@raistraw8629]

​@@Nala_Uko Yeah, yeah, nice words, but he doesn't say that without reason. Anyone who hasn't got the news of how much money journalists have received from the government in recent years must have been asleep for the past few months. But you're right, not everyone is being paid off by the government in the same way. And regarding Welke, I think it's more of a character issue. Someone with such a character would have made a steep career 90 years ago.

[@mosthaunted2]

We are not easily offended and there was nothing in this video to get offended about, but this was the unfunniest thing i've ever watched.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

The Scotts, love it...

[@neuralwarp]

It's funny for the first 8 years ... then your skin begins to wear away.

[@a.w.2922]

It's a tv show from GEZ, a public service broadcasting. They are used by the government actively to spread their propaganda. They aren't considered to be funny by any sane person and a lot of people want them to be abolished.

[@Music5362]

Can't blame the Germans for taking the piss out of Mrs May, she was epically useless. Having said that, Mrs Merkel has done a great deal of damage to Germany. I am very pleased we've left the never ending EU drama...

[@rosenpuzzle4204]

And got your own :)

[@Music5362]

@@rosenpuzzle4204 exactly.. can't handle my drama and EU drama.. all too much.

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Hm... How did you rule, with only 60.000 men (for which you got the special admiration from a guy with a Charlie Chaplin moustache), todays Pakistan, India and Burma...? Who do you wanna fool, which such BS statements?@@Music5362

[@neuralwarp]

JP, you should exercise critical thinking about German arrogance on matters of politics and especially Brexit.

[@enricoklumbis7404]

Propaganda Sender, no more Info

[@stevealexR1]

The vast majority of the English and Welsh public disagree with you Joel! You might find it interesting to find out that by U.K. Parliamentary Constituency, 406 voted to leave the inherently undemocratic EU organisation (remember, it is the EU Commission that makes laws and no one from the Commission incl. it’s President, can be voted out by EU citizens) against 242 that voted to remain in it! You don’t hear many Remaniacs quoting those facts!

[@faketheo3432]

32% = vast majority? ok dude

[@niallrussell7184]

For me it was the EU throwing Greece, Italy and Spain under the bus. When Greece couldn't even increase winter fuel payments for pensioners, because of forced EU austerity. Lot of deep pockets to help Ukraine now though.

[@Michael_from_EU_Germany]

"it is the EU Commission that makes laws" = no Brexiteers, one of your hundred Brexit lies

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

@@niallrussell7184 Yes exactly... The Greeks who were stupid enough to lie their way into the euro zone and because of that (among other things) then got into economic difficulties. Do you actually stand there at home, let your neighbors fool you and applaud him for it? Certainly not! Greek governments and a widespread culture of bribes and favors have put Greece in this predicament. And as bad as that was for some of the southern Europeans... They all got back together, albeit just barely. In medicine, there's an old truth that says, "He who heals is right..." Anything else I can explain to you? For example the reason for our existence on earth maybe...?

[@ViviNorthbell]

this show is trying so hard to be a german copy of the former "the daily show" with Jon Stewart.... Oh well, good try.

[@lisbethhansen640]

I ask myself why this guy "reacts" on heute show, when his face tells us, that he does not understand one word. Find yourself a job in the US or learn much more about Europe, this would be my advice young man.

[@gromold1640]

Let's be honest, wasn't really that funny.

[@fishtigua]

My sister married a German, I still work with him, but they have no sense of humour. I have had long talks with friends, not one titter. Oh, except about potatoes.

[@GGysar]

Maybe your jokes are just bad.

[@KarenLovesColours]

I read/hear that all the time and can't really understand where that's coming from. I'm German and I can ensure you, that we - well most of us - have a pretty good sense of humour. Also, British comedy is very popular in Germany. I'm not saying that your experience is wrong, it's just really weird to me because my experience is that British and German humour is very similar. Although German humour is very varied and there are lots of "funny" German people that I don't find funny at all. I'm from the north of Germany, where we really appreciate especially dry humour but also dark humour and sarcasm. Now that I think about it...after WW2 this area of Germany was the British occupied zone, maybe that's why. Anyway, I've never really had problems understanding British humour and whenever I'm in the UK people usually laugh at my jokes too :-) Of cause sometimes there is the problem of not understanding every word of a foreign language.

[@jorgjorgsen7528]

man heute show is crimge boomer humor

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Ähm... Technically, Oliver Welke wasn't born in a boomer year. But it could be that you just don't understand the humor of the classic educated middle class...

[@Kelsea-2002]

So I love the English very much ... at least if they don't live on this planet anymore at some point. 🤣

[@improvesheffield4824]

Sigh………..political ‘humour’ gets very old very quick.🥱

[@RichiSpilleso]

i think its one of the less funny ones from the heute show brexit videos they made also you need more context and german language knowledge to get half of these jokes

[@nomaam9077]

The "Heute Show" is also not made for the English audience, but for the German one.

[@improvesheffield4824]

Yes I understand that. My point is about political so called humour in general. It’s almost always built on the most enormous strawman, often comes across as childish and butthurt and is just not funny. And this is regardless of who’s in power or what the topic is.

[@monikadear3594]

True, this episode is not so funny, but jokes get lost for people who don't speak German or know its politics. And it is not really political humour but more sarcastic because everyone was already so fed up with the endless debate leading nowhere. 😉

[@melchiorvonsternberg844]

Och... That's a question of the topic. Black Adder, didn't get old over the last 30 ish years...