Reaction To Olaf Schubert - Wie der Kapitalismus funktioniert

[@andersl7912]

Olaf Schubert is a brilliant humorist, but many of his jokes are difficult to translate because he uses a lot of wordplay that even a native speaker has to think twice about.

[@beotho]

that is right. And i like Olaf most when he is at "Heute Show"^^ genius dude he is

[@marcusplatzer1667]

I thought exactly the same, but you were faster😅

[@Nikioko]

Most of his jokes are hidden in subclauses.

[@dinocatgaming2127]

Ah yes, the Buddhistische Standesamt😂

[@Rainbow_Pirate]

Yeah, and also he's a fast talker. Some jokes were not even translated although they could've been just for this reason, for example he says "Thuringia is 80% forests, and the rest is trees."

[@tobiasflemming1934]

Olaf Schubert has a rather word-focused humor, that doesn’t translate very good in English. He’s a very regular guest at the Heute Show.

[@bema1908]

And that's why there aren't a lot of videos of Olaf Schubert with English subtitles.

[@xenia6103]

Absolutely, I also feel like the subtitles on this were worse than on many other comedy videos he watches. It was both translations and timing wise not great.. I do however think he should watch more of Olaf Schuberts things :)

[@bema1908]

@@xenia6103Olaf Schubert is a great comedian. But if you don't speak German it's useless without subtitles. ;)

[@Delibro]

Though Olaf is funny as hell, I would not recommend to watch it as a foreigner, as most of his comedy is the way he speaks, behaves, old or never used words that are that hillarious, his dialect and so on. There are many other comedians that are not THAT hard to translate.

[@nikolagericke938]

​@@xenia6103for example he said K wie Konstanze and it was translated as constants... 😂

[@Attirbful]

Olaf also has a strong Saxon accent, which is in itself funny to most other regions. This coupled with his often hilarious and highly satirical and ironic wisecracking and word playing is comedy gold

[@bernardoesperanto3194]

Attirbful -- Yes, and he uses outdated words as in "Flachs/rakete". Flachs just means (harmless, innocent) joke (in modern German Witz, Witz/chen). A "Flachsrakete" therefor is a quick joke shot like a rocket.

[@19ghost73]

Olaf is actually very bright and plays with his German on a very high level. That, and his (at times & on purpose) very strong east-german accent, together with a weird/absurd sense of humor & delivery make him stand out. But really difficult to translate without loosing like 70% of the actual humoristic content.

[@Ice190236]

Olaf is a very smart guy. His jokes were delivered through sometimes very strange jokes but still very funny. I like him a lot.

[@petebeatminister]

Yeah, the translation was not so great, but its also difficult with his way of talking. He likes to drop hints in the language that only Germans understand. Also he is not so worried about PC, as you see. I think he has not so much in common with Pispers, since Pisper was solely focused on political issues. Schubert does that too at times, but also deals with human nature in general. Someone else you should check out is the big bloke with the black thingy on his head who is sitting on the sofa: Torsten Sträter. He is a master of the German language and one of the wittiest people I know. He started his career as a poetry slammer and is now probably the biggest name in German comedy.

[@karsten_m]

+1 for Torsten Sträter.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

The attempts to translate Olaf adequart fail due to the available vocabulary in English.

[@TVirus91]

Absolutely! At the moment Sträter is my favourite german comedian!

[@nancyborchers9189]

Sträter ist null komisch und systemling

[@Vemperor666]

Olaf Schubert is playing a very strong comedy roll and almost never falls out of it. He's on stage for decades now, always wearing that yellow&black vest and still getting better every year. You also see Torsten Sträter in the Video (the guy with the woolen hat), he's also definetely worth a look!

[@caschdiify]

Torsten rocks! I like him a lot!

[@karinbauer3504]

I.d prefer Dieter Nuhr over Torsten Sträter

[@kreativjunkie8053]

​@@karinbauer3504Ahahaha - deffo nope 🤗 (Greetings from No-AfD voter)

[@AmadeuShinChan]

Anna Mateur is quite the banger as well.

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

@@karinbauer3504 please don't compare Torsten Sträter to Dieter Nuhr. Sträter doesn't deserve that

[@liquidminds]

the "IQ around room temperature" joke is something Americans likely won't fully get. With room temperature being 68-72°F on average, it's just dumb. In metric, we're talking about 20-25 IQ. It is much more insulting in metric than it is in imperial 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

slightly above, so around 30 IQ 😂

[@marvinkem3201]

@@gedeuchnixan3830 I mean, I think on both scales you need some special home^^.

