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Episode Date: June 23, 2025

Was ist denn da los? Giulia ergötzt sich an einem elektrischen Kartonschneider und Chris läuft rückwärts durch den Spirit Tunnel von Jennifer Hudson. Außerdem: Frankfurt ist von ganz weit oben am schönsten und 101 Gründe, warum man nicht bei Scientology aufs Klo gehen sollte. Geht’s noch?Empfehlung aus der Folge: Dylan Adler / James Tom / Asha WardHier gibt es Tickets zur Tour: drinnies.de18.10.2025 LEIPZIG, Gewandhaus20.10.2025 BERLIN, Philharmonie21.10.2025 KÖLN, Philharmonie04.11.2025 MÜNCHEN, Isarphilharmonie10.11.2025 FRANKFURT, Alte Oper11.11.2025 HAMBURG, LaeiszhalleBesuche Giulia und Chris auf Instagram: @giuliabeckerdasoriginal und @chris.sommerHier findest du alle Infos und Rabatte unserer Werbepartner: linktr.ee/drinnies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drainys, the podcast from the comfort zone. Hello dear people, we are calling you here on Drainys Tuesday and again from the podcast room. That I can still experience that. We are back, there's a thousand million degrees in the room, but we're still sending through. That's understandable. I'm almost healthy again, still a little sick. The throat is scratching, the nose is running.

I'm on the rising branch. Although I have to say, Chris, I don't really understand the speech on the rising branch, because that means you go up on the tree. But when I'm on a descending ascent, that's actually good, because that means I can leave the tree again. Yes, I'm not in the tree shop, I've never visited the tree school. I've only visited the school of life, according to Facebook.

That's why I can't say more about it, unfortunately. But I think descending the ascent is always a good thing. Then you're sure to get back to the bottom of the facts. So there's nothing to complain about. So if you find yourself in a tree crown again, you can actually say that a descending branch is welcome, is desirable, a ascending branch. Who knows where it leads to?

Right, especially... To the next tree. Yes, especially a descending branch is also a ascending branch. Because you can also go up again on the branch. Do you understand what I mean? You can also jump up and touch the top and pull yourself up. More love for the branch that's going up. I'm feeling better already.

Christ, you're well again. Now we can report with fresh new leaves from the chamber. At 3000 degrees. It's incredibly hot. It's the hottest weekend since last weekend. Since Temptation Island. Exactly. And I thought, I need a fan. We need a new fan.

Because the old one, it just cracked. And that was just horrible. That was psychoterror. Right. When I scroll through the Airtel Plus Media Library and look for new things in Goodbye Deutschland, I can't get the attention. So I ordered a new one. And unfortunately I have to take it down right away.

There's an out of the week. And I have to say, technology is welcome. It takes a lot of work from us. And now there are many devices that can be connected to an app. Or that have to be connected to a WLAN. For example a TV. Smart TV is clear. Connected to a WLAN. PlayStation anyway.

There are also cooling cabinets that are connected to a WLAN. And then you can look in by phone to see if there is still butter in there. Also like a spanner, right? It doesn't matter to me what the butter does with the eggs. Exactly. And I think I still see the sense there. I also see the sense with a washing machine that runs over WLAN, and then you can look in the app, is now the underpants, the cuffs, which is actually already hollowed out, is it clean or how long do you want it?

Is the tempo bag still in there? Is my black shirt now completely white? Exactly, or is it somehow, can you actually see if the neighbor is in the basement, who is always talking to him, that would be good. A camera out of the washing machine. I see that. I see the purpose of everything. But somewhere, there's a limit.

I bought this fan, it needs an app, and it has to load into the toilet. I just want it to blow me a little, while I'm looking for new stuff at the Wollnys. I don't need more, I don't have to configure it. I don't need any blowing experience. I have to configure it, I don't need any inflatable experience. I just want it to cool down a bit, and I didn't manage to do it.

Unfortunately, I can't personalize my fan. But honestly, it's okay, it's in its corner, I'm in my corner. The Roeber's doing their thing and you're doing yours. But Chris, honestly, no front and stuff, but I have to say, you're a little technical refuser. I'm very open to technology, to new innovations. I always want to try something new.

I have 34,000 USB-C cables, because every device I own can be charged, no matter what it is. You charge them all at the same time. I charge everything at the same time, and it's just the best way of life, in my opinion. It's the best invention. And you're a little pessimistic about it.

I've noticed that a lot. You're putting words in my mouth that I didn't say. You don't want to read the e-book, but the real book. The paper, the pages smell so good. I don't read at all. They smell like dead grandpa. I watch YouTube. I like the app.

