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Dinner for One

This very British 11-minute comedy sketch from 1963 has become a New Year's Eve viewing tradition in German-speaking countries. Nobody knows why. The sketch is almost completely unknown in the UK.

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Jul 22, 2025
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Freddie Frinton and May Warden in “Dinner for One” or “The 90th Birthday”

Dinner for One (1963), also known as The 90th Birthday (German: Der 90. Geburtstag, Swedish: Grevinnan och betjänten), is an 11-minute comedy sketch, written by British author Lauri Wylie for the theatre that has become a viewing tradition in German-speaking countries, where, since…

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