~ Dinner for One ~ LAUGHING Grandparents from Tennessee (USA) react to this New Year's Eve tradition

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4 ай бұрын

Watch as these Grandparents from Tennessee watch “Dinner for One” - originally written by Lauri Wylie in the 1920s. The sketch was first performed live in the 1940s and was later adapted for television. We are watching the most famous version of the sketch, performed by Freddie Frinton and May Warden in 1963. The sketch has become a New Year’s Eve tradition in Germany and other parts of Europe. It is also known as “Der 90. Geburtstag” (The 90th Birthday).
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@zpitzer 4 ай бұрын

we watch this every year in Sweden too

@marinaa.6140 4 ай бұрын

Samma här i Finland🇫🇮👋

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for this info.

@wncjan 4 ай бұрын

And in Denmark

@wncjan 4 ай бұрын

@@steffentuna9969 German

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@steffentuna9969 It was in German. Unfortunately, there was some music playing during the intro that had copyright restrictions. I had to take that out, but the full reaction video is available on our Patreon account.

@lionfromthenorth4580 4 ай бұрын

Not a New Years Eve without this show! Happy New Year from Sweden!🇸🇪 😆

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. Happy New Year to you as well.

@Kivas_Fajo 4 ай бұрын

Sverige also? 🙂

@lionfromthenorth4580 4 ай бұрын

@@Kivas_Fajo yep

@thehoogard 4 ай бұрын

@@Kivas_Fajo We call it 'The Countess and the servant/butler'

@BelladonnaCat 4 ай бұрын

I'm 45 and I hardly remember a New Years Eve without "Dinner for one". After all this years I'm still enjoying it, even though I know what happens. I read the comments and realized all the different european countries who also watch this play. Always thought it's a "german thing" but I'm glad that we're not the only ones. 😄 I wish everyone a happy and healthy New Year! 😘

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Happy New Year

@petergaskin1811 4 ай бұрын

In Sweden, apparently, they watch the Swiss recording of this masterpiece. Edit 1: the only country that doesn't watch it is the UK, where it was originally made.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@petergaskin1811 That's interesting.

@finncullen 4 ай бұрын

@@petergaskin1811This is true. I live in the UK and never heard of it (or saw it) until two friends, one German and one Dane, started quoting it at me and expected me to know it. They were surprised I didn't know of it as it is apparently such a big New Year thing for them.

@M-und-M 4 ай бұрын

@@finncullen tbf, it is a german production, that will explain why you haven't heard about it 😉

@kirstenjakobsen1651 4 ай бұрын

Hi from Denmark, we watch this at New Years Eve. And we have since 1971. This is as we say in DK, a Classic! Happy new Year to everybody!🇩🇰🥂🍀

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for this information. Happy New Year!

@Tommysimonsen 4 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreact Same with the song you got playing in the background for the intro, Auld Lang Syne, we have that in a Danish version. We sing it at a lot of social gatherings. Fisker Thomas - Skuld Gammel Venskab kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9p2fbqb1LKYdqs.html

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@Tommysimonsen That's really cool. Thank you for sharing.

@imajinallthepurple 4 ай бұрын

Except 1985. Our national television thought "people must be tired of it by now" but it caused a national outrawr and it's been on every year since then. 😂

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@imajinallthepurple Well, that's a fun fact. LOL.

@bema1908 4 ай бұрын

The show turned 60 this year. And there is no New Year's Eve without that show. I always watched it and always will. :) Fun fact: There even is a recolored version of this show but it drove the real fans mad. We prefer the black and white version. 😊

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information.

@JohnHazelwood58 4 ай бұрын

Happy New Year from Germany! :) I watched "Dinner for One" a million times! Okay, not a million times, but it's tradition to watch it in Germany. We even had this play at school (english class), learned about the background story and so on. I do know every line of this funny play! Btw.: "Dinner for One" runs multiple times on german television on eight different channels, so you can't miss it, when the tv is on. It runs over 30 times from 3 pm until 5 past midnight. In the evening like in a loop ... 5'35 on WDR, 5'40 on NDR, 5'55 on SWR and so on.