[@Mr.Marbles]

@@marvinkem320170 iq is just classified as a slight learning disability. Still 14% of the population

[@Drachselhuberjoschi_1]

🤔obwohl 72 auch nicht intelligent ist...

[@primaitalia753]

The translation simply translates F to C degrees haha. I can not anymore. 😂😂😂😂

[@m.h.6470]

Olaf is one of a few "faux awkward" comedians, that use their looks and mannerisms to focus your attention on topics that you would normally not discuss in a humoristic/sarcastic way. And he is very good at it. Because of this, I am pretty sure that most Germans (me included) often don't get all of the jokes on the first or even second time hearing them. And I can't even begin to think, how many of his nuances get lost in translation.

[@SiqueScarface]

Apolda is a small Thuringian town not far away from Erfurt, Thuringia's capital.

[@TheAciddropper]

Olafs brilliancy, sadly can't really be translated in other languages

[@allessagendelerche6343]

fact

[@DovahkiinDragonborn-wx5te]

"Apolle Apolle, Bockwurscht Bier und Wolle!" Apolda is a little town in thuringia.

[@teresafelice]

I am from Dresden/ Saxony where Olaf is from. I spent 11 month in Scotland in 2022/ 23 - and I have to say: Saxony and Scotland have sooooo much in common😂!: The dialect, that always gets mocked by the other counties, strong minded people ( "stubborn" ) but a big heart. The hills and mountains... History: Revolutions starting here - but the others get the credit. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ I love hearing your Glaswegian accent!!! And as much as I often think the Dresden-Saxonian accent is horrible - I love it as well, you know ehat I mean? 😅 Big hug from Dresden ❤

[@florianadolf2256]

That sleeveless vest is called "Pollunder" in the German language. And wearing it that way, that alone is a statement. Not only a fashion statement, lol😂. Olaf is the best👍

[@domaniac9119]

Reminds me of an old joke: Jimmy asks his father how society works. Dad goes "Well, look at our family: I am the economy, I bring in the money. Your mother is the government, she manages the money. Our au pair works for us, she's the working class. Everything revolves around you, you're the people. And your little baby brother is the future!" Later that night Jimmy is woken up by his brother crying, he needs his diapers changed. He spots his father in bed with the au pair, his mother is asleep, so he goes back to bed. Next morning he says to his dad: "I think I understand now how society works. The government sleeps, the economy is screwing the working class, the people are ignored, and the future's covered in shit!"

[@dan_kay]

The funniest part of Olaf Schubert is the kind of antiquated language he uses for his role. He uses a language that was often spoken by civil servants in the former GDR, where he was born and grew up.

[@badenemy666]

Thüringen is east germany & Apolda is an insignificant small town in Thuringia

[@chgr4674]

Olaf is very well known. He also regularly appears on the heute show.

[@sebastianfranke8545]

Weil die heute Show ja auch das wichtigste Medium und Olaf's größter Erfolg ist🙄😂

[@martinkasper197]

Olaf's pull over of themes is brilliant and his checkered sight on things is sometimes weird but always funny. 🙂

[@Delibro]

Those puns! 😂

[@nicolejung5788]

It's not possible to translate Olaf, he's a total work of art!

[@Rezseby]

He's a genius.. I know Hon since many year and saw him live last year. He's really unique imo and have a dreamt sense of humor 😂

[@nettcologne9186]

5:00 That's the subtle difference between a satirist and a comedian

[@wizzNarts]

You should check out the "Gipfeltreffen" ;-) Sträter, König & Schubert - brilliant

[@wizzNarts]

I am so sorry but I am not using telegram (and never will) - any other way to get in contact?

[@MagicPQ]

Olaf is a genius and highly intelligent. His middle name is 'understantemanet'

[@peterweiss123]

you gotta react to more of Olaf Schubert, he's awesome

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

"The scale pan become a catapult." I have to remember it for work when it comes to weekend work again. Another one of his is: "The capitalist economy is an exchange of work for money and, as with most exchange business, you often get screwed."

[@knackfuss8244]

The Humore is quiet Dry. It is something to think annytime. I like this Guy. ^^

[@CaramelHopelesslyObsessed75]

your channel really is some uncommon still really great crossover

[@Gartenlust]

6:49 On the left: Roland Kaiser (German crooner), on the right: Torsten Sträter (excellent German comedian 😊)

[@frankgunold268]

1:29 Thuringia is GDR (East Germany) 2:13 Apolda District town in Thuringia

[@Andi_mit_E]

Olaf rocks! I think that not all of his jokes are translatable.

