History Main / GermanHumour

** One good example: On a small Allgäu farm, a kid runs home during a terrible rainstorm. His mother opens the door for him, and asks him, where his dad has gone to. The son, who is totally soaked and cold, but tries to explain, "D-D-Daddy... h-he... oh g-g-god... o-o-on t-the field... r-rain..." The mother then says, "For god's sake, spit it out, son! If you can't say it, then sing it!" "*to the tune of ''Dolly Had A Little Lamb''*♪Daddy got hit by a bolt, a lighting bolt, a lightning bolt... ♫"

* Henning Wehn, a German comedian based in the UK (self-styled as the "German Comedy Ambassador in London"), most known for his appearances on shows such as ''TheNewsQuiz'', ''TheNowShow'' and ''TheUnbelievableTruth''. His act is typically based upon English stereotypes of the Germans. Henning also has been known to turn the tables on England though, including referencing England's performance in the 2010 Soccer World Cup "Nobody mention the World Cup! I mentioned it once, but [[FawltyTowers I think I got away with it!]]"

* Michael 'Bully' Herbig. Comedian and director, probably the most successful director of recent times - ''[[DerSchuhDesManitu Der Schuh des Manitu]]'' (parody of the Karl May movies such as ''{{Winnetou}}'' which were extremely popular in the 60s and 70s) and ''[[strike:T]]raumschiff Surprise'' (a very gay ''StarTrek'' parody) are his fault.

'''The all-important smallish Austrian subsection''' (they hate being counted as Germans)

** The shortest Manta joke of all: A Manta is parked in front of a university.

'''The all-important smallish Austrian subsection'''

* Austrian example: Christoph Grisseman and Dirk Sterman, hosts of the Austrian late-night show 'Willkommen Österreich' (Welcome Austria). As mentioned above, the show's humour is typically Austrian, which is quite dark, often dealing with deportation of immigrants or the antics of the far-right parties in Austria.
** Also: Alfred Dorfer, host of 'Dorfers Donnerstalk'. Quite similiar to the above mentioned show, though the humour is more of the random and satirical variety. A popular segment on the show are the comedy group maschek (másik in Hungarian, meaning 'from the other side') who dub television reports or similiar passages, giving them entirely new meanings. They also made three puppet theater shows, each making fun of the current Austrian chancellor or president.
*** Not to mention that he created MA 2412, a hilarious show about Austrian bureaucracy.
** Michael Niavarani, who was voted "funniest Austrian of all times". Uses his partly Iranian ancestry and rich body hair, among other things.

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* Austrian example: Christoph Grisseman and Dirk Sterman, hosts of the Austrian late-night show 'Willkommen Österreich' (Welcome Austria). As mentioned above, the show's humour is typically Austrian, which is quite dark, often dealing with deportation of immigrants or the antics of the far-right parties in Austria.
** Also: Alfred Dorfer, host of 'Dorfers Donnerstalk'. Quite similiar to the above mentioned show, though the humour is more of the random and satirical variety. A popular segment on the show are the comedy group maschek (másik in Hungarian, meaning 'from the other side') who dub television reports or similiar passages, giving them entirely new meanings. They also made three puppet theater shows, each making fun of the current Austrian chancellor or president.
*** Not to mention that he created MA 2412, a hilarious show about Austrian bureaucracy.
** Michael Niavarani.

* Wilhelm Busch (creator of ''Max and Moritz'' (spiritual predecessors of ''TheKatzenjammerKids'') and many other famous characters)

* Henning Wehn, a German comedian based in the UK (self-styled as the "German Comedy Ambassador in London"), most known for his appearances on shows such as ''TheNewsQuiz'' and ''TheUnbelievableTruth''. His act is typically based upon English stereotypes of the Germans. Henning also has been known to turn the tables on England though, including referencing England's performance in the 2010 Soccer World Cup "Nobody mention the World Cup! I mentioned it once, but [[FawltyTowers I think I got away with it!]]"

* Henning Wehn, a German comedian based in the UK (self-styled as the "German Comedy Ambassador in London"), most known for his appearances on shows such as ''TheNewsQuiz'' and ''TheUnbelievableTruth''. His act is typically based upon English stereotypes of the Germans. Henning also has been known to turn the tables on England though, including referencing England's performance in the 2010 Soccer World Cup "Nobody mention the World Cup! I said it once, but [[FawltyTowers I think I got away with it!]]"

* Henning Wehn, a German comedian based in the UK (self-styled as the "German Comedy Ambassador in London"), most known for his appearances on shows such as ''TheNewsQuiz'' and ''TheUnbelievableTruth''. His act is typically based upon English stereotypes of the Germans.

* Anti-humour such as [[http://www.notfunnycartoons.com/main.html this]].
** NichtLustig has its own page now.

* Janosch

Contrary to [[GermanicDepressives some opinion]], Germans have a sense of humour. Well, considering that a person who lived in Chemnitz from 1900 to 2000 would have to go through [[ImperialGermany the Kaiserreich]], two World Wars, NaziGermany, EastGermany (during which time his city would have to endure being called "Karl-Marx-Stadt" even though poor old Karl was born and raised in Trier--about as far from Chemnitz as you can get in Germany) and TheBerlinRepublic, possession of one would become pretty much mandatory.

Britons may even be surprised to hear that German (especially Northern German) humour is actually very similar to their own - a bizarre combination of dry wit and slapstick. The "No sense of humour" stereotype appears to originate in a combination of the [[strike:German]] Prussian reputation for [[GermanicEfficiency efficiency]] and a perceived lack of the (uniquely British) habit of using humour as a "default mode" for dealing with the world in general.

* Loriot

* Phenomenons like LordOfTheWeed or {{Coldmirror}}'s Harry-Potter-synchronisation.

* Phenomenons like LordOfTheWeed or {{Coldmirrors}} Harry-Potter-synchronisation.

* Phenomenons like LordOfTheWeed or ColdMirrors Harry-Potter-synchronisation.

* Dieter Nuhr, who is said to prove that humor and intelligence are not mutually exclusive. His cabaret centers around human intelligence and brain (provided there is one to speak of, in both cases), technical advancments, gender conflicts and perception of the world, religion, etc.

** How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill up the tank! (The Czechoslovak Skoda cars were subject to similar jokes, but unlike Trabant, Skoda didn't fold and now makes decent cars)
** What did East Germany do with all its surplus Trabants after the Wall fell? They became East German toilet paper! (Trabants had a lot of cheap material in their bodies, including, sometimes, actual cardboard)

* Willy Millowitsch (he appeared in ''National Lampoon's European Vacation'', as the German relative) from Cologne (many German comedians [[GermanDialects speak some dialect]] and make very localized jokes - similar as in Britain, OrSoIHeard).

-->--''{{QI}}'', on [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Germans' love of Mr. Bean]]

** How can you use a banana as a compass? Place a banana on the Berlin Wall. East is where a bite has been taken out of it.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVssz2VMJVM Forklift Driver Klaus - The First Day on the Job]], which is BloodyHilarious.