What’s Surprising about This Dream Ship? The success of the film spin-offs of Bavarian comedian Michael Herbig’s Bullyparade (ProSieben, 1997-2002), Germany’s televisual equivalent to the U.K.’s Monty Python’s Flying Circus (BBC, 1969-1974) and the U.S.A.’s Saturday Night Live (NBC, 1975-present), is of considerable importance to a new, World Cinema-focused media studies, as these very popular ...