So we have this format called Last One Laughing in Germany (it started in Japan). The first 2-3 seasons were pretty funny but lately it has become unwatchable.
For anyone who doesn’t know, the concept is a bunch of comedians are put in a room together for 6 hours and are not allowed to laugh. Whoever laughs is out, last one wins (hence the title). So everyone is trying to be as funny as possible by finding out that one trigger for each person or by shooting in every direction. It’s a great concept, if the contestants are funny.
In Germany they now struggle to find any good comedians willing to join (not that we have many options in the first place). But the viewer numbers are still high somehow and they want to continue so they add more and more random personalities who are not funny at all but use this opportunity to show the world what they’re made of. Imagine that one guy who doesn’t belong to a group and desperately tries to belong but here everyone is that guy.
Then there is the annoying host Bully Herbig who is constantly fake-laughing for the audience and holding his hand over the red button like „Oh my god look how funny this is! It must be happening any second!“ It’s basically a laugh track. Later they even added people into the stage who fake-laugh. It’s ridiculous.
On top of that the show runners tuned the concept so there is no time for anyone to settle anymore, it’s just one special event after the other. It’s like Tik Tok. No opportunity for the contestants to just do a random joke during conversations or something. Also what counts as a laugh is so strict, they only need to move a muscle and it counts.
The UK finally started doing their own version and the first season is so much better than what Germany does. There are much less special events and they are more controlled. Most laughs happen from random conversations and they don’t even need to be so strict about what is a laugh because this is actually funny and they are laughing out loud!
So we have this format called Last One Laughing in Germany (it started in Japan). The first 2-3 seasons were pretty funny but lately it has become unwatchable.
For anyone who doesn’t know, the concept is a bunch of comedians are put in a room together for 6 hours and are not allowed to laugh. Whoever laughs is out, last one wins (hence the title). So everyone is trying to be as funny as possible by finding out that one trigger for each person or by shooting in every direction. It’s a great concept, if the contestants are funny.
In Germany they now struggle to find any good comedians willing to join (not that we have many options in the first place). But the viewer numbers are still high somehow and they want to continue so they add more and more random personalities who are not funny at all but use this opportunity to show the world what they’re made of. Imagine that one guy who doesn’t belong to a group and desperately tries to belong but here everyone is that guy.
Then there is the annoying host Bully Herbig who is constantly fake-laughing for the audience and holding his hand over the red button like „Oh my god look how funny this is! It must be happening any second!“ It’s basically a laugh track. Later they even added people into the stage who fake-laugh. It’s ridiculous.
On top of that the show runners tuned the concept so there is no time for anyone to settle anymore, it’s just one special event after the other. It’s like Tik Tok. No opportunity for the contestants to just do a random joke during conversations or something. Also what counts as a laugh is so strict, they only need to move a muscle and it counts.
The UK finally started doing their own version and the first season is so much better than what Germany does. There are much less special events and they are more controlled. Most laughs happen from random conversations and they don’t even need to be so strict about what is a laugh because this is actually funny and they are laughing out loud!