First the Dems losing the House big time, and now this.
I have to say, though, that the substitution of “Olbermann” for “Steiner” is a little jarring, given that they’re both German names (hey, I never thought how appropriate his name was until now…). I’m sure that people fluent in German have to find these quite annoying. But for the rest of us, they’re the gift that keeps on giving.
I call him Oberfurher Olberman.
Have you noticed how they are talking about the GOP being in charge now? Not, in charge of the house, but in charge. Let’s see, 1/2 of 1/3 is now considered control.
This is a great scene. It works with everything.
I always look forward to what is going to be said to clear the room. …if Rachel Maddow is more of a man than you are…
These parodies are better advertising (free!) than anything the producers of Downfall probably ever expected.
“Don’t worry, I’m sure it’s only temporary.”
Yup. The big K.O. returns on Tuesday.
Buzz is that Olbermann returns on the air on Tuesday.
Oops! I didn’t see MfK’s 1:19 when I posted. Sorry!
That is pretty damn funny.
(Can I say that or does it make me a racist?)
I like how everyone seems to get that “Stalin!” shout into their sub-titles. It’s hillarious! There should also be a compilation of best corridor-woman consolation lines — some of those are off the chain.
Thanks to high school and college, my German is, while not nearly fluent, sufficient for those videos to annoy me, yes.
Some of them are still farkin’ hilarious, though.
hey, I never thought how appropriate his name was until now…
I can’t figure out the etymology of Olbermann, so I can’t tell if it is appropriate, but it reminds me of a hilariously inappropriate surname from the Nixon era: Ehrlichman, which more or less means “honest man”.
A lot of german surnames are like that. When Germans started giving peasants surnames, the town asshats (and frequently jews) got some rather offensive metaphorical names, like Einhorn, which stands for “Unicorn”, an allusion to the term “dickhead”.
Something similar happened in the Netherlands. Under French Napoleonic rule a law was introduced that required people to have surnames. Some chose whimsical names, assuming the rule wouldn’t stick. Hence the uncommon but very notable surname Naaktgeboren, which means “born naked”. I had a classmate with that surname.
I wonder if Overbite will name his boss “Worst Person In The World”.