And we'll get to the end of the week. I brought it with me. And this is a new skimic I bought. I haven't told you about it yet. The electric carton cutter. Here you go. Yes, the cutter is a scissors that is electric and self-sufficient. No, no, no, no, no.

That's not just a pair of scissors. That looks like a small circular saw, but you can use it to cut it. A bit like a pizza roller, but electric. And with that you can cut the cartons so easily. And I'm a carton-small-rice-freak. I always have to make everything really small, because I hate people who just leave their cartons so big

and then put them in the can, and there's no room for them. I make them so small, you can't imagine that. And it takes so much effort to tear such thick carton walls apart. And now I have this electric carton cutter. Chris, it's an absolute game-changer. So you'd have to put it in the blue can for all the tenants to cut the game changer. So we should put down the blue box for all the tenants so they can cut the stuff. But to make sure it's not stolen.

So a small pizza cutter that you can't use for the pizza because the box is empty. Exactly. But even though I'm thinking of an electric pizza cutter, that would be awesome. I have the pizza scissors. I don't need a pizza cutter anymore. The pizza scissors, that's where we have to go socially. That's where I say that's the goal to be united socially. I'm not interested in that because it's not electric and you don't charge it with USB-C.

I don't have any contracts with that. I'm not interested in analog things anymore. I have to make a hard cut now, because there are promo news. I ask myself, do Robert Geiss and Carm Geiss have pizza scissors? Do they have an electric carton cutter? We probably won't find out. Maybe they had one. Maybe they had one, you noticed that too.

Of course. The Geissens were broken in, and not only broken in, but a robbery, an armed robbery happened there. And they published the footage in their villa in Saint-Tropez. They were lying on the couch, very sympathetic, I think. I find it even more sympathetic that they watch Soaps after 0 o'clock. And then they were attacked,

and it's really brutal what happened there. And I wish that to nobody. I then watched the exclusive interview with Ms. Kuludevich. Of course. Of course. And there they actually did something like MTV Cribs. Maybe some of you still remember, where former famous personalities, probably rich people,

took the MTV team out and showed what they had. At the same time, they did the opposite and showed what they didn't have anymore. Yeah, and at MTV Cribs, Asher showed his villa, he opened his giant fridge, and there were only water bottles in it. 300 pieces. Yeah, which was probably a well-placed advertising, I think.

It was never the houses of the celebrities. It was always a lie. I know that at Destiny's Child, it was a lie. A house where they were never in. And that's super funny. I said, rented? It's rented and it was so funny. Because Beyonce wanted to... So first of all the story, we all live in one house.

That's not true. That was just a lie. But the best thing was that Beyonce had a... like an Indian-style room. With Indian fabrics. And she didn't know anything about it. And she said, here I find it so cozy, blah blah blah. And then she wanted to fall backwards onto the bed and threw herself full of pollen.

But she didn't know, because it wasn't her own bed, that it was totally hard. And it really hurt. Hard core. She tried to overplay it. And she was completely blown up. And then you noticed that it wasn't her house could tell that they didn't show their private rooms. It's really stupid, you come into the basement and say,

here, this is my home cinema, here we have a small cinema with 24 seats, then you go to the next door, oh, oh, oh, there's a second cinema, oh, oh, oh, oh, I'm a prepper! Here are 430,000 glasses of Holunder Marmelade. And I have to say, it's brutal what happened to the ghost. That's true.

We were also broken in once, I was very small, and that's not cool. And when you're still there and threatened, it was brutal to see. But one thing made me have to say, made me a little thoughtful. Namely, they said they were, fortunately, after 20 minutes away again, these robbers. The reason why they were gone so quickly, I don't know if that's fast or if that's long now for a robbery, but Robert Geiss said

they were probably gone so quickly again because they quickly found things of high value. They bought handbags and luxury watches. Where I also heard there were a few fixed luxury watches. Yes. I live here and I don't have luxury items. I have a PlayStation, a saxophone. And a laptop.

And a laptop. And I have to be afraid that such a supercharge will last a long time. Where I think you have to invest in the opposite direction. That I say, okay, you have to have cash to do it. Best of all, a treasure, where you can ask what the code is. That you can quickly get the money out. Best directly in the entry area. The faster the thing is over the stage.

Exactly, I don't know what a value of money is that they would be satisfied with. That's the question. If you just put 5000 euros in the mirror in the hallway, they think that if 5000 euros are here, there will be more under the mattress. It's difficult. You know what I'm thinking about?