[@boblife3647]

Hello Mr. Mert, I try to explain at least a little. Thuringia is a federal state of the former GDR. Every native speaker immediately hears where he comes from and that he was born in the East. He also uses some words that were used almost exclusively in the GDR to describe economic relationships. Explaining the resulting subtext and the German reception would fill a book. btw. Your geographical location is 100% accurate. warm regards

[@SvenQ45]

I like Olaf. And how he plays with words. Even tho it´s hard to translate.

[@kim-dj5lw]

Olaf Schubert - Das Wunder im Pullunder

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

yeah translating this is a nightmare, alot of his humor comes fromt he way he phrases things, i couldnt do that in german let alone translating it :P

[@mrcool7140]

Da wird die Waagschale zum Katapult. Herrlich. Kannte den Auftritt gar nicht. Der würde heute so wohl nicht mehr durchgewunken 😂

[@spischang]

I can´t get enough of your scottish accent. Sounds so friendly for me as a Saxon.

[@NibblerPG]

I love the humor of Olaf Schubert, it's so on point. He does appear on the Heute Show as guest act from time to time which is always hilarious

[@sagrud]

Coming from Erfurt (the Capital of Thuringia) the start is quite funny, although we only have approx. 20% wood. Apolda is a small town in Thuringia northeast of Weimar/northwest of Jena

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

Olaf is now difficult for foreigners. On the one hand, he speaks a saxon dialect, on the other hand, he is very educated, speaks quickly and uses unusual phrases and sentence structure. Grammatically correct but unusual. I'm afraid a lot of the humor is lost if you're not a native German speaker. These "Pullunder", large checkered, diamond pattern, were actually worn over a collared shirt in the past. In the worst case scenario with abow tie. As a kid! In the late 70s you could get class wedges at school for this. By the way, the one with the black bobble hat among the guests is Thorsten Sträter. Also a very good comedian. Mostly tells stories from his life, somewhat (heavily) embellished and with very good word joke and a really great speak voice..

[@dac9141]

its not possile to translate Olaf Schubert, but he is one of the best!

[@KurtHögerle]

In fact, Schubert is a genius in wording!

[@kratzwerk]

Olaf Schubert is one of my favorite comedians. Very intelligent humor combined with some great word juggling and some strange behavior 😅

[@legent23]

Olaf is one of the very best comedians here in germany :D Please more! ❤

[@JohnHazelwood58]

Olaf Schubert is great ... at everything he does! :)

[@jones_da9005]

He is an absolute Legend

[@jones_da9005]

Bro you created your account like 15 Minutes ago and then self liked your commentary

[@christianringlstetter6814]

Olaf is really good. You should definitely watch more of him...

[@florete2310]

He doesn't always do visual props. Olaf is actually more about puns, wordplay and bending stereotypes to an extreme, mash them up with all those messed up social conventions our society has, bend it a little more and fling that potpourri right back in our faces... that's how I would describe his humour. Very intelligent guy, saw him live once. Great delivery

[@cosmodoc]

I am German and I have been for 59 years! In my lifetime, Olaf has been the greatest comic genius that has ever existed in Germany. Others are Otto, Loriot, Dieter Hallervorden etc.

[@ann-kathrin77]

Olaf Schuber,Torsten Sträter,Johann König and Jürgen von der Lippe are great Comedians in my opinion. Torsten Sträter is the man that wears black and you see in the background. Thanks for the reaction.

[@miztazed]

Oh nice. Olaf Schubert is not easy to take. He's very inteligent but many jokes get lost in translation. He's from Saxony (East Germany) and his hard saxon accent is a joke by itself. You can compare it with your scottish accent. (High German-Saxon, Oxford English-Scottish). He is also part of the 'Heute Show' from time to time. I absolutely love him. Because he represents us East Germans and fool all other Germans who think we're dumb or treat us like 2nd class people.

[@alicemilne1444]

I'm Scots. I love the Saxon accent. My father was in Saxony as a student in the 1930s and acquired a Saxon accent (from around Chemnitz) on top of his own Aberdonian one. He had to "retrain" to learn a High German accent before he became a German teacher. He taught all us kids German too and used to tell us great stories about his time in Saxony. He really appreciated the Saxon comedians of the time. Saxon and Scots humour is often very similar: ein Bisschen schräg, sarkastisch und sprachlich erfinderisch.

[@markusjentzsch7932]

One of my german favs...

[@markusjentzsch7932]

obviosly the translation is a 1/10.

