The German Joke - QI - Series 9 - Episode 8

The German Joke - QI - Series 9 - Episode 8 - BBC Two

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@flibflob2785 2 жыл бұрын

As a german I can confirm this is our only joke. It is a good, efficient jokes. It sets up an expectation and then surprises with a punchline. After telling the punchline the humor has been executed and the humor receivers are doing the laughing, this is perfectly reasonable and works. Therefore a second joke is unnecessary.

@redred7289 2 жыл бұрын

You make a very good point.

@martinhambleton5076 Жыл бұрын

Well done Flib Flob.😅🤣😂 Your German explanation is so funny, but very correct of course. Many thanks!

@nathanglover8437 Жыл бұрын

The joke is satisfactory :')

@neilgerace355 Жыл бұрын

"The humour receivers are doing the laughing" As long as that is the case :)

@pythoniac Жыл бұрын

Welllllll... There is the light bulb one...

@TintagelEmrys 5 жыл бұрын

I like the story of the German on holiday in France. He got pulled over by a police officer. The police officer stared asking him some questions, "Name?" "Wolgang Klaus" "Age?" "36" "Occupation?" "No, just visiting"

@Roof_Pizza 5 жыл бұрын

Getting 8 thumbs up when you only recently posted on an 8 year old vid is quite impressive.

@RasPutintheGreat 5 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahha

@-M0LE 4 жыл бұрын

Cullen Mills 😂😂😂😂 made me chuckle

@theuseraccountname 4 жыл бұрын

Over 100 now.

@Widdekuu91 4 жыл бұрын

Also, my comment is temporarily gone, but the joke is that he answers the last sentence in German. It's pretty much only funny to tell other Dutch (german-speaking) people.

@booboo3560 3 жыл бұрын

I love how Alan and Henning pry this joke away from Stephen as if to say, “we got this”.

@foodank_atr817 3 жыл бұрын

They just spontaneously play it out, I laugh every time

@Jahu-qs2us 6 жыл бұрын

A flawless joke performed by three people at the same time. Awesome

@Observ45er 9 жыл бұрын

The idea that this is *_the_* German joke is funnier than the joke itself... (;-)

@Zenon0K 3 жыл бұрын

420 Blaze it.

@TacComControl 2 жыл бұрын

Ve haff already written one joke, it is funny, it is efficient, it vil do.

@alistairpeck9667 9 жыл бұрын

You could not tell this joke better than this. A total pleasure.

@24sumo 3 жыл бұрын

Pecker

@h.celine9303 9 жыл бұрын

As a German, I found that one quite funny. And I want some Apfelstrudel immediately.

@nurlindafsihotang49 5 жыл бұрын

so methodic...so german...

@jwo7777777 5 жыл бұрын

Your replies are not satisfactory.

@mamabari07 4 жыл бұрын

invade Austria perhaps? :D

@TacComControl 2 жыл бұрын

Served tepid, I hope?

@A-Duck 10 жыл бұрын

The German Joke, for there is only one.

@FaakedLillebror 7 жыл бұрын

Its German humor, not a laughing matter!

@hellzila 7 жыл бұрын

Don't need more.. This joke is Satisfactory

@summbuddie9120 7 жыл бұрын

A Duck poland

@qetoun 4 жыл бұрын

It is the most efficient joke ever created.

@mirzaahmed6589 3 жыл бұрын

There used to be a joke in Birmingham.

@seanolaocha940 6 жыл бұрын

I love Henning's laugh at the beginning.

@Orion3741 3 жыл бұрын

Got to love Sandi's "Don't mention the war" comment. From Fawlty Towers. Basil Fawlty's order-taking of "two eggs mayonnaise, a prawn Goebbels, a Hermann Goering and four Colditz salads" is timeless. And priceless.

@mimimirwitch 12 жыл бұрын

I've never seen the German comedian's face before! Always hear him on radio 4 - he's hilarious :)

@fattimiv 3 жыл бұрын

This has to be one the best QI interactions

@craftylilhandses 12 жыл бұрын

By far the funniest joke about Germans I've yet come across --- and I've lived in the UK as undercover Germaniac for 10 years now.

