I can't resist (I need those specs). This clip IS wetten das...
posted by oxdottir
1 decade 6 years 6 months ago • 1,284 views
Wetten Das...?
Created: 1 decade 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago
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Updated: 1 decade 6 years 6 months ago
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Wetten Das has so many fine things in it that I figured, why not make it into a playlist?
Wetten Das...? (or in English, Wanna Bet?) is a long-running German show. There are three parts to the show: Performances, Interviews, and Bets. The interviews are in German, so a hard sell to the Videosift Audience, but the bets are crazy: each has a celebrity that bets whether or not the contestant can do what they said they would in the given amount of time.
In Germany there is a saying: "When you want to conquer the German-speaking market in one night, you have to appear on 'Wetten dass..?", which is quite true for the artists appearing between the bits, not so much for the contestants.
So far these are just my submissions, but there are about a billions videos out there sourced from Wetten Das, so I hope to add submissions from others.
1 decade 6 years 6 months ago • 1,284 views
So hard to describe. This Italian Olympic Gymnast on the Italian Wetten das spins around a bar, and drinks a red beverage out of a bottle through a straw--in a minute and a half. It's rather amazing.
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 6 months ago • 3,016 views
Scommettiamo che is the Italian version of Wetten Das. Not NSFW, because she never really gets completely naked.
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 6 months 1 week ago • 18,662 views
Oh, the return of Wetten Das...? Those wacky germans. I wish Craig Ferguson would comment on this stuff... So weird. This guy leans back in a lounger, and puts coasters in his mount, and without... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,299 views
The frogs at the start are already amazing, but for anyone who knows about ballet, seeing someone be en point on someone else's arm is rather amazing. This is a mix of traditional ballet moves and acrobatics... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 9 months 4 weeks ago • 3,897 views
Oh, Wetten Dass...? A 14 year-old boy bets against Nicholas Cage that he can identify 4 of more than 20 different types of golf balls (oops, did I mislead you there?) by their feel in his mouth alone.
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 862 views
Very short, no long intro. Just a single line of beer bottles standing up, and Felix Mücke rides his bike over the top of them. He is apparently quite well know for urban sports and extreme bike riding,... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 3,077 views
This video is very short. It shows a man cutting an apple off his own head by throwing a boomerang. The voices in the video are German, but the language doesn't matter: just the demo. Maatc says it... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years ago • 3,600 views
This dog is amazing. She's following directions perfectly.
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years ago • 1,817 views
Man, this show is so cool. This guy throws plungers at men's backs under a time constraint. The announcer speaks in German, but you don't need to understand anything he says. And I thought Japanese... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years ago • 2,382 views • 1:39
These crazy bets! Only a little bit of German preamble, then to the action: This guy, Marko Happich, bets that he and his passenger in a motocross-sidecar can go faster down a competition ski slope than... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 12 months ago • 2,097 views
Wetten Das: The bet was that this bus driver could turn a HUGE bus around on a narrow bridge over rushing water in 3 minutes, and he does it. It's quite amazing, and there is no way on earth I would have... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 12 months ago • 2,537 views
Don't speak German? Quick, go 3.5 minutes in and watch the normal two door car (Volks?) drive up a ramp such that it is balanced on two wheels, and then drive straight next to a line of several dozen... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 12 months ago • 5,080 views
It's so hard to explain these tricks! This guy stays underwater in a pool for 4 minutes while attractive young women come kiss him (and bring him air). As a trick, I've seen more improbable things, but... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years ago • 9,608 views
OK, the guy may be a big freak, but he's a talented big freak. It makes me mourn all the time wasted on nonsense when he could have been producing significant art. Wetten Das rocks.
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 7 years ago • 385 views
These guys usually have performances much longer than this, but they condensed it for Wetten Das, and it's amazing. If you think you could ever enjoy Taiko drums, or you ever enjoy percussion, it's rather... continue reading
posted by oxdottir 1 decade 6 years 12 months ago • 386 views- 1
