Comments on Crazy Days and Nights: 30 Rock Gets Zero Share In German Debut

Mina, how do you know Tina Fey?

2009-11-04T18:12:50.177-08:00

Mina, how do you know Tina Fey?

30 rock isnt much of a hit in Sweden, either - but...

2009-11-04T09:24:52.113-08:00

30 rock isnt much of a hit in Sweden, either - but I absolutely love it!

oh, come on!! enty makes fun of trailer trash (hil...

2009-11-03T18:19:26.410-08:00

oh, come on!!
enty makes fun of trailer trash (hillbillies, ya'll) hollywood, people all over equally. my southern roots run very deep, but i don't get all uppity when he starts that!
lighten up!
hey, i keep trying with 30 rock, it's not my cup of tea.
i tried desperately with the office, because i love steve carrell. but i found myself embarrassed trying to watch an episode w/ mr. buns on the plane. it was just too stupid. maybe it was because i watched some of the original, and appreciate english humor (the canadians tickle me, too). compared to the crap SNL puts out anymore, give me kids in the hall, monty python, ANY day!
yeah, i think dubbing probably has something to do with foreign stuff.
but i grew up watching japanese soaps, UNDUBBED, and still get a kick out of them, and i don't understand a fluffing word!!

Wow, a whole country being made to look like idiot...

2009-11-03T15:10:30.219-08:00

Wow, a whole country being made to look like idiots based on an assumption? What a new, novel concept! I don't think any American could ever relate to that!

ZDF was able to crash "The Sopranos" for the germa...

2009-11-03T15:06:35.496-08:00

ZDF was able to crash "The Sopranos" for the german market so I'm not surprised it's them who're effin' it up for 30 Rocks also.

@Mina: Please filter your thoughts before you're typing them.

@schneefloeckli: I support your position on dubbing. I just HATE it. Since I'm living in Switzerland too I can benefit from Swiss TV and dual-sound the same as you do. *happy-dance*

Mina, am i wrong or did you just make reference to...

2009-11-03T14:58:26.638-08:00

Mina, am i wrong or did you just make reference to yodeling and fascism almost in the same sentence?

if so, that's all kinds of awesome.

lol

Mina: one word to remain humble. Volksmusik. Say ...

2009-11-03T14:46:29.832-08:00

Mina: one word to remain humble. Volksmusik.

Say what you want about American country music but they got Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash or Emmylou Harris. Germans got Heino.

ET's policy has never been to be objective. That's a site you go to get innuendos and rumors on American celebrities, not a balanced perspective about everything in the world. The feature on 30 Rock tells actually more about what he thinks of 30 Rock than Germany. Germany in the piece is like the broken German spoken by Tina Fey in 30 Rock: not to be taken seriously.

At least, he didn't mention the war.

Oh, Pookie. Pull your head out of Enty's ass for o...

2009-11-03T14:44:02.425-08:00

Oh, Pookie. Pull your head out of Enty's ass for once. He's the one who gives his 'people' a bad name.
Do you really want to tell me how I'm supposed to feel if Enty is offending me and my whole country all the time by making us look like complete idiots who listen to and worship that loser Hasselhoff 24/7?

@Janele: Ich finde es auch schade, dass Enty, der doch immer so unglaublich viel Wert auf Menschlichkeit und Respekt anderen Leuten gegenüber legt, immer wieder ganz Deutschland beleidigt indem er uns als saudummes Volk hinstellt, dass von früh bis spät David Hasselhoff hört. Wahrscheinlich denkt der Idiot auch noch, dass wir alle Dirndl und Lederhosen tragend, Bier saufend und jodelnd durch die Straßen hüpfen.
Das hat nichts mit Humor zu tun, das ist faschistisch!
Er versucht nicht nur hier auf total peinliche Art und Weise Michael K und seinen Humor zu kopieren. Nur würde sich sogar dieser solche faschistischen Sprüche verkneifen oder es zumindest so geschickt formulieren, dass man auch darüber lachen kann.
Für mich ist dieser Blog mit diesem Beitrag erledigt.
So eine Scheiße unterstütze ich nicht mit meinen Hits.

Auf Nimmer-Wiedersehen!

I will start watching these shows and support the ...

2009-11-03T14:19:10.048-08:00

I will start watching these shows and support the networks as soon as they offer the option to switch to the original language like the Swiss networks do. The dubbed versions are unwatchable!

meh. the germans aren't missing much. (not even th...

2009-11-03T14:08:33.480-08:00

meh. the germans aren't missing much. (not even the jerky ones who are full of hate and name call and give their people a bad name).

Mina just proved a point that humor is not transla...

2009-11-03T14:07:36.004-08:00

Mina just proved a point that humor is not translatable, at least Enty's humor didn't go over very well with her.

Das ist schade.

I don't watch it 30 rock either. So what? There ar...

2009-11-03T13:55:25.559-08:00

I don't watch it 30 rock either. So what? There are a lot of good shows out there, you don't watch the obligation to watch them all.

