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Hi! In order to understand this, you have to be able to go back to the time when the sketch was created. In the second half of the 1970s, as the industrialized nations were recovering from the oil price shock at the turn of 73/74 and these nations were plagued by massive inflation. In West Germany there was practically full employment (250,000 unemployed) until the end of 1973. That number had skyrocketed to 1,150,000. Thanks to the clever measures taken by the federal government, the number of unemployed had fallen again to 825,000 by 1979. But the high inflation, which lasted for a good 10 years, naturally also led to high wage agreements in collective bargaining, almost in the double-digit range. And it was precisely these disputes between employers and unions that were satirized here. The bathtub makes fun of the saying, "We're all in the same boat...". Another note is a sentence from Dr. Klöbner: "These are probably the blackmail methods of your gangster company..." But you can only understand all of this if you know the contemporary historical context. And what should I say... The 70's was the best decade, Germany had in the 20th century...
I would rather say it is a parody on how the political parties in parliament did debate. The Name Müller-Lüdenscheid is typical for the parliament where people with names like smith or miller are easier to tell apart when the city where they were elected is added to the name - in this case Lüdenscheid.
@@mweskamppp As a guy, who remembers the 70's well, biside the fact that I was very young at that time, it has nothing to do with the parliement. For this purpose, Loriot made several jokes about politicians, includin' live and in person the federal chancellor. He was very amused...!
It's pretty much none of it. It's just making fun of offishness, intensified with the absurd situation. Loriot did political remarks, but the priority was always making fun of interpersonal communications.
Before my retirement I had 3 or 4 times due to my job participated in international discussions for big infra structure projects and to my experience the behaviour shown in this sketch is unbelievably accurate during the negotiations. If you haven't seen it with your own eyes you wouldn't believe it.
You have to put the two in the bathtub in the right context. Loriot is making fun of the culture of debate in German politics of the 70s. That sometimes people get involved in debates who are "in the wrong bathtub" and don't really know what they're talking about. They tell platitudes and discuss completely unimportant things without ever getting to the core of the problem, not to tell finding a solution. But it seems that doesn't bother anyone, as long as they stay polite and keep the form. Even though they're both sitting naked in the bathtub, they address each other as Herr... and use the formal Sie. It is a great pity that a "remake" from a carnival-show in TV is no longer available online. Around 2006 there was a stage sketch at Carnival with Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer in the bathtub, in which she always addressed him as Herr Professor Sauer and he addressed her as Frau Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Merkel. Later there were new adaptations, also one with Merkel and Boris Johnson and one with Merkel and Trump in the bathtub, albeit from smaller carnival events without TV broadcast. In any case, this bathtub story has repeatedly inspired people to address communication deficits in the bathtub for 40 years.
Preventing Monty Python from performing that piece of comedy was just the fact that there's no bath tub in which both, Michael Palin and John Cleese would fit in together at the same time.
A lot of frases, words, expressions, saying a word with a certain emphasisor or small sentencens of Loriot sketches have passed into German usage. Like "moooooment"(means: one moment pls; but saying it with a very long "o") or words like "Schwanzhund" (Tail-dog) or "Quallenknödel" (jellyfish-dumpling).
And the Petrophaga lorioti even made it to Pschyrembel. THE medical dictionary in Germany. Google for "Steinlaus" or "stone louse". There's even an English Wiki about it.
No, it's about completely different things. The man on the right just wants to bathe in peace and in his own way. Whether he has certain preferences is his business and also his right, since it is his bathtub. The man on the left, in turn, tries all the time to interfere in the affairs of the man on the right and to influence his perception of “logic”. He also takes the liberty of changing the water temperature without asking the other person whose bathtub it is whether they agree to it. So in summary, this is primarily about attempted influence and a lack of mindfulness towards others.
The woman in the last seconds was Evelyn Hamann, who did a lot of work together with Loriot. Unforgotten her comedic performance as TV announcer for a British TV series, recapping the contents of the last part and getting in more and more trouble pronouncing the names. Hilarious!
