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Tradition muss sein 😆
"This was the most shitty year since 1949." (Alfred Tetzlaff) "What happened in 1949?" (his daughter Rita) "I got married!" (Alfred)
“Ein Herz und eine Seele: Silvesterpunsch” (”One Heart and One Soul: New Year’s Eve punch”) (1973)
"One Heart and One Soul" was developed by scriptwriter Wolfgang Menge on the model of the US television series “All in the Family (1971-1979) which is based on the British series "Till Death Us Do Part" (1965-1975)
The satirical family series, which was always recorded in front of a live audience, deals with a seemingly average German petty bourgeois family who lives in a terraced house in the Ruhr area. The head of the family is Alfred Tetzlaff, a narrow-minded philistine and creep, who destests everybody and everything that differs from him and his reactionary opinions. Despite Alfred is so short he has a big mouth, often uses abusive language and has an uncouth behaviour in general. His naive wife Else, to whom he often refers as "stupid cow”, his flippant daughter Rita and his cheeky son-in-law Michael have to suffer from Alfred's bad manners and his rantings.
The series gained cult status in Germany. Certain episodes are repeated on television for special occasions. The episode "Silvesterpunsch" ("New Year's Eve punch") was first broadcast in 1973 and is shown every year since 2001.
For the non-German speaking audience:
Else Tetzlaff mistakes Kurt Georg Kiesinger (German Federal Chancellor from 1966 until 1969) who had a Nazi past for Henry Kissinger (the American Secretary of State from 1973 until 1977) who had to flee Germany from the Nazis. Alfred rants about the Socialdemocratic Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt and the German goverment, immigrant workers and the social situation in Westgermany in general. Note that Alfred Tetzlaff behaves more sociable the more drunk he gets. One example for his use of foul language: “If this sod wakes up with an axe in his brain one morning, then I did it.” says Alfred about his son-in-law Michael.
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