The Worst Episodes of U3000

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    U3000 Season 1 Episode 1 - One Thousand Theories – Diedrich Diederichsen
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    Opening episode of the talk show aboard a moving train on Berlin’s U7 underground line. Under the title “One Thousand Theories”, the show draws on a text by pop theorist Diedrich Diederichsen about children’s first attempts to explain the world, plus excerpts from Herbert Marcuse. Guests are Robert Stadlober, Maria and Margot Hellwig and the band Spezializtz; the contestant family is the Abels family. Recurring segments: the “Genome of the Week” (Rudolf Scharping), a self-accusation, the horoscope, the “Chromosome of the Week” and the call for donations.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. U3000 Season 1 Episode 2 - Joseph Beuys + India
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    The second episode is devoted to Joseph Beuys and India, with a small India glossary and digressions on Mahatma Gandhi and Beuys. Guests are Christian Anders and the Hamburg band Die Sterne; the contestant family is the Krishnamurty family. The “Genome of the Week” features Friedrich Merz, alongside Marcuse excerpts, the horoscope, the “Chromosome of the Week” and the call for donations.

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  3. U3000 Season 1 Episode 3 - Rudi Dutschke
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    The episode is about Rudi Dutschke, based on the organisational speech he gave at the 22nd SDS delegates’ conference in Frankfurt on 5 September 1967, complemented by a revolution glossary and a digression on the French Revolution. Guests are Rolf Zacher, the Jacob Sisters, Xavier Naidoo and Söhne Mannheims, and H.M.S.; the contestant family is the Magister family. “Genome of the Week”: Edmund Stoiber.

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  4. U3000 Season 1 Episode 4 - War
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    The fourth episode deals with the military, war and strategy, accompanied by an archive of wars and conflicts currently going on worldwide. Guests are retired Flotilla Admiral Elmar Schmähling, Funker Beyer, techno journalist Jürgen Laarmann, the band Surrogat, Bernhard Brink and Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre; the contestant family is the Ehlert family. “Genome of the Week”: Rezzo Schlauch.

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  5. U3000 Season 2 Episode 1 - Head Full of Chaos
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    The fifth episode was originally meant to be the first: the unofficial pilot, complete with all its glitches and a lengthy rehearsal phase. The theme is “chaos in the head”, including chaos theory. Guests are Roberto Blanco, Pompöös fashion designers Harald Glööckler and Dieter Schroth, and Atari Teenage Riot; the contestant family is the Kurtisevic family. “Genome of the Week”: Guido Westerwelle. According to the U3000 newsletter, the episode aired only once – instead of repeats, MTV showed a “best of” with almost all family scenes cut.

    Director:Unknown
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  6. U3000 Season 2 Episode 2 - Terrorism
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    The theme is terrorism – with a chronology of the RAF from 1967 onwards – and, as its counterpart, peace, illustrated by Immanuel Kant’s “Perpetual Peace”. Guests are Bärbel Schäfer, Heidi Hoppe, Cindy & Bert, Mambo Kurt and H.M.S.; the contestant family is the Radloff family. “Genome of the Week”: Angela Merkel.

    Director:Unknown
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  8. U3000 Season 2 Episode 3 - Africa
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    S2:E3

    The seventh episode is about Africa, including a text on the significance of Leon Trotsky for today’s Africa. The contestant family is the German-African Sarr family from Berlin-Kreuzberg, who want to build an artists’ village in Senegal to foster cultural exchange between Europe and Africa. Guests are Ireen Sheer, Donots, Hanayo, Claude-Oliver Rudolph and H.M.S. “Genome of the Week”: Jürgen Möllemann.

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  9. U3000 Season 2 Episode 4 - The End of the Revolution
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    The final episode is about the end of the revolution and draws on Richard Wagner’s 1849 essay “Die Revolution”. Guests are Peter Kern, Schorsch Kamerun, Fünf Sterne Deluxe, Discotizer, Sylvesterboy and Stefan Meyer. “Genome of the Week”: Johannes Rau. Instead of a horoscope, the show congratulates viewers on having made it – and explains how they can no longer donate.

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Worst Episodes Summary

"One Thousand Theories – Diedrich Diederichsen" is the worst rated episode of U3000. It scored 0.0/10 from 0 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on November 30, 2000.

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