@arnodobler1096 4 ай бұрын

Frohes neues Jahr Happy New Year 🥂

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for sharing all this cool information.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Happy new year!

@stemid85 4 ай бұрын

This is watched in many european countries, including Sweden. It's not really watched much anymore but before the internet TV played a much bigger role. So I still remember it being part of tradition to watch this.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this cool info with us.

@Drescher1984 4 ай бұрын

I'm nearly 40, and I have watched it most of my life. My mother and father already watched for years before I was born and I'm from Denmark.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching.

@brucewilliams8714 4 ай бұрын

It's played in Australia every New Year's Eve before the evening news on SBS. It's been going for decades. A must watch.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing that with us, and for watching with us.

@cap.luisfigo9401 4 ай бұрын

The play was performed in a small theater in London at the end of the 1950s. At some point, the head of Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) ended up in the play. He was so enthusiastic that he hired the play and the troupe for the station. But that was not so easy. Freddie Frinton didn't want to go to Germany. He hated it. It was shortly after the Second World War and the mood was not so good. But it worked out (money?). The play was then recorded at the NDR broadcasting center. As it had to be done very quickly, the station's employees were sent away as spectators. What luck, they had a lot of fun, as you can hear. Then the recording was shown for the first time on New Year's Eve on NDR television. And again the next few years. At some point, the other broadcasters realized that "Dinner for One" was a hit and showed it on New Year's Eve too. Over the years, more and more foreign broadcasters joined in. But the cradle of the show is NDR and it has been a cult show in northern Germany ever since. No New Year's Eve without "Dinner", no matter where I am in the world. ♥😎☯☮

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing all this great information.

@cap.luisfigo9401 4 ай бұрын

♥☯☮@@grandparentsreact

@Kutchulu 4 ай бұрын

Happy New Year from Germany! Late, but from the heart.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Happy new year to you as well.

@rkw2917 4 ай бұрын

I've been watching this for years since my Danish friends introduced me to it, never fails to amuse

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

We certainly enjoyed it

@deerhound1952 4 ай бұрын

I was introduced to this film a few years ago (I'm English and live in England) by some Danish friends. What is strange - and they hardly believed me - is that this film is virtually unknown in the UK and has never been part of our New Year's Eve tradition. Perhaps we've never watched it because we see in it too much of what us Brits are really like!!

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

That's funny. Other people have been surprised to find out it is a tradition in countries other than their own. Never heard of it before here in the USA either.

@thosch71 4 ай бұрын

I heard that from my British friends, too.Hardly could believe it, because it is such a strong tradition here in Germany. No New Years Eve without Diner For One. As well as 'Der Sylvesterpunsch' from the 70s comedy series 'Ein Herz und eine Seele'. That is the law!

@Piretfreak87 Ай бұрын

I'm from Germany and I grew up with "Dinner for one". Still love it and always will. :) It's so cool that you are reacting to it.

@grandparentsreact Ай бұрын

We really enjoyed it. Thank you for watching with us.

@Clawheadthelizard 4 ай бұрын

Greetings from Germany. Watching you guys reacting to it was a blast. 🤘🏻

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

So glad you watched it with us. It was a lot of fun.

@AchimE 4 ай бұрын

That was nice! It’s British humoristic history, but this sketch became a piece of German culture too… it’s on many channels on new years eve for decades! Thanks and greetings!

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching with us and sharing this information.

@mariwolfie5548 4 ай бұрын

The video is filmed by a German tv-channel studio, with English actors.

@mademoisellelestrange6537 4 ай бұрын

It’s a German production

@blackangel9594 4 ай бұрын

I wach it all years im 60 years old and is a big tratition in my family ...happy new year ...greetings from germany Bavaria (munic)🫂👍

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Happy new year!

