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{{Short description|1963 TV comedy sketch repeated every New Year}} {{EngvarB|date=December 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox television | image = Dinner_for_One_VHS_Video_Cover.jpg | caption = | writer = [[Lauri Wylie]] | director = Heinz Dunkhase | presenter = Heinz Piper | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Freddie Frinton]] * [[May Warden]] }} | released = {{Start date|1963|7|8|df=y}} | music = [[Lew Pollack]] | runtime = 18 minutes | country = [[West Germany]] | language = English (with German introduction) | network = [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk|NDR]] }} '''''Dinner for One''''', also known as '''''The 90th Birthday''''' ({{langx|de|link=no|Der 90. Geburtstag}}), is a television comedy sketch that is repeated every [[New Year's Eve]] in several European countries. The [[two-hander]] sketch was originally written by British author [[Lauri Wylie]] for the theatre. After featuring on the stage, the German TV broadcaster, [[Norddeutscher Rundfunk]] (NDR), recorded the sketch in 1963 as an 18-minute black-and-white [[videotape]] recording, performed in English by British comedians [[Freddie Frinton]] and [[May Warden]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Dunkhase |first=Heinz |title=Der 90. Geburtstag oder Dinner for One |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121210/ |type=Short, Comedy |access-date=2023-12-03 |others=Freddie Frinton, May Warden, Heinz Piper |publisher=Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Schweizer Fernsehen (SF), Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) |last2=Marazzi |first2=Franco}}</ref> The sketch begins with an introduction in German, followed by the main act in English, and is available online.<ref>{{Citation |title=Dinner for One – Das Original|url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/dinner-for-one/dinner-for-one-das-original/das-erste/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLm5kci5kZS80NDM3XzIwMjAtMTItMzEtMTUtNTA |access-date=2024-06-09 |language=en}}</ref> It has become traditional viewing on New Year's Eve in countries such as Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Estonia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.economist.com/prospero/2020/12/30/people-all-over-the-world-watch-dinner-for-one-on-new-years-eve|title = People all over the world watch ''Dinner for One'' on New Year's Eve|newspaper = The Economist|date = 30 December 2020}}</ref> In Norway it is broadcast on 23 December. As of 1995 it was the most frequently [[Rerun|repeated television programme]] in Germany.<ref>''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'', 1988–1995 eds.; later editions no longer have the category</ref> Despite originating as a British stage sketch, the TV version gained only limited recognition in the UK over 50 years after its recording. It was broadcast on New Year's Eve in Britain on [[Sky Arts]] from 2018 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=All repeats of ''Dinner For One'' |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/dinner_for_one/repeats/ |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/30/dinner-for-one-german-television-new-years-eve|title=''Dinner for One'': the British comedy Germans have been laughing at for years|last=Bolzen|first=Stefanie|date=30 December 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=2 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In other parts of the world, the sketch is broadcast in Australia and South Africa. Apart from a few satires, ''Dinner for One'' is not known in the United States,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://phindie.com/17019-dinner-for-one-the-greatest-cult-film-youve-never-heard-of/|title=''Dinner for One'': The greatest cult film you've never heard of|last=Eger|first=Henrik|date=1 February 2018|website=Phindie|access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> where the comic premise had already been made famous by [[Red Skelton]] and [[Lucille Ball]]. In 2003, Danish TV producer Paul Anthony Sørensen directed and produced a documentary about the sketch that includes interviews with relatives of Freddie Frinton and May Warden. It was nominated for the [[Rose d'Or]] 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marcus |first=Laurence |title=Dinner for One (Der 90. Geburtstag) |url=https://televisionheaven.co.uk/reviews/dinner-for-one |access-date=2023-12-04 |website=Television Heaven |language=en}}</ref> ==Plot== In German-speaking countries, the broadcast features an introduction by Heinz Piper as the [[Master of ceremonies|conferencier]]: Miss Sophie (Warden) is celebrating her 90th birthday. As every year, she has invited her four closest friends to a birthday dinner: Sir Toby, Admiral von Schneider, Mr. Pomeroy, and Mr. Winterbottom. However, she has outlived all of them, requiring her butler James (Frinton) to impersonate the guests. In some non-German-speaking countries the introduction is omitted. James must not only