Ryan Reynolds' Sense Of Humor Didn't Translate In Germany – 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien'

(Original airdate: 02/13/08) Ryan Reynolds talks about being named one of People’s Sexiest Men Alive, getting in trouble with Tom Arnold, and meeting his then-10-year-old co-star, Abigail Breslin.

[darkmatertm]

As a foreigner in Germany, I've concluded that the problem with German humour is that exaggerations don't make things funnier for Germans, they make it serious.

[Coastfog]

I'll never get tired of good impressions of us Germans. It's just weird to me that Ryan would openly admit that he was gonna kidnap a little girl.

[Xendrasch]

Why do you think, Ryans sense of humor doesn't translate in Germany? I'm German and I really liked The Green Lantern.

[richardsimon]

2008 - Ryan Reynolds looks like he's on his way to junior prom. Conan looks completely the same.

[mignav]

Funny: as a German, I had it happen to me exactly the other way around. In the US, I got in trouble a couple of times for irony and sarcasm.

[ViewTube_Dan]

Ryan Reynold:
"I was in love with this little girl."
Germany: O_O NEIN

[willyjohnsons_member]

American tells a joke, German does not laugh - Germans have no humor.
German tells a joke, American does not laugh - Germans have no humor.

[ZJasmineDragon]

god that punchline to that bit "you really plan to kidnap a child?"
God Conan is so, truly, genuinely funny

[mikecranapple]

What makes this great interview even better is that Conan keeps bringing back the idea of the German press taking everything literally. So your mind is processing 2 levels of humor.

[jonaderjona]

While I was in Erasmus in Estonia it happened to me every second evening that some guy pointed at me and said "Isn't it weird that the funniest guy in the room is a GERMAN?" And while that was kinda flattering I also thought about why it would be weird. I know tons of people in Germany who are positively hilarious, it's just certain forms of humor don't appeal to Germans, specifically there seems to be a large number of interactions where you're just *supposed* to laugh whether it was funny or not based on the speaker's demeanor. Germans however don't subscribe to such niceties. If it's not funny we don't laugh.

[hotarou]

As a wise man once said - "Its German humour, its no laughing matter."

[kgapaneseschoolgirlb]

Honestly, buying a (famous) recovering alcoholic expensive alcohol is a very Deadpool thing to do!

[eggimage]

Darn, this happened 13 years ago. I was like, ryan looks so damn young again after shaving and dying the hair

[kingofthebums]

That Tom Arnold story is gold! Its exactly the kind of forehead slapping mistake I've made so many times. When I do those kind of things I beat myself up for years but when other people do them I just think he's human and tried to make up for it no big deal.
It's cool that he has the confidence to make it into a fun story he can just tell publicly and moves on from it.

[ChrissyBiOhMy]

Ryan: I was just joking around.
Interviewer: We don't do that here.

[DejayClayton]

I can't believe someone unearthed an interview of Ryan Reynolds being interviewed when he was 12.

[Exokris]

first time watching an interview with this guy, hes much more kind and down to earth then I expected !

[Teatsax]

Sending alcohol to a recovering alcoholic.
Insert "Outstanding move" meme.

[bravetherainbow]

I love the difference between Ryan's and Conan's German accent. Both kind of high pitched but Conan's is way sillier.

[asktheuniverse]

I wanted this interview to go on forever! This is far too short have the best interviewers I’ve ever seen on Conan ♥️👑