@patrickschindler2583 2 ай бұрын

Dinner for one was produced by the entertainer and comedian Peter Frankenfeld for German television NDR. And now you can't think of New Year's Eve without it! It's part of it, like tinsel at Christmas. To the history. Miss Sophie always enjoyed celebrating her birthday with her 4 friends. But little by little they all died so that they all survived! Now, the butler took over the role.

@grandparentsreact 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for sharing this information with us.

@JakobFischer60 4 ай бұрын

" I now declare this bazar open!"

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

That's great! Thank you for watching.

@tangawarra 4 ай бұрын

Hi Middle Franconia, Germany here. Great reaction!. Much better than some of the others I've seen.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words.

@tangawarra 4 ай бұрын

Your reaction was like watching with family. I might subsitute the real thing on New Year with your video (since I don't have nay family left ot watch it with)@@grandparentsreact

@tangawarra 4 ай бұрын

Just read that back, sorry, sounds more depressing than it actually is. But spending New Year with friends is just not the same as watching Dinner for One with family.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@tangawarra Well, we would welcome you watching with us every year. Thank you for your kind words.

@kunilsen2519 4 ай бұрын

I think I have watched this once almost every year for my whole life lol I really like it and find it charming, but I have people around me who will laugh just as much every year😅 (Im in Norway)

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this with us and for watching.

@Muck006 3 ай бұрын

It was a sketch by Freddie Frinton, who performed it in seashore baths in Britain, but then german television asked him to do a recording of it for television. They put it on at Sylvester ... and from then on became a tradition due to its popularity.

@grandparentsreact 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information with us.

@o.gaertner1897 4 ай бұрын

Ich liebe dieses Stück...wunderbar, danke.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

It was our pleasure.

@RB_2Y 4 ай бұрын

A must every New Year's Eve in Sweden. We have had it on state television since 1976 and it has been televised every New Year's Eve since then. I was 13 years old the first time and now 60 years old. Haven't missed it in a single year! ;) ;) :)

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

That's great. Thank you for watching with us.

@mats7492 4 ай бұрын

The funny thing is that this was produced in germany in english with english actors in the early 1960s when very few people even spoke english in germany and its almost unknown in the UK

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

That's what other viewers have been telling us. That is so interesting. Thank you for watching with us.

@TrondBrgeKrokli 4 ай бұрын

Happy new year! Tank you for reacting to this screen play, which is a tradition in Scandinavia in addition to Germany. In Norway we started in 1980 watching it on the night before Christmas instead of New Year's Eve, but it did evolve to a New Year's Eve event as well.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this cool info. Happy new year!

@LenaDee666 4 ай бұрын

I'm 34 atm and I literally grew up with this show, every year as far as I can remember, no matter in what capacity my family was celebrating, but we always watched dinner for one. And even later when I went on to go out with friends, we would for sure watch dinner for one.... even when I was abroad one year, I would make sure to have 20 minutes to myself to watch this segment!!! And although, I really know every second of it, it's such a joy to watch every year

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Ricky and I were just talking, and wondering if some fans take a drink every time James does. Thank you for watching and commenting.

@juwen7908 4 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreactoh yeah, you can do so. It's quiet popular and if you're a pro you not only drink when he drinks, but also every time he stumbled over the tiger head 😉

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@juwen7908 That's hilarious!

@LenaDee666 4 ай бұрын

@juwen7908 that's what I do....at some point friends wanted to be mean and said I had to drink twice when I drank or was about to even so he actually didn't trip 🤣

@magnusborgeryd3502 4 ай бұрын

Since 1976 it has been on Swedish television every New Year’s Eve except for one year. And that was because it had been a big earthquake in Indian Ocean and it was a it was a fundraiser for those affected by the earthquake. A little trivia about the show is that is was made in a German version and in a Swiss version. The Swiss version is only aired in Sweden, Norway and of course in Switzerland.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching with us, and for sharing all this information with us.

@fredrikwallvik5265 4 ай бұрын

Happy New Year! Greetings from Ostrobothnia region in Finland 🇫🇮 And yes, I'm also looking at Dinner for one at new years eve!