Oh, Enty! You really had to disappoint me again, d...

2009-11-03T13:48:12.891-08:00

Oh, Enty! You really had to disappoint me again, didn't you? What the fuck are you talking about? You really think us Germans are a bunch of stupid fucks, right? Why don't you stick your Hoff far up your fat and most likely very hairy ass, will ya?
And your German was total crap!

Btw, I happen to know Tina Fey but why do you assume that we have to know and be interested in every fucking American actor/actress you have?

God, you really are an arrogant American asshole. I bet that you are one of those guys who thinks that your nation is the navel of the world, right?

@O: Du bist entweder ein Analphabet oder kannst nicht ein Wort Deutsch.

Nein, es war nicht eine ZDF Sendung aber eine ZDF ...

2009-11-03T13:47:12.429-08:00

Nein, es war nicht eine ZDF Sendung aber eine ZDF Digitale Sendung, die nur am Kabeln und ADSL existiert. Ich bin kurios über wieviel Leute "Arrested Development" in seinem eigenem Zeit sahen.

Yes, it's true: the Hoff is as famous in Germany as Jerry Lewis is in France. It's just an American joke.

And yes, it's true, dubbing can be awful. The French voices for both Alec Baldwin and Will Arnett are generic guys. So, when there's one of their hushed dialog matches, there's strictly nothing to laugh about. Add to this the fact that "30 Rock" humor is quite a New York thing and that can explain most of the flop.

By the way...
"Friends" were a hit almost everywhere in Europe. Comparatively, "Seinfeld" was a flop. It was broadcast around the time of the later seasons and promoted as the current American craze. But only pay TV (the French equivalent of HBO) would carry such edgy stuff.

And, while I'm at it... "30 Rock" hasn't been as funny as it was for a year approximately. Too many celebrities that add nothing to the show (exception: Jon Hamm), writing less tight than before, too much Kenneth, and storylines that go nowhere.

I will definitely agree that humour changes from c...

2009-11-03T13:45:59.139-08:00

I will definitely agree that humour changes from country to country. I'm Irish and often don't understand American humour - although I absolutely love 30 Rock. I don't understand the German sense of humour at all so it's interesting how what's funny to one person can elude someone else.

It's a pity that the show did so badly. Tina Fey is my heroine (but I don't want to inject her or anything). 30 Rock is one of the best comedy shows I've seen in years.

Enty, Ihre Deutsch ist aber sehr gut!

2009-11-03T13:40:21.025-08:00

Enty, Ihre Deutsch ist aber sehr gut!

It was on ZDF, that when is not showing 30 Rock ha...

2009-11-03T12:57:22.231-08:00

It was on ZDF, that when is not showing 30 Rock has an average of 100000 viewers. Embarrassing that on a network with such low expectations that 30 Rock could even do worse than that.

Specially when it was was picked up as the flagship for the re-branding of that network, in a hope to double their average viewership, and get a younger demographic.

I guess that the Germans just prefer a genuine piece of crap, like the Hoff, over a pretentious piece of crap.

Good job on that German!

2009-11-03T12:56:17.477-08:00

Good job on that German!

Du bist aber lustig!

2009-11-03T12:54:47.322-08:00

Du bist aber lustig!

I agree with empyrios, sometimes humor is not inte...

2009-11-03T12:53:58.167-08:00

I agree with empyrios, sometimes humor is not interchangable between countries. Take the Office for example. They had to "Americanize" it in order for it to translate to their target audience, and they didn't even have to change the language like they did in this situation.

Mistik, it aired on a brand new station that only ...

2009-11-03T12:49:26.586-08:00

Mistik, it aired on a brand new station that only 40% of the country even gets.

What network was it on? If it's available on a wid...

2009-11-03T12:44:45.729-08:00

What network was it on? If it's available on a widely available net like RTL, then yeah, it would have some viewership. But a lot of American programming is only available on pay channels that are not as widely available or subscribed to... at least when I lived there.

I think it's really ignorant that the North Americ...

2009-11-03T12:41:55.252-08:00

I think it's really ignorant that the North American entertainment industry seems to have this blatant presumption that other countries will embrace the same things we have when it comes to tv and movies.

i think it's fairly obvious when you travel that sense of humour greatly varies from country to country- even from Canada to the U.S.

plus, most of what we churn out here really is a pile of steaming crap.

look at all the vampire shit lately. I love that kind of stuff, but IMO "Let The Right One In" (Låt den rätte komma in) was by far THE BEST product of that genre to ever be produced.

a little Swedish project blew all previous attempts out of the water. awesome.

Caroline, as far as American humor goes. Just wat...

2009-11-03T12:37:54.919-08:00

Caroline, as far as American humor goes. Just watch some Japanese shows to see how humor often does not translate.

Their loss. 30 Rock is one of the most smartly-wri...

2009-11-03T12:34:30.168-08:00

Their loss. 30 Rock is one of the most smartly-written shows on the air.