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Henning Wehn- german standup

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  • 10-12-2009 3:16pm
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    tech77
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    Anyone know this guy.
    Seems a funny enough character.
    His basic shtick is he's the world's first german standup.

    Can be a bit weird/edgy at times (talking about his nation's military history gets a bit uneasy but is interesting nevertheless given Germany's own super-sensitivity about this).
    Dunno how he gets thru his bit about bombing Coventry to an English audience- :) funny and squirm-inducing in equal measure.
    Done with sufficient irony and good nature i guess, he just about gets away with it.

    Other than that, his comedy is fairly sharp- playing off things like stereotypical attitudes to Germans and their (supposed lack of) humour.
    Anyone familiar with him.


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    elshambo
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    Touring(toured) with Stewart Lee, so no mug

    He is a regular on "Fighting Talk" Sat mornings on BBC Radio5

    The final round is called "Defend the indefensible"
    20 secs unprepared defending some awful statement

    They said to him he had to defend the idea of Germany invading France because of the Henry handball

    he started with:
    "Why did my grandfather cross the road?"
    why?
    "To invade France"

    He is a looper!:D


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    actwithoutwords
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    He's deadly altogether. Mad looking fellow, but very very sharp. The bit where he starts his stopwatch at the start of every gig is very simple but lovely. I tend to like all that anti-humour stuff.


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    tech77
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    FWIW here's some youtube stuff .



    His last gag is a bit of a mind-bender tbh.
    Have to confess even though you know what he's driving at (ie different humourous takes within the same joke) it actually takes a bit of thinking about.
    Don't think the audience really got it tbh judging by the laugh.
    Still good though.


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    dxhound2005
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    If anyone is not familiar with Fighting Talk mentioned above it is the funniest thing on the radio. Henning is on episode 12 on this link, very funny guy.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070hvs


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