@HandeToon 7 жыл бұрын

I love Henning Wehn. =D

@ShiitakeWarrior 7 жыл бұрын

He timed his buzzer pretty well at the end. 😋

@Keytaster 12 жыл бұрын

FYI, I am German, I got the joke immediately and it made me crack up - big time!!

@Szaam 5 жыл бұрын

The English, the Danes and the Germans, all brought together through comedy. We're not so bad after all.

@peterclarke7240 3 жыл бұрын

I think you meant to say, in an outrageously over-exaggerated German accent, "We are not so different, you and I."

@SirKnobofCheese 12 жыл бұрын

Henning Wehn is a great Ambassador for german comedy.

@graceygrumble 10 жыл бұрын

Stereotypes of Germans, from (my) British perspective: Very efficient and very demanding of high standards. The joke is about years of parental efficiency, in satisfying Wolfgang. Thus, when standards slipped Wolfgang complained. We also stereotype Germans as having no sense of humour and of booking sun-loungers around hotel pools with Beach towels, leaving none for other people. Hope that clarifies everything.

@dio614 10 жыл бұрын

I believe it was Jimmy Carr who said "Dissecting a joke is like dissecting a frog; no one laughs and the frog dies."

@JIMP1000 10 жыл бұрын

sean hanlon well put

@mustachos1993 10 жыл бұрын

sean hanlon Who's taken it from Mark Twain ;)

@graceygrumble 10 жыл бұрын

Mustachos m Nevertheless, Jimmy Carr did say it. Mark Twain was never on QI. Now, wouldn't that be a hoot?

@Magikpotion 9 жыл бұрын

I've been living in germany and its system as a half german half american for almost my whole life and let me tell you, germans have a serious problem with humor and just generally taking things easy. Most have huge problems with appearing vulnerable and take offense very easily. Highly competitive people, made things complicated in childhood.

@hukio114 12 жыл бұрын

Henning Wehn is the best, saw him live in Melbourne.

@itsacarolbthing5221 Жыл бұрын

And Sandi tops it!

@giraffstorm 12 жыл бұрын

I love that woman

@xSebLefebvreGirlx 10 жыл бұрын

It's definitely not fake laughs, I went to a QI recording this year and it's filmed in front of a live audience the laughs are 100% real

@garywood97 6 жыл бұрын

They literally show you the audience nearly every episode.

@CarlosAntonioBrown 12 жыл бұрын

Sandi's humourous line is the icing on the cake that is the joke :D

@douglasreeves9938 5 жыл бұрын

I just passed 12 year old scotch thru my nose listening to this joke. Simply hilarious.

@markneedham8726 Жыл бұрын

12 yo scotch you say, That, sir is not funny.

@xoldeuropex 12 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, brilliant! (I am German and loving it)

@MWcrazyhorse 12 жыл бұрын

ahaha love the "don't mention the war" buzzer.

@19Mellon73 11 жыл бұрын

all the more understandable why the poor boy finally thought it's time to speak up !

@lohphat 8 жыл бұрын

Wenn ist das Nunstuck git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beierhund das Oder die Flipperwald gersput!

@chazhinkley6602 7 жыл бұрын

*Falls over laughing*

@Efreeti 7 жыл бұрын

Fuck you, I'm dead now.

@quassseabass2770 7 жыл бұрын

One man accidentally saw two words at once and was taken to hospital...

@niamhoconnor8986 7 жыл бұрын

I died

@Oceanmachine27 5 жыл бұрын

NO! YOU FOOL! DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE?

@jonobrien1339 6 ай бұрын

Why did the German Chicken cross the road? He was just following orders.

@bscepter 2 жыл бұрын

"Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour!" "Just about everyone, I think."

@preciousfreakydarlin 12 жыл бұрын

thats very funny. i love it.

@Plantsandtoyhorses 12 жыл бұрын

Dang this show looks fun! wish I could see all of it here in America :(

@burn443 Жыл бұрын

Decade late, but they’re all on KZfaq/online for free

@ThatDonChannel 7 жыл бұрын

I have heard this joke before a couple of times - once on the old "Welcome Back, Kotter" TV series IIRC - but never knew it was particularly associated with Germany before now

@FurnitureFan 6 жыл бұрын

Don Del Grande Oh, it's old. I think adding "German" just gave them all an excuse to practice funny accents and have a giggle together.

