He once stayed at my brother's place and enjoyed a huge full English breakfast in the morning.

He lives in London, not Britain 😝

He lives near me in North London. I told him I thought he was very funny. 'Ya for a German' he replied.

So he came to live in Britain but couldn't give a good reason why he wanted to live in the greatest country in the world. Very classy.

I wish he was a regular on WILTY. I love his stories, and his amiable, mildly self-effacing and generally lighthearted personality.

Der Führer was a great comedian! Except for that time on the 30th of April 1945 when he died on stage. I thenk you! 🎼🎺🎷🎹🥁🥁🥁🤡

Lol English maybe because it’s Saxon humour. You’ve got to add in a big slice of Celtic humour and season with some international spices before I’d call it British humour.😉

He understands the sarcasm perfectly

It's almost like there isn't such a thing as British Humour. It's just the only humour British people know because we don't speak other languages. You can find "British humour" anywhere.

@@bluejay2529 Because Europeans speak English as well, it's the most common second language. The question might as well have been "what other country's comedy scene have you watched before".

Just think. If anything was open in Bognor you might not be here.

@@Chris-mf1rm Lucky for him, his Mum opened up that day.

Poor old Bognor. Once upon a time it was magnificent.

My commiserations.

@@langdalepaul That can be said of many towns and cities in the UK.

Is he really a German ?

@@martinnoyes8507 Yes, he’s just lived in England for so many years he’s picked up a few bad habits haha.

And their parents should be proud of them. Polite and confident.

@@andrewsheppard3189 My comment wasn’t a reference to the boys being bad or anything.

Very avuncular. 🥑

😂

😂😂😂😂😂😂

That's a preexisting condition

Today Bognor! Tomorrow the World!

Byu nellllĺllllll

Agreed!

Me too! :-)

The kids reactions were great too.

Classic. And the kid's reactions 🤣

@@Google_Does_Evil_Now they are part of his act.

I worked at the royal Norfolk hotel, they say that the pier was damaged and in danger of breaking up,so they they sawed the end from the rest. Next storm took the middle out.

@@philipegginton5761 Oops! "Maybe we should have taken that bit out first..." =:oD

NO anyone whose spent any time living and working outside Britian or learnt wother languages or cultures can see the strange idiocyncroncies of the Brits or those who come from mixed cultural backgrounds.Its only those who seem to have no other cultural reference other than their own who cannot see it.

Afraid not. This frequently repeated story was debunked many years ago.

At least Weston can boast it is the birthplace of Ritchie Blackmore. Bognor has a most recent claim to fame of Russ Abbott taking the mickey back in the 80's. I agree with Henning that the view was nice though.

I loved Weston when I visited

Good old Weston Super Mud! =:o]

@@andrewharper1609 Yes Weston was pretty grim when I visited

His response and understanding of time is actually quite normal for the area. In Bognor many people still live in the early 2000's, stubbornly refusing to acknowledge the last 15/20 years where the town and most things in general really went to shit.

​@@nothanks9050 Yes, I think it's a British seaside phenomenon. I am temporarily living on the Norfolk coast and feel like I am in a time warp. Some shops only take cash. Some don't open on a Monday or have half day closing on Wednesday. It feels like the 1980s...

@@tinarichardson364 Today I live in rural France, it's still like the 1950s or 1960's here in many respects, but in a quaint/good way. The inconvenience is worth adapting to for the positives. Like only 20 children in a classroom, not 40 and extremely low crime etc.

I'm an Oldenburger (Old) and actually the Bavarians make me laugh. They're just as daft. Henning, mach dir keine sorgen😂

@@leoroverman4541 Jetzt aber mal halblang, junger Mann. Sonst werden wir beim naechsten Laenderfinanzausgleich knickerig. Durchschnittsverdienst Oldenburg: 2470 Niedersachsen: Nettoempfaenger Durchschnittsverdienst Muenchen: 4.650 Bayern: groesster Nettozahler Wir sind zumindest nicht zu daemlich bei den Finanzen 😎. Beim Tourismus auch nicht. Die Wirtschaft kriegen wir auch so halbwegs hin. Gruss vom Chiemsee

German humour is no laughing matter.

@@roystonvasey5471 wanna bet😀

@@EllieD.Violet Oh du meine Guete, Junger mann Ich bin in meine 70ger jahre. Wie man sagt, sie haben gebissen😁

You should check in to mental hospital.

@edwinov it's: check INTO (written together) A (you need an article) mental hospital. Your English is shit. Please learn our language properly before embarrassing yourself 👍🏼

@@edwinov- you should try to have a sense of humour as decent as @wellardme and Henning… And learn to write proper sentences too, eh?

@@Shelsight henning has no sense of humor, no german does. I wrote my sentence in simplified English, so even a german would understand it.

​@@edwinovIch kann Englisch, aber du kannst kein Deutsch. Volltrottel.

