Dinner for one

[Jonlucrobinson]

shkol



[THEsortinet]

I don't get it...

[phill2489]

I´ve never seen this before...

[Glyni1lily2]

This always makes me laugh! Happy New Year!

[Remoniq]

Brings me a smile o my face evrey time.

[tabernumse]

Comes every new years eve here..

[whouse72]

I frist saw this around a freids place in Germany on new year eve 2011. It was so funny.It's on German t.v eveny new year eve...

[Bierduvel]

@whouse72 Same here in Belgium mate. I first saw it in english class. Best english class ever

[ImNatTheTwat]

Me and my family used to watch this every new year's eve. This year I watched it with my friends and we made it into a drinking game! We took a sip from our drink every time the butler took one and every time he tripped on the tiger ;)

[53randomdude]

I love this so funny



[TheRealDoubleH]

Growing up in Denmark this is a MUST for every new years evening!

[teresaho24]

i love this!!! probably cause im german hahahaha

[IlRezzonico]

I have German friends who mentioned this to me about 20 years ago - I had no idea what they were talking about. Thanks to YT I can now see this - 2 mins in so far, and no idea what the fuss is about.

[Nee69]

The Germans love this clip!

[t5emu]

my german teacher shown my class this in a lesson

[Natalina33]

Une pensée pour Alexandre ...qui m a

[Musicmaniac9834]

My german teacher sent me here:)

[gobra1940]

einfach klasse

[MrWaeseL]

this owns

[awesomeclipmaker1]

how do I find this funny even though its so obvious what will happened?!?!

[mattblack19761]

@SE962582C - I probably am too young to have seen Monty Python when it was first broadcast if that's what you mean, but I have seen quite alot of the TV episodes and films. Not sure what your comment to me has to do with this video though...?

[rammergramps]

Have been looking for this one as it has become a family thing to watch it New Years on SBS

[ChristopherHeward]

Didn't see 8:48 coming!!!

[SE962582C]

Them stupid Jerrys liking our crap! 

[theworldvideos1]

Also I think slapstick humour was very popular in the early 20th century amongst Brits, but generally went out of favour, when situation comedy started to become more prevalent and more popular. However the mainland Europeans still loved their slapstick humour, which many countries still showed on their entertainment television and cinemas.

[theworldvideos1]

It's not too bad and some of it is quite funny, especially the butler trying to serve the drink and missing the target, while he is drunk. I'm from the UK and this is the first time I've seen this, after reading an article from the BBC News website, which mentioned this UK sketch being popular in northern Europe and completely unknown in the UK. It's very slapstick and Brits are not generally a big fan of slapstick humour, whereas Germans and other Europeans tend to like this type of humour.

[English0pium]

I don't believe this crap has ever been shown on tv before. I think the Europeans have made the whole load of bullshit up. . Stop trying to divert attention from your problems onto the UK . . it isn't going to work !

[English0pium]

Funny how the Europeans and Americans and everyone else for that matter . . think they live in a 'classless' society . . no such thing. .

[Mabelreign]

I wonder if this amuses the Teutons so much because they imagine this is how the "inselaffe" comport themselves when they think no-one is watching? I'm old enough to remember Freddie Frinton, and he was hardly well-known in Britain when he was alive, let alone now. How bizarre that they have latched on to this...

[janestub]

austrians and germans have a love of slapstick ....just not funny...derek and clive tho he he he

[intermender]

I think it is class that this has become a new year institution in Germany et al :D It's surely a great mood setter for the new year celebration parties lol

[scottjp31]

just how bad is german tv if this is the best thing on it. makes Jools holland look riveting...

[English0pium]

@scottjp31 Apart from some fairly decent house music . . do the Germans and French actually have any modern culture . . like music, comedy ?

And before any one talks about french cinema . . it is largely shite . . .

[FootDanielLight]

@English0pium Most cinema is not very good, it is the great films that are remembered but every country and every age has produced terrible cinema. As for the french they have produced some of the greatest directors ever, truffaut, renoir, and many great actors also. but yes i suppose despite this it is 'largely shit' compared to english language cinema, if you can even call ridiculous cgi true cinema

[jackotheripper]

this was never popular in England because it's fucking shit

[The96Greg]

this is absolutly shit!!!

[vespaUK125]

I am surprised at the cult status of this clip, if it makes the German and Austrian happy and it is now tradition, I am all for it :)

[vespaUK125]

@vespaUK125 I thought the slapstick was funny !

[blueray1969]

who on earth were the audience that actually laughed to this? friends of the cast maybe...laughing out of embarrassment?

[blueray1969]

it's awful - why on earth is it famous? What was it anyway, originally? Never seen anything as bad as this on British TV.

