Modified On December 28, 2004
The WWW is burning up with the news that Germany’s top comedian has returned to television after a year-long hiatus. Reuters reports that “Germany’s most revered comedian Harald Schmidt made a spectacular return to late night television on Thursday, exactly a year after his abrupt departure from a rival network sent its share price plunging.”
“We are no longer Nazis,” Schmidt, 47, told his audience, quoting a mock English primer he said he would like to distribute to tourists.
“But our former Fuehrer is still on the front pages of our newspapers. Just last week we found out he was a tax dodger,” he said, referring to a recent news story. “That’s alarming because the war wasn’t cheap and we needed the money.”
Vielleicht (Perhaps) physische Anwesenheit (physical presence)
ist erforderlich (is required). To translate even further: Maybe ya hadda be there.