Sorry, but this is Rathauspatz, Vienna. And the guys are Austrians.
No Germans involved.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-06 03:08pm
by Lonestar
Pretty sure Austrians are just Germans who are enamored with their own excrement.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-06 05:09pm
by PeZook
Lonestar wrote:Pretty sure Austrians are just Germans who are enamored with their own excrement.
In the same way a restaurant that serves no Czech food is Czech, yes.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-06 05:30pm
by Broomstick
Well, OK, Austrians are crazy, but they build great stuff. And they sound like Germans, just like Canadians sound American.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-06 05:31pm
by Patrick Ogaard
The machine is from a German company, and the show is German, so the fact that the stunt took place in Vienna doesn't invalidate the title. The clip merely proves that German does build some great heavy equipment, and Austria has some insanely good (insane?) heavy equipment operators.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-06 06:30pm
by Steve
Last time I checked, Austrians were culturally German. Alpine German or Southern German, specifically.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-06 07:00pm
by aieeegrunt
Austria is kind of the Texas of Germany
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-06 08:09pm
by Steel
This show looks like its from the early 90s. However, it is German. I therefore deduce that it was made this Christmas.
It was a bit odd how the presenters were dropping from English to German.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-06 08:30pm
by madd0ct0r
ahhh viral marketing at its best.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-07 01:29am
by Lonestar
PeZook wrote:
In the same way a restaurant that serves no Czech food is Czech, yes.
Was that a swipe at the world-famous Czech Stop of West, Texas?
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-07 08:16am
by The Spartan
That was actually a pretty cool demonstration. Though I wonder what sort of safety factor they used when they set it all up. Presumably it was higher than what you might think just looking at the whole performance, but my curiosity is piqued.
Lonestar wrote:Was that a swipe at the world-famous Czech Stop of West, Texas?
It better not be! Gonna head up there and get me some pie...
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-07 09:04am
by Elfdart
Broomstick wrote:Well, OK, Austrians are crazy, but they build great stuff. And they sound like Germans, just like Canadians sound American.
Eh?
aieeegrunt wrote:Austria is kind of the Texas of Germany
Which is fitting because Wienerschnitzel bears a rather suspicious resemblance to Chickenfried Steak.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-07 09:20am
by LaCroix
You guys fail...
The show (Wetten dass) is not German, but a joint production of German, Austrian and Swiss Television (ZDF, ORF and SF) ...
It's actually one of the biggest things in german-speaking television, and running since 81' till now, and not once has ended in time...
No, while he probably grew up with watching it whenever it aired (every other month), this is agame-show, with varying bets.
Cars/machines weren't a regular part of it, it usually was people claiming they could identify crayon colour by taste, know songs by just hearing the first two notes, spitting ping-pong balls into glasses at 10 feet, cycling down a hill faster than a skier... Amazing, but basically useless one-trick ponies.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-14 02:02am
by Alyrium Denryle
You guys fail...
When I try to explain the difference to people, I tend to describe Austria as being like germany, but perhaps somewhat more gloriously insane, less weird porn, and more prominent baroque architecture (per unit land area, at least).
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-14 05:50am
by LaCroix
Alyrium Denryle wrote:more gloriously insane, less weird porn, and more prominent baroque architecture (per unit land area, at least)
True, true. And much more laid back. And the language - your President isn't the only one who believes that we actually don't speak german.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-14 07:07am
by Alyrium Denryle
Oh that is true. I did forget differences in the sense of humor.
Austria: Bit more whimsical. Archery Skeet with Trebuchets, taking provocative photos of self in roman brothel museum.
Germany: Dry, tendency toward dead-pan, often dark. "The security system will beep at you and say 'you have fifteen seconds until laser-punishment if you do not comply' ". Hidden double meaning inside a conversation to the effect of "I might invade Poland while renewing my visa"
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-14 10:22am
by LaCroix
Alyrium Denryle wrote:Oh that is true. I did forget differences in the sense of humor.
Austria: Bit more whimsical. Archery Skeet with Trebuchets, taking provocative photos of self in roman brothel museum.
Germany: Dry, tendency toward dead-pan, often dark. "The security system will beep at you and say 'you have fifteen seconds until laser-punishment if you do not comply' ". Hidden double meaning inside a conversation to the effect of "I might invade Poland while renewing my visa"
That's the thing you notice when watching German Comedians. (Yes, they do exist). Austria has a long tradition of cabaret/stand-up, and our humor is exceptionally dark and often morbid, but the punchline is always delivered with some finesse.
German comedy punches you in the face with it right from the first spoken word, and usually relys on acting like a retard - we call that blunt humor.
Re: Germans are Crazy But They Build Great Stuff
Posted: 2012-01-14 11:38am
by Skgoa
Note: this is true of most german televised "comedy". There is a reason why younger people in Germany refer to our privately owned TV networks as "under-class TV". Great cabaret is either only on stage or (rarely) shown on public TV.