[jkfan2005]

I thought "Dinner for One" was the official slogan of North Korea...

[piedpiperpianos]

It kinda grows on one!



[JDherts]

Does it matter why it is liked?

[Konquistadoren]

Why is this a new years cult film in Germany?

[instant0]

@Konquistadoren Same in Norway

[Mrtheseventhmoon]

This is not in any way amusing. The Jerries are a strange bunch :P

[OktoberSunset]

Yet more proof that Germans really are all quite quite mad.

Although still not quite as mad as the nutty Russians.

[Zxzm]

Why do the Germans love this thing so much?

[satinsaid]

I'm english but only found out about this because of BBC news website

[LeiaAlexis]

@satinsaid Me too !! Its not my cup of tea though :P I think its just cuz Brits have a different sense of humour though.

[rusdegs]

completely unknown in the uk-which is weird. pretty funny,the guys plays a good drunk,

[wiffybiffy]

Sorry, but it is rubbish. Tradition overtaking taste.

[ROCKYBLUEDOGS]

Well it's better than some of the rubbish we get on tele nowadays at least.

[skegetchy]

amazing! Its completely unknown in england...it deserves to be though! First time seeing it.

[CreamedCheesed]

Ahhhh, they don't make 'em like this anymore... fortunately!

[kolaberryify]

first time watcher:) loved it!

[hai2410]

Must be a German thing.

[menckencynic]

@hai2410 It MUST be a German thing. No other explanation at ALL.

[LocaLuci07]

It is a New Year tradition in my country of birth -Czech republic to watch this on TV. Right now watched it on my first New Year in El Salvador. :)

[wishuwerehere421]

cant go a year without this!

[LadyAlenida]

The same procedure as every year!

[doobie187]

Happy New Years everyone!!! Spending my first new year with my German wife and we just had to watch. So hilarious!! Our new yearly tradition!!

[deandro985]

hahahaha, im german living in canada now for a few years... and they dont show this on tv): so i must use youtube, weil wie gesagt, es gibt kein Silvester ohne Dinner for One :D

[nfinn42]

The same procedure as EVERY year, James! ^_^

[oesseustache]

Was waere Sylvester ohne Dinner for One.. Guten Rutsch aus las Terrenas, Dom. Rep.

[bermiful]

Germans in Bermuda watch it as well before midnight :-)

[theloserguy1]

THIS IS THE WORST THING I'VE EVER SEEN. I HATE GERMENY!!!!!!!!!!

[o0gLamorous0o]

happy new year to everyone!!!

[Kaleonkaleo]

Happy New Year from Georgia, USA

[n4d1n3g]

I was shown this in Germany 23 years ago & have hunted for it all this time as I never knew what it was called - Finally my life is complete lol. (My stomach hurts with laughing so much).

[TheGillestyle]

Happy New Year from Luxembourg

[yzeeable]

austrian exchange student in the dominican republic.. feels like home with dinner for one! :)

[MissSmartie1995]

@elenylove- haha, I'm right now a German exchange student in the states, too. And I'm doing the exact same thing. Liebste Grüße nach Deutschland....:D

[Ale3x93]

Happy New Year from Norway!

[JeanClaudeRocks]

I am English and heard about this on Radio 4 also, I found it comical and defy anyone not to find this amusing using the same procedure as every year :) What I learnt from the wiki article on this surprised me a lot, it's heartwarming that the sketch is much loved throughout Europe.

[jahshappybus]

thank you radio 4 for suggesting this :)

[MaxWindau2008]

Just watching this because I've missed it on TV. You can't live without seeing this every year, it's tooooo genius!

[rqguzman]

Thanks to my dear German friends, It's the same procedure as every Year! Greetings from Brazil!

[Currywurst010]

Im exchange student in brazil and here nobody knows it. But youtube helps me to dont miss this epic show :D

[00annamaria00]

i'm an exchange student from Germany here in America, too .. yes, @elenylove , New Year is not the same without it!! :)

[PatUNC]

To all Germans and to all German exchange students in the USA, I am glad we have youtube!

[TheNicoButterfly]

yay a new years must

[stewmadsen]

No New Years without this thing :)

[TheHerbert4321]

Frohes neues Jahr Deutschland!

[petzipetzi1]

Das Video Ist Kult!!!!

[astral365]

Just been linked this, I can see me watching this every new year as well now. Fantastic acting!... or was it acting? :p

[michknu]

No new year without it! Even if I know it by heart. Happy 2012 everybody.

