May 21, 2026: a date that will live in infamy

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2. We never saw it here.

Some Germans would have gotten it, but not nearly enough to warrant a time slot.

It would have been like trying to run the series "Liebling Kreuzberg" in the States. It was one of the most brilliant (if not THE most brilliant) series ever shown in German TV. It was about a third tier (but successful) West Berlin lawyer, his lazy daughter, flawed but efficient two-woman staff, and his funny, very middle-class junior partner. He smoked cigars, and like to lay on the sofa in his office and eat green jello. He was portrayed by Manfred Krug, a funny, decidedly NOT pretty actor who had left East Germany, where he was already a successful actor.

If you hadn't spent years in Germany, even if you spoke fluent German, you wouldn't get the gags, much like someone who had never seen US media wouldn't get Colbert even if he spoke fluent English, but knew nothing about US politics.