Werner #[2]

Werner and his friend set out to build a stone peninsula at the beach, utterly focused on their project—right in the middle of where two naked women are sunbathing. The absurdity unfolds with deadpan precision as their construction effort takes precedence over everything else, including the very real people nearby.

Hermann’s attention is suddenly pulled to a striking mannequin in the department store window, but his distraction takes a sharp turn when his wife decides to try on a two-piece bathing suit—leaving him caught between admiration and mild panic.

In this delightfully absurd 1982 installment from Werner, Werner and Ölfuss hit the road only to stumble upon Erwin leading a group of acolytes—prompting a surreal chain of events that sees beer bottles become sacred objects, a beer truck crash into a meditation session, and a beach party commandeered by a crew filming a beer commercial. With Erwin’s acolytes put through a bizarre test and then sent on a quest to Tibet, the usual crew—Julius Die Lachmöve, Heini Fisch, Hugo, Herbert Aus Hamburch, Uwe, Kalli, Hörni, and Frau Holbein—settle in to meditate on their favorite brews.

In this playful 1982 installment from Werner, the titular character turns a mundane moment into a comedic spectacle, narrating the chaos of a soccer ball rolling through a bustling market square as if it were a live sports broadcast. With his signature deadpan humor, Werner watches from above, turning the everyday into a farcical match full of unexpected passes and reactions.