Henning Wehn

[FabricLiveBaby!]

I went to a comedy club last night and the far best comedian on the night was a guy called Henning Wehn. I rembered him immediatley from the "push the red button" thing on BBC 2 after Stuart Lee's Comedy Vehicle, where there was a clip of him warming the crowd up.

We was superb.

If any of you are out and about, and see his name on the rostra... GO SEE HIM.


Fantastiche!

 

[Balbi]

He's well known to fans of 5 Lives Fighting Talk

I even cheer a bit when they announce he's on the show.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

Any trouble with the boyfriend disrespecting you this time Fabric???

 

[HobgoblinMan]

I know this guy. First few times I saw him I thought he was intellectually handicapped, but then found out he was just German.

The way he looks and talks, he kinda seems a bit, y'know... special.

 

[FabricLiveBaby!]

Any trouble with the boyfriend disrespecting you this time Fabric???

Not this time.... My Mum, Dad AND my Brother were there. He wouldn't have stood a chance.

 

[HobgoblinMan]

That's a shame, I was looking forward to another huge bitch fest thread.

 

[Onket]

This bloke was on QI fairly recently and he did a great bit about most people who were alive during the war who are still alive now were children at the time, a drain on Britain's resources and therefore basically fighting on the side of Hitler.

You can get all of the stuff he has produced this far, all in for a score, from his website. That's got to be a good deal. http://www.henningwehn.de/merch.htm

What's in the OP, by the way, it's blocked here?

 

[Santino]

I think he's brilliant.

Can anyone with more knowledge of Germany identify his accent/general appearance as of a specific German type or stereotype? Something that a German would immediately notice in the way that a British person would instantly spot a Scouser or a broad Glaswegian accent or a posh Home Counties type.

 

[Orang Utan]

This bloke was on QI fairly recently and he did a great bit about most people who were alive during the war who are still alive now were children at the time, a drain on Britain's resources and therefore basically fighting on the side of Hitler.

You can get all of the stuff he has produced this far, all in for a score, from his website. That's got to be a good deal. http://www.henningwehn.de/merch.htm

What's in the OP, by the way, it's blocked here?

it's a clip of him rimming a swine

 

[Santino]

it's a clip of him rimming a swine

That made me snort.

 

[Orang Utan]

That made me snort.

it made the pig snort too

 

[Schmetterling]

I know this guy. First few times I saw him I thought he was intellectually handicapped, but then found out he was just German.

The way he looks and talks, he kinda seems a bit, y'know... special.

He has very wide-set eyes, doesn't he?

I think he's brilliant.

Can anyone with more knowledge of Germany identify his accent/general appearance as of a specific German type or stereotype? Something that a German would immediately notice in the way that a British person would instantly spot a Scouser or a broad Glaswegian accent or a posh Home Counties type.

He is either from East Germany; their accent tends to be strong as they did not have the same exposure to English as we in the west did.
Or he is Bavarian or Austrian; their own dialect is very broad/drawn out which tends to make their English strangely broad.
Me? My English is perfect...

 

[goldenecitrone]

I think he's brilliant.

Can anyone with more knowledge of Germany identify his accent/general appearance as of a specific German type or stereotype? Something that a German would immediately notice in the way that a British person would instantly spot a Scouser or a broad Glaswegian accent or a posh Home Counties type.

Am off to see his show on Sunday so I'll let you know. I'll shout some ossie slang at him.

 

[Balbi]

I saw his Edinburgh warmup this year - he was working his act out, but had me in stitches

 

[Schmetterling]

Actually; Wiki states Hagen in North Rhine Westfalia ... that's my state... aaaand he is younger! I reckon he puts on the accent then.

 

[colacubes]

Actually; Wiki states Hagen in North Rhine Westfalia ... that's my state... aaaand he is younger! I reckon he puts on the accent then.

I think he's lived over here for about 15 years so has probably just changed over time. My cousins who live in Germany and have done for about 20 years have a really weird accent when they speak English, and apparently also when they speak German.

ETA - agree with the boy Balbi. I'm always thrilled when he pops up on Fighting Talk. He is v v funny indeed.

 

[Onket]

it's a clip of him rimming a swine

And your posts used to be quite amusing.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I think he's brilliant.