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! Happy New Year!

@vansting 4 ай бұрын

Every new year since 1969 this has shown on Swedish TV and I don’t think I missed more then a handful and still it is as funny year after year. I start to worry that I been brainwashed after all this years so now I will check out your reaction and hopefully you find it funny…or else I’m just gone insane 😂

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Still funny. These grandparents declare you SANE. LOL. Thanks for watching and making us laugh.

@vansting 4 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreact thank you, I was worried. It’s kind strange that we have watch this sketch 3 yers more the Germany…😳

@juwen7908 4 ай бұрын

Oh, interesting. I've known, that you guys in scandivia shared this tradition with us germans, but I never knew, that you do this for soo long. Must be one of the first german shows ever, which is shown in other countries, I guess. 🤔 Soo cool. Wish you a Happy New Year or ein Gesundes Neues Jahr 🍾🎉

@johnroberts5797 4 ай бұрын

It's so funny it's a tradition in some countries like Germany, I watch it every year as a count down for the new year, it's showing on all the 3rd channels at different times, so if you miss one you catch it on the another, I have never seen this in England, only after moving to Germany in 1982, its still good for a giggle 😅

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information and for watching with us.

@McGhinch 4 ай бұрын

Edit: The following statement was aimed at a different reaction. I am sorry for any disturbances that I might have created. The video the Grandparents reacted to is the NDR version. This is the version of Swiss Television. It is more frugal than the German version recorded in 1961 by the German station NDR. E.g., there is no table cloth, the butler James doesn't ring the gong to get Miss Sophie into the dining hall, James' acting is reduced with the character of Admiral von Schneider. The German version itself is also more funny -- if you have seen this show several times. They had a lady in the audience, NDR employees and their spouses, who laughed rather loudly, annoying the sound engineer. Nowadays just her laughter contributes so much to the show. If you have seen it several times, you know when she is going to laugh. On the Internet archive there is a version of it available. I can't give you the link, KZfaq keeps deleting my comments.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for telling us about this.

@juwen7908 4 ай бұрын

Hey, ich dachte auch erst, das wäre wieder die komische Schweizer Version, aber die kommt ganz ohne Intro, welches hier ja nur geskippt wurde, und mit ner echt anstrengenden Kameraführung. Aber hier ist alles gut, Kameraführung, Tischdecke ist da und auch der Gong 😉 Aber die deutsche Version konnte ich tatsächlich auf YT nicht mehr finden, nur die schweizer 😟

@McGhinch 4 ай бұрын

@@juwen7908 Du hast Recht, ich hatte das mit einer anderen Version verwechselt und dort sollte der Kommentar hin...

@McGhinch 4 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreact I must apologize. I answered to the wrong video. You have reacted to the original German recording.

@juwen7908 4 ай бұрын

@@McGhinch alles klar 😉

@BommeltjeNL 4 ай бұрын

This would've been the first holiday season of not seeing this scene, but no, you made sure I didn't haha 😂 Seen this in the Netherlands my wole life 🍾🎇👍

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Glad we could help. LOL. Thank you for watching with us.

@SchulungKDCB 4 ай бұрын

i had need years to find out, that james have to do work, when he brings her upp to bed.... i was such a naive Kid LOL

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

All children should be naive to such things. LOL. Thank you for watching and commenting.

@Kivas_Fajo 4 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Ask a Brit about it today and they will have absolutely no clue what you are talking about. ^^

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

How about that. Times just keep changing, don't they? Thank you for watching.

@kilipaki87oritahiti 4 ай бұрын

Here in Norway watching this movie is a Xmas tradition for many during the holidays😝

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching it with us.

@user-sr4gw3gs4v 3 ай бұрын

This was an English Comedy Sketch. Freddie Frinton always took as a drunk!

@grandparentsreact 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching with us, and for commenting.