@UKU2ber 12 жыл бұрын

Such a funny joke lol

@cgulljbravi8264 3 жыл бұрын

Even though adopted as a baby he was still given a german name, LMAO

@samarvora7185 2 жыл бұрын

You've never heard of 'Lee Mack's Wok around the Clock', have you?

@cgulljbravi8264 2 жыл бұрын

@@samarvora7185 unfortunately no, will do, thanks

@bigbowlowrong4694 4 ай бұрын

And speaks with the thickest German accent possible😆

@KroK013 7 жыл бұрын

I was searching for this joke once and finally found it on some forum or other. Someone from Germany had commented about their little sister, whose first words (at the age of six or seven, I believe) were shouted over breakfast. "Ich willst ein Ei!" The whole family was stunned.

@andrew7taylor 7 жыл бұрын

Stunned about her bad declination of the verb 'will', ja? :)

@KroK013 7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. I blame Google Translate for that. I only know three German phrases, one of which is "Nicht spreche Duetsch." Which is probably also incorrect.

@andrew7taylor 7 жыл бұрын

KroK013 Ich spreche kein Deutsch. Although what you said was probably better for the purpose (after all, if you didn't know German, would you know how to say that properly? Probably not!)

@KroK013 7 жыл бұрын

Danke. I will practice.

@gurbindersekhon8240 4 жыл бұрын

Wolfgang!!

@oscartravis5740 4 жыл бұрын

And Sandy there with secret designs on her own empire of taking over Stephen's chair, which of course she did on letter N

@hexxon77 3 жыл бұрын

The shortest book ever printed: three pages including title page: "1000 years of German Humor"

@conors4430 3 жыл бұрын

German whi is hilarious and everywhere, it’s just dry.

@rosshart9514 2 жыл бұрын

This book is part of a series. Other titles are: Saudi Cocktail Guide Italian Heroic Sagas 300 Years Of Arabic Innovations Great English Cook Book

@McZorr0101 Жыл бұрын

This joke has also been said to have been a story about how Einstein was very slow to speak in full sentences. In that story he was nine years old with a variation on the foodstuff that was not satisfactory. I suspect it is just an excellent joke that was tagged on the Einstein’s life story.

@hasansal11 12 жыл бұрын

its apple strudel, its like a mini apple pie kinda thing :)

@creativeamerican8811 6 жыл бұрын

hasansal11 Yes, but that’s irrelevant .. Never mind

@SR1Records 4 жыл бұрын

Is funny because is true!

@kenny38606 12 жыл бұрын

See, for someone who doesn't live in Europe like me (I've lived in Canada, US and Mexico), we're not really familiar with that stereotype about Germans. The most prevalent stereotype we have is that they're loud and angry. So it really did need explaining for some people, as the punchline went over my head. Thank you for explaining.

@timolampe 3 жыл бұрын

Loud? That surprises me the most, because we're not really loud people. I had people rrom the US over and they were surprised when everyone stared at them for talking on the bus. It's one of the many situations where it's considered rude to be loud here.

@TheOnlyArtifex 12 жыл бұрын

@TheOnlyArtifex Oh, and what's also important for the Dutch are the historic soccer/footbal matches between the Germans and Dutch.

@WorstRescueEver 12 жыл бұрын

@MrSkinnyBill oh, thanks :) ... didn't know there was a cliché like that :D

@romanpr1nce 12 жыл бұрын

I love German culture so much. :D

@creativeamerican8811 6 жыл бұрын

0:26 Then ONE ONE ONE DAY DAY DAY

@farkagal 11 жыл бұрын

Its Apfelstrudel in German. its like a pastry or cake filled with apples.

@YT_Loz 12 жыл бұрын

@Ilkhan28 QI Is rather good, very 'British' in it's approach but fun for all. I would recommend the DVD Box set for Christmas, Amazon normally has a discount or two!

@truknayr23 12 жыл бұрын

@MWcrazyhorse it was more like.... "dzon't menchun ze wor!!!! LOL! PEACE!

@Macunator 12 жыл бұрын

@Cranberryvid Yes... but the woman Sandi, is Danish, thats why she said " this is the most fun a Danish person has had with a German person since 1944"

@allydfc12 12 жыл бұрын

@NizziRandomz The apple strudel is a bit tepid. And they say, "Woflgang! You've never spoken before. After all these years you finally speak, why haven't you spokne before?" Up until now, everything has been satisfactory!