He's a hell of a lot funnier than most of the comedians who're popular in Germany at the mo IMO.
He does sometimes get a bit too into the whole "comic props" thing, though.

Can anyone with more knowledge of Germany identify his accent/general appearance as of a specific German type or stereotype? Something that a German would immediately notice in the way that a British person would instantly spot a Scouser or a broad Glaswegian accent or a posh Home Counties type.

Typical pitch for a German male. Over there most blokes seem to have higher-pitched voices than women.

This could, of course, be because most German blokes have sore throats, and the women smoke Turkish fags, but personally I reckon there's some kind of psycho-sexual reason.

 

[Mrs Magpie]

I love him. He's on Radio 4 occasionally but even better, he's teaching me German!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/comedy/

 

[ebay sex moomin]

What's in the OP, by the way, it's blocked here?

Four minute clip of him in Edinburgh, introduced by Al Murray the pub landlord.

I think he's hilarious, especially on 'the Unbelievable Truth'.

 

[Onket]

Just watched it. Very good.

I wanted to go and see him on Sunday, especially as it's an afternoon slot, but can't.

Goldencitrone- Have a good one & let me know how it goes.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Just watched it. Very good.

I wanted to go and see him on Sunday, especially as it's an afternoon slot, but can't.

Goldencitrone- Have a good one & let me know how it goes.

Jawohl, Herr Onket.

 

[Reno]

I think he's brilliant.

Can anyone with more knowledge of Germany identify his accent/general appearance as of a specific German type or stereotype? Something that a German would immediately notice in the way that a British person would instantly spot a Scouser or a broad Glaswegian accent or a posh Home Counties type.

Very much a Northern/Prussian accent which sounds more nasal and high pitched than an accent from the South. It's also tonally more varied than Southern accents, which are more monotone. Stereotypes of the German North/South divide are the opposite of the UK: People of the South are considered peasants while the cultured lot live in the North.

 

[Orang Utan]

a german friend of mine was highly disparaging of the austrian accent - he said they were 'murdering' the german language. is it similar to the bavarian accent he was also contemptuous of?

 

[Santino]

Like Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't allowed to do the German dubbing for The Terminator because he sounds like a yokel.

 

[Reno]

a german friend of mine was highly disparaging of the austrian accent - he said they were 'murdering' the german language. is it similar to the bavarian accent he was also contemptuous of?

I like an Austrian accent, but then I'm from Bavaria. They are similar accents and Bavaria has culturally a lot more in common with Austria than with the rest of Germany. Your friend was a Northerner and conforming to stereotype. We on the other hand find many Northern accents horrible. To Southerners they sound like effete toffs.

 

[Orang Utan]

just like the english north/south divide then, as you said.
he is from the northwest.
another german friend told me that ralf hutter from kraftwerk has a silly accent and that his dusseldorf accent is the equivalent of a west midlands accent, so imagine 'trance europe express' intoned in a brummy accent

 

[kabbes]

He's well known to fans of 5 Lives Fighting Talk

I even cheer a bit when they announce he's on the show.

ACHT! FUNF! NULL! FUNF! ACHT! JAWOHL!

 

[goldenecitrone]

He's from Hagen, in the Ruhrgebiet. The first half was good, very funny, but the second half was just more of the same and not quite so laugh out loud funny. His act is a bit limited in that he's mostly making fun of English perceptions of the Germans and taking the piss out of English culture and English nationalism by pretending to be a nationalistic German himself. I liked the bit about the Geordie oompah band who just make up the words as they go along and the bloke who had shit himself at the Aberdeen beer festival.

 

[Onket]

HENNING KNOWS BEST

German comedian Henning When (QI, News Quiz, The Unbelievable Truth), is hosting a new six part comedy series for Radio 2 where he delivers his unique views on British life in the form of hilarious comedy lectures. With the help of some special guests, Henning will take a look at very British subjects as diverse as Class, Sport, Languages and Humour from his own German perspective.

Henning will be recording these shows at The Drill Hall in central London on the evenings of 10th January, 17th January and 24th January 2012. If you would like to join the audience, then apply now!

http://www.sroaudiences.com/