@alexanderjager3747 4 ай бұрын

Nice reaction. Sonic liked it too 😉. Hello from Marburg/Germany

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Ha ha. Took me a minute to realize where Sonic was. Yes, we all enjoyed it. Thank you for watching with us.

@CM-ey7nq 4 ай бұрын

It's been on Norwegian TV every 23rd of December for as long as I can remember, for some reason :)

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

It is so fun hearing from everyone, about the traditions of watching this video in different countries.

@lutzderlurch7877 4 ай бұрын

Okay, i‘ve never seen you before, but I‘m 19 seconds in and already wanna hug you. You give out such cute and friendly vibes.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much. So glad you found our channel.

@RB_2Y 4 ай бұрын

Correction... The sketch premiered on SVT in 1969. It was supposed to be shown that year, but was stopped because the board of SVT (Swedish state public service) thought the program contained too much alcohol. On March 3, 1969, however, they dared to show it. Since 1976, the sketch has aired every year on New Year's Eve, with the exception of 2004 when the program was canceled due to the Indian Ocean earthquake on December 26 of that year

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing all this interesting information with us.

@bockviken 4 ай бұрын

Every New Years Eve on the nation Swedish Telelvision. Same p. as last year.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

LOL. Same procedure as every year. Happy new year to you.

@alicecobb7763 4 ай бұрын

😂best Xmas or New year movie, I reckon

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

That was a lot of fun

@Arp671 4 ай бұрын

Grandparents, you are very lovely humans! Happy new year !!!❤❤❤😊🎉

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for your kind words. Happy new year to you.

@emiliajojo5703 4 ай бұрын

It spread from Germany through the world,you're welcome!

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

It was very entertaining

@ErikMuellerGermany 4 ай бұрын

I didn't know it was so popular in Sweden too. This sketch was recorded in Hamburg / Germany in 1962 (?). Freddie Frinton was an anti-alcoholic and hated Germanic languages. That's why this sketch is also shown in English on German TV This sketch is part of New Year's Eve in Germany like the Christmas tree is part of Christmas I love this sketch. I hope everyone understood the last scene.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Someone said they grew up watching this every year, but as a child, they didn't get the last scene. Of course, that is a good thing. LOL

@Murvelhund 4 ай бұрын

It is the same in Sweden, New Years Eve we watch "Grevinnan och Betjänten"/ Dinner for One.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching with us and sharing this information.

@Ossey1976 4 ай бұрын

Oh boy, I have never watched "Dinner For One" this early on New Years Eve! glad you enjoyed it, and given how many copyright edits you had to do, I guess that´s why the original play is so hard to find. If I remember correctly, I once found it here n KZfaq, but it was geoblocked. No problem to find the other, less good/popular version of it, for whatever reason... Funny enough, this play is pretty much unknown outside of Germany, even in Great Britain, where Freddie Frinton was a popular actor, so I am always happy if it gets some attention from people outside of Germany!

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion, Ossborn. We truly enjoyed it. Unfortunately, it took many hours of constant edits to get past multiple video and music copyright restrictions. Even the little tune in the background at the beginning and end was going to cause it to be blocked in many regions. Of course, the full reaction is available on Patreon.

@arnodobler1096 4 ай бұрын

It also runs every year in Scandinavia and Italy

@charpost62 4 ай бұрын

actually we have watch it in Denmark for years on New Years Eve 11.45 PM

@fairgreen42 4 ай бұрын

In Austria we have this on TV right before the sound of Vienna's huge church bell ringing at midnight. Then we dance into the new year to the Blue Danube waltz.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@fairgreen42 That sounds like so much fun. Thank you for sharing this with us.

@pyrointeam 4 ай бұрын

Seeing Grandpa in his Sonic Shirt he instantly won my heart.❤

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Ha ha. Thank you so much!

@patriciamillin1977 4 ай бұрын

I used to watch this every year after moving to Germany, it was simply tradition here. I haven’t seen it for a while now, so watching it again was really funny. My dad was from Manchester and hearing James’ Northern accent is always a reminder of him, he also always said “by gum”. I got the impression, though, that grandad here maybe didn’t find it quite so funny, he hardly laughed. Even grandma didn’t laugh as much as I did, although I already knew it all off by heart.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

We both enjoyed it very much and we found it very funny. We are glad that you watched it with us.

