Two weeks ago I had a very bad cold, but I was scheduled to be a guest on “The TSO Show”, an internet comedy hangout panel show from australia, so instead of calling in sick, I called in sick, call me Bruce and notice the different time zones and give me lots of kudos.
Anyway, it was about current topics, i can’t remember much of my performance (I was really sick), but here it is for all of you to enjoy:
Also on the show were american comedians Josh Giannakopoulos and Jose Andres Rosario. Your host was Joel White. There was Eurovision, spies, kings, insects, speeding cars, and some cheeky nuts. Funny stuff!
Here’s the backstory: Mr. Johnny Hollywood has an english comedy show in Cologne and I feel very blessed that he once asked me to perform in english at his show – what a crazy idea! I was thrilled – I usually perform in german, but since all the comedy I watch is english (because imho english comedy is better), so I thought “why not?”.
You can watch my first performance here and again I feel very blessed that that video kinda went viral and already has over 230,000 views.
I plan to perform more often in english, so if anybody wants to book me, anywhere in the world, contact me at mail@manuelwolff.de
German Stand-Up Comedian Manuel Wolff performs in english at the international comedy night in Maastricht, Netherlands.
A take on that Gotye song “Somebody that I used to know”, particularly the version of “Walk off the earth” – by the way “Morgen kommt der weihnachtsmann” has the same melody as “twinkle, twinkle, little star”.
Here’s the backstory: Mr. Johnny Hollywood has an english comedy show in Cologne and I feel very blessed that he once asked me to perform in english at his show – what a crazy idea! I was thrilled – I usually perform in german, but since all the comedy I watch is english (because imho english comedy is better), so I thought “why not?”.
You can watch my first performance here and again I feel very blessed that that video kinda went viral and already has over 300,000 views.
I plan to perform more often in english, so if anybody wants to book me, anywhere in the world, contact me at mail@manuelwolff.de
from my performance at the international comedy night in Maastricht, Netherlands:
“What kind of silly idea is that, to make an english comedy show in the Netherlands and then bring a german onstage? We’re not funny at all! I mean of all the nations in the world – Germany is the least funny nation! We’re even less funny than North Korea! Geez. No, but seriously, we’re not funny people, we’re angry people, we don’t have joy. We take – stuff!
You know, I had a friend in Holland, I was visiting him and I asked “You don’t mind if germans come?” and he said “Well, we don’t mind, we welcome them, but only one at a time.” – So here I am.
We like to complain. We don’t make jokes, we complain. That’s like the german thing, we complain. We’re not happy, if we can’t complain. They have this saying in Germany, it’s called “Früher war alles besser”. Everybody says that, “früher war alles besser”, which means “in the past everything was better.” Which is kind of a really really stupid thing to say. Especially for a german … you know … Hitler. You don’t see any jews running around Germany saying “ah, früher war alles besser!”.
And it’s not true, nothing was better “früher”, everything gets better all the time! We should be thankful and happy! We should be thankful for the americans like Johnny Hollywood – because the Americans they reunified Germany … by taking David Hasselhoff, putting him at the Berlin wall, standing on top of his speaking car – speaking not singing car – but he was singing “I’ve been looking for freedom!” and the wall came tumbling down. We should be so happy! Hallelujah, David Hasselhoff!
I know David Hasselhoff is not really from the USA, he’s Canadian. So? Hitler was austrian.
what happens, when a german comedian, an american comedian, a british comedian and a belgian comedian share a backstage at an international comedy show in Maastricht, the Netherlands? World War 3, peace or some good old fashioned ironing? Are we trying to be Funny? Is it Humor or Humour? Or do we leave out the good jokes for the stage? Is it going to be hilarious or a mega fail?
wrestler pic by Cameraman Craig under CC-BY-2.0
seats pic by jurvetson under CC-BY-2.0
“Let a smile by your umbrella” pic by Leland Francisco under CC-BY-2.0
Yay – what about letters? How come f, v and w ist different in Germany than in England and the US? Oh well… and even more questions answered. But to make me happy, ask me more! Off you go!
Today your viewer quetions get answered. Does the german diet consist solely of beer and sausages? And what TV shows did we watch growing up? And more stuff, just for you. If you have questions, don’t be afraid to ask! If you don’t have any questions, make some up!
