Flula not only knows pretty much every pop culture and historical reference about the US, he knows other ways to refer to those references that are still accurate but slightly off to make them funny...and all in a second language. "Shout out Garden State" knowing it was a movie and is New Jersey's nickname when referring to Jersey Shore is just so many levels of knowledge deep
How cool would it be to have Flula as a friend in real life. Everything I've seen of him speaks to someone who likes to enjoy the moment in a way most of us don't seem to. Always a treat to get to hear him.
It wasn't until I just Googled Flula Borg that I realized he's absolutely shredded! Glad to see all the staff had a great time filming Conan Without Borders! I just finished watching the Mexico episode and it's such a great series. (Tell Conan to continue it, please and thank you.)
That is because you never stopped accusing us of staring. If you in your thirty years living hear would have accepted, that we don't stare, you might have get used to it.
@@BlankRami Do you have a compulsive disorder that you need to contribute with this much irrelelevance to a comment or u just annoying much. Irregardless, cool that you can distinguish between here and hear. I can as well. I here sounds and hear I am or perhaps I am their. Who nose?!
I've lived in Germany for about a year, and I'm still not used to the staring thing. I thought it was bc I look different, but no, it's just a German thing lol. It's pretty jarring when you're socially anxious, but eh, the train system is pretty cool.
The problem is that many people not accustomed to what they perceive as being starred at act either uncomfortable or become angered which of course causes even more unwanted attention. The stereotypical sentence of a Turkish immigrant looking for trouble is "was guckst du?" - "why are you looking?" and growing up pre-internet and only knowing my only culture I believed for the longest time that it was some weird Turkish habit/ saying they just carried over to Germany, it was not until I encountered anglophone expats on TH-cam complaining about getting "starred" at all the time in Germany that I realized that they actually meant it the way they said it
@@hmvollbanane1259 That's so interesting bc I always thought of turks as being more or less integrated, and that the Germans are used to seeing them, so they don't really get stared at. From an outsider's perspective, I can understand why they get upset haha, it can be a bit much sometimes. Personally, I don't get angry, just very anxious and I pretend not to notice when I'm being stared at 😅.
@@somnolentverve2183 oh everyone is getting looked at ^^ I am 1,95m tall so no matter what I do I will always have people looking at me as my physique gathers attention if I want it or not. It's just that it is normal to us Germans and hence we don't really care/ feel secure with it (there is no safer place on earth than a rural small town with its grandma-surveillance-system). On the other hand if people look passed me, avert their eyes when I notice them or avoid eye contact I get anxious as that is a really bad sign in Germany (took me quite a bit of getting used to when I lived in Canada as an exchange student for a year)
@@hmvollbanane1259 Oh woww I never would have considered that averting eye contact would garner more attention and that it'd be considered suspicious and anxiety inducing to strangers on the street. Staring where I'm from is considered more threatening and more invasive. I think it's true that the people staring are usually secure and feel at ease with their environment. If you lived where I'm from, you'd get looked at for sure bc of your height (congratulations sounds weird to say, but yeah). I'm like 156cm, so sometimes I get looks from very tall people. It's funny bc we both can't wrap our heads around the obvious vertical size difference lol.
@@somnolentverve2183 Most importantly it's not staring (when you are in Germany). It's the normal awareness of our surroundings. And yes it is really obvious when someone is not aware of their surroundings or worse tries to avoid looking into it. It's considered rude, like you try to dodge us. Most likely it won't be perceived suspicious but for sure awkward. But normally we don't look at anyone particular just recognising that someone is present. It's common curtesy. When we start to stare (that what is called "starren" in Germany and the direct translation to "stare" is way more intense than "to stare" is. People who stare "starren" are really impolite and cross social boarders. For you it most likely would feel like they try to pierce your soul. It's really bad. What you consider staring is looking for us, and what we consider staring is only describable in English.). So don't feel bothered. Start to look at people, we not only don't mind, we actually are glad when you do. Because when you don't you radiate the feeling of unpredictability.
I was losing the Conan feeling; but Flula has showed me what he’s doing-finding and revealing great comedians and being hilarious with them. Thanks Conan! Thanks Flula!
I’m currently in Hamburg right now and my very first day here I was so confused why people were staring at me, I felt so judged; but now that I know this it makes a lot more sense! I also found it strange how Germans literally do not jaywalk. They’re honestly a bit weird.