Hi! In order to understand this, you have to be able to go back to the time when the sketch was created. In the second half of the 1970s, as the industrialized nations were recovering from the oil price shock at the turn of 73/74 and these nations were plagued by massive inflation. In West Germany there was practically full employment (250,000 unemployed) until the end of 1973. That number had skyrocketed to 1,150,000. Thanks to the clever measures taken by the federal government, the number of unemployed had fallen again to 825,000 by 1979. But the high inflation, which lasted for a good 10 years, naturally also led to high wage agreements in collective bargaining, almost in the double-digit range. And it was precisely these disputes between employers and unions that were satirized here. The bathtub makes fun of the saying, "We're all in the same boat...". Another note is a sentence from Dr. Klöbner: "These are probably the blackmail methods of your gangster company..." But you can only understand all of this if you know the contemporary historical context.
And what should I say... The 70's was the best decade, Germany had in the 20th century...
Thanks for the added context that definitely makes it even better
@@MagicalWorldReactions Don't mention it...
I would rather say it is a parody on how the political parties in parliament did debate. The Name Müller-Lüdenscheid is typical for the parliament where people with names like smith or miller are easier to tell apart when the city where they were elected is added to the name - in this case Lüdenscheid.
@@mweskamppp As a guy, who remembers the 70's well, biside the fact that I was very young at that time, it has nothing to do with the parliement. For this purpose, Loriot made several jokes about politicians, includin' live and in person the federal chancellor. He was very amused...!
It's pretty much none of it.
It's just making fun of offishness, intensified with the absurd situation. Loriot did political remarks, but the priority was always making fun of interpersonal communications.
"The dug stays out" has become a well known sentence in Germany if you want to describe a weird situation of behaviour.
Before my retirement I had 3 or 4 times due to my job participated in international discussions for big infra structure projects and to my experience the behaviour shown in this sketch is unbelievably accurate during the negotiations. If you haven't seen it with your own eyes you wouldn't believe it.
You have to put the two in the bathtub in the right context. Loriot is making fun of the culture of debate in German politics of the 70s. That sometimes people get involved in debates who are "in the wrong bathtub" and don't really know what they're talking about. They tell platitudes and discuss completely unimportant things without ever getting to the core of the problem, not to tell finding a solution. But it seems that doesn't bother anyone, as long as they stay polite and keep the form. Even though they're both sitting naked in the bathtub, they address each other as Herr... and use the formal Sie.
It is a great pity that a "remake" from a carnival-show in TV is no longer available online. Around 2006 there was a stage sketch at Carnival with Angela Merkel and her husband Joachim Sauer in the bathtub, in which she always addressed him as Herr Professor Sauer and he addressed her as Frau Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Merkel.
Later there were new adaptations, also one with Merkel and Boris Johnson and one with Merkel and Trump in the bathtub, albeit from smaller carnival events without TV broadcast.
In any case, this bathtub story has repeatedly inspired people to address communication deficits in the bathtub for 40 years.
It’s not about the bath, like the clip with the dog is not about the dog. It’s about communication and milieu and about men and power fights.
Loriot's grave is still littered with yellow rubber ducks from his fans
Preventing Monty Python from performing that piece of comedy was just the fact that there's no bath tub in which both, Michael Palin and John Cleese would fit in together at the same time.
Just see those 2 guys as polititians. They argue for arguing sake, but strictly formal in speach and behavior.
A lot of frases, words, expressions, saying a word with a certain emphasisor or small sentencens of Loriot sketches have passed into German usage. Like "moooooment"(means: one moment pls; but saying it with a very long "o") or words like "Schwanzhund" (Tail-dog) or "Quallenknödel" (jellyfish-dumpling).
And the Petrophaga lorioti even made it to Pschyrembel. THE medical dictionary in Germany. Google for "Steinlaus" or "stone louse". There's even an English Wiki about it.
Do you recognize the meta topic? It's over 50 years old and still very relevant.
a german classic :D
I think, this video should show two opposite political parties arguing about something
Loriot is playing with the way some people become overly formal and polite when a situation is getting a bit nasty.
Two nitpickers in a bathtub. That’s what it is
You have no idea, Kid...
No, it's about completely different things. The man on the right just wants to bathe in peace and in his own way. Whether he has certain preferences is his business and also his right, since it is his bathtub. The man on the left, in turn, tries all the time to interfere in the affairs of the man on the right and to influence his perception of “logic”. He also takes the liberty of changing the water temperature without asking the other person whose bathtub it is whether they agree to it. So in summary, this is primarily about attempted influence and a lack of mindfulness towards others.
The woman in the last seconds was Evelyn Hamann, who did a lot of work together with Loriot. Unforgotten her comedic performance as TV announcer for a British TV series, recapping the contents of the last part and getting in more and more trouble pronouncing the names. Hilarious!
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