
The German Shows
Two of them, 50 minutes in length, the first done in 1971 and the second in 1972. Created entirely on film with a decent budget, these German gems were rarely seen by English-speaking audiences until the 1990s, which is a pity as both are excellent, and understandable: the first show has been subtitled in English, and the second was almost entirely in English to begin with. (Several sequences from the first show were redubbed by John Cleese and Michael Palin for the 1982 movie Live at the Hollywood Bowl, and actually made quite a bit funnier in the process.) The shows are now available on video from Guerilla films. Here are the full transcripts.
![]() Show 1 Translated for the Stinking English |
![]() Folge 1 Deutsch Original |
![]() Show 2 (AKA Folge Zwei) | ![]() Pictures and Video From Both Shows |