@patriciamillin1977 4 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreact Glad to hear you did enjoy it ☺️

@paulakuljunlahti 4 ай бұрын

Greetings from finland. Great reagtion 😂. We looked this every year in here, it is so hilarious! I laugh every time. Happy this year to you🎉😊

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Happy new year!

@robertb8673 4 ай бұрын

Poore James just want to see the ol gal happy.😅

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Yes. That was fun.

@robertb8673 4 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreact Greetings from a german Btw. Missed it this year. I was with my best Friend and he watched football 🏈.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@robertb8673 Best friend missed out. LOL

@robertb8673 4 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreact sure.😏 But watching NFL games at new years eve is his "same procedere as every year."🤷‍♂️😂

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@robertb8673 LOL! That's great!

@magnoliads2547 4 ай бұрын

I love this!!! For the last 30 years or so they are playing this on Austrian TV just right before midnight on Silvester Eve and we almost every year watched it!!! 😂

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching with us. I had to look up "Silvester Eve." We love learning about traditions from around the world.

@DJone4one 4 ай бұрын

I'm 32 and we've been watching Dinner for One in the family every year for as long as I can remember. It's just a tradition and part of it. There are now several funny parodies of it. For example, Dinner For Döner (Kebab) by Erkan and Steffan (two German comedians) and also the Kölsche (Cologne dialect) version of Dinner For One with Annete Frier and Ralf Schmitz.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for these suggestions. We have added them to our list.

@kellyvandijk3269 4 ай бұрын

When I was young I saw this every year on a German tv channel and still do✌️🇳🇱

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching it with us.

@Steven91637 2 ай бұрын

Funny Video Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 Cologne

@grandparentsreact 2 ай бұрын

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@GryLi 4 ай бұрын

We alway watch this Hi from Denmark

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@user-gk8pv7sg6r 4 ай бұрын

In the Netherlands we also watch this. It's great.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@Zino027 4 ай бұрын

Happy new year

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Happy new year

@suessigkeitenlp 4 ай бұрын

Greetings from Nürnberg, Germany

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@helfgott1 4 ай бұрын

Dear american friends I am 64 german and I never ever missed a new year without Miss Sophie and James. May be the best Britain ever gifted to Germany So thanks Limies 😊😊 Same procedure as every year

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Ha ha - Love it! Thanks for watching with us.

@oh515 4 ай бұрын

In Norway we see it the day before Christmas. Maybe a bit weird, but tradition is tradition.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Love it! Thank you for sharing that with us.

@munciekirby8138 4 ай бұрын

That was so funny

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

We agree!

@user-sr4gw3gs4v 3 ай бұрын

From South Yorkshire England.

@grandparentsreact 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@olgakipke3720 4 ай бұрын

In Germany we indeed watch it every year.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

So much fun

@rogermettler9354 3 ай бұрын

In Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Dänemark, Norwegen, Schweden, Estland, Holland usw,. ist das STANDART Programm an Silvester. 🙂 And this ist the orginal. Normally is the Swiss Version. Well done!

@grandparentsreact 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and for the encouragement.

@yunnoo2847 4 ай бұрын

Dinner for one is produced from a German TV Station NDR 1961 In Germany

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@Evangeline31b 4 ай бұрын

We watch it every year on New Year’s Eve in Denmark too🎉

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

So glad you watched with us.

@zymelin21 4 ай бұрын

one year danish TV (yes state run/controlled) decided that they wanted to have something else. Revolution almost broke out on january 1st.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@zymelin21 What were they thinking?!!!

@michaeljasterfotografie3985 4 ай бұрын

Das ist eine super Sache seit Jahren 😅

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@bindli 4 ай бұрын

Also famous in Switzerland!

