Germany - Day 1: German TV is just as bad as ours

So because I was zoning in and out and lying in bed my first day there, I got a chance to check out the boob tube and discovered that other than a lot of rounded vowels, German TV is pretty much the same as we get in the states. The three pics I have here are pretty representative of the sort of daytime fare our friends across the pond get...

From top to bottom:


--One of many Geraldo-style daytime talk-shows.

--Seeing American cartoons in German is pretty damn funny--kind of like hearing French rap music. Anyhow, they do have Sponge Bob Squarepants, but with characteristic Teutonic efficiency they've done away with all that's superfluous and dub him what he really is--Schwammkopf ("sponge head").

--Recognize the troubled brow, the goofily dramatic overhead lights, and of course the lame question w/ answers A thru D? They don't have Regis, but everything else is identical. And again, the name gets straight to the point..."Das Quiz", not "Wer will ein Millionaire werden?"

So soon, real soon I'll actually have some pics of Germany posted!