Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The books series has reached a cult status in Czechia (under the name Mládí v hajzlu, literally "youth down the toilet"), so much so that C. D. Payne visited Prague on several occasions to give interviews and autograph sessions. Somewhat ironically, the overall much better known film adaptation is basically unknown in Czechia, only receiving official translation in 2016 (6 years after its release).