I think that's a classic case for the darknet. I would go to the darknet, into the depths of the darknet, and I would buy myself a lot of wrong money. Faked hundreds. And then I would pack a treasure with it. So that they fill their pockets with the bundles. And I would say, oh no, oh no, not that much money! And they would think they had somehow borrowed 100,000 euros,

and in the end it's worth zero euros. That's so cool! That wouldn't make me that rich. That's of course smart, but the problem is, you also make yourself punishable if you own the wrong money. But I don't put it in circulation, I just put it at home as decoration, in the safe. But if they're really good at it, they'll know it's fake money.

But I wonder, if criminals get in and see, fuck, he's criminal and he's even more criminal than us, because he faked 100,000 euros, we'd better go back empty-handed. Or they'd show me. Yes. We tried to steal 100,000 euros here, and now we saw that it was fake.

Sorry, but not like that. Not like that. Now somewhere a limit has been reached. And I found it interesting, the Geissenskramann also said to the attackers that they like to have all cars, they are all in front of the house, and they have so insanely expensive cars, Ferrari, Porsche, everything there is, and they have 12 cars or something,

and of course they didn't want that. Because what do they want? So that it's very quickly understandable who owns it. What if you're there with Mercedes G-Class or with a Lamborghini that's covered with Skull Liquid advertising? With the new energy drink water, I think. Then you'll notice right away, right?

Well, I've also learned that they know exactly what's easy to bring on vacation. Exactly, what you can quickly sell again. But I'm wondering now, Well, I've also learned that they know exactly what's easy to get in trouble. Exactly, what you can quickly sell again. But I'm wondering, are there two ways to prevent a break-in or a robbery? Either you become a criminal yourself and shy away from it, so you become a drug boss or you make a lot of money in a big way. Or what I thought, you just go on the matter progressively

and say we can't prevent the overfall, like a flood, there are targeted flood areas where we say, then the Rhine can get in. Yes. He can spread out there as he wants. And so I would also say, okay, they can come, but I have to have my apartment actually new furnished by the house flipper.

You know, house flipping? They come and put new drywalls in there to make it look good. New wallpaper, a vase there, a bit of pampas grass and that's it. And that's how I'd do it, to make it look nice and pop. I think it's good to set up a room for the

in-breaths, just for this purpose. If it's used, we'll go into this room. Everything is set up, the objects are quickly gone. Yes, the opposite of the panic room. Exactly. No panic room. We don't make a room where we go in, but a room where we say, okay, you want to break in, gentlemen,

please go into this room and serve yourselves. Right, the no panic room, we'll do that that. Well, I had a panic recently, Chris. I just introduced something. I don't know if you know the Jennifer Hudson Show, but Jennifer Hudson is a very nice singer from the USA, originally a singer and also an actress. But she also has a talk show, in the style of the Kelly Clarkson Show,

Shrek-Strich-Drew Barrymore-Sheru. These are somewhat sensitive talk show, like an oprah show, where they talk to celebrities and sometimes invite a viral internet hit to do something. Where the celebrities are on the couch in the afternoon, probably, right?

And in the evening, a cute corgi comes in, but then he whines like Tom Cruise, because he has a longing for the Caribbean or something, because he hasn't been on vacation for a long time. Or his daughter left him because he's got his daughter. Well, in any case, it's always the case that the moderator sits a little too close to you, maybe even puts a hand on your shoulder. So that's a bit of a challenge to the emotions.

And they have a ritual, you can see that on Instagram. I've seen that quite often, that they backstage, when the person who was on stage, the prominent person, comes out, before the show starts, she comes out of the mask and then they stand in the hallway of the production office, on the way to the stage, the whole team of the Jennifer-Hartsen-Show is there,

production management, some office employees, everyone who's there, they get up and stand in line, wait for the prominent person to come out of the mask, and then they sing and clap and dance, and the person has to walk through there and dance, and they film it. So they make a sort of human tunnel and call it the Spirit Tunnel.

And you get being filmed. You're being filmed. And some people really like it, and some people... It's totally awkward, because they don't want to dance. For me, it's an absolute nightmare. I think if you like something like that, it's cool. I think it's cute, it's a nice idea. They think of a song for every guest,

and they make funny, nice rhymes for the person. But for me, I have to say, not that I would ever be invited, but if I would be invited, if I was an apromee in the USA, and I would be invited, I would say it out of fear of the Spirit Tunnel. Because in my nightmares I walk right through this tunnel

and get sung and clapped from both sides and have to perform while I walk 10 meters through the floor. That would really be my nightmare. Yeah, Julia, that's... This is Los Angeles, this is Hollywood. It can happen anywhere, anytime. That's the guy! What are the Olishenkos doing? Hey, don't let us talk about you.

