A two-part mini-series by British comedy group Monty Python made especially for German TV.
Being a massive fan of Monty Python and Monty Python's Flying Circus I was a bit sceptical how a German version would work. Surely you lose something by having them do the skits in German and then having to read the subtitles to get some of the jokes (for those of us who don't speak German, of course)? Can the Pythons even speak German?
Yes, they can speak German, to varying degrees. You do lose a smidge of the impact by having it spoken in German and then having to read sub-titles but it largely feels quite seamless. Moreover, only Episode 1 is in German. Episode 2 is in English and might as well be a Flying Circus, rather than Fliegender Zirkus, episode.
The quality of the humour is on the same level as the Flying Circus stuff, i.e. Wonderfully absurd and brilliant, so no issues there. There are quite a lot of skits from Flying Circus, e.g. Lumberjack Song (in German), Olympic Philosophy Final, Prince Charming marries Mitzi Gaynor, so it's not all new. That would be the only negative, the fact that a large portion of this isn't original. Still very funny though, even if you have seen it before.
Being a massive fan of Monty Python and Monty Python's Flying Circus I was a bit sceptical how a German version would work. Surely you lose something by having them do the skits in German and then having to read the subtitles to get some of the jokes (for those of us who don't speak German, of course)? Can the Pythons even speak German?
Yes, they can speak German, to varying degrees. You do lose a smidge of the impact by having it spoken in German and then having to read sub-titles but it largely feels quite seamless. Moreover, only Episode 1 is in German. Episode 2 is in English and might as well be a Flying Circus, rather than Fliegender Zirkus, episode.
The quality of the humour is on the same level as the Flying Circus stuff, i.e. Wonderfully absurd and brilliant, so no issues there. There are quite a lot of skits from Flying Circus, e.g. Lumberjack Song (in German), Olympic Philosophy Final, Prince Charming marries Mitzi Gaynor, so it's not all new. That would be the only negative, the fact that a large portion of this isn't original. Still very funny though, even if you have seen it before.