[@arnodobler1096]

Olaf is the best 😂

[@clash8181]

Nah, he's cringy and not funny at all

[@henningi9580]

I Like your scottish accent ! And Olaf Schubert has an accent as well which makes him unique within the Comedian Szene in Germany!

[@LeChuck1717]

i'm surprised you got anything with those horrible subtitles. But i think you know a few words of German (or more). Einer der besten Auftritte von Olaf Schubert.

[@erad05]

I think Olaf Schubert is one of the craziest humorist really amazing and he comes up with completely unexpected plots!

[@Andi_mit_E]

Thuringia is in East Germany (former GDR). It's the home of Olaf ...that's why he choose this state. 😉 Apolda is a small city in Thuringia nobody knows. 😀

[@D3nnisPro]

And the only state where the far left Party (Die Linke) has the most votes.

[@schwurbelschmock2240]

Olaf on the question "lights on or lights out?" - "Of course, the woman determines that very much on her own, by the looks of her."

[@klauskleber4001]

he is one of the big ones, one of the godfathers of comedy. he can make comedy without even planning it. for e.g he takes whats in the todays news and makes comedy out of it because he is such a experience one.

[@Justforvisit]

He's also a regular guest in the "heute show" :)

[@Attirbful]

my questions is not “Who is Mert?“ but “Where is Mert?”…. Three weeks now without a video… Unusual! What’s going on? Hope you’re okay!

[@ub681904]

M= Mandy. Mandy was a popular name for girls/women in the former GDR. Nowadays Mandy stands for a rather silly-billy.

[@herrlehmann2101]

Apolda is a small town in thuringia

[@peterdoe2617]

Just because he on my mind, watching this: Fredl Fesl ! He combines comedy with music. Even more difficult to understand, 'cause he's doing much of it, talking in bavarian accent. But a genius, for sure! (And I'm from the far north of Germany.) Heinz Erhardt was one of our best, ever. Loriot(Vicco von Bülow) is also legendary. And Jürgen von der Lippe is still rockin'.)

[@Recognice1]

he also has many funny roles in the Heute Show

[@KaiGermann]

Olaf Schubert is well known in Germany. His jokes are very smart. Now go and watch Torsten Sträter. In my opinion even better :)

[@CarstenOepping]

Olaf it the most genius german comedian. greets from Germany.

[@stef987]

Thuringia is East German. Olaf is great, big part of the humour is the way he talks, his demeanour, his particular opinions, all in this East German accent.

[@biancat.1873]

1:33 The context is "Asterix & Obelix" comic books. Everyone knows the small Gallic (France) village, that is not surrendering to Rome. And the joke is, that Thüringen (Thuringia/East Germany) & North Korea are both not in France, even though he said "Gallic".

[@tw3nty56]

I Love Olaf Schubert, amazing guy

[@svenpetersen1965]

I really like him. I think, quite a substantial part of his humor gets lost in translation. Also a little knowledge about his „cultural origins“ makes his show mire funny, too.

[@alicemilne1444]

Thüringen is a state in east-central Germany. For a long time it had a coalition government of two different socialist parties. (red-red). It is mostly rural and not only famous for being very forested but also for its Thuringian style Bratwurst sausages. The joke at the end linking up Thüringen to North Korea was that "Würstchen" (little sausage) is a colloquial mild insult for a " little squirt". In Scots that would be almost equivalent to a wee nyaff.

[@hshmanowin]

2:11 over "Apolda" a regional little city - Kreisstadt in Thüringen

[@hshmanowin]

I have no Telegramm. Only Facebook, X, Insta. Let me know if you need me. BR :)

[@DerSchahVonPerversien]

I don't want to repeat here what has already been said by various people. I would just like to add that Olaf Schubert is in some ways comparable to Rowan Atkinson, as his type of humour is characterised by the fact, that he uses language in different facets and often makes ambiguous statements or uses words in a deliberately ambiguous way, which is sometimes difficult to understand, for people who do not speak German as their mother language.

[@gubsak55]

As a Dane living in Germany, I like Olaf very much, although you have to listen carefully to get all his jokes. His male chauvinism is so much over the top, and the character he plays (very non-alpha male) is a juxtaposition to this it and makes it so funny. As for one of the jokes, Thüringer is the name of a type of sausage (originating from that area).

[@schniependonk]

Olaf is one of my favourites, with his word acrobatic. But his humor is quite unpolitical and doesn't really hurt.

[@guidovoable]

I think it´s like Monty Pythons Flying Circus with german subtitles.