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@EsterHorbach-it9tb 4 ай бұрын

Dinner for one is a "must see" in Germany for many years on new year's eve. Surprisingly it isn't that known in the UK.😮

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@maidaursuladawn44glasgow3 4 ай бұрын

Try Stan Walker from New Zealand his song he co wrote. For the Movie Origion it is called I Am He is an indigenous Maori from my country New Zealand

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@grandparentsreact 18 күн бұрын

Happy birthday to Grandpa Ricky: kzfaq.infoOjy7dpdBU7s?feature=share

@barbelschneider500 3 ай бұрын

The exzellent Butler replaced every year the deceased lovers from his Lady. With full commitment. Englisch people actually don't find it strange. Other people in Europe find it funny and see it on every new year in TV, it is tradition.

@grandparentsreact 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching with us and for sharing this interesting information.

@pbhansen731 4 ай бұрын

We also watch this in Denmark on new year

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@silviahannak3213 4 ай бұрын

Missed the Plot ...he sleeps with her every Year cause all of her former friends are already dead..maybe because they drunk to death. Sophie drinks a lot.😅

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Ha ha! Thank you for sharing this information with us.

@annasaddiction5129 4 ай бұрын

Well, I've grown up hearing that Norway watches it around Christmas or Easter time, the UK wasn't aware for a minute that it became a German classic, but seemingly the information was a bit completely wrong and a lot of Western European countries have joined this as "31st / Sylvester tradition going on..!" for so long we only remember when we missed it bc we were sick or literally babies 😂 😂 In Germany there have been many re-interpretations of this and that including local dialects/old languages, but to be fair to them all "Nothing beats the original" and that's a tradition that will be going on as long as a screen is there to watch it on.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing all this info, and for watching with us.

@matshjalmarsson3008 4 ай бұрын

I didn't know Germans watch it too. I thought it was unique for Sweden!

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

We have been amazed at different countries people are saying that it is also their tradition. Thank you for watching with us.

@ruupeni 4 ай бұрын

Also a tradition in Sweden and Finland

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

We have heard from viewers in a lot of different countries that have this tradition. So much fun. Thank you for watching with us.

@alexandrabarrenbrugge4585 4 ай бұрын

It can't be more german 🤣! If Freddy Frinton knew. Beeing a soldier during WW2, he - well- didn't liked Germany or the Germans. Then a famous german Entertainer - Peter Frankenfeld - saw their Sketch in Brighton. In the original on stage May Wardon's daughter was the partner of Frinton, but she became ill. The rest is history. Except for the recording of the Show infront of life audience. The broadcasting station NDR couldn't manage so fast to get a "regular" audience, so they incorporated employees. In the background you can hear a shrill female laughing, one of them. NDR found it anoying and nearly stopped the recording. She really was told to be more quiet! Today her laughing is a part of Dinner for One that no one wants to miss. So, HAPPY NEW YEAR from Germany 🍾🥂🍀 alex

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information. Happy New Year!

@gehtdichnixan3200 3 ай бұрын

the tiger is the star of the play

@grandparentsreact 3 ай бұрын

Ha ha. That is great! Thank you for watching and laughing with us.

@gehtdichnixan3200 3 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreact even when i was like 4 or 5 years old and did not understand AAAANYTHING is still laughed about the tiger ...

@fowler980 4 ай бұрын

in norway this is a tradition every little christmas eve 23december.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@uwehansen2915 4 ай бұрын

Oh jes its the Real german Version of that play. Its locks simple but very hart to play becouse every one now it.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

So glad you watched with us.

@marcelliott1111 4 ай бұрын

I think you two would enjoy Fawlty towers, an English comedy starring John Cleese from Monty python ,if not on your channel then on your own time. Black Adder with Rowan Atkinson(Mr.Bean) is also worth a look.🥴

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for these suggestions. We have added them to our list.

@j.1174 4 ай бұрын

also Norway ;)

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and letting us know.