serve Miss Sophie the [[Full course dinner|four courses]] ''[[Service à la russe|à la russe]]'' – [[mulligatawny]] soup, North Sea [[haddock]], chicken and fruit – but also serve the four imaginary guests the drinks chosen by Miss Sophie ([[sherry]], [[white wine]], [[champagne]] and [[port wine]] for the respective courses), slip into the role of each guest and drink a toast to Miss Sophie four times for each course. As a result, James becomes increasingly intoxicated and loses his dignified demeanour: he pours the drinks with reckless abandon, breaks into "[[Sugartime]]" by the [[McGuire Sisters]] for a brief moment, and at one point accidentally drinks from a flower vase, which he acknowledges with a grimace and exclaims "Oooh! I'll kill that cat!" There are several [[running gag]]s in the piece: *James frequently trips over the head of a tigerskin rug; as an additional embellishment, he walks past it in one instance to his own astonishment, but then stumbles over it on the way back. In another instance, he gracefully steps over it, and in the final instance, the tipsy James leaps over the head. *Sir Toby would like to have poured a small extra amount of each drink, and James complies with the request with initial politeness and then increasing sarcasm. *Miss Sophie expects James, as Admiral von Schneider, to knock his heels together with the exclamation "Skål!" (Scandinavian for "Cheers!"). Because this action proves painful, he asks each time whether he really has to, but obliges upon Miss Sophie's insistence. On one occasion James' feet miss each other, causing him to stumble. *Before each course, James asks (this gradually becomes a babble): "The same procedure as last year, Miss Sophie?"; Miss Sophie replies "The same procedure as every year, James." Finally, Miss Sophie concludes the evening with an inviting "I think I'll retire", to which James and Sophie repeat their exchange concerning the "same procedure". James takes a deep breath, [[fourth wall|turns to the audience]] with a sly grin and says "Well, I'll do my very best" before the pair retreat to the upper rooms. Both phrases "The same procedure as last year?" and "The same procedure as every year" are known to practically every German speaker that has some knowledge of English and have become part of the German language. ==Origin of the sketch== Lauri Wylie debuted ''Dinner for One'' as a sketch in his London stage revue ''En Ville Ce Soir'' in 1934.<ref name=swedishwriteup>[https://www.expressen.se/noje/tv/sa-snubblade-grevinnan-och-betjanten-in-i-tv/ Så snubblade ”Grevinnan och betjänten” in i svensk tv]</ref> Frinton and Warden performed ''Dinner for One'' on stage on Britain's seaside piers as early as 1945; Frinton inherited the rights to the sketch in 1951 after Wylie's death. The sketch was also staged elsewhere, for example in 1953 in ''[[John Murray Anderson's Almanac]]'' at the [[Imperial Theatre (Broadway)|Imperial Theatre]] with [[Hermione Gingold]] playing Miss Sophie, and [[Billy DeWolfe]] as the butler and four dead friends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbillvault.com/Show/Detail/6060/John-Murray-Andersons-Almanac|title=PlayBillVault: Almanac|publisher=playbillvault.com|access-date=3 November 2013}}</ref> In 1962, German entertainer [[Peter Frankenfeld]] and director Heinz Dunkhase discovered ''Dinner for One'' in [[Blackpool]]. The sketch was staged in Frankenfeld's live show on 8 March 1963 at the ''Theater am Besenbinderhof'', [[Hamburg]]. Since no recordings of live TV shows could be made with the technology of the time, a recorded version was commissioned, which was staged at NDR's Studio B in the [[Lokstedt]] quarter of Hamburg, in front of a live audience, between 30 April and 4 May 1963. This version was first broadcast on 8 July 1963. The sketch was recorded in English with a short introduction in German. The introductory theme, [[Charmaine (song)|Charmaine]], was composed by [[Lew Pollack]] and recorded by the [[Victor Silvester]] orchestra. According to the NDR, Frinton and Warden were each paid [[Deutsche Mark|DM]] 4,150. The recorded show was re-run occasionally until it gained its fixed spot on New Year's Eve in 1972. The comic premise of the skit—a man consuming multiple rounds of alcohol and becoming comically drunk—is generally credited to American actor [[Red Skelton]], who included a similar sketch as part of his [[vaudeville]] routines beginning in 1928 (and allowed the premise to be used by [[Lucille Ball]] in the famed ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode "[[Lucy Does a TV Commercial]]").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stardem.com/life/lucy-borrowed-famous-skit-from-red-skelton/article_98bd4211-d622-508d-bf95-49bcfb182feb.html|title=Lucy borrowed famous skit from Red Skelton|first=Gary|last=Clothier|work=The Star-Democrat|date=16 May 2011|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref> There is no definitive evidence of when Wylie wrote the sketch; the first evidence there is of the ''Dinner for One'' sketch being performed is from 1934, and as neither Skelton nor Wylie were internationally famous at the time, neither one likely knew of the other's work.