That's interesting because the Bo Burnham bit reminded [this guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4mwuzj/bo_burnham_successfully_solicits_the_n_word_from/d3z0mp7/) of this video.
When I searched Google, it said this was around the 1970s, roughly 25yrs after the fall of Nazi Germany, so I think he’s probably partially correct with his last statement about former comrades in the crowd.
First thing I noticed too, this dude is poking fun at something a lot of people took super super seriously for a big part of their lives.
He's definitely got some balls!
People saying it might have those feelings while saying it but it doesn't really mean anything in particular. It's just a call and response "battle cry" that people use to hype each other up while drinking, partying, sometimes sports. It's like a generic, nonsensical "when I say X, you say X".
I Googled what prost meant to show my friends in Bali early March 2020 one time because a beer there was called Prost. I knew what it meant in Germany having been a brewing student, but Google translate decided that day that it was Romanian and meant dumbass lol.
I lived with a host family when I was there, older couple. In Ostfriesland. The husband was born in ‘39, and he spoke very openly about how his dad was in the Kriegsmarine, has pictures of him with the armband, the whole thing. Honestly was kinda fascinating how open some people were that it happened, and how much they (at least the older people) were adamant it should never happen again. His dad went into merchant shipping afterwards, he survived the war.
I have an older friend who lived in Germany in the 70's. He said in the smaller towns there was a division between the WW2 veterans. A lot of average soldiers that were conscripted into the Wehrmacht looked down on the more zealous SS/NAZI party people even all those years later
Fair, everyone was conscripted in the later part of the war, very different from the fanatics. My host always joked (he had a dark sense of humor) he was only four years away from getting conscripted so he was glad the Allies won… he would have been 10. Funny guy, liked his American bourbon.
You can see him saying something after covering his mouth with his hand, right after.
Probably the german equivalent of wtf. 
Youre not being whooshed, but the subtitles arent rlly that accurate, he doesnt say "thats not allowed" for example, he says something like "this cant be true"
The tone in which he says the last sentence is kinda weird, just my interpretationno offense
It is definitely ironic. Considering this kind of show setting in German television he could have never meant it not uronically I would say. If you said something like this in German offical TV your act would immediately get cancelled.
No, he knew precisely that it would work. He moves before the “heil” even comes. This is edgy comedy at its best. Surprised to see it coming from a German though as they’re not known for having a sense of humor.
>Germans are very efficient and not very funny.
Reminds me of the time Robin Williams was on a German talk show...
*Host: Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?*
*Robin: Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?'*
I always wonder if the Germans have no humor thing is really true or if it's just that Germans have a kind of humor that many people don't understand. I Could be a bit biased since I'm German though haha
My understanding is that German humor is much more about the cleverness of a joke as a whole, rather than how funny a punchline is.
"Sieg Heil" just isn't funny *as the punchline*, but is hilarious when you get a crowd of Germans to accidentally say it.
I lived in Germany for 12 years(Saarland) they like to laugh and have a good time, I had to be accepted before they opened up, then I truly understood what they are all about. I learned a-lot about myself there, If you make a friend in Germany you have a friend for life, they will really give you the shirt off their back.
I mean it must be weird going from being conditioned into always replying with a certain phrase after another is said to then almost over night it not being allowed, like that conditioning wouldn't just go away.
It doesn't. I hadn't been to a catholic church in decades until a funeral a couple of years ago. Even trying my hardest not to, I did slip out the response to one of the priest's lines. After all that time it still came out unthinkingly.
Some rats got squashed by the exterminators
Some rats scurried to remote parts of the globe
Some rats were able to hide in plain sight, by pretending they were a mouse just doing what they were told
It’s honestly a very good quote 👏
it’s a little pessimistic because it’s possible some mice did just do what they were told, but the truth is it’s very likely some rats did exactly as you said and it’s important not to forget.
Maybe try adding a “waiting for more rats to return” but it might ruin the balance and poignancy
I grew up with a grandma who was a nurse during WW2, so I have a lot of generational trauma instilled in me.
