[HN Gopher] Bernd das Brot, a depressed German loaf of bread
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Bernd das Brot, a depressed German loaf of bread
Author : geox
Score : 70 points
Date : 2025-02-28 13:52 UTC (3 days ago)
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| lqet wrote:
| > Bernd is a television presenter who wants nothing to do with TV
| and can't wait to go home to stare at the wallpaper.
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| A national treasure.
|
| I you visit the Reichstag in Berlin, they have an audio guide
| spoken by Bernd das Brot!
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh_ViVyz474
| warpspin wrote:
| You either love or hate Bernd das Brot. I'm on the hate side.
| Cannot stand this for just 30 seconds.
| lifestyleguru wrote:
| It does not exempt you from the monthly EUR 18 public media fee
| though. Enjoy.
| Sabinus wrote:
| This isn't how the government works. I also pay into a system
| that fixes roads I'll never drive on but that isn't a reason
| to complain.
| xg15 wrote:
| And Bernd would agree with you, he cannot stand it either!
| atoav wrote:
| My theory always was that this is television that was meant as
| a signal for kids to go to sleep.
| ashoeafoot wrote:
| You could watch wallpaper dry, but instead you watch a depressed
| loaf watching wallpaper dry. Very meta.
| xg15 wrote:
| The idea and the character design were fun, but the "night loops"
| (footage specifically produced for the nighttime "dead air"
| timeslots) became too mean for my liking.
|
| I think the original premise was a grumpy main character
| interacting with his wacky and slightly-too-wellmeaning friends,
| which is fine. But it somehow ended up with an unseen narrator
| putting him into an endless loop of (mildly) unpleasant
| situations on purpose and making cynical comments about it.
|
| Could be a case of flanderization or the series trying to embrace
| its adult following, but either case, I don't think it did the
| series well.
| ahartmetz wrote:
| I recently wondered whether Bernd was funnier or the novelty of
| it was more amusing in the earlier 2000s or I was simply
| younger... But yeah, his friends were around much more often
| then and there was more variety and "action". I guess they
| reduced expenses by having only Bernd around most of the time.
| I mean it _is_ a filler program...
| xg15 wrote:
| If I remember correctly, there were two different formats: A
| normal kid's TV series which featured Bernd and his friends
| and had regular episodes; and the "night loop" which was more
| surreal/"edgy", featured Bernd alone and had no real plot,
| only a sequence of random events that eventually looped. (And
| I think the latter was what made it go viral at some point)
|
| I can fully imagine that the actual target audience for the
| loop were stoners...
| ahartmetz wrote:
| >the actual target audience for the loop
|
| I, ahem, may have heard about that. At the time. In
| Minecraft.
| booleandilemma wrote:
| That sounds like Curb Your Enthusiasm :)
| sandreas wrote:
| There is also an opinionated point and click adventure called
| "Bernd das Brot und die Unmoglichen" (German title). Although not
| the greatest game, I somehow enjoyed it (bought it used for 5
| bucks).
| exz wrote:
| Ich will hier weg
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