@GriffinGamingStudios 11 жыл бұрын

That's.. Actually a brilliant idea. I should try it in my philosophy class, one mention of quantum mechanics and then all looked as if I was trying to teach latin to a group of toddlers. Of course, being philosophy it can't be the meaning of life, but I'm sure calculus will work perfectly.

@davd1986 12 жыл бұрын

All I can say is, LOL.

@Klappstuhlize 11 жыл бұрын

hahah okay (: Xx

@TheJim9191 6 жыл бұрын

My German friend told me this one: "How many Chermanz does it take to schrew a lightbalb? Von, because ve are efficient, and do not haf humour." Ja, sehr gut.

@enkisdaughter4795 Жыл бұрын

But apfelstrudel is Austrian! My late great Aunt (who was Austrian) made the best apfelstrudel ever. Her strudel pastry was to die for❤

@danielwesterlund1905 Жыл бұрын

I guess that if the Germans only have one joke, it makes sense the Austrians are still figuring theirs out.

@BNL07604 9 жыл бұрын

The German Joke: A Lost Seinfeld Episode.

@MsDDiddy 12 жыл бұрын

haha no problem. i dont even know why i got angry in my explaining. i guess it never occurred to me that the German stereotype wasn't universal. anyway, glad i could help :)

@CptSpauIding 11 жыл бұрын

This is the internet.

@TheOnlyArtifex 12 жыл бұрын

@adamclongden Well you know, the view of a specific country (in this case Germany) is different for every nationality. For example in this case, the English apparantly see the Germans as complainers or something like that and mostly make (judging on just one joke, forgive me if I'm wrong) jokes about that. While the Dutch usually just make jokes about germans dying or being hurt, which obviously still comes from the second world war.

@nedisahonkey 3 жыл бұрын

Quite the opposite. They see them as very serious and unlikely to speak unless neccasary.

@ourorboros2 12 жыл бұрын

you realise this is filmed infront of a live audience right? the laughter is coming from the people in the audience, its not canned.

@AngryChamois 12 жыл бұрын

@odatas Er sagt nicht der Strudel schmeckt komisch, er sagt er ist zu lauwarm (tepid)

@mortenu.5606 12 жыл бұрын

Sandi was born in Denmark, but has spent about 95 % of her life in the UK and is totally unknown here in Denmark.

@klemensk8776 3 жыл бұрын

No one knows Henning in here germany either and if we did, we wouldn't like him, because he is in the UK since 2004 and still has an accent like a 14 year old that never left germany. Also he spreads joy, a undesireable trait for a german.

@JSmellerM 3 жыл бұрын

@@klemensk8776 *an undesirable I don't like you and your false grammar.

@adrianflo6481 3 жыл бұрын

so? she is still a great ambassador of Denmark. Thats like saying Zlatan isnt Swedish.

@adrianflo6481 3 жыл бұрын

@@klemensk8776 Dude, that is what every german sounds like. Sorry not sorry.

@timolampe 3 жыл бұрын

@@adrianflo6481 no it's not.

@alanpgoodwin 12 жыл бұрын

@Ilkhan28 google the BBC iPlayer. :) Have fun with QI.

@anglo-saxonredcoat3728 11 жыл бұрын

Why are people saying they don't get the joke!! someone has explained it in the top comment haha

@adamclongden 12 жыл бұрын

i find it hard to believe that some people dont get this...

@Cranb 12 жыл бұрын

@Macunator What's that got to do with a German accent?

@Cranb 12 жыл бұрын

@NizziRandomz The guy speaking with the German accent is German.

@Imeralds 12 жыл бұрын

@giraffstorm what is her name? :P

@ndubuisimbano9042 6 жыл бұрын

Dont mention the war

@slothfulcobra 6 жыл бұрын

Funny, I heard this bit about Albert Einstein

@WorstRescueEver 12 жыл бұрын

@Ashyboy1992 yes, really^^

@Gigaguenther 7 жыл бұрын

this is supposedly the story of albert einsteins first words (or first complete sentence)

@manovardasilgas 11 жыл бұрын

It's a first time I hear about such stereotype. Maybe it's only popular in UK?

