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[team-steinbaer]

The guy who wanted to shake hands with the man in the wheelchair and got up from the wheelchair is called Willi. He once had a TV show for children. The concept of the show was to ask questions the way children would. So he deliberately behaves like a child who asks questions without much consideration in order to convey that it is not bad to be in a wheelchair, for example.

[tosa]

"Kranplätze müssen verdichtet sein! (Crane places must be compacted!)", is general knowledge for every German. ...at least since this video.😁

[lauramarschmallow]

let's be perfectly clear: if a crane is erected on less than perfect ground, it can topple. And if it does people die. it's actually really terribly important.

[akteno]

The one with the Crane sites is actually right about what he says. Its a absolute security violation and could lead to death.

[piiinkDeluxe]

I am watching this at 3:42am in a city in Germany. My window is open.
Suddenly I hear someone yelling at a biker "you don't have your lights on (on your bike)!"

Haven't felt this German in a while! 😂😂😂

[Ellisepha]

The guy trying to shake the handycapped man's hand is Willi, he has his own children's educational show. Part of that show is Willi making a fool out of himself by doing seemingly stupid or insensitive things, as a way of opening the conversation (like "hey kids, don't do what I did, here's why")

[MotorbikeLife]

„Verlassen sie sofoRRt den gesicherten Bereich, sonst wird GAS fReigesetzt!“ 😂

[thorstenzahn]

The Boxer "Stefan Hentschel" was a former Pimp in Hamburg back in the 80s, he was one of the Big names in the redlight district here. He survived some assassination attempts and lost one eye, he endet killing himself by hanging due to depressions, Money and drug problems in 2006. It was definetly not staged, thats really the way he lived!

[cicitrek]

It is something like a running gag in germany to ask :" Why is there straw", although hardly anybidy knows the Film it belongs to. It just makes no sense just to ask that question to initiate sex😂

[JohnHazelwood]

The guy with the handicapped people is Willi Weitzel - a famous, german tv star, reporter and film maker. Extremly nice guy! I met him several times as I supported his charity project. He does an amazing job for explaining the world to the kids (and even me as an adult). This scene was unfair as it was put out of context! Trust me: all the kids in the video knew him and were very happy to see him live in person. In the last 20 years he won 17 awards for his work and child/life supporting programms! Not only in Germany! So: To cut a long story short: Don't make fun of him! He is a legend and an extremly nice guy! :)

[KlingelTimi.]

3:50
Um mal alle Lösungen aus der Quizshow zu nennen
/ To name all the solutions from the quiz show:
1. Zebramuschel - Zebra Mussel
2. Wellensittich - Budgie
3. Bücherlaus - book louse
4. Silberdachs - Silver Badger
5. Jakobsmuschel - Scallop
6. Lachsforelle - Salmon Trout
7. Wühlmaus - Vole
8. Zauneidechse - sand lizard
9. Schleswiger (Pferd) - Schleswig Horse
10. Hausratte - House Rat

I think the solutions are mostly crazy!

[gnarfhmpf]

The b-slap was not staged. This is how Reeperbahn in Hamburg was in the 80s/90s. You should not mess around with people there 🤣

[zaphodbeebleprox]

This phrase "why is there straw" is so famous in germany, nearly everone knows it. First it is a perfect example for the stupid dialogs in such movies. Another big one is from a movie of the same kind. The "action" is located in a station of a firebrigade and the guy calls out "alarm, alarm" and then the others bring in a bed, totally stupid plot. If you here someone calling out alarm alarm it is quite shure related to this one. Some german Twitchstreamers use it for their sub alarm too.

[hjhuber]

The guy slapping was Stephan Hentschel, a well known Hamburg red light institution. A bunch of idiots were harrassing the camera team during this Interview again and again - till one of them entered the lime light 😂

[AlBfR]

2:10 I thought that was with context? The Kids show „Willi will’s wissen“ (Willi wants to know it) looks perhaps awkward without proper context. But they often do scripted scenes where they show everyday situations and the possible blunder that could happen. So in the scene where he tries to give the man in the wheelchair his hand and afterwards explains, why he can‘t move his hands. And the show was a kids favorite, because it was ihmo more of a kids approach of exploring and find out to certain themes than adults trying to teach kids in this case the correct behavior.

9:19 I don‘t know if the context is missing here, but when you look at the use of gas in German history of the last century the warning sounds a bit awkward to me. And with his dialect it also sounds a little bit like what people of the former GDR would hear while trying to leave their country illegally heading West.

[petebeatminister]

Man, this crane operator was seriously pissed off. I hope the Norwegian guys there don't speak German... 😆

[asmodon]

After all these years I finally understand why Norway isn’t in the EU.

[herrhartmann]

The porn clip is a true classic.

"Warum liegt da Stroh..?" (why is this hay lying here) has become something of a real-world meme by now.

[Seorful]

5:30 No, you dont want to do that. It was a scam that is now no longer legal. Calling did cost a ridiculous amount of money and it was impossible to get through. Usually you would only get a precorded messade like "Sry, we are at our call limit, please try again" and pay ~5€ for the call. The callers shown in the show were fake and would usually give very stupidly wrong answers so that the viewer would think their own answer isnt something everyone immediately thought of.

[MeritSeto]

call in quiz show were a long running scam in german tv. The answers were ridiculous hard just in case a caller came through, but mostly the had fake callers. You can't win but you can lose a lot of money trying to call in.