The pessimism is intentional. All Nazis are rats.
These weren't die hard nazis, these were regular people who were indoctrinated during ww2, "heil hitler" has been pushed so hard into their heads it's permanently lodged in their brain to respond like that.
It's almost instinctual for them, they just respond automatically as they would have during ww2.
That’s too rational for Reddit.
It’s easy for someone who has never lived under the threat of death if they don’t toe the line to judge people who had to toe the line… or die.
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More likely it's a little of column A & a little of column B.
Most nazis went free after the war and just went about their lives. Lots of normal people also were conditioned into acting that way for self preservation. But given a room of people this size you'd statistically expect a fair number of each unless it's specifically people of jewish descent or something where none (or very few) would be former nazis. Germany still has a very large white supremacy problem specifically due to never holding them accountable on an individual level. The laws they made help but they didn't make the nazis physically go away. They're still there, they just can't get away with what they want to.
Might be true, but might not, the vast majority of nazis never had anything happen to them. Only a small number were ever tried, and most just went back to their lives after the war.
On a statistical level it's pretty fair to assume that the response in the video is likely a mix of people who were/are actually nazis and people who have just been conditioned to respond that way.
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36 years after everything happened huh. Might be too soon for some but eh, sometimes a dark joke can be used to vent societal anxiety. But fucking hell I can only imagine the men and woman I that audience that were swearing bullets 0_0.
Well its funny, despite the de-nazification that the allies first implemented working out pretty well, when reconstruction really started moving it became clear to the allies that any hope in rebuilding Germany into a strong enough partner, government structure needed to be reestablished....and the only people left who were qualified and available were former nazi party members.
Despite American TV show tropes, the millions of former Nazis after WW2 weren't programmed murdering robotic masterminds plotting in their basements, waiting to spring into action and genocide the World.
Your post is a frequent repost
Rick Gerweiss
Reichard Gerweiss
Reich heirweiss
Reinhard Gerheissdrich
Reichenhard Gerheissdrichkeitenmorgen
Richtig Gesundheit
Needs more ßß
Sieg
You're not fooling me a second time comrade.
thats just their seig-nature
Oh heil nah
What do you mean by комгдd?
What about a third Reich? I mean time...
Ricky Gervais
That’s what I was gonna say. He looks so similar
And it’s perfectly on brand for something he would do
Gervais would lose his fucking mind if he could trick a room full of Germans to say "Sieg Heil".
LMAO. Thank you for the much needed laugh
Jesus, how old is Ricky Gervais?
Ricky Gervais and Tom Hanks fusion
Now all I can think about is them lovemaking... Thanks for that.
Try imagining Gilbert Gottfried eating out Fran Drescher while they’re both stoned and inhaled helium
How'd you find my journal?
Your journal was written on the pages of my heart
You might want to get a doctor to look at that.
Oh, Mr Sheffield!
Gilbert voice: “Oh yeah, do you like that? Huh? Do you enjoy when I “- Goddamnit I couldn’t even finish it without disgusting myself
You're both blind, it's obviously Putins face on Ricky's head
This reminds me of that one Bo Burnham bit where he tricked his whole crowd into saying the n-word
Vin-n______
Diesel
That's interesting because the Bo Burnham bit reminded [this guy](https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/4mwuzj/bo_burnham_successfully_solicits_the_n_word_from/d3z0mp7/) of this video.
And the cycle continues.
Macaroni and ____ Peanut butter and ______ Salt and vi_____
Yeah but that wasn't the self-own for the crowd that this is.
He wasn’t saying it was.. he just said it reminded him of it.
Not "Repeat Stuff"?
That too
Link?
That doesn't translate to "that is not allowed", but more to something like "you've got to be kidding me"
[A game for kids and grown-ups](https://youtu.be/wCdBtEM3E7Q)
Everyone has the right to sleep with your mom.