They probably have a new lounge open in Las Vegas. Like I said, I can't scroll to RTL Plus because of the fan. I can't get around it. But I have to say, it's absolutely hell. It's like a birthday present. But not only in the company, but in front of millions of people. It'll probably be shown in the show, in the warm-up. Look, here he is.

Tom Cruise, he didn't even put on a parachute today. He's so excited and then makes a flick flick through a tunnel. I'll tell you one thing, the Spirit Tunnel, that would be the first stunt that Tom Cruise wouldn't do himself. He would be left to dub, because that would be too uncomfortable for him. Do you know what kind of music they would play for me? They would just throw it like that. And you would run along in a time loop.

They know, now comes a real downer. And look down. Now comes one who can't do it at all. Now it will only be embarrassing for everyone. And backwards you would run. With your back to the camera. And we also saw Scientology when we were in the theater snake. Or musical or something. In New York. And there is in the middle of the hustle and bustle, Times Square, Broadway, yes, yes, yes. In New York, and in the middle of the crowd,

Times Square, Broadway, where all the events are, where a lot is going on, in the middle of these theaters, where the musicals are, it's just a Scientology, I wouldn't say a branch, but a... A headquarter. Yes, a temple or something. A temple? Do you remember how we stood there?

That wasn't a Spirit Tunnel, that was a very, completely deserted... Yes, soulless, you could say. ...attitude. We were in the line, and there was... We weren't at Scientology in the line. No, but right before that, because the line was led to the citizens' stage. Exactly. There was nothing to be done.

I watched guys around my age, maybe a bit younger, mid-20s, late 20s. He had his a backpack, grabbed himself under the two belt straps, left and right, looked up at this big Tsiolkyshild, took a deep breath and went in. Yeah, through a door. Man, now another one of us went in.

We lost him. But otherwise the building was completely empty. It was marble-like, sterile, but looked expensive, but there was no one in it. But otherwise the building was empty. It was marble-like, sterile, looked expensive, but there was nobody inside. And there was a big sign in front of the door, a free personality test, so that's what people are lured with. They want to find out your insecurities

and they want to give you a lecture on how to get into the system. And the guy really went in. But you have to say, it was relatively inconspicuous, but also in the sense that it has integrated well into the environment. So left, somehow Book of Mormon, and right, Death Becomes Her, musical, both musicals, and bright and colorful and gold and shiny,

and in the middle this Scientology sign, this gold, right? And I'm sure, in there, that has a sect reception atmosphere in there, that's got a reception atmosphere. With a stand table. But also something from a commercial fair. A medium-sized company, reception. I see the white tablecloths over the stand tables in there. Maybe he really got confused and thought,

that's a musical, Scientology. Scientology the musical. That would be so funny. Or he said, shit, I have to go to the bathroom. Oh. And I'm taking all my courage together, I'm going in there. That can be, but he can't get out without his contact details. I tell you.

They leave him in the bathroom, but only if he does the personality test beforehand. 200 questions and while he does that, he goes to the bathroom. And has to leave his contact details there and is then called by them, by mail and by email. Worse than the Hühler vacuum cleaner. Worse than the Hühler vacuum cleaner? But they don't clean the dust, they clean the soul. That's what Scientology is about.

But it was interesting. Is there something else? I think that's why Tom Cruise has to jump on a cliff all the time from some combat jet with a driving shield into a helicopter and from there with a motorcycle to a cliff so that he can fill himself up internally. There he has to pull everything out, he has to fill himself up and then off through the Spirit Tunnel at Jennifer Hudson.

But only from his light double, he doesn't do that himself. That's too uncomfortable. But I have to say, the Spirit Tunnel, Drinni hell, but Drinni being is also worth it. We were at a comedy event at Demetri Martin, and it was a medium-sized location, I don't know, 400, 500 people maybe? And it said, being there half an hour before was enough.

So, door opening an hour before, half an hour before, or free space. So we thought, half an hour before. Our experience was, people come to such an event rather close. That's almost embarrassing when you come too early. And of course we don't sit in the first row. You shouldn't do that at a comedy event. Rather in the back.

And I would have been embarrassed to be there too early alone in this hall and not sit in the first row. Because everyone knows what's going on. The Germans are there. Yes. And we arrived and there was the snake. And he found out we were the end of the snake. We all got in and everything was already full.