Fun fact: jaywalking is something invented by the US car industry to blame pedestrians rather than cars for unsafe situations. Sorry, been watching a lot of infrastructure-type videos recently.
Depends on what kind of staring. I'm old and my vision is not very good; on some occasion I saw a figure I could not make sense of, so I walked closer and stared intensely trying to figure out what was I seeing... it turned out to be a breast-feeding lady looking back at me in anger.
Only people that don't watch german tv thinks that. When i heard that being said in england in the 90s i was like.. oh you poor souls. You really don't know Germany. Germany has dine amazing shows as long as i can remember Didi Hallervorden was a god in the 70s,80s and 90s When i watched a lot of German tv. Hes still alive today .I Became fluent at 7 in Denmark so know everything thats been a thing in Germany since then. Then they had Rudi Carell and he was from Holland but he was amazing too.. he died some time ago now. But the talkshow that Stephan Raab did on Pro7 was as good as anything US has done. He was pure KULT to watch... 😊 Waddehaddeduddeda ? 😅
@@vovahimself Well moved to America over 18 years ago, before his career actually took off, it makes sense that he wouldn’t be as famous in his home country lol
Yeah because when you watch him through German eyes, you only see a pretending guy that understands his audience (America) but is in reality flat. Like he is what the earth in reality is not. He has a quick mind though, I have to give him that.
@@アンドレーエフ貝i mean he plays up a lot of stuff i assume, all the german accent and mispronunciations becuz thats always been a big comedic factor in the US, i mean Sacha Baron Cohen knows that as a suave British dude known for the wackiest of accents
It is rude and annoying as hell, just nobody would care about anyone complaining. "Little" difference to "why it is not rude"... The same as rude driving, which is very common. (Or the trend of buying these fat tank-like black boxes of SUVs which in itself is a toxic statement and which makes the behaviour very predictable.) The existence of it doesn't mean it is anything else than rude. And I never liked "cheesifying" of something obnoxious to justify it, which is also one of the commonest things on the internet. 4:39 At least he admits that part, it truly is a mystery... The starers probably have an instinct to automatically avoid it.
He has to me a similar comedic style as that of the late Robin Williams --a little corny, very quick witted, at times tiringly hyper, very slapstick, but in the end, endearing.
It sucks that they killed off Javelin. With Shazaam a big hit I don't see why Flula can't get himself a DC series, maybe reprise Nightcrawler, Blitzkrieg, Maverick etc. I want to see more Flula
I've lived in Germany for the last 2 years and let me tell you...there is no staring like German staring. They will NEVER break eye contact either. Bizarre social protocol, the only thing i've never gotten used too.
I have to say something now. This "German Staring" thing has kind of gotten totally out of proportion on the internet. I never noticed that in Germany there is an unusual amount of staring. Honestly. Most people on public transport ect. rather avoid eye contact. Sure, you can meet strange people, but overall I would say it's not even a "thing" there. I don't even know where the rumor came from? Especially if you've already been to India, for example. That's no comparison at all.
Flula is always fun but there is something special when he's with Conan. Im not sure why it works but Im sure Flula could come up with an obscure misspoken reference/analogy to explain it perfectly.
People watching this and actually thinking that he's serious when he says Germans like staring and being stared at. It's an absurdist joke and no country exists where people don't mind being stared at.
We do, but there is a world of a difference in what we consider starring in comparison to most other people. So speaking to Americans with their perspective his statement is quite true as most of them will feel like they are getting starred at constantly in Germany due to their own different cultural norms
I lived in Germany all my life and never knew germans staring is a thing. I sometimes notice people kind of watching me but I just assume they think I look interesting or that they recognize me, never crossed my mind that's it's specific to germans. Do Americans avoid looking at strangers?
It is not only weird for Americans to stare at people, it is literally weird for the whole world except in Germany. I've been an expat in several Western countries and Latin America, and believe me, Germany is "etwas anderes" 😂!