<ref name=swedishwriteup /> ==Broadcasting countries== The sketch has become a viewing tradition on New Year's Eve in German-speaking countries, where up to half the population may watch it every year on New Year's Eve. Some die-hard fans even copy the meal served in the sketch.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2011/12/dinner-for-one-the-same-procedure-as-every-year-on-new-year%E2%80%99s-eve/|title=''Dinner for One'': The Same Procedure As Every Year On New Year's Eve {{!}} Frequent Business Traveler|website=www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref> The full 18-minute version is typically aired in Germany on [[Das Erste]] in the afternoon, and the [[ARD (broadcaster)#Television|regional third channels]] several times throughout the afternoon and evening. In Austria, [[ORF 1]] airs the full sketch around 11:30 pm. Swiss public broadcaster [[Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen|SRF]] shows its own 11-minute version around 7:00 pm on [[SRF 1]] and at 11:50 pm on [[SRF zwei]].<ref>{{cite web |title=''Dinner for One'' Sendetermine 2013–2018 |date=22 February 2023 |url=https://www.fernsehserien.de/dinner-for-one/sendetermine/-1}}</ref> In Finland, the show is viewed by 400,000 viewers each New Year's Eve. It is also a New Year tradition in Scandinavian countries. In Sweden, the show was suspended for six years after its first screening, deemed unsuitable because of James's heavy drinking. However, the TV network finally capitulated to popular demand and brought it back.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article20092893.ab|title=Grevinnan och betjänten hade en romans på riktigt...|work=Aftonbladet Plus|date=31 December 2014 |access-date=24 November 2018|language=sv}}{{subscription required}}</ref> It has been broadcast every year since 1976 in Sweden, with the exception of 2004 in the wake of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]]. In 1985, the Danish television network, DR, decided not to broadcast the sketch,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://politiken.dk/pol_oplys/ECE221956/dr-viser-90-aars-foedselsdagen-hver-nytaarsaften-men-hvilket-aar-blev-den-ikke-sendt/|title=DR viser '90-års fødselsdagen' hver nytårsaften, men hvilket år blev den ikke sendt?|work=Politiken |date=5 January 2007 |access-date=1 January 2012|language=da}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dr.dk/OmDR/Kontakt_DR/spoergsmaal/TV/20110324111904.htm|title=Hvornår blev sketchen '90 års fødselsdagen' sendt første gang i Danmark?|work=DR |date=24 March 2011 |access-date=1 January 2012|language=da}}</ref> but received so many complaints that it returned the following year. With this single exception, ''Dinner for One'' has been shown on DR every 31 December since 1980. It is also broadcast annually on New Year's Eve in the [[Faroe Islands]]. In Norway, the show is broadcast on 23 December, also since 1980. In 1992, it was aired 15 minutes early, and the resulting audience uproar caused it to be re-broadcast later that night.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/kultur/alt-om-_grevinnen-og-hovmesteren_-1.2859|title=Alt om "Grevinnen og hovmesteren"|website=Guide|language=nb|access-date=3 January 2019|date=22 December 2004}}</ref> It is broadcast annually on New Year's Eve in Australia by public broadcaster [[Special Broadcasting Service|SBS]] (since 1989)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cubis |first1=Shane |title=Broadcast on SBS for 30 years: How 'Dinner For One' became a NYE tradition |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/whats-on/article/broadcast-on-sbs-for-30-years-how-dinner-for-one-became-a-nye-tradition/vozvicnfk |website=SBS What's On |access-date=29 December 2023 |language=en |date=19 December 2016}}</ref> and South Africa, though it is not as well known as in Europe. It was shown briefly in the [[United States|US]] (by [[HBO]]) in the 1970s. The sketch is almost completely unknown in the United Kingdom, and its first national British television airing did not come until [[Sky Arts]] broadcast the film on New Year's Eve 2018 (although a year before, the film had been screened on [[Grimsby]] local channel Estuary TV).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.a516digital.com/2018/12/when-is-uk-tv-premiere-not-premiere-how.html|title=When is a UK TV premiere not a premiere? How PR quickly changes history|website=a516digital|access-date=2 January 2019}}</ref> The Sky Arts broadcast included English subtitles for the German-language introduction, the end of which briefly faded out followed by a fade in on Frinton, cutting out the moment when the German announcer introduces James. In German-speaking countries, the sketch is usually shown in the original English without dubbing or subtitles. It is easy to understand with even a basic knowledge of English due to the physical nature of the comedy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/12/26/same-procedure-germans-celebrate-new-years-eve-with-dinner-for-one|work=[[the Wall Street Journal]]|title=Same Procedure: Germans Celebrate New Year's Eve with ''Dinner for One''|first=Todd|last=Buell|date=26 December 2013}}</ref> British people are often perplexed by German fans' ability to quote dialogue.