And I really liked that we took the fate relatively quickly. Yes, so fate means the following. The seats were all occupied. Some people were already standing in the back. But there was a large long box on the left side of the stage. I think it was a box with a shape, where the pillows and curtains were kept by garden lovers. Exactly!

And I thought, come on, that's a box, but you can definitely sit on it. Yes, where you just buy them in one year, next year you don't get the references out, because you want to save them, and then next year you say, well, now the summer is over again. In the third year you don't dare to open them anymore, because there's a wasp nest in them. And in the fourth year you lie on the box.

Exactly. Then the box itself becomes a sitting object. The chairs that belong to the seat cushions are long gone again. I bought them rusted, cheaply bought. And then you sit on the box and you hear the rum, down there's a lesbian, so the box comes off. But it also calms you down. Yes, and at the end of five years you're nowhere to be found. Yes, but the thing is, we sat on this box.

And I have to say, normally, I wouldn't have had a problem with comedy, there's a guy in the microphone, no matter where you sit or stand, but with the Matry Martin it was different, because he just makes drawings live on stage and you have to see them. So, and then I thought, now you sat on this box, which was okay,

but we didn't see this show. Yes, that's stupid when the points are missing. When a setup says, you know what the difference is between the house I haven't seen the whole season. That's stupid when the points are missing. When you say a set-up, you know the difference between the house and the car. And then he draws something and you sit there... And everyone laughs, we sit on the pillow. What's the difference?

And then you have to ask the neighbor. What's the difference? There was an interesting thing behind me, on an emporium, there was the bar area on the left, where we were. There were chairs behind it. And a woman kicked me in with her shoe once or twice. And every time she apologized.

And the third time I turned around and looked at her. But she always apologized, but now again and again. And this box was also right under this emporium. So she had it on a table that was on the floor of the emporer, she leaned over it and ate popcorn, and it was right next to our ears. It was so unpleasant, you could smell it from her mouth. And then I said, Chris, this is not possible.

The woman steps, she eats her popcorn next to our ears, they want to get rid of us, we don't see the ports. We don't understand the jokes, and that eating popcorn next to our ears. She wants to get away. We don't see the ports. We don't understand the jokes. That's what it's all about. Then I said, we have to find our fate. We'll stand there for an hour and a half. There, next to the toilet.

That was the only free spot. You made a great place. A perfect spot, a little hidden. You didn't see it very well on stage. It also smelled like a toilet. And sometimes you heard a dyson again. Also during the event. And we did something smart.

We got rid of our fate. Right. The sooner the better. So, Do, the way is the goal. Inner peace, Sen, Bonsai, the whole program. Right. So, we said, now we stand here for anai, the whole show. Right. So, we said, now we stand here for an hour, a good hour, longer. Now we don't have to, now we find our way

and try to make the best out of the evening. So, then someone comes in, he was later than us, and he made a fuss. And there was of course a place, security, and there was above all, I think, one person responsible for the whole hall. So he was already... He was at the limit, he was already older. He was already... He was already old. He was already done with the nerves. And he talked to the guy who came to the back.

The guy talked to the security and complained. Why is nothing free here? I bought two tickets. Why don't we have a seat? What could this security do for the evening? Right. What could he do for it? Whether there's a chair more or less still. So, and then I noticed, he ran back and forth,

and there was another emporium on the right of the toilets. It was a little higher. It was right in the middle of the hall, with the perfect view of the stage, so parallel to the stage. Exactly, next to it, a little bit in the separé, in the mixing desk, there was the sound engineer in, and there was in front, with the separate room, with the sound engineers. And there was a red cord that was locked down. Like a VIP restaurant.

There was a sign saying VIP guest list seats. Yeah, and nobody sat there. It was empty. There were eight seats. I watched people standing in front of the emporium, so on the right side of the corner, asking the security if they could get up there. He was completely pissed off, completely not in the mood. And then he suddenly sees us.

We, Sen, Do. The way is the goal. Completely in balance. Satisfying, smiling, good mood. Our whole program. Quiet. He comes to us and says, guys, when I come in five minutes and the light goes out, then you come with me and then you put you up here in the VIP area.

And he said it so quietly. He had a full mouth. He was being snatched five minutes ago by this guy, why he can't sit on the porous. And he had a full mouth full of people being made stupid. And then he came to us and said, the two are standing there so politely next to the toilet, they hear the whispers all the time and still don't complain.

