History YMMV / DinnerForOne

** Germans Love Freddie Frinton. However, the feeling was never mutual. Frinton hated Germans, and was initially very reluctant to perform his trademark sketch for German television, and refused to do so in German language. It's also highly beloved in Norway, where it's shown on the evening of December 23rd. One year, the channel broadcasting it mistakenly aired it a few minutes before it was supposed to, leading to many people flipping the channel on while the sketch was already halfway through. This upset the Norwegians so much numerous calls to the channel were made, and they had to air it one more time that evening.

* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Let's just say the colorized version wasn't too well-received. Let's just say there's a reason why it's black-and-white again.

** The sketch ends with the heavy implication that Miss Sophie and James are going upstairs to have sex. Although...
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Foregone with James' extreme inebriation.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In the Swiss version of the sketch, one could get the impression that Miss Sophie is so demented that she actually thinks her guests are present. In the German version, however, she seems to realize that it's all make-believe.

* {{Squick}}: The sketch ends with the heavy implication that Miss Sophie and James are going upstairs to have sex. Although...

** The Danish broadcaster has shown it every year since 1968, with one exception in 1985, when the TV directors decided to try something new. The resulting deluge of phonecalls protesting its omision was enough to change their mind.

* {{Squick}}: The sketch ends with the heavy implication that Miss Sophie and James are going upstairs to have sex.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Germans Love Freddie Frinton. However, the feeling was never mutual. Frinton hated Germans, and was initially very reluctant to perform his trademark sketch for German television, and refused to do so in German language. It's also highly beloved in Norway, where it's shown on the evening of December 23rd. One year, the channel broadcasting it mistakenly aired it a few minutes before it was supposed to, leading to many people flipping the channel on while the sketch was already halfway through. This upset the Norwegians so much numerous calls to the channel were made, and they had to air it one more time that evening.

* AmericansHateTingle: Until New Year's Eve 2018, the sketch was never broadcast on British TV, and despite being inextricably associated with Britain by Germans, is almost unknown there. Once, a documentary about Germany showed it to a British TV audience, who unanimously thought it was pitiful stuff. That said, when it is mentioned in UK media, it is usually [[[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u7ThYBMnIo#t=1374 met with]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j9wF31jUCM intrigue.]]

* AmericansHateTingle: The sketch has never been broadcast on British TV, and despite being inextricably associated with Britain by Germans, is almost unknown there. Once, a documentary about Germany showed it to a British TV audience, who unanimously thought it was pitiful stuff.
** That said when it is mentioned in UK media, it is usually met with intrigue: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u7ThYBMnIo#t=1374]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j9wF31jUCM]]
** The sketch has finally aired on Sky Arts on New Year's Eve 2018.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Due to Miss Sophie's age, she has outlived all of her friends. Instead of resigning herself to sorrow and loneliness, she has her equally aged manservant, James, makes his way around the table, impersonating each of the guests in turn. Thereby keeping the memory of them alive.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Germans Love Freddie Frinton. However, the feeling was never mutual. Frinton hated Germans, and was initially very reluctant to perform his trademark sketch for German television. It's also highly beloved in Norway, where it's shown on the evening of December 23rd. One year, the channel broadcasting it mistakenly aired it a few minutes before it was supposed to, leading to many people flipping the channel on while the sketch was already halfway through. This upset the Norwegians so much numerous calls to the channel were made, and they had to air it one more time that evening.

* MyRealDaddy: Freddie Frinton, so very much. He didn't write the original sketch, but added a lot of the gags and slapstick that made it memorable. And he was the one most famous for performing it, even before it was recorded for tv.
* {{Squick}}: The sketch ends with the heavy implication that Miss Sophie and James are going upstairs to have sex.

* AmericansHateTingle: The sketch has never been broadcast on British TV, and despite being inextricably associated with Britain by Europeans, is almost unknown there. Once, a documentary about Germany showed it to a British TV audience, who unanimously thought it was pitiful stuff.

* {{Squick}}: The sketch ends with the heavy implication that Miss Sophie and James are going upstairs to have sex.
* JustForFun/XMeetsY: ''Dinner for One'' has been remade to death into many {{crossover}}s leading to this trope. For example, ''Dinner für Brot'' is ''Dinner for One'' meets ''Bernd das Brot'' with [[UpToEleven even more mayhem]] than the original.

* {{Squick}}: The sketch ends with the heavy implication that Miss Sophie and James are going upstairs to have sex.

* {{Squick}}: The sketch ends with the heavy implication that Miss Sophie and James are going upstairs to have sex.
* TheyJustDidntCare: Norwegian broadcasters always show this sketch on the 23rd of December, even though they know that everyone else shows it on New Year's Eve.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Germans Love Freddie Frinton. However, the feeling was never mutual. Frinton hated Germans, and was initially very reluctant to perform his trademark sketch for German television. It's also highly beloved in Norway, where it's shown on the evening of December 23rd. One year, the channel broadcasting it mistakenly aired it a few minutes before it was supposed to, leading to many people flipping the channel on while the sketch was already halfway through. This upset people so much numerous calls to the channel were made, and they had to air it one more time.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Germans Love Freddie Frinton. However, the feeling was never mutual. Frinton hated Germans, and was initially very reluctant to perform his trademark sketch for German television.

* {{Squick}}: The sketch ends with the heavy implication that Miss Sophie and Charles are going upstairs to have sex.

* [[AmericansHateTingle Britons Hate "Dinner For One"]]: The sketch has never been broadcast on British TV, and despite being inextricably associated with Britain by Europeans, is almost unknown there. Once, a documentary about Germany showed it to a British TV audience, who unanimously thought it was pitiful stuff.
* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Germans Love Freddie Frinton]]: However, the feeling was never mutual. Frinton hated Germans, and was initially very reluctant to perform his trademark sketch for German television.

* HilariousInHindsight: The lines "Same procedure as last year"/"The same procedure as every year" is a perfect example of this trope, since the sketch has been shown every year for decades in Germany and several other countries.