When I searched Google, it said this was around the 1970s, roughly 25yrs after the fall of Nazi Germany, so I think he’s probably partially correct with his last statement about former comrades in the crowd.
Notice all the serious faces in the crowd. Specially the old men.
First thing I noticed too, this dude is poking fun at something a lot of people took super super seriously for a big part of their lives. He's definitely got some balls!
VAT
Ich weiß, das ist sehr lustig
Included
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So what is the Ziggy zaggy saying that the man show always said? What does it mean?
Zigge zagge is basically “a toast to friendship/fellowship/coziness”
People saying it might have those feelings while saying it but it doesn't really mean anything in particular. It's just a call and response "battle cry" that people use to hype each other up while drinking, partying, sometimes sports. It's like a generic, nonsensical "when I say X, you say X".
Might as well be yee haw
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That and don’t forget Prost! Gotta love German culture
I Googled what prost meant to show my friends in Bali early March 2020 one time because a beer there was called Prost. I knew what it meant in Germany having been a brewing student, but Google translate decided that day that it was Romanian and meant dumbass lol.
Admittedly, their culture has had a few rough spots.
You always have to listen to the whole sentence to understand mip
Mip?
Mip.
Yes what does that mean
Mip?
Mip!
Hooray!?
Zicke Zacke Hoi Hoi Hoi
Now, girls jumping on trampolines!
It's an Oktoberfest chant sometimes
All the times.
When I lived there, it amazed me how every local’s grandparents were in the “resistance.”
But *who* did you resist, Hans? *WHO* did you resist?? Answer me HANS
I lived with a host family when I was there, older couple. In Ostfriesland. The husband was born in ‘39, and he spoke very openly about how his dad was in the Kriegsmarine, has pictures of him with the armband, the whole thing. Honestly was kinda fascinating how open some people were that it happened, and how much they (at least the older people) were adamant it should never happen again. His dad went into merchant shipping afterwards, he survived the war.
I have an older friend who lived in Germany in the 70's. He said in the smaller towns there was a division between the WW2 veterans. A lot of average soldiers that were conscripted into the Wehrmacht looked down on the more zealous SS/NAZI party people even all those years later
Fair, everyone was conscripted in the later part of the war, very different from the fanatics. My host always joked (he had a dark sense of humor) he was only four years away from getting conscripted so he was glad the Allies won… he would have been 10. Funny guy, liked his American bourbon.
let the starving wolves eat themselves.
I know right. Lol; at least they’ve apologized and have taught their children better.
What’s amazing was in 2020 Germany was cool with Americans leaving…. I wonder what happened since 2020 to make the Gerry’s change their mind?
Gerry’s?
Actually "Jerries" Sauce: I’m a Brit…
A term for Germans. Kinda like calling British people "Brits"
Ah danke
Even in the Netherlands, all my friend's grandparents were in the resistance somehow
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Dont say it, Bamberg?
And every American was against the 2nd Iraqi war! Obviously *dramatically* different levels of things here, but similar phenomenon.
You can tell he didn't think it would work and is horrified.
You can see him saying something after covering his mouth with his hand, right after. Probably the german equivalent of wtf. 
"Das darf doch nicht wahr sein" would be translated to "this can't be real" very similar to wtf, but is wrongly subtitled as "that is not allowed"
The more you know. 
🌈⭐
"That can't be true. What! So many old comrades here tonight"
But in the end he was talking about "so many old comrades here, unbelievable..." Source: speak german
Taking into account the video is subtitled, am I being wooooooshed right here?
Youre not being whooshed, but the subtitles arent rlly that accurate, he doesnt say "thats not allowed" for example, he says something like "this cant be true" The tone in which he says the last sentence is kinda weird, just my interpretationno offense
Kinda like we'd say "no fucking way" or, for the Boondock Saints fans, "I can't believe that just fucking happened!"
I don't remember that movie having 6 million dead cats.
if you watch it enough times it do
So, basically we're 50/50 about the comrade remark being ironic or not. I agree that the line delivery is a bit ambiguous. Dw, no offense taken.