I dare to tell you, he said, and when the light goes out, people, then come with me and then sit down up there. And you, and then he pointed at you and said, and you don't let anyone else in. So he tripled the system, you have to say that. It's like in the 90s, when the teachers said at some point, so, we don't punish anymore, we're going to do something else.

We're going to reward those who know how to behave. And he did that too. He knew, his hands are tied here, he can't throw people out, just because they say, I have to stand here. But he sees VIP guest list, where I ask myself, Dimetri Martin, what's going on there, that nobody is sitting there.

There he sees, there's something free there? That nobody is sitting there? There he sees, there's something free. And he also comes from New York. Exactly. But honestly, really sympathetic. I think so too. Demetri Martin, the hardest door in New York. He's been doing this for 25 years.

Everyone from his family and friends has already heard the whole program. Yes, probably. And he rewarded us in these VIP guest seats that were very exposed. And of course everyone turned around and asked themselves, why are they going up there? We just asked if we could go up there.

Wait a minute, that must be real VIPs. An unbeatable moment. We went from bottom to top. Those went from one floor to the other. Those were the best places in the room. On real bar chairs, with tables. Nobody had a table in this room, just us. And we were on a stage, we were looking at the stage at exactly 12 o'clock. We went from the garden-review box to the toilet, to a VIP lounge.

You could say lounge. And I think there's nothing better than at the beginning of an event, the applause is there, comedians on stage, the people want to concentrate on the performance now. If there's a security come with the thick mack light on the shoulder and again escorts us through the hall, I almost fall over the people, I drive up the stairs, it rumbles and rumbles. The cool thing is that he says go go go! I almost fell over the people, I was climbing the stairs, it was rumbling and rumbling. The cool thing was that he said, go, go, go! That was so exciting for Chris!

Go, go, now, go! Like Tom Cruise when he explodes out of a helicopter. And the request was clear, we are not allowed to let anyone else up. And for me it was clear, it could also be that we are now the target of the audience's aggression. There were people who wanted a seat. They wanted a seat. They paid. They already annoyed and asked.

So I said, so they don't ask me why they can go up now, I have to show the aura of a VIP's prestige. And what did I do? I pulled my cap down a little bit. I thought, that's how VIPs do it. And I liked the waiter, who was so desperate to come to us again and again, because he kept asking if everything was okay with us

and we didn't want to consume something. Because we're VIPs after all. He was right to buy a Magnum bottle. Imagine Christina Aguilera, a comedy show by Demetri Martin, who wants to order a Spezi all the time. Can't order it. But there's a Yelp critic.

There's Christina Aguilera, couldn't order Spezi, service, not enough. What I found interesting was the audience, because you see Demetri Martin is at the border to mainstream comedians like Bill Burr or all the guys who get excited about things on stage. He does a completely different kind of thing, but he already has an audience.

We've been to some Open Mic events. I really have to say that the comedy scene, especially in Brooklyn, is very open. I find it incredible, I've never seen so many queers, non-binary and trans people on comedy stages as in New York, Brooklyn. It's really cool. This alternative comedy scene, if you will.

That's how people there call themselves. I find that really interesting. You have to say, at least in Germany, the comedy scene is miles ahead. Of course, there's a different culture, but also a different awareness. That was really great. And I can give you a recommendation. We saw Dylan Adler, stand-up comedian,

and he always does music bits in between. I don't want to spoil anything, but it was really well done. I liked it so much. He was the funniest person. I really cried and laughed. We first saw each other at the Open Mic in the Union Hall with several people, where everyone only did 10 minutes for the hour.

We thought it was so funny that we went to his solo show a few days later. It was so damn good and so damn funny. You can just watch it every night. There are some really good comedies every night. and so damn funny. You can just watch it and every evening there's some really good comedy. You're so used to it when you're there. You can see so many funny people.

I miss that again. When I see how it is in Germany and how closed the scene is here, and how difficult it is to take part here, and how it looks in Brooklyn, it's also enviable, I think. looks in Brooklyn, I find it also enviable. Especially in the climate that rules there, politically and socially.

There are a lot of funny people. I want to make another recommendation. James Tom was on this open bike. He told funny things about Kermit the frog. That was very funny. We can also make them in the show notes. Yes, please. Ash Award, which we both know for a long time,

which is very funny, writes at SNL. But I think SNL never comes close to what she does on stage. It's a lot funnier. And I also found it funny. We saw Ash Award last year or even the year before last with her show. And this time again. And she still had the same jokes in it. I knew her already, but I have to say, I still found her funny. And I still laughed. And that's the same jokes in it. I knew her, but I still thought she was funny.

