When the Germans see the butler, the British can't see the joke
http://www.guardian.co.uk/germany/article/0,2763,1379521,00.html
Luke Harding in Berlin
Friday December 24, 2004
The Guardian
It is the classic ingredient of any German Christmastide
At 7.40pm on New Year's Eve millions of Germans gather reverently round
their TV sets to watch Dinner For One - an 18-minute British comedy
sketch featuring Freddie Frinton as drunken butler James and May Warden
as his elderly aristocratic boss Miss Sophie.
Luke Harding
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Germany
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Britain
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