[@MrGuitar6000]

One of my favorite comedians, but as others already mentioned: it is hard to translate his jokes into English, especially without custom subtitles. I hope there will be an other video with decent translation that you can show us, maybe one of his many appearances in the heute-show?! :D

[@Beautiful_Dreamer]

Apolda is a town in Thueringen

[@gedeuchnixan3830]

Unlike Mittermeier Olaf´s doesn´t translate that well, there´s a lot of fine detail humor you can´t get because those wordplays as well as pronouncing things in a certain way are specific to the german language. And what makes him extremly funny is his brialliance in combination with his apperance plus bodylanguage.

[@Bruchtus]

Olaf is the best german comedian imo

[@SheratanLP]

Hm. As a Thuringian, what else can I say about that? ;) I like the Thuringian sausage better than the North Korean sausage. :D

[@XZaneLP]

You might also want to check on "Hans Liberg" - dutch, not german, but it's comedy allied with music... Available also in English 😁

[@floriankuntke698]

As Thuringian I really can laugh about it 😂 Apolda is a small Town.

[@frankgunold268]

0:30 A sweater vest (obsolete Westover) is a sleeveless garment that is a hybrid between a vest, of which it has the sleeveless shape and the way it is worn, and the sweater, of which it has the closed, buttonless shape.

[@bitte1-bit30]

Olaf comes from Dresden and makes his jokes in Saxon dialect. The humor is very East German. Like Scottish and English

[@an-us]

Was hat der Typ mit uns Deutschen ? Spioniert er uns aus ? 🤔 Wir sind doch so harmlos und nett 🤗 😤😡😱🤯

[@matthewrandom4523]

The sleeveless vest is called "Pullunder" in German. And it is by far the most controversal item of clothing ever. Because it can be both: The tacky proof of gaudiness of the average German post-war "Spießer" or the trendy cult of oldschool coolness :-) I like it!

[@marcofrank2082]

Thuringia is a state in eastern Germany. Olaf is from that state

[@amigalemming]

He is from Saxonia, but Thuringia is the neighbouring state.

[@marcofrank2082]

@@amigalemming True 🫣From Dresden. Oh dear. So he was calling out Thuringia for its left wing coalition government I guess

[@amigalemming]

@@marcofrank2082 Wikipedia states he is born in Plauen, but this is in Saxonia, too.

[@Nikioko]

The fun is the subclauses.

[@dwin6005]

You should learn the german language. Olaf is one of the best in germany. Often guest of the 'heute-show' and 'Die Anstalt'.

[@daemotron]

Thuringia (Thüringen) is one of the German states ("Bundesländer"), which formerly was part of the GDR and today is the only Bundesland in Germany with a First Minister ("Ministerpräsident" in German) from the Linkspartei, which is a merger of the (western German) WASG and the (eastern German) PDS, which was the successor party to GDR's communist party (SED).

[@julikaswelt1504]

With this comedian, you have to bear in mind that he grew up under the socialist influence of the GDR. This is why he is so popular in East Germany. The people there understand his humour best. He uses phrases that everyone had to learn by heart at school. His definition of capitalism at the beginning of his speech was actually what I also had to learn. He also uses a distinctive Saxon dialect in combination with the look of a looser. These are attributes and prejudices that West Germany has always made fun of. There are a lot of dialects in Germany, but the dialects from the East are very unpopular outside their area and the target of degrading jokes. I think it's good that after all these years it has managed to be recognised in the West. In fact, there are really very few East German comedians who are recognised nationwide.

[@metulski1234]

One of the Best!!!!

[@AaAa-si7mo]

olaf schubert often has segments in the heute show that youve seen before. many germans know him from there.

[@tilochristen637]

Our German language is very complicated, even for many of our compatriots. German humor can be extremely sarcastic and therefore very often difficult to translate into English. We have many millions of words in our language that don't exist in English and that makes it so difficult to translate many things accurately.

[@hanshansen8137]

Olaf Schubert is one of the best.

[@konradzuse4778]

I have to warn you that the automatic translation in the subtitles was a bit lacking. A few things were mistranslated and many of the puns simply didn't work in English.

[@konstantinrheker4671]

Satire means to exaggerate a grain of truth. To realize the truth makes you laugh (and at most learn).

[@user-mu3zy1sc7s]

I love Olaf Schubert, one must know that he always is sooooo cynic and sarcastic, you mustn't take him too seriously. As a woman, I can still laugh about it, since I know he's just exaggerating. You can tell him even more apart from guys like Mario Barth when you know more of his programms. It's just so good haha.