And I still laughed. And that's the art. The jokes have to be good, and the way you tell them, that has to be true. And then it works another time. It's amazing that you payed 15 dollars for this open mic. And there were 12 people in the audience. And you see people who write for SNL,

or the other one, what did he write for? For Jimmy Fallon. One who wrote for Jimmy Fallon, I don't know, but he's funny. And you're in a basement with 12 people for 15 dollars and you have six comedians. What more do you want? These are their corporate office jobs

that they do to make money, but what they do is what they do on stage, and not the jokes that Jimmy Fallon laughs at and mocks himself. That's really good and recommendable. That's really good and recommendable. I don't want to advertise too much, but I want to say our our tour will be recommended.

I know that, because we already had a little taste of it last year, we did three performances. But this time it will be different. There will be people who were there last year. It will be different this time. We will tell you, of course, not the same, that's for sure. And you can also come a second time. Maybe I'll tell you the same joke I told last time. But let's see if anyone notices. But I just wanted to say, for Leipzig in the Gewandhaus – crazy, by the way, that's still exciting – there are 10 tickets left on Monday.

So the last 10 are all single tickets. Come alone, we've heard that a lot of people come alone. Drinnies are never alone. We all relax, but we're never alone. And that's why ten people fit in, and then we're sold out in Leipzig. Basically, Leipzig is sold out, but if you're quick, you'll get something. Cologne is also sold out, Hamburg is sold out.

There are only a few tickets left in Munich. So if you're in Munich or in the area, or say, I'm buying a small train, close before it's too late. In Berlin, in the surrounding area, or you're thinking, I'll take a little tour, hit the drum before it's too late. In Berlin, in the big hall of the Philharmonie, there are still tickets. It's such a legendary hall. And also practical because you can see it from every angle

on stage. Because I think it's the first concert hall where the stage is in the middle, a classic concert hall. So the first hall that did that. Right. And that was also the role is in the middle, a classical concert hall. The first hall to do that. Right. And that was the role model for the opera in Sydney. The well-known one. So we're going to Sydney. If you want to.

Yes, you can see well from the corner. And you come to Berlin. I like it there. It's always stressful, but the people are nice. Last time it was great, it was the first evening. I've never done a live podcast performance. The people were very warm and welcoming. That's true. And then we have Frankfurt. It's just up there on the emporium.

But I always say up there, I think of our Dimitri Marten on our emporium. I like to be far back. But honestly up there, that's a royal feeling. You're overlooking the hall. And Frankfurt has a place in my heart anyway. I love Frankfurt. My first Primark experience, my first natural history museum.

I connect so many beautiful things with Frankfurt and there are also tickets for that. So, and then we'll be done with it soon. There is no record of the performances. It will be an exclusive XXL episode for all the people who are there. I'm really happy that many people have written that they will come again or come alone. That's cool. Yes.

I think you can completely sit back and relax. Honestly, you will never see me in the first row at such an event. I always do a cozy back, let the thing come to me and then I go home satisfied again. Let your soul rest, let the thing come at me, and then I'm happy to go out again. Let your soul take over, let your lust wander, let's go. www.drinys.de could buy the tickets. Do the show notes again. I saw on the same evening as our performance in Berlin in the Philharmonie

is the Noah concert with Louis Cole, Genevieve Watari. It may be that I don't perform and you might have to do the performance alone. Oh, okay. No problem. I can also do a little bit of this dance club from before, the choreographies. You can also just do the first half alone, and I'll do the second half alone too.

And then you can have a party earlier and you can have the best time. And then I can sit in the last row with you and eat popcorn while someone else is snuggling in my ear. Yes, but be careful, there's a house next to this room. I don't know if you can snore your popcorn. Too bad. I don't want to drag you down, Julia. Something else is the end of the month, Chris.

You know what that means. We're not just going on tour soon, but the Drini des Monats June 2025 is being held. Drini des Monats, we've been doing it since the beginning of the podcast. And there are so many good stories coming up. Info.drini.de is the email address regarding Drini des Monats. And Julia, I'll shoot the fanfare and you'll tell us who became Drini des Monats this month. I'll do it.

Drini des Monats. The the the the the the the the the I'm always cold. Lucy, Lucy. Before you start, I have to sniff some Tiger Balsam. Oh man, this is how it's called, Julia. I smeared Tiger Balsam in both eyes yesterday with both fingers.

