Dinner for One




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Every New Year in Germany and Scandinavia, it’s a tradition to watch Dinner for One, a comedy sketch written by British author Lauri Wylie for the theater in the 1920s. It’s also known as The 90th Birthday, or Der 90. Geburtstag. The full German TV production is available at Google Video. The English section here is ten minutes long. In the routine, Miss Sophie has outlived her friends, so her butler plays the part of each at the birthday dinner, which means he must drink multiple toasts! It’s one of 6 New Year Traditions from Around the World at mental_floss. Link


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Posted on December 31, 2007 at 10:38 pm by Miss Cellania
Category: Mentalfloss, Video Clips



2 comments to "Dinner for One"

  • MrPumpernickel
    January 1st, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    It’s also known as “Grevinnan och Betjänten” (The Countess and the Butler) in Swedish :)

  • S-r-ex
    January 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm

    “Grevinnen og Hovmesteren” in Norway. This is just awesome, WATCH IT! The funny thing is, it was written by a British, but is almost completely unknown in Britain. And the tiger carpet was added in the very last minute, and the stumbling was complete accident!

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