Oh, that German stare thing was the worst! As Australians, my husband and I were unaware of this strange phenomenon, and it was on trains, in laundromats, cafes, and eyes were always on us. The woman on the train, with her family, was the worst. Stuck in the little cabin with her being opposite me, and only one metre away from me, staring straight into my eyes for three hours straight. I didn't know if we were having a blinking contest that I wasn't told about, or whether to laugh or cry! Totally insane.
to be real though, the reason why germans find these comments about the "german stare" so confusing is because for us looking at strangers is just a completely normal form of communication. on the other hand small talk is a lot less common than it is in the us, so this comment is as if i panicked after visiting the us and wrote "why the hell won't people stop talking to me, this is insanity!" after having to engage in small talk
I’ve been to Germany many many times,I’ve never noticed any staring. Am I just not interesting enough? Do Dutch people do it too, so it seems normal to me? I would certainly stare at Conan. Who could help it?
Yes that is because it is not staring. Americans misjudge looking as staring. And it's very likely that most countries around as do it in a similar way. You Dutch I am mostly sure do the same.
No dutch ppl dont stare any more or less than other europeans. And as a dutch person ive never heard ppl talk about how we stare like Flula talks about the Germans doing so. We’re very different from the Germans in many ways, you’d find a lot more in common with Dutch and Belgians, ik the Netherlands is Germanic but it couldn’t be further apart in cultural aspects
@@GuineaPigEverydayIve been to the Netherlands many times and got some dutch friends, and everytime im there or talk with them its seems very familiar as a german, I never noticed any cultural differences besides the language. Got nice people, rude people, generous people, mean people, idiots, smartasses, forthcoming people and reserved people just like anywhere else in the world. How are we cultural so far apart as you say? I doubt you could name any outstanding differences that are not bs preconceptions or cliches.
@@GuineaPigEverydayAlso germany is not like one monolithic thing. I bet north german/frisian culture is closer to dutch culture then it could ever be to south or east german culture for example.
Flula is so much more confident and easy with his responses in this interview. Is he intimidated by Conan? Is that why he's hesitant when Conan is present? Or is it a more sexual thing?
@@currykingwurst6393 well his humor doesn't really work in Germany 😄 as a German I find him funny, but his whole thing is acting like a clueless German with over the top accent who gets everything wrong, that really just plays to an English native speaking audience (or at least people very in tune with English like myself for example). ^^
Not German treasure. I am very sure about that. He is not only unknown to most here, he also is quite boring in regards of actual comedy. He has a quick mind, I have to give him that and he understands America as an audience, so all yours.
You guys should invite the elementary school kids Conan sang blues with. The No Chocolate on Sundays kid or the Softballs girl. They are all probably grown up now.
I heard the first time of him as he was making a joke that it's logical that Germans are always the bad guys, because have you wikiedia'ed German history. Big bummer in America, really boring for Germans. He is quick witted, but that is kind of everything he has to offer. He's chewing stereotypes as they come and present them with his overly artificial German accent. It seems to be people pleaser over there.
Maybe we do look at others a little longer than the average european but I wouldn't call it staring. And I certainly wouldn't advise to actually stare people down. That's reserved for grumpy old locals and could get anyone else into trouble
I think the point is that we have different definitions of staring. When you are casually walking down the street in Germany, you will probably make short eye contact with the persons you encounter. From my experience, this is what Americans already will consider 'staring'.
It's true. Though starring is also considered rude here there is a world of a difference in what we would consider starring. Looking at people, starring wholes into the air, being interested in your surroundings is indeed normal and gets many foreigners boiling for no apparent reason to us. The stereotypical sentence of an angered Turkish immigrant rushing at you for no perceivable reason is "Was guckst du?" (Why are you looking?) and most of us take it as a weird Turkish phrasing they carried over into Germany as to us it is just the most normal and natural thing to do
@@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351 fantastic username :D yea that to me isn't staring, it's just being aware and alive and taking in your surroundings. In Southern Western Europe, heck, you could look someone in the eye for say perhaps a whole 1 second, and nobody would think anything of it. There indeed variations but all in all, it is human behaviour. Except Americans, of course.
Your first sentence is correct. Your second sentence unfortunately is utter bs. If you live in Germany better understand that we don't stare, and more importantly stop accusing us that we do. You are in our culture, just because in your culture it would be staring, doesn't mean that it is here. Obviously. It's a grave accusation and actually very rude to stare in Germany, so we do not not care, and do it anyway, but we actually don't do it and you misjudge the signals. And believe me you will know if you ever encounter a German who really stares.