@melchiorvonsternberg844 4 ай бұрын

Produced for the NDR, the north German broadcasting service in 1961 and first aired in March '63, it became a tradition to watch it at New years eve... And if I may a suggestion, beside the rumors, that Germans have no sense of humor, I put a link on of a sketch called "Das Bild hängt schief"- The picture is crooked... from the early 1970's kzfaq.info/get/bejne/es6aZNuZ25nWin0.html

@Kivas_Fajo 4 ай бұрын

Wrecking Ball Loriot. ^^

@melchiorvonsternberg844 4 ай бұрын

@@Kivas_Fajo lol... But the matter is more like quicksand. The more you struggle and strain, the faster it pulls you down. By the way, I would have grabbed my documents and ran away through the garden...

@Kivas_Fajo 4 ай бұрын

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 Rich ppl are different. If you wreck anything, their insurance will pay, so you actually made them money by destroying property.

@melchiorvonsternberg844 4 ай бұрын

@@Kivas_Fajo lol... Like in "Trading Places". Eddie Murphy: "Oh man... That was a cheap vase...?" Ralph Bellamy: "I think we paid $15,000 for it. But we insured it with our insurance company for $50,000..."

@Kivas_Fajo 4 ай бұрын

@@melchiorvonsternberg844 That is exactly the situation I was referring to. ^^

@kdknet6021 4 ай бұрын

This was recorded 1963

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@perlarsen9281 4 ай бұрын

it is a tradition in Denmark to

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

So many people watching our reaction video, then reading the comments from other viewers, have been surprised to find out how many countries have this same tradition. Thank you for watching with us.

@Geraldine-qr5ne 4 ай бұрын

Also people from Ireland didn't know this film...

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@maxmoore9955 4 ай бұрын

The UK 🇬🇧 got mentioned Twice

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

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@rileyxxxx 4 ай бұрын

we stopped watching it in germany since we been shown it multiple times in english lessons in school. so we instead watch "weihnachten mit den hoppenstedts" the loriot flicks. theres multiple with subtitles. anyway, I wish you a happy new year!! all the best!

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and for sharing this information. Happy new year to you as well.

@Stefan_Dahn 4 ай бұрын

0:05 Is Grandpa sleeping?

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Ha ha. I am sure he would tell you he was just resting his eyes.

@bema1908 4 ай бұрын

Btw. this show was banned in Sweden for six years because of the high consumption of alcohol.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

I wonder if that is why it wasn't a tradition in the USA. Ricky and I had never heard of it before one of our Patrons recommended it.

@mademoisellelestrange6537 4 ай бұрын

Little Fun Fact…. It’s a German production

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info and for watching with us.

@mademoisellelestrange6537 4 ай бұрын

My pleasure. I really enjoyed watching you guys Watch it since it’s such a stable new years thing since I was a little child, i didn’t understand it back then but just watching it was and still is hilarious.

@nocturne7371 4 ай бұрын

This is a tradition on New Year in a lot of countries outside of Germany, so a lot of people know this, but the British puplic is not that familiar with it. I think that is sad.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

We are doing what we can to spread it around the world. Thanks for watching.

@juwen7908 4 ай бұрын

@@grandparentsreactmaybe you can put the link of the OG video in the description? Cause there is another version on YT, but it is the swiss version. It's a little bit different filmed, shorter, without the iconic intro and so on. This one is actually not so easy to find. Thanks for your reaction. Greetings from Berlin

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

@@juwen7908 That is our usual practice, to put the link to the original video in the description, but we did not get this video from KZfaq. It was shared with us directly. Thanks for watching with us.

@ingeblank6182 4 ай бұрын

Grandpa is already dead -

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

That's a horrible joke - and yet we both laughed about it. LOL. Thank you for watching.

@SaraKvammen-tx7qc 4 ай бұрын

In Norway as well,every Christmas.My mom laughed sooo loud every single year,a bit annoying,but funny too.

@grandparentsreact 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this with us, and thanks for watching.

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Thank you for these suggestions. We have added them to our list.

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