Last Thursday night I went to see Maximillian Gstettenbauer (it’s a strong name, I know). He is a stand-up comedian, originally from Bavaria but now living in Cologne. If you are interested in German comedy (and let’s face it, who isn’t?) the check out his weekly podcast “Gstetten Time”. Otherwise you can go to www.maxigstettenbauer.de and download his last show for as much or as little as you would like to pay for it, your choice. Maxi Gsetettenbauer is, without doubt, my favourite comedian in the world at the moment. He is funny, clever, current – but not afraid to throw in cultural references from past decades, high-brow – but not afraid of a few ‘pimmel-witze’ (as he so delicately puts it) and most of all, he is a good bloke. While his jokes run from politics to bodily functions to current affairs and back again, seamlessly and never gratuitously, his shows contain a message that we (especially us blokes) can be better. You know that Gillette commercial that the whole world is having trouble getting its head around? Kind of like that, but hilarious. To bring it to a comparison that most people (Australians, at least) will understand, I guess he could be compared to Adam Hills in many ways; with warmth, compassion and hilarity, all with an unmistakable, deeply humanist undercurrent.
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