Oh my gosh. Lol. I can not beleive how much they were not laughing at this guy's jokes. I could stop laughing. Maybe it was intentional. Gold stuff either way
Flula not only knows pretty much every pop culture and historical reference about the US, he knows other ways to refer to those references that are still accurate but slightly off to make them funny...and all in a second language. "Shout out Garden State" knowing it was a movie and is New Jersey's nickname when referring to Jersey Shore is just so many levels of knowledge deep
Flula is actually American. It's all an act. His name is Kris
Natalie Port Man
That dude is so quick-witted.
Quick witted in his 2nd language 🤔
@@christophertownsend3820 Are you trying to imply that English is not Flula's mother tongue?
@@christophertownsend3820 don't know much about other countries eh?
Yeah, lots of people are way better than you think. And, they don't even have to be famous!
Like THE quickest
How cool would it be to have Flula as a friend in real life. Everything I've seen of him speaks to someone who likes to enjoy the moment in a way most of us don't seem to. Always a treat to get to hear him.
I bet Flula would recommend more sky watching time in your daily life.
I love that guy. He's very quick and hilarious. The world needs more Flula Borg.
Those remarks that guy wrote... "Hitler is Austrian", "laughing isn't against the law in Germany", "watching BDSM isn't forbidden" 😂
It wasn't until I just Googled Flula Borg that I realized he's absolutely shredded!
Glad to see all the staff had a great time filming Conan Without Borders! I just finished watching the Mexico episode and it's such a great series.
(Tell Conan to continue it, please and thank you.)
6'4", shredded, great hair, bilingual, smart, hilarious. if i didn't love him so much i'd hate him
i believe he was in one of the Suicide Squad movies, some guy named Javelin
He creates and sells a calendar of himself each year
We need to see waaaaaayyyyyy more of Flula in movies and shows. He’s hilarious!
The find an error guy was like a German Jordan schlansky!
I have actually checked the errors of the error-finding guy, and he made some errors. This is called 'Meta-German'.
@@argfasdfgadfgasdfgsdfgsdfg6351 aka Swiss German
I wish he had a bigger part in The Suicide Squad. He is hilarious in every role and tv appearance!
I lived in Germany over thirty years and never got used to people staring. 😆
That is because you never stopped accusing us of staring. If you in your thirty years living hear would have accepted, that we don't stare, you might have get used to it.
I live here my whole life and still can't perceive what the German stare might be. 🤔
@@アンドレーエフ貝 here* not hear
@@BlankRami Do you have OCD or r u just annoying much? Irregardless, great nontribution to the topic.
@@BlankRami Do you have a compulsive disorder that you need to contribute with this much irrelelevance to a comment or u just annoying much. Irregardless, cool that you can distinguish between here and hear. I can as well. I here sounds and hear I am or perhaps I am their. Who nose?!
“Shoutout to 1998”
Hahahaha what a way to burn
🤣
I'm amazed how fast he remembered that date.
If someone asked me when the Euro was introduced it would take me 30 seconds minimum.
03:35 "Lindenstraße" getting mentioned on Team Coco is as absurd as inventing a perpetuum mobile
Is that soap still on today ?
His improve is mind-blowing.
Wow than you never have seen real and good improve.
I've lived in Germany for about a year, and I'm still not used to the staring thing. I thought it was bc I look different, but no, it's just a German thing lol. It's pretty jarring when you're socially anxious, but eh, the train system is pretty cool.
The problem is that many people not accustomed to what they perceive as being starred at act either uncomfortable or become angered which of course causes even more unwanted attention.
The stereotypical sentence of a Turkish immigrant looking for trouble is "was guckst du?" - "why are you looking?" and growing up pre-internet and only knowing my only culture I believed for the longest time that it was some weird Turkish habit/ saying they just carried over to Germany, it was not until I encountered anglophone expats on TH-cam complaining about getting "starred" at all the time in Germany that I realized that they actually meant it the way they said it
@@hmvollbanane1259 That's so interesting bc I always thought of turks as being more or less integrated, and that the Germans are used to seeing them, so they don't really get stared at. From an outsider's perspective, I can understand why they get upset haha, it can be a bit much sometimes. Personally, I don't get angry, just very anxious and I pretend not to notice when I'm being stared at 😅.