That was the worst thing I've ever done in my whole life. But let's say in this year. What I've done in this year, it hurt like hell. I had to wash my eyes and they were all red. It gets worse and worse. But if you don't keep washing, you'll hear the zinniness. You have to keep going. But you really have the feeling, and I've had this before,

I think I've had tears in my eyes in a podcast, it's like your soul is leaving your body. But I have to draw it again. So now comes the story of Lucy. Yes, Lucy. Lucy writes, Hey Julian and Chris, I'll get to the point. Here's my story. It's immediately very nice.

Hammer. I did a training in the media field and had to go to a vocational school a few times a year. My class at the time consisted of 90% of more introverted and calmer people and I felt comfortable there. However, our class was very much designed to get out of us. You could tell that more conspicuous and loud students were preferred and they were hardly found in my class. So to get something out of us, we had to stand in a circle in the classroom on the last day of school.

That is known to be the first sign of the future. Each of us had to sing a tone in front of the class one after the other, as long and loud as possible. He told us that we can lay our hands on our stomachs to bes to sing the sound better, which I did. When I was done, he asked why I cover my stomach with my hands. And if I would do that because I don't feel well in my body. I was so perplexed that I couldn't think of anything. Before I could answer anything, he started with his motivational speech that everyone is as good as he is and we should not be ashamed. I thought the speech was good, but unfortunately I was the center of the event and his speech all the time, although I had no problem with my body

and my hands just because of the singing on my stomach. Unfortunately, he was so into it that I did not dare to crawl in between and tell him that this is a misunderstanding. that I didn't dare to grumble in between and tell him that this is a misunderstanding. Well, next he went from student to student and spontaneously gave everyone a topic about which the person should hold a short lecture from the stand-up and start to stare at him penetratingly. The topics ranged from suits to ponies

and I thought that it couldn't get any worse. Until I got to it, he gave me the topic of Poland. Of course, I didn't like it at all, and while he was starting me up, and the whole circle of students also, I was running around and told something about my grandma, who occasionally made trips with a pensioner group, including to Poland. He looked at me confused. In the end, some students praised me, of course not. Probably our teacher meant well, but for people like us it was absolute hell.

You could see everyone's nervousness and everyone tried to keep their sweat glands back permanently. In the end, his little experiment didn't help at all, except that I can tell you this story now. I love your podcast, so it up, my dear Lucy. But I don't understand. The speech had to be spontaneous. So topic, sheepdog. Julia, stop a speech about a sheepdog.

Hitler had a sheepdog. I don't know more about it. They come from Germany, the dogs. I congratulate you. Rhetorically very good. Is that a motivational rhetoric coach? Yes, a guy who wants to get the best out of people, but defines what's best for them. Those are my favorites.

But I think if you should hold a short speech, I think it's a good exercise, but you have to give people a chance to get informed. Of course! Because otherwise it's not a short speech, but a test of what you know about a certain topic. I don't hold a speech without at least 5 to 10 minutes before to talk to Chechie Petit.

Yeah, and what I like is, Lucy is so in line with her body that she doesn't have a problem if she's being subjected to something like that. It's totally humiliating. I love it. And of course, it's so embarrassing and overbearing, you know?

Everything. That you had to go through it, that she's sorry she was subjected, that you're sorry that they were understated, that you're ashamed of your body. I think that's already something from mopping, like, you should actually be ashamed. You make the impression that you would be ashamed because your body, well, I would be ashamed at your place.

But it's a good test if you're ashamed. Because I think if you're a little ashamed, I can't speak freely about it, then I think I wouldn't justify myself or defend myself, but I think I would like to want it. If you're completely in line and say, yeah, come on, bring it on, baby, here we go, here we come. And I have to say, I would lie if I didn't

have found myself in such singing circles again at 8 a.m. at a music school. That's something that's often done at a music school. Even a chamber circle where you drum together. There are a few people who have chosen the free class and a few people who had to choose a free class. Like me. Some of them come barefoot

and the others come like me in shoes. But Chris... That's how you meet at 8 a.m. in some high school in a soulless seminar room and drum a wolf. But Chris, that wasn't singing, that was bodywork. Yes, come on. With a towel still. Yes, yes, it's important.

Bodywork is very important. Okay, so, Lucie, you're in the month of June. Congratulations, you'll get a training package surely within the next 12 months. And I would say, for this week we are out of the podcast chamber and can now go back to the 1° colder room next door. Yes, I sit right in front of my fan, whose ventilation experience I unfortunately couldn't personalize further. But that's normal, I accept the fate

and maybe some security will come by and give me a few more places to stay. Have a nice week, we'll hear from you next week. Goodbye and bye! Thanks for listening, goodbye and bye! Drainys. The podcast from the comfort zone.