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Bernd The bread conquers the USA: John Oliver laughs at Germany!
John Oliver illuminates the bread, a iconic German figure, and ensures international smile on his show Bernd.
Bernd The bread conquers the USA: John Oliver laughs at Germany!
In the current episode of his late night show "Last Week Tonight", John Oliver has humorous the bread of the German children's channel classic Bernd. Bernd, who has been seen in Kika since 2000, embodies pessimism and world pain, which Oliver described as the "most German I have ever seen". Bernd's dark sayings such as "My life is hell" and "I want to leave this show" stand in stark contrast to the happy topics in many other children's programs and show an idiosyncratic point of view of life, which ensures smiling in US viewers.
Oliver's segment with Bernd took place on September 22, 2025 and lasted almost ten minutes. Excerpts were shown in which Bernd complained about his predicament. An ironic love story for a "French baguette beauty" also caused laughter among the American audience. Bernd The bread has cult status in Germany and was awarded the Grimme Prize; His statue in Erfurt has even been kidnapped by anarchists.
Bernd in international perception
In the show, Bernd Oliver met in an empty backdrop, and the dialogue ended with Bernd's humorous exclamation "Hope". During the presentation, Oliver and his guests referred to the melancholic nature of Bernd's character, in contrast to happy characters like Chili the sheep and briegel of the bush. The co -founder Tommy Krappweis said that Bernd was originally supposed to take the place of a cactus whose appearance reminded of Adolf Hitler too much.
Oliver also showed international reactions to Bernd the bread, including a comment from Rocklegegend Patti Smith, who shared a picture of Bernd with the sentence "This is all i can stood". This speaks for the universal attraction of Bernd's dry humor, which could now also reach a new audience in the USA.
A German classic conquers the world
Bernd The bread not only symbolizes a special form of German humor, but also opens up a dialogue about the cultural differences in child entertainment. The peculiarities of the figure, including its pessimistic view and the inability to enter into social bonds, find an interesting echo in the American media landscape. John Oliver emphasizes that this humor is well received by the spectators despite his depressive shadow and presenting the consideration of joie de vivre in a different light.
The appearance shows how humor combines different cultures and can even trigger international enthusiasm. Bernd Das Bread could gain popularity through this presentation in the USA and maybe even open up a new audience for the weird stories and wisdom of a character firmly rooted in the German media landscape.
For Oliver, Bernd is not just a figure of children's television, but a phenomenon that focuses on deeper human emotions. The reactions of the audience and the explanations of Bernd's creators suggest that the fascination for this character extends far beyond the borders of Germany. Exxpress.at reports that the show and the figure are again in the focus of the entertainment while stern.de and swp.de the relevance and influence of Bernd shed light on the bread on the international audience.