@@somnolentverve2183 oh everyone is getting looked at ^^ I am 1,95m tall so no matter what I do I will always have people looking at me as my physique gathers attention if I want it or not. It's just that it is normal to us Germans and hence we don't really care/ feel secure with it (there is no safer place on earth than a rural small town with its grandma-surveillance-system). On the other hand if people look passed me, avert their eyes when I notice them or avoid eye contact I get anxious as that is a really bad sign in Germany (took me quite a bit of getting used to when I lived in Canada as an exchange student for a year)
@@hmvollbanane1259 Oh woww I never would have considered that averting eye contact would garner more attention and that it'd be considered suspicious and anxiety inducing to strangers on the street. Staring where I'm from is considered more threatening and more invasive. I think it's true that the people staring are usually secure and feel at ease with their environment. If you lived where I'm from, you'd get looked at for sure bc of your height (congratulations sounds weird to say, but yeah). I'm like 156cm, so sometimes I get looks from very tall people. It's funny bc we both can't wrap our heads around the obvious vertical size difference lol.
@@somnolentverve2183 Most importantly it's not staring (when you are in Germany). It's the normal awareness of our surroundings. And yes it is really obvious when someone is not aware of their surroundings or worse tries to avoid looking into it. It's considered rude, like you try to dodge us. Most likely it won't be perceived suspicious but for sure awkward. But normally we don't look at anyone particular just recognising that someone is present. It's common curtesy. When we start to stare (that what is called "starren" in Germany and the direct translation to "stare" is way more intense than "to stare" is. People who stare "starren" are really impolite and cross social boarders. For you it most likely would feel like they try to pierce your soul. It's really bad. What you consider staring is looking for us, and what we consider staring is only describable in English.). So don't feel bothered. Start to look at people, we not only don't mind, we actually are glad when you do. Because when you don't you radiate the feeling of unpredictability.
Always delightful. The sharpest wit ever. And in a second language!
English is his first language
@@mulleygraves Nope
His name is Kristof Robinson. He’s American. I assume his mother is German though.
Flula is so funny! I hope they have him on again.
Germany loves Conan!!!
Eh, not really. But he is known.
@@アンドレーエフ貝 By some people who watched NBC international in 1999.
I PRAY Conan brings back the travel specials to different countries! 🙏🏽 ❤
love him. he needs his own talk show
I was losing the Conan feeling; but Flula has showed me what he’s doing-finding and revealing great comedians and being hilarious with them. Thanks Conan! Thanks Flula!
Flula is the best
Conan should do a show with HBO that comes out maybe once every quarter or whatever where he does a new Remote segment like this.
I love it he is so quick with his wit.
I’m currently in Hamburg right now and my very first day here I was so confused why people were staring at me, I felt so judged; but now that I know this it makes a lot more sense! I also found it strange how Germans literally do not jaywalk. They’re honestly a bit weird.
Fun fact: jaywalking is something invented by the US car industry to blame pedestrians rather than cars for unsafe situations. Sorry, been watching a lot of infrastructure-type videos recently.
@@LyricalDJ its sweeping the nation. Having an opinion on infrastructure is like having an opinion on Kid A in 2001.
@@LyricalDJ
Fun fact: Jaywalking was invented to hide the fact that the earth is flat.
I love Flula, he's a legend. 😂
I love his personality
I'm german and can confirm that staring in GER means nothing else but "hello, my eyes are open"
Flula's amazing. I can't tell how much of this bit is pre-meditated, made up on the spot, or actually true.
"When you're here, nobody cares. Keep staring." - German Motto
Depends on what kind of staring. I'm old and my vision is not very good; on some occasion I saw a figure I could not make sense of, so I walked closer and stared intensely trying to figure out what was I seeing... it turned out to be a breast-feeding lady looking back at me in anger.
😂😂
Correct Direction
"I'm taking you in like a delicious Gatorade"😂
Americans don't stare, they film you without asking with their Iphone
Like a Bette Midler from a distance 😂😂😂😂😂
Flula destroys the stereotype that Germans can’t be funny. I love that he has doesn’t let societal limits restrict his comedy.
The fact that he’s almost unknown in Germany makes you wonder though.