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,418781,00.html |title=Dinner for Who?': Germany's New Year 'Procedure' |work=[[Der Spiegel]]|date=30 May 2006}}</ref> After its sensational success on continental Europe Norddeutscher Rundfunk offered the sketch to the BBC. However, BBC was not interested since the sketch did not meet BBC quality standards. ==Different versions== {{More citations needed section|date=November 2018}} The NDR television channel recorded several other versions in 1963. Danish TV shows a version in which no audience is heard. A third, 11-minute version was recorded by [[Schweizer Fernsehen]] (Swiss Television) with less alcohol drunk. Both the 18-minute and 11-minute versions have been released on DVD in Germany. In 1977, the [[Dutch public broadcasting system]] created a Dutch language version starring [[Joop Doderer]], but this never achieved the same popularity. In 1999, the NDR released a [[film colorization|colourised]] version. In [[Denmark]], a parody of the sketch was filmed, subtitled "The 80th Birthday", in which Miss Sophie's friends are still at the table (though the NDR version mentions that the last of Miss Sophie's friends died 25 years ago). Other versions have been produced in different [[German dialects]], including one in [[Low German]] (this version, "Dinner for One Up Platt," is also aired on NDR in rotation annually along with the original), various re-enactments or parodies by different comedians, and a version featuring the German [[Glove puppetry|glove puppet]] character [[Bernd das Brot]] ("Bernd the Bread") named "dinner for brot".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkS4H5fLcq4&t=10s|title = Dinner für Brot|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> In 1992 a color version was filmed in the Frankfurt festival hall with Bodo Maria and Macha Stein. The resulting VHS cassette/DVD was dedicated to the Frankfurt [[UFA GmbH]] star [[Camilla Horn]]. Camilla Horn had originally been meant to play the role of Miss Sophie. However, she had to withdraw due to illness. On 24 December 2011, a digitally edited satirical version entitled "The 90th Euro rescue summit, or, Euros for No One", produced by Udo Eling and German state broadcaster ARD, was uploaded to YouTube. It features German Chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] as Miss Sophie and French President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] as her servant and has new German (and some French) dialogue about the [[European debt crisis|Eurozone debt crisis]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/8985912/Nicolas-Sarkozy-becomes-Angela-Merkels-tipsy-butler-in-YouTube-satire.html |title=Nicolas Sarkozy becomes Angela Merkel's tipsy butler in YouTube satire |first=Allan |last=Hall |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=31 December 2011}}</ref> In 2016, [[Netflix]] made a parody in which the guests are replaced with characters from Netflix shows, specifically [[Saul Goodman]] from ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' and ''[[Better Call Saul]]'', [[Frank Underwood (House of Cards)|Frank Underwood]] from ''[[House of Cards (US TV series)|House of Cards]]'', [[Pablo Escobar]] from ''[[Narcos (TV series)|Narcos]]'', and [[Crazy Eyes (character)|Crazy Eyes]] from ''[[Orange is the New Black]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://phindie.com/17019-dinner-for-one-the-greatest-cult-film-youve-never-heard-of/|title=''Dinner for One'': The greatest cult film you've never heard of|last=Eger|first=Henrik|date=12 February 2018|website=Phindie|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref> ==Catch phrase: "Same procedure as every year"== The line "Same procedure as every year" (in the original English) has become a very popular catchphrase in Germany. The phrase has entered everyday vocabulary, and is used in newspaper headlines and advertisements.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3657463/Gesundheit-to-an-old-favourite.html |title=Gesundheit to an old favourite |first=Mike |last=Peake |work=The Telegraph |date=30 December 2006}}</ref> This is also the case in Norway, Denmark and Sweden. ==Legacy== The sketch resonated strongly with Norwegian,{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} Luxembourgish and German audiences.<ref>{{cite book |last=Robinson |first=David |date=26 April 2004 |title=An Expat's Life, Luxembourg & the White Rose: Part of an Englishman Living Abroad Series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZmmbBAAAQBAJ |page=102 |publisher=iUniverse |isbn=9780595763023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author1=Chris Ritchie |author2=James Harris |title=No Laughing Matter? A Short History of German Comedy |publisher=Scenario |date=2007 |url=http://research.ucc.ie/scenario/2007-02/06-ritchieharris-2007-02-en.pdf |pages=75 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218173451/http://research.ucc.ie/scenario/2007-02/06-ritchieharris-2007-02-en.