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Title: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Level42 on December 15, 2008, 01:33:06 pm
Not a flashing super hero, but I loved the German series Derrick. Last weekend Horst Tappert died at 85 years.

(http://images.tvrage.net/shows/16/15477.jpg)

Thanks for the unique, great television !
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: ChadTower on December 15, 2008, 01:37:10 pm
I have never seen nor heard of that in my life.   Did it ever leave Germany?
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Blanka on December 15, 2008, 01:49:55 pm
Maybe I can pull the Derick costume for the last time out of the closet for Carnival this year.
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Level42 on December 15, 2008, 04:11:47 pm
I have never seen nor heard of that in my life.   Did it ever leave Germany?
Aired in over 100 countries....

281 episodes and ran for 25 years (1974-1998) ! (NO current show is going to reach that nowadays !)
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: patrickl on December 15, 2008, 05:35:11 pm
Level 42 is one of the most consistently weird posters on this forum.

 :dizzy:
Second only to you?  :angel:
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Level42 on December 15, 2008, 05:47:05 pm
At least I'm consistent.

That's something.........right.


Right ?


 :laugh:

Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: TOK on December 15, 2008, 09:23:16 pm
I have never seen nor heard of that in my life.   Did it ever leave Germany?
Aired in over 100 countries....

281 episodes and ran for 25 years (1974-1998) ! (NO current show is going to reach that nowadays !)

(http://www.katethaxton.com/survivingpc/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/bart-simpson.jpg)

Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Justin Z on December 15, 2008, 09:27:25 pm
Level 42 is one of the most consistently weird posters on this forum.

 :dizzy:
Heh, I guess if you're a completely ignorant, insular American that's probably true!
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Singapura on December 15, 2008, 11:17:35 pm
Level 42 is one of the most consistently weird posters on this forum.

 :dizzy:

Pinballjim, there you go showing your redneck "if it ain't American it's not of this planet" side again.

Just because Horst Tappert is not American, doesn't mean that he's not just as famous in Europe as any Hollywood  actor, if not more famous. I grew up with series like Derrick, Tatort and der Alte. I even download the old series because my wife loves them.

You should try to watch a few episodes some time.
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: shmokes on December 16, 2008, 02:41:00 am
I have never seen nor heard of that in my life.   Did it ever leave Germany?
Aired in over 100 countries....

281 episodes and ran for 25 years (1974-1998) ! (NO current show is going to reach that nowadays !)

(http://www.katethaxton.com/survivingpc/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/bart-simpson.jpg)



:)   That's exactly what I was thinking.
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: ChadTower on December 16, 2008, 09:05:35 am

The odd part about showing in 100 countries is that it doesn't seem to have been shown in either of the two I've lived in.  Was it in German?
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: patrickl on December 16, 2008, 11:02:02 am

The odd part about showing in 100 countries is that it doesn't seem to have been shown in either of the two I've lived in.  Was it in German?

The one I saw was in German with subtitles, but apparently it was translated too:

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A cult hit, Derrick was translated into 12 languages and had fans as far away as Australia, China, Japan, South America, Iran and South Africa, making Tappert one of the most widely recognized German actors in the world. The series also was popular in Italy and other European countries.

From: Horst Tappert, 85, was Germany's Inspector Derrick (http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Error:%20Variable%20'hot_short_title'%20is%20not%20a%20code%20reference_P101200/)
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: danny_galaga on December 17, 2008, 01:14:25 am


i dont recall derrick. but i do like the quirkiness of teutonic tv  ;D

inspector rex is a favourite...
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: protokatie on December 17, 2008, 01:32:22 am
Level 42 is one of the most consistently weird posters on this forum.

 :dizzy:

Pinballjim, there you go showing your redneck "if it ain't American it's not of this planet" side again.

Just because Horst Tappert is not American, doesn't mean that he's not just as famous in Europe as any Hollywood  actor, if not more famous. I grew up with series like Derrick, Tatort and der Alte. I even download the old series because my wife loves them.

You should try to watch a few episodes some time.

I can see that and all: BUT... Who the ---fudgesicle--- is this guy? Never heard of him... :dunno
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Singapura on December 17, 2008, 02:16:47 am
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I can see that and all: BUT... Who the ---fudgesicle--- is this guy? Never heard of him...
I have the same reaction with American football guys, wrestlers or that red haired Las Vegas "comedian" on steroids. There are threads about those people though.
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: protokatie on December 17, 2008, 04:50:38 am
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I can see that and all: BUT... Who the ---fudgesicle--- is this guy? Never heard of him...
I have the same reaction with American football guys, wrestlers or that red haired Las Vegas "comedian" on steroids. There are threads about those people though.

Ahh good, atleast we both agree then.
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Kevin Mullins on December 17, 2008, 03:39:11 pm
I think what some of the board is trying to say is that even with the 100+ countries it aired in and was translated into..... it did NOT include the US.
Meaning many of us have never heard of him.

But non-the-less, respect goes out to the deceased and those that did know him.
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: pinballwizard79 on December 17, 2008, 11:52:10 pm
There are 100 countries?

I thought there were only 7.




Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Kevin Mullins on December 18, 2008, 12:49:47 am
You're thinking of Continents.
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: patrickl on December 18, 2008, 03:54:45 am
No he isn't ;D :

(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3186/americanworld24fde8vf5.png)
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Singapura on December 18, 2008, 05:45:11 am
I think it was this one:

(http://frostbite.no/blog/wp-content/map_of_american_isolationist_thinking.gif)

Or was it this one?