Only people that don't watch german tv thinks that. When i heard that being said in england in the 90s i was like.. oh you poor souls. You really don't know Germany. Germany has dine amazing shows as long as i can remember Didi Hallervorden was a god in the 70s,80s and 90s When i watched a lot of German tv. Hes still alive today .I Became fluent at 7 in Denmark so know everything thats been a thing in Germany since then. Then they had Rudi Carell and he was from Holland but he was amazing too.. he died some time ago now. But the talkshow that Stephan Raab did on Pro7 was as good as anything US has done. He was pure KULT to watch... 😊 Waddehaddeduddeda ? 😅
@@vovahimself Well moved to America over 18 years ago, before his career actually took off, it makes sense that he wouldn’t be as famous in his home country lol
I love that Flula is pretty much unknown in Germany compared to his popularity level in the US.
Yeah because when you watch him through German eyes, you only see a pretending guy that understands his audience (America) but is in reality flat. Like he is what the earth in reality is not. He has a quick mind though, I have to give him that.
@@アンドレーエフ貝i mean he plays up a lot of stuff i assume, all the german accent and mispronunciations becuz thats always been a big comedic factor in the US, i mean Sacha Baron Cohen knows that as a suave British dude known for the wackiest of accents
Well, it makes sense, considering the guy moved to America to start his career
U like watching these even after I listened to the podcast, especially editing in all the clips of conan walking
Flula: everywhere, it's universal, like donuts in America 😂😂😂
Love this stuff, more ❤
I love that band One Erection.
This is true, and I never got used to the staring! Cultural difference 😂
Irgendwo muss ich ja hinschauen!
Flula is a running riot of humor! He's so funny! Thanks for this
Flula knows "from a distance" my favorite bette midler song. And its been years since i "met" anyone else who knows it. Flula is amazing!!!!!
It is rude and annoying as hell, just nobody would care about anyone complaining. "Little" difference to "why it is not rude"... The same as rude driving, which is very common. (Or the trend of buying these fat tank-like black boxes of SUVs which in itself is a toxic statement and which makes the behaviour very predictable.) The existence of it doesn't mean it is anything else than rude.
And I never liked "cheesifying" of something obnoxious to justify it, which is also one of the commonest things on the internet.
4:39 At least he admits that part, it truly is a mystery... The starers probably have an instinct to automatically avoid it.
Do people bring their own mustard?
Flula: do you mean BYOM? 😂😂😂
I like how he's 100% fluent but doesn't even try to hide his accent in the slightest
His accent isn’t real lol
seems like his entire schtick
that's not what fluent means, you fool.
He's doing it on purpose! It's not even a real german accent.(german myself) it's really weird...
Hate to also break it to ya, the deaf frat guy is neither deaf, nor in a frat.
So many of Flula's jokes were lost on these people.
his GTL is calisthenics, exchange rate manipulation, and staring. shout out to garden state. lmao he's amazing
They take him so serious and he is just making complete fun of them.
He has to me a similar comedic style as that of the late Robin Williams --a little corny, very quick witted, at times tiringly hyper, very slapstick, but in the end, endearing.
Time to move…lmao. I hate guesstimating if I’ve “stared” too long😂. Now I know where to move when I’m kicked out❤
It sucks that they killed off Javelin. With Shazaam a big hit I don't see why Flula can't get himself a DC series, maybe reprise Nightcrawler, Blitzkrieg, Maverick etc. I want to see more Flula
Conan ought to collaborate with HBO on a program where he does fresh Remote segments on a regular basis, say once every three months or so.
Conan says people always ask him if Jordan is real, but my question is if Flula is real. He seems like such a caricature. 😂
Yeah that's because he is.
The answer to both is "no".
They're both exaggerated characters.
"a walk like I know my IMDb score is pretty low" 😂😂😂
I just love Flula.
I've lived in Germany for the last 2 years and let me tell you...there is no staring like German staring. They will NEVER break eye contact either. Bizarre social protocol, the only thing i've never gotten used too.
In America if some says I found a lot of errors and pulls something out of his pocket, most people run.
conan is definitely a tall redhead from correct direction
I have to say something now.
This "German Staring" thing has kind of gotten totally out of proportion on the internet.
I never noticed that in Germany there is an unusual amount of staring. Honestly. Most people on public transport ect. rather avoid eye contact.
Sure, you can meet strange people, but overall I would say it's not even a "thing" there. I don't even know where the rumor came from?
Especially if you've already been to India, for example.
That's no comparison at all.
