Late on New Year’s Eve, Mr. TW fired up the laptop so we could watch Dinner for One, a (roughly) 10-minute British comedy sketch also known as Der 90 Geburtstag, German for The 90th Birthday. Watching the predictable and repetitive, but nevertheless funny, skit from the 60s has become a popular tradition in Germany as well as other parts of Europe and Scandinavia. Mr. TW recalls watching it as a kid with his family and, later, with friends at parties. Pretty much, no matter what people are up to in Germany on New Year’s Eve, they work in Dinner for One. Now he and I watch it here each year, too, and we show it to friends and family. They probably think we’re a little odd, but still, they inevitably laugh when they see it.
Since there are worse ways to spend 10 minutes, take a look if you haven’t seen it yet. Watch it again next December 31st and, in the meantime, have a happy, healthy new year!