[TTonee0]

What the crocodile hat was that

[staniboy1234]

New years eve in austria is stopped 10 minutes before midnight, then on pretty much every channel on tv DINNER FOR ONE is shown, afterwards a counter, and then CABOOOM NEW YEAR!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR YOUTUBE

[Griesmayer]

@staniboy1234 and a happy new year to you too, my austrian fellow countryman :)

[wulfrunian]

Heard about this on Radio 4 this morning, plus the very negative reaction from listeners. I've just watched it and I haven't laughed so much in ages. Nobody ever played the drunk like Freddie Frinton.

[elenylove]

I'm German and an exchange student in America, but I'm watching it on youtube. New Year wouldn't be New Year without it :))

[TheVanilla888]

@elenylove exactly the same here! ;)

[KMGlachs]

@elenylove That's so true... From Austria ;)

[TheHerbert4321]

@elenylove Wo bist du gerade in Amerika? Ich bin in Michigan. Das neue Jahr in Deutschland ist in 2 Minuten und hier in 6 Stunden. Ich habe auch gerade mein Auslandsjahr und freue mich schon nächstes Jahr wieder in Deutschland zu feiern.

[aeno123]

@elenylove lol i'm too!

[MissYippiie]

@elenylove same here

[TheOnlyGossipGirl]

@elenylove Omg, I'm an exchange student from Germany too and do exactly the same!!!

[jamie1707]

@elenylove I'm not German but I have been watching this every New Years eve/ New Years Day for years and years. I don't remember when or why watching this became a NYE tradition, but like you said, NYE wouldn't be NYE without it.

[fipsi08]

@elenylove

You're definitely right! You know, it's the same as every year, but it's kinda funny after all the years it has been broadcasting though!

[Emmiee777]

@elenylove I was on exchange in Germany when i saw this!! were you with Rotary?

[bluewhale18]

my new year tradition!!!!

[StinglikeaB]

I heard about this on BBC Radio 4 this morning and decided to see if I thought it was funny. I don't think it is in the slightest bit funny. Apparently the Germans find it hilarious and it is shown on German television every year. Del Boy falling through the bar is still the best. I may use the "same procedure" phrase to comedy effect in the future.

[Quimas]

Perfect!

[phillipashcroft]

I have just watched this once again as I do every year with the same procedure as last year : )

[azhans263]

I'm English but I've known about this sketch for years and its significance to Germans. A few years ago, as part of my job, I had to send email information on a regular basis to a somewhat unfriendly and impatient German woman working in the UK. Around New Year during that period I sent her a link to 'Dinner For One' which I knew she wouldn't be able to see whilst residing in the UK. Her response was unbelievable and she couldn't thank me enough. Thereafter her emails became so friendly!

[Rattlepiece]

@azhans263 Very interesting story, thanks for sharing! Happy New Year!

[271250cl]

This just isn't funny. Not at all. Not even a little bit!

[finnishredder]

This is a true classic. And it's all in one take! Not many actors nowadays can do this kind of acting!

[HAHAAJ2010]

It wasn't on the tv this year :(((((

[crazyk233]

I hate it soo!!

[RJarman69]

This really is crap.  It's not post-modern existentilist neo-absurd ( orwhatever that pretentious drivle means): it's just crap.

But what is interesting is that most Germans (and perhaps large numbers of other Europeans) find this absolutely hilarious (and I guess they're laughing at the slapstick here not the post-modern existentilism whatever) and the most British people think this is crap.

If we can't share a sense of humour, sharing fiscal union is buggered.

[RastaSaiyaman]

@RJarman69 If you hate it so much than why on earth did you search it up in the first place?

[SE962582C]

@RastaSaiyaman That it was made in England (or Scotland). It is still crap.

[SE962582C]

@SE962582C And shite.

[ThinkInNewAreas]

Looooove it !!!!

- its a must see - with same procedure as last year - every year ;-)

[Wurstbagett]

That's the gloryfication of drinking for all alcoholics!

[Wurstbagett]

hi, hi, hi! That`s the greatest bluff of global comedies. Thank you, James!

[JokecookieAustria]

thats THE new years eve classic in austria, swiss, germany, norway, sweden, denmark, south africa and australia ;-)

[cleaningagent101]

Thank God for the Germans. Save us from the smug jaded commentariat on Radio 4. This is a masterpiece of post modern existentialist neo-absurdist comic theatre,ie its funny. And it satirises all the hideous pointless ritualistic New years eve blowouts that will take place tonight and every year ad infinitum. Danke. Danke Danke

[bombleybombley]

Watched this after hearing about it on BBC Saturday Live. Not laugh out loud funny. Needed more surprises along with the repeated bits, like when he drinks the flower water or jumps over the tiger's head. That raised a smile on my cynical British face.

[canturgan]

This documentary is still shocking, binge drinking was rife in the old days, it's a British disease by Jove.

[rehabwales]

Radio 4 just did a piece about this. The Germans show this nonsense every year and laugh at it religiously.