Canadians and Americans are so uptight that eye contact for more than 2 seconds is considered staring
@@bluemountainw1789 And we have an Australian in the comments who was stared at for three hours on the train. I guess Australians are uptight too.
Love Flula. And love how about at most 10% of the information in any conversation with him is factual :D
I can see flula wearing a bring your own mustard shirt
6:27 Why did Sweeney shut down this golden opportunity?🤣 @flula you’re such beautiful silly silly man! We need more flula!😍
I cringed at that part. Why invite a comedian on the podcast if you're going to shut down their jokes right before the punchline 🤦
I love Flula, but where is Conan?
Inside Conan is a podcast where they talk about Conan and tells stories about him
Flula is always fun but there is something special when he's with Conan. Im not sure why it works but Im sure Flula could come up with an obscure misspoken reference/analogy to explain it perfectly.
Könan, we haf great chemistry because we tickle with a little pickle each öther's brain rubber duckies in an arousing, but tötally nonsexual way.
this dude always in character haha
People watching this and actually thinking that he's serious when he says Germans like staring and being stared at. It's an absurdist joke and no country exists where people don't mind being stared at.
We do, but there is a world of a difference in what we consider starring in comparison to most other people. So speaking to Americans with their perspective his statement is quite true as most of them will feel like they are getting starred at constantly in Germany due to their own different cultural norms
I guess I don't watch this enough, but who are the people talking to Flula? It's not even in the description.
"Correct direction" 😂😂😂😂
I lived in Germany all my life and never knew germans staring is a thing. I sometimes notice people kind of watching me but I just assume they think I look interesting or that they recognize me, never crossed my mind that's it's specific to germans. Do Americans avoid looking at strangers?
It is not only weird for Americans to stare at people, it is literally weird for the whole world except in Germany. I've been an expat in several Western countries and Latin America, and believe me, Germany is "etwas anderes" 😂!
@@sug1733can u explain how staring is seen in those places besides america?
Flula for President!
The Borg in 2024!
Good stuff, good stuff. Thanks!
Correct Direction is my Favorite Band dude!!!
Oh, that German stare thing was the worst! As Australians, my husband and I were unaware of this strange phenomenon, and it was on trains, in laundromats, cafes, and eyes were always on us. The woman on the train, with her family, was the worst. Stuck in the little cabin with her being opposite me, and only one metre away from me, staring straight into my eyes for three hours straight. I didn't know if we were having a blinking contest that I wasn't told about, or whether to laugh or cry! Totally insane.
Wow, that's strange.
We're just looking
@@666rsrsinto our souls
to be real though, the reason why germans find these comments about the "german stare" so confusing is because for us looking at strangers is just a completely normal form of communication. on the other hand small talk is a lot less common than it is in the us, so this comment is as if i panicked after visiting the us and wrote "why the hell won't people stop talking to me, this is insanity!" after having to engage in small talk
Staring at you for three ours straight! Yikes. That's someone sucking out your soul.
Such a joy
I’ve been to Germany many many times,I’ve never noticed any staring. Am I just not interesting enough? Do Dutch people do it too, so it seems normal to me? I would certainly stare at Conan. Who could help it?
Yes that is because it is not staring. Americans misjudge looking as staring. And it's very likely that most countries around as do it in a similar way. You Dutch I am mostly sure do the same.
No dutch ppl dont stare any more or less than other europeans. And as a dutch person ive never heard ppl talk about how we stare like Flula talks about the Germans doing so. We’re very different from the Germans in many ways, you’d find a lot more in common with Dutch and Belgians, ik the Netherlands is Germanic but it couldn’t be further apart in cultural aspects
@@GuineaPigEverydayIve been to the Netherlands many times and got some dutch friends, and everytime im there or talk with them its seems very familiar as a german, I never noticed any cultural differences besides the language. Got nice people, rude people, generous people, mean people, idiots, smartasses, forthcoming people and reserved people just like anywhere else in the world. How are we cultural so far apart as you say? I doubt you could name any outstanding differences that are not bs preconceptions or cliches.
@@GuineaPigEverydayAlso germany is not like one monolithic thing. I bet north german/frisian culture is closer to dutch culture then it could ever be to south or east german culture for example.
"you heard me, dont play dumb" DAAAAAMNNN
Flula is so much more confident and easy with his responses in this interview. Is he intimidated by Conan? Is that why he's hesitant when Conan is present? Or is it a more sexual thing?