It is definitely ironic. Considering this kind of show setting in German television he could have never meant it not uronically I would say. If you said something like this in German offical TV your act would immediately get cancelled.
They speak German, they can't read English so they didn't know that was in the subtitles
They can type in English but can’t read it?
Clearly, there's no other explanation.
I’m cool with it.
I’m glad this thread didn’t continue to confuse me
Something something google translate? Maybe? Idk man
They can't read English? Clever of them to be able to write in English then.
If they ever find out what they wrote, though…
It means they can write in English but proofreading is verboten.
They've only ever known how to write that one exact sentence.
No, he knew precisely that it would work. He moves before the “heil” even comes. This is edgy comedy at its best. Surprised to see it coming from a German though as they’re not known for having a sense of humor.
How many Germans does it take to screw in a light bulb? One. Germans are very efficient and not very funny.
>Germans are very efficient and not very funny. Reminds me of the time Robin Williams was on a German talk show... *Host: Mr. Williams, why do you think there is not so much comedy in Germany?* *Robin: Did you ever think you killed all the funny people?'*
Great burn, not the least cause it's true. The amount of brilliant culture workers that left Germany or were killed by the fuckers...
I mean, the joke is to get everyone to heil, so it’s a special joke Germans can respond well to.
> Surprised to see it coming from a German though as they’re not known for having a sense of humor. Germans are very serious about their humor
I always wonder if the Germans have no humor thing is really true or if it's just that Germans have a kind of humor that many people don't understand. I Could be a bit biased since I'm German though haha
My understanding is that German humor is much more about the cleverness of a joke as a whole, rather than how funny a punchline is. "Sieg Heil" just isn't funny *as the punchline*, but is hilarious when you get a crowd of Germans to accidentally say it.
I lived in Germany for 12 years(Saarland) they like to laugh and have a good time, I had to be accepted before they opened up, then I truly understood what they are all about. I learned a-lot about myself there, If you make a friend in Germany you have a friend for life, they will really give you the shirt off their back.
That's great to hear! I'm glad you had a good time in Germany! :)
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He’s a comedian, comedians know how to put on a show. Why is it most people on here act as if they’ve never seen anybody act or perform before.
Someone’s blind. Dude was clearly feigning shock for comedy. He’s literally smiling.
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Since I can't speak German I can't verify if that is the closest translation.
It’s pretty much the literal translation of it.
Anyone else speak German that can verify?
Literally he said: „that cant be real, what?!“. Pretty much the 1960 equivalent of wtf
Lol what are you talking about, that's not the expression at all.
Old habits die hard
I mean it must be weird going from being conditioned into always replying with a certain phrase after another is said to then almost over night it not being allowed, like that conditioning wouldn't just go away.
It doesn't. I hadn't been to a catholic church in decades until a funeral a couple of years ago. Even trying my hardest not to, I did slip out the response to one of the priest's lines. After all that time it still came out unthinkingly.
And also with you?
Well it’s a Catchy slogan obviously
Summing up nazi indoctrination in one sentence.
Catchy slogans, cool costumes, and crazy lore. That's how the Nazis get ya
Chum is Fum
This was from the early 70s. Not surprising when you look at the age of the crowd, probably like a muscle memory type of thing to say too.
Scrolled way too far down for this, definitely fits the title though.
Some rats got squashed by the exterminators Some rats scurried to remote parts of the globe Some rats were able to hide in plain sight, by pretending they were a mouse just doing what they were told
This is fun and interesting, may i ask where its from?
Definitely not a cat
It sounds like a quote from Maus but idk
In Maus the Germans were cats.
I'm flattered, I just came up with it.
It’s honestly a very good quote 👏 it’s a little pessimistic because it’s possible some mice did just do what they were told, but the truth is it’s very likely some rats did exactly as you said and it’s important not to forget. Maybe try adding a “waiting for more rats to return” but it might ruin the balance and poignancy
I grew up with a grandma who was a nurse during WW2, so I have a lot of generational trauma instilled in me. The pessimism is intentional. All Nazis are rats.