[rootsandshootsdevon]

I watched this for the first time. It was a struggle to get to the end but I did persevere. So predictable. Is that what makes it funny for some?

[catclark52]

How could the Saturday Live people not see how funny this is, and I only have the tiniest shred of German blood? The old dear (Edwardian rather than Victorian?) is compelling the butler to get drunk and he is horrified; also baffled by the tiger rug. Love it!!!

[jonr2112]

Perhaps it's not funny to British people because we only have to go into the centre of any major town in England, Scotland or Wales on any randomly chosen Friday or Saturday night to see people in FAR worse states than James. Having lived on the continent, I can understand why anyone in Europe might find this kind of behaviour funny :-)

[mattblack19761]

radio4 listeners - this is quite funny really.

I had a little lol.

[SE962582C]

@mattblack19761 You probably are too young to remember Monty Python.

[phenomenalwomandr]

Tedious indeed! I gave up after 3 minutes

[Jakleton1]

Tedious!

[tnshive]

why is this funny?

[creektime]

love how you can hear single people laughing in the audience :D

[xXyudaya46Xx]

My german sweetheart told me to look this up. Totally worth it xD! Hahhaa I can't believe I've never seen this!

[TheSovietRooster]

I havent seen this since about '07, Glad i finally found it.

[humzor]

same procedure as last year!

[TheMagicalElephant]

Watching this every new years eve here in Finland!

[CrazziiDukuu174]

me and my family watch this every new year:-) its a german favourite to:)

[sethrahthefurry]

Is it wrong if this video gave me a boner?

[Goggarin1991]

in the Fearoese (where i come from) it is a tradition to show this on tv every new years eve, and at least 90% of the citizen watch it every single time!

[yaying404]

anyone else watch this EVERY year? xP

[mobbsy1115]

Spending my first New Year in Berlin this year - I shall be dissapointed if I don't get to see this on German TV. Scholl!

[PantheraUncia13]

Norwegian favourite c:

[joeleinfachnurjoel]

can`t wait to drink with james on new years eve!

[WishesNeverComeTrue]

Det´r still over det.

[Mupphenke]

This is the highlight of the year, 1 more week until it airs on tv=)

[Darcy4562]

Every new year in Germany ;)

[Proclifo]

This is the most repeated clip ever on TV

[ahhgirl67]

Norwegian day before Christmas would never be the same without this classic piece!

[stigoblogg]

Why is he already drunk?

[Hereticalable]

@stigoblogg Because he's British...we come pre-drunk with a free musket in every box.

[zarapicasso]

one thing that confuses me.... does she know that her friends are dead??

[usspooky3]

:-)



[ignoblius]

I find the ending disagreeable. The butler is not nearly drunk enough to boff that old bat.

[LoveManualidades]

it's so funny  XD XD XD XD

[sprattussprattus]

Danish new year would not be the same without this...

[AmyLilies]

@sprattussprattus

Neither would Swedish, lol!

[Griesmayer]

@AmyLilies nor Austrian, hehe. ^^

[spotoftrouble]

Sorry! *Miss Sophie XS

[spotoftrouble]

The same procedure as last year, Miss Selby?

The same procedure as every year, James.

[redabdab]

This really is pathetically unfunny. No wonder I have never heard of it.

[noecortexX5]

@redabdab You have no sense of humor :)

This is classic and they air it every year at christmas time/New year.

[WorldOfDeepThought]

Click on the views statistics ;D

[llkdll]

I'm here because of Q.I.

[Writerandartiste]

Wow Germans being humourless as a stereotype I thought couldn't have gone this far. But this one really.....

[tobydv1]

Ek het die fliek jare gelede gesien en is Britse humor op sy beste. Dankie MJ

[GeorgeWells13]

I love this fine humor :D

[sodthisforalaugh]

I can see why this never gets shown on British TV....it really isn't funny. The germans have a different sense of humour.

[dodgeballwhiz]

@sodthisforalaugh Oh come on. I'm an American and this is actually pretty funny. Maybe it's because I take German class, maybe it's because I like to watch people drunkly blunder about. I don't know.

[thegreatgumburto]

I'm English and only learned about this when visiting Germany for our Holidays this year. It has not been screened on British TV for years apparently.

[BratWody]

@thegreatgumburto In Germany they have it every year! ;-)

[Xplosiveduelsgaming]

I dont think its funny when a man trips over the head of a dead organ taken out tiger.

[rlgn1950]

I loved this the first time I saw it years ago, and still love it.

[TheMegeTube]

SO FUNNY!!

[ClaireenaBear]

Hahaha this never gets old, classic comedy.

[pickering86]

well i must say i prefer the black and white to the colour version. At the very least there are better camera angles.