To be fair, there's not much credible competition for that title.

@@sureshot8399 Herr Doktor, Herr Doktor, ich hab jeden Morgen um 7 Uhr Stuhlgang!” - “Ja, das ist doch sehr gut!” - “Aber ich steh erst um halb acht auf!”

It's what the public wants. Some stuff from the past was genuinely funny and still is . I bet in the 70's there were people calling morecambe and wise shit but due to their being only 3 channels and no social media it was rare to hear such criticism.

It was great to see kids that age out on their scooters without an adult, and talking so politely. It's astonishing how few kids get out on bikes/boards or whatever unless it's a forced family day out.

You know you're an old fart when kids are perfectly polite and you're still finding something to complain about.

​@@chrisburn7178Yeah, that isn't rare. Don't know where you live.

@@somerandomguy2073 Kent. It's extremely rare, to the point where you just don't see it. I work in primary schools teaching bikeability and almost none of the kids are allowed to ride or walk to school by themselves, they get ferried in massive SUVs, whose drivers leave the engine running while they wait half an hour because they had to get there that early to bag their parking space. It's awful.

well improve your english skills then

@@stigkrakpants3052 what do you suggest - I have re read what I wrote and find there to be nothing amiss with the spelling, grammar, syntax, punctuation or "sense". So, perhaps you could edit it and show us all how it's done - I am genuinely curious! Edit: especially as you fail to capitalise either the first word ("well") and "English" - or finish the sentence with a full stop. That's three basic errors in six words😆 So yeah, really looking forward to your suggestions - or should I say "improvements"?

Sir, your long sentence is marvelous!

he's great. but "mangled English?" He has perfect grammar. There's only his strong accent.

Bad English? Somebody obviously has never heard of dialects.

I left for Australia 40 years ago but came back. I love it here, but have never been to Bognor. My family were in Brighton. Quite a different vibe.

@@Lily-BravoHow on earth can any British person like the UK after living in beautiful Australia,I’m British left there 44 years ago to live in Newzealand ,even though our country is going downhill it’s 💯 better than the UK.

@@angelapietras1235 There are things I miss about Australia of course. But I missed the greenness, the history, the birdsong, the seasons, the pubs, the footpaths throughout the countryside, the old houses,. the castles, the easy access to other countries, the canals, the culture, the radio, BBC radio 4, the differences within a shorter distance, the ability people have to look beyond our shores, the fact that where I live I rub shoulders with rich and poor, educated and not, professional and workman, even titled and not. We came home because my teaching qualifications were not recognised in WA, and my husband wanted to start a business and the UK is more of a hub for customers than Australia. I got a job within a couple of months of arrival and a year on, we had a village house with a fantastic view, a business and a baby. My sons are Australian by descent, and have been several times, but they do not want to live there. We arrived back by boat at Harwich, and were greeted by a couple of policemen at the end of the gangplank with a cheery Good evening, then train into Liverpool street where the London architecture I had lived in previously hit me with something akin to love. I love this place, whatever the politics of the time, whatever the annoying tacky yobbos say.

It's along along the South Coast. How did you lose it?

@@Lily-Bravo 😁 very droll

Oh by golly...I've just found them on KZfaq look up 'Henning Knows Best' hehe that's me sorted for a few days, Herr Wehn going into some dodgy territory before TV made him tone it down a bit.

You forgot the small print "on mainland Britain" Isle of wight will be out for blood!

How very dare you

I came to Stuttgart for a visit,loved it and spent the next 18 flying back and forth every few months and then 5 years ago moved over to live here. Stuggitown is an awesome city to live in, Germany itself is awesome.

not english, he is a krout, he looks like a krout

The UK is very depressing, I agree.

Jesus, are telling me you've been there this whole time and the town still isn't saved? Place really is a shithole, glad I left!

The subtle sarcasm is brilliant, very funny bloke

Only Henning could get away with that. If I did that, I'd be run in for suspect burglary. Must be my guilty face.

And with all the belts fastened

I agree. I love him on that. And WILTY

that is why he feels more at home in britain, maybe. he was too funny for germany.

"Germany was actually founded by Jesus Christ ..." priceless!

I thought it would end with the seagull stealing his chip!

Littlehampton cracks me up. Was it given the name because all the local men were poorly endowed?

@@chapsnaps1 it’s known as ‘LA’ locally, Little’ampton’

I was waiting for that one also.

Well it was an "adult joke" 🤣

@@yogistephnz that the kids understood. 😄😄😄

British kids are no strangers to language like that, and much 'worse'. Henning's lucky they didn't roll him for his fairy floss, his backpack and everything else on him. On the tube in 1996 I was openly threatened by 2 urchins, about 8 years old, who had been verbally abusing and terrorising the passengers.

didn't it strike you that they are his own children ?? seems obvious to me.