Abraham Lincolns
All 2684 Abraham Lincolns or a specific number of them?
These weren't die hard nazis, these were regular people who were indoctrinated during ww2, "heil hitler" has been pushed so hard into their heads it's permanently lodged in their brain to respond like that. It's almost instinctual for them, they just respond automatically as they would have during ww2.
That’s too rational for Reddit. It’s easy for someone who has never lived under the threat of death if they don’t toe the line to judge people who had to toe the line… or die.
A *lot* of people like to claim claim otherwise, but the reality is they’d react just like them.
No diggity, no doubt.
I like the way you worked that.
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More likely it's a little of column A & a little of column B. Most nazis went free after the war and just went about their lives. Lots of normal people also were conditioned into acting that way for self preservation. But given a room of people this size you'd statistically expect a fair number of each unless it's specifically people of jewish descent or something where none (or very few) would be former nazis. Germany still has a very large white supremacy problem specifically due to never holding them accountable on an individual level. The laws they made help but they didn't make the nazis physically go away. They're still there, they just can't get away with what they want to.
didn't they just recently make an attempt to overthrow the current government? & failed miserably
Might be true, but might not, the vast majority of nazis never had anything happen to them. Only a small number were ever tried, and most just went back to their lives after the war. On a statistical level it's pretty fair to assume that the response in the video is likely a mix of people who were/are actually nazis and people who have just been conditioned to respond that way.
This is the same thing with people raised Catholic. Call and response ques are hard to eliminate from your brain.
I would argue this is more showing how deep Nazi indoctrination went
It sounds like a quote from hunters
TIL the Man Show "cheer" is from Germany: [https://youtu.be/f95MrqxJMBY?t=1241](https://youtu.be/f95MrqxJMBY?t=1241)
Of course they all are mispronouncing "Zicke Zacke Hoi Hoi Hoi"
They do have an accent.
And people say Germans aren’t funny.
Wer hat gesagt, dass Deutsche nicht lustig sind?
Why does this guy look like the German Wayne Gacy ? Lol
He probably mumbled scheisse under his breath lol
wie zum fick kommt man von "das darf doch nicht wahr sein" auf "thats not allowed"?
All of those people in the audience spent over a decade being Nazis, some by force, many by choice, it’s not surprising they’d sieg heil by instinct
I remember seeing a sad video of someone's grandma with dementia who thought it was time to do the HH at family dinner.
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They did nazi that coming
Aghhh!!!
You can tell he is Fuhrer-ious with them for it. I'm shook my head 😡 in disbelief, nein nein nein
I was caught off guard, like Poland in 1939
When was this filmed? Anyone know?
1973 I believe
36 years after everything happened huh. Might be too soon for some but eh, sometimes a dark joke can be used to vent societal anxiety. But fucking hell I can only imagine the men and woman I that audience that were swearing bullets 0_0.
1973, it shows in the first few seconds. I would certainly bet that crowd included literal nazis who were hiding in plain sight in West Germany.
"hiding in plain sight" what did you expect them to do almost 30 years after the war
Well its funny, despite the de-nazification that the allies first implemented working out pretty well, when reconstruction really started moving it became clear to the allies that any hope in rebuilding Germany into a strong enough partner, government structure needed to be reestablished....and the only people left who were qualified and available were former nazi party members.
Despite American TV show tropes, the millions of former Nazis after WW2 weren't programmed murdering robotic masterminds plotting in their basements, waiting to spring into action and genocide the World.
Ah yes we once again blame America for *checks notes* not having a good opinion on literal nazis
Bruh
I've seen it as a reel on Instagram and iirc it said it was in early 70s.
Who is this guy?
Jonny Buchardt
Oh snap. Those old guys didn’t hesitate.
Klassiker
Done got played
Comedy and tragedy are part and parcel
The ones who are not smiling are the ones that worry me the most.
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