(http://www.honestmediatoday.com/TheAmericanWorld.jpg)

And then we have this:

(http://www.jigsawlounge.co.uk/kungfu/world/imitation.gif)
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: ChadTower on December 18, 2008, 09:06:58 am
No he isn't ;D :

(http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/3186/americanworld24fde8vf5.png)


Hey!  We know about Africa. 
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: patrickl on December 18, 2008, 11:09:20 am
Hey!  We know about Africa. 
Well maybe you do, but you're a Canadian American
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: ark_ader on December 18, 2008, 12:46:40 pm
Not a flashing super hero, but I loved the German series Derrick. Last weekend Horst Tappert died at 85 years.

(http://images.tvrage.net/shows/16/15477.jpg)

Thanks for the unique, great television !

Who?

Never heard of him.

Must be a German only Character.

You could say the same for Taggert I guess, but he is a Scot.  ;)
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: saint on December 18, 2008, 12:48:56 pm
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I can see that and all: BUT... Who the ---fudgesicle--- is this guy? Never heard of him...
I have the same reaction with American football guys, wrestlers or that red haired Las Vegas "comedian" on steroids. There are threads about those people though.

Um... it's OK if you've never heard of any of those people.
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: lkench on December 18, 2008, 02:05:17 pm
I still like Bill Waterson's take on this tioopic from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes:
"If English is good enough for me, it's good enough for the rest of the world!"

Just seemed to at least sort of fit, and I try to work it in every chance I get because it was such a funny comic strip...

-lkench
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: pinballwizard79 on December 18, 2008, 06:46:10 pm
Heh, I made that comment last night after 5 blue moons & half an orange.....I was laughing so loud during the preview  :laugh2:

I love that America map showing where to get wine, coke & nikes....LMFAO!

Kangaroos?

Bombs go here?

Ha, thats awesome too.

But seriously, where is "lead poised child labor product of tainted formula" or "former USSR cant get along for ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---" or "people only visit here for prostitution" or "if you litter we Michael Faye your ass"?

Gawd I frickin love those maps, I am about to FW them to my friends.  :cheers:
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Level42 on December 18, 2008, 07:14:11 pm
Let's face it guys, maybe the series Derrick was just too difficult for our American friends.
















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Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: pinballwizard79 on December 18, 2008, 10:40:15 pm
America = Star Wars

All other countries = Stuff not as cool as Star Wars.

Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Singapura on December 18, 2008, 11:21:53 pm
America = Star Wars

All other countries = Stuff not as cool as Star Wars.



The original series or the ones with Jajar Binks?
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: pinballwizard79 on December 18, 2008, 11:44:29 pm
There are only 3 Star Wars movies.

The other 3 were made to remind us to watch the only 3.

 :dizzy:



Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: danny_galaga on December 19, 2008, 02:34:24 am


Who?

Never heard of him.

Must be a German only Character.

You could say the same for Taggert I guess, but he is a Scot.  ;)

ah, Taggert. top show. i love it when scots say 'murder'  ;D
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Blanka on December 19, 2008, 04:52:26 am
Let's face it guys, maybe the series Derrick was just too difficult for our American friends.
America = Star Wars
All other countries = Stuff not as <edit>dumb<edit> as Star Wars.
Well Star Wars is the "Grimm-Snow-White-fairytale with added lasers to simulate masculinity for dumb men" equivalent of Star Trek, for those who don't understand all the science (fiction) in that.

Derrick was the 5-star Sudoku of Krimies (the word is German of course) on TV. You could get better in predicting who was the bad guy, but the writers always came up with a twist in the end.
But even Derrick can be surpassed, meet Tampert:
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=L2k9T-biI2E
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Blanka on December 19, 2008, 05:05:29 am
And for the maps of America: I thought America does not exist anymore:
(http://revolutioninjesusland.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jesusland_orig.jpg)
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: TOK on December 19, 2008, 06:29:42 am
And for the maps of America: I thought America does not exist anymore:
(http://revolutioninjesusland.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/jesusland_orig.jpg)

That one stinks. Maybe the guys that wrote Derrick made it.  ;)
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: pinballwizard79 on December 19, 2008, 07:26:22 pm
Blanka just because your map is making fun of America doesn't actually make it funny (The others were hilarious, take it from an American).

Its funny we are perceived as idiots because most Americans are not arrogant or ignorant against other countries or cultures, we just don't care. We have NYC, Vegas, Texas & L.A., that's enough to keep us focused here & not elsewhere.

What does your country offer other than a few museums, canals, disco biscuits & this Derrick show with half the episodes of a cartoon?

You can study all you want about Iceland or Montana & then make remarks about how well read you are of other places but in the end it doesn't matter because you're not a diplomat, politician, prime minister, King or even an occult leader.

Excuse me, I have to go get gasoline @ Walmart  >:D

I still like you Blanka, even if you do make fun of us  ;D ;D




Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Blanka on December 20, 2008, 05:53:47 am
I don't make that fun. Guess it was made by people from Minnesota for the Onion or so. Minnesota is some alternative state isolated in Jesusland isn't it?
Title: Re: Another youth hero dies......Horst Tappert ("Derrick"), RIP.
Post by: Blanka on December 20, 2008, 10:07:21 am
Not IN, but surrounded BY