@nosocksonlyshoes 11 жыл бұрын

its delicious

@Fourzerotw0 9 жыл бұрын

You know what would make the joke even funnier? Them not talking over each other while saying it.

@TriplePalindromous 8 жыл бұрын

+David Davidson Weirdly enough, that's what makes this clip for me.

@AymanB 8 жыл бұрын

+David Davidson That's the point of the clip ... Tandem joke.

@danielevans545 8 жыл бұрын

+David Davidson Yes, but it plays out into a short, but great back and forth.

@Fourzerotw0 8 жыл бұрын

***** You have garbage taste my friend.

@danielevans545 8 жыл бұрын

David Davidson If you say so.

@Macunator 12 жыл бұрын

@IdaABC The woman is Danish haha

@Pandamahn 11 жыл бұрын

Well, I'm fucking sorry for not knowing every single stereotype. That must mean I'm a fucking idiot, because stereotyping is such a great thing, and I really should've kept myself up to date.

@foodank_atr817 3 жыл бұрын

The old comments in this thread from back before the youtube comment reply system was overhauled all look like insane rants.

@Lilithly 11 жыл бұрын

I don't get the joke. probably cause I'm german^^; luckily i've got all these nice comments to help me out.

@MonkeyspankO 5 жыл бұрын

The German version of this joke involves salty soup and spoiled kids

@davidknox1234 11 жыл бұрын

And the troll got you. Or are you counter-trolling?

@cc8277 11 жыл бұрын

did you?

@necoragha65 11 жыл бұрын

No offence intended. I said I may be wrong. Come to think of it I have a German colleague with a great sense of humour.

@JosephineMiller 9 жыл бұрын

its an old joke. I first heard it when I was a kid in the 60's

@binaway 8 жыл бұрын

+Josephine Miller My dad used the same joke about my elder brother in the 60's as well

@Celeb132 12 жыл бұрын

Don't mention the var!

@oscartravis5740 4 жыл бұрын

I thought this had some basis in fact about Albert Einstein's upbringing, how he didn't speak until a quite late age for a baby's development?

@illiteratellipsis 12 жыл бұрын

This joke is my childhood. Seriously, was tested and everything. Well, except the German bit.

@itzjung 11 жыл бұрын

Yes I'm from the USA, however I do work closely with Germans from Germany. My job demands it and they seem very nice. From my experience the owner of a anonymous company (in Germany) was very very big and he gave me a big hug i felt like a little baby. We enjoyed many beers together at a pub in which they had over 100 different types of beer. Germans love beer you are just approaching them incorrectly.

@SirChildrenEater 12 жыл бұрын

@WorstRescueEver it really isn't that hard to understand :/

@Feeluck 12 жыл бұрын

if my pronounciation was that good.. in german schools its mostly about grammar and vocabulary but not about spoken english what is pretty sad in my opinion.. and wow. i didn't know that host really had a tv show!! i just know him from V as Vendetta :D

@timolampe 3 жыл бұрын

Thank god that changed. Today, the focus is on speaking the language instead of on grammar because it is considered more important.

@Telstar62a 12 жыл бұрын

Really old joke, but the first time I've heard it with a specific nationality attached.

@katinkers 11 жыл бұрын

i made it through half of this not understanding a word of what they said, believing that maybe the joke was about british accents? turns out, it was about germans. fuck me right?

@rosiefay7283 4 жыл бұрын

"not understanding a word of what they said" Really? Must've been because of Stephen and Alan's awful attempts at a German accent.

@Imeralds 12 жыл бұрын

@KneejerkHateMachine I'm from Denmark.. and I didn't know who is was XD FAIL!

@19Mellon73 12 жыл бұрын

@EmmyNeander Nah, you don't get it either. We only talk if there is reason, you know efficiency. If there's no information to be delivered, there's no point to talk. ...exept you are female. In this case gender trumps nationality. Of course! ;)

@bazillusfungus 11 жыл бұрын

funny, we have an other stereotype of the germans and beacause of that i need to read all these explainations to understand how british understand the joke. so i go watch big brother again.

@EmmyNeander 12 жыл бұрын

This is so very true! @WorstRescueEver basically Germans never laud stuff, whenever they speak it's to complain or criticise. We're generally quite miserable and cynical people :P