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The sketch is one of the most widely known pieces of English-language media in Europe despite its relatively minimal impact in Britain.<ref>{{cite book |last=Mayr |first=Stefan |date=20 September 2013 |title=''Dinner for One'' on AZ: das Lexikon zum Kult-Vergnügen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dXgAAAAQBAJ |publisher=BASTEI LÜBBE|isbn=9783838745428 }}</ref> [[Deutsche Post]] issued a commemorative stamp for the show on 11 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Deutsche Post|title=Stempel & Informationen|url=https://shop.deutschepost.de/MEDIA/PROD_ProductCatalog/Stempel_und_Info_Nr._19_2018_2018_19_Stempel+Informationen_07.09.2018.PDF?_requestid=9844351|publisher=Deutsche Post|access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> In January 2021, [[Google]] added an [[easter egg (media)|easter egg]] to their [[Knowledge Panel]] for the film. The panel included a tiger's head, which when clicked showed James running across the screen and tripping over said tiger. It also featured sound clips from the film, chiefly the line "Same procedure as every year, James."<ref>{{cite web |date=7 January 2021 |work=[[T-Online]] |language=German |title=Google lässt Butler aus ''Dinner for One'' im Browser laufen |trans-title=Google make Butler from Dinner for One run in your browser |url=https://www.t-online.de/digital/internet/id_89206332/witzige-browser-ueberraschung-google-laesst-butler-aus-dinner-for-one-laufen.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110225515/https://www.t-online.de/digital/internet/id_89206332/witzige-browser-ueberraschung-google-laesst-butler-aus-dinner-for-one-laufen.html |archive-date=10 November 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2022, it was announced that German studio [[UFA GmbH|UFA]] would produce a six-part prequel series, set 50 years before the original version.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/30/european-new-years-eve-tv-staple-dinner-for-one-prequel|title=European New Year's Eve TV staple ''Dinner for One'' to get prequel treatment|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=30 December 2022|author=Oltermann, Philip}}</ref> In March 2023, [[King Charles III]], delivering a speech at a banquet during his state visit to Germany, raised a laugh by saying, in German, "It is nice of you all, not to have left me alone with a 'Dinner for One'!"<ref>{{cite web |title=His Majesty the King's speech at the state banquet at Bellevue Castle, Berlin |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/his-majesty-the-kings-speech-at-the-state-banquet-at-bellevue-castle-berlin |website=GOV.UK |access-date=30 March 2023 |date=30 March 2023}}</ref> In his speech to the German Bundestag, Charles III referred to "Miss Sophie" as an example of cultural exchange between Britain and Germany;<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/king-charles-rede-bundestag-ukraine-100.html|title= Charles zitiert "Miss Sophie" und Kraftwerk|work=ZDF|date=2023-03-30|language=de}}</ref> although he admitted that Miss Sophie does not "give a very accurate impression of modern Britain".<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/his-majesty-the-kings-speech-at-the-german-bundestag|title= His Majesty The King's speech at the German Bundestag|date=2023-03-30|work=Gov.uk}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Dinner for One}} ;Video * [http://www.ndr.de/unterhaltung/comedy_satire/dinner_for_one/dinner14.html English transcript (NDR)] ;Alternative versions * {{YouTube|iZHwMVhJ81g|Lego version}} * {{YouTube|12KFlrowdb0|Blitz86 version}} ;Articles * [http://www.slate.com/id/2133551/ The Mystery of ''Dinner for One''] * [https://www.theguardian.com/germany/article/0,2763,866820,00.html British comedy lives on in German television] * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2207288 ''Dinner for One'': A sketch well-known to all but the British] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8172542.stm#germany 10 famous Britons you've probably never heard of: Freddie Frinton] * [http://www.frequentbusinesstraveler.com/2010/12/dinner-for-one-review/ ''Dinner For One'': How an obscure British skit became a New Year's Eve tradition] {{New Year}} [[Category:1963 films]] [[Category:1963 comedy films]] [[Category:1963 short films]] [[Category:1963 television films]] [[Category:German comedy short films]] [[Category:German comedy television films]] [[Category:Comedy sketches]] [[Category:English-language German films]] [[Category:New Year's television specials]] [[Category:West German films]] [[Category:Winter traditions]] [[Category:Fictional servants]] [[Category:Two-handers]] [[Category:1960s German films]] [[Category:Das Erste original programming]]
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