The number of American pop culture references this guy throws out is mind blowing.
“I found a lot more arrows… errors..”
Flula is a national treasure. I'm not sure which nation, but a treasure nevertheless.
Definitely not Germany, since nobody knows him here.
@@currykingwurst6393 well his humor doesn't really work in Germany 😄 as a German I find him funny, but his whole thing is acting like a clueless German with over the top accent who gets everything wrong, that really just plays to an English native speaking audience (or at least people very in tune with English like myself for example). ^^
@@DOSkywalkR this is how every immigrant in america learns to survive, so dont hold it against him.
@@pahwraith Can confirm. It seems humor goes a long way when you think your English is not the best. And humor really helps open doors.
Not German treasure. I am very sure about that. He is not only unknown to most here, he also is quite boring in regards of actual comedy. He has a quick mind, I have to give him that and he understands America as an audience, so all yours.
You guys should invite the elementary school kids Conan sang blues with. The No Chocolate on Sundays kid or the Softballs girl. They are all probably grown up now.
I'm German, never heard of this dude.
I heard the first time of him as he was making a joke that it's logical that Germans are always the bad guys, because have you wikiedia'ed German history. Big bummer in America, really boring for Germans. He is quick witted, but that is kind of everything he has to offer. He's chewing stereotypes as they come and present them with his overly artificial German accent. It seems to be people pleaser over there.
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“Like a Bette Midler - from a distance.” He has a bottomless well of American cultural references.
I love Flula! 😂
This guy is sterling! Still baffling to me how many people don't get it.
The more videos I was of Flula, the harder it becomes for me to till if he's ever saying something serious.
very good
yeaaah imma gonna need a vastly wider German feedback on the staring situation though
geramns always look at you like they are looking to identify you for some sort of list or camp.
Maybe we do look at others a little longer than the average european but I wouldn't call it staring. And I certainly wouldn't advise to actually stare people down. That's reserved for grumpy old locals and could get anyone else into trouble
I think the point is that we have different definitions of staring. When you are casually walking down the street in Germany, you will probably make short eye contact with the persons you encounter. From my experience, this is what Americans already will consider 'staring'.
It's true. Though starring is also considered rude here there is a world of a difference in what we would consider starring. Looking at people, starring wholes into the air, being interested in your surroundings is indeed normal and gets many foreigners boiling for no apparent reason to us. The stereotypical sentence of an angered Turkish immigrant rushing at you for no perceivable reason is "Was guckst du?" (Why are you looking?) and most of us take it as a weird Turkish phrasing they carried over into Germany as to us it is just the most normal and natural thing to do
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yea that to me isn't staring, it's just being aware and alive and taking in your surroundings.
In Southern Western Europe, heck, you could look someone in the eye for say perhaps a whole 1 second, and nobody would think anything of it.
There indeed variations but all in all, it is human behaviour. Except Americans, of course.
"Lindenstraße" is the closest as I ever got to the Holocaust experience.
her headphones have the colours inversed
Staring is as rude as a anywhere here in Germany in my book, people just do it anyway 😅 always makes me deeply uncomfortable
Your first sentence is correct. Your second sentence unfortunately is utter bs. If you live in Germany better understand that we don't stare, and more importantly stop accusing us that we do. You are in our culture, just because in your culture it would be staring, doesn't mean that it is here. Obviously. It's a grave accusation and actually very rude to stare in Germany, so we do not not care, and do it anyway, but we actually don't do it and you misjudge the signals. And believe me you will know if you ever encounter a German who really stares.
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Oh my gosh. Lol. I can not beleive how much they were not laughing at this guy's jokes. I could stop laughing. Maybe it was intentional. Gold stuff either way
Conan would have let out some deep belly laughs at his jokes for sure.
I feel like they forgot he's doing an act.
Where's Conan?
This podcast is just Conan writers, not the Conan podcast. He might drop in on occasion but usually no
Goodness me he's SO fast
In france mcdonalds is a nicer thing. Americans...
As a matter of fact this whole interview was flula trolling two americans wothout them knowing it
I might've been too young at 11 but I was in Bavaria for a month and I don't remember any staring lmfao
Add Craig Ferguson with his "pervy nazi" impression to this conversation and I think comedy might hit its peak