Manta joke
In
joke cycle about the Mantafahrer ("Manta driver"), the male owner of an Opel Manta, who is an aggressive driver, lower class, macho, of lower intelligence, and infatuated with both his car and his blonde hairdresser girlfriend.[1]
Jokes poke fun at a stereotype of the working class owner of a second-tier
Example jokes are:
- What was left after a fatal Manta accident? - A gold chain and a hairdresser in mourning.[2]
- What is the shortest Manta joke ever? - Ein Manta steht vor der Uni (A Manta parked in front of a university).[2]
- What does a Manta driver say after crashing into a tree? – Komisch--hab doch gehupt! ("That's strange -- I honked!")[4]
The popularity of such jokes spawned two successful comedy films - Manta – Der Film and Manta, Manta, the latter starring Til Schweiger as a Mantafahrer.[3]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 9027223564, p. 325
- ^ ISBN 1571812113, pp.172-173
- ^ a b That was the Wild East: Film Culture, Unification, and the "new" Germany, p. 167
- ^ ISBN 3833495847, p. 7