194. What is the Weirdest Holiday Tradition? (English Vocabulary Lesson)
Thinking in English
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Thinking in English in 2022
A dinner for one was originally written in the 1920s and designed to be performed on stage. In 1962, a German entertainer saw it being performed in a club in the north of England and loved it so much that he invited the actors to record it for his TV show in Germany. It has never been filmed for English TV and until two or three years ago had never been broadcast in the UK. When a German TV station asked the BBC if they had ever thought about showing it in the UK, the BBC responded that they had never even heard of the show. And to me, this is weird. It is weird that Germany is in love with an English comedy sketch that English speakers have
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