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'''''Ein Herz und eine Seele''''' (''One Heart and One Soul'') is a [[The Bonn Republic|West German]] [[Live Action TV]]-series, produced [[The Seventies|from 1973 to 1976]]. Being a [[Foreign Remake]] of the [[Britcom]] ''Till Death Us Do Part'', it is notable for bringing the [[
The series deals with the everyday life of the reactionary and stubborn working class man Alfred Tetzlaff, his [[Housewife|wife Else]], his daughter Rita and his leftist son-in-law Michael.
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* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Else and Alfred dancing tango at the end of the New Year's Eve episode.▼
▲* [[Aw Look They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Else and Alfred dancing tango at the end of the New Year's Eve episode.
* [[Christmas Episode]]: Well, New Year's Eve episode, but close enough.
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: Alfred likes to give us hilarious "insights" into the then-contemporary politics.
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* [[German Dialects]]: Michael's mother speaks with a Saxon accent, in a way mirroring Else's slight North German accent.
* [[The Ghost]]: The Tetzlaff's neighbour, Mrs. Suhrbier.
* [[Granola Girl]]: Michael is a Granola ''Boy'', at least in the eyes of Alfred, because Michael is a member of the [[
* <s>[[Halloween Episode]]</s> [[Halloween Episode|Holiday When It Is Custom To Wear Costumes Episode]]
* [[Hilarity Ensues]]: Quite often.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Alfred only refers to the [[East Germany|GDR]] as the ''Ostzone'' (''[[Commie Land|East Zone]]''), thereby implying that he sees East Germany still just as [[Cold War|Soviet-occupied territory instead of a legitimate state]]. (A hot issue in [[The Bonn Republic|pre-reunified Germany]].)
* [[Jerkass]]: Alfred, most of the time. Though the other characters also have their moments.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Alfred; lampshaded in the Carnival episode, when he wears a Napoleon costume.
* [[National Stereotypes]]: Alfred seems to believe in many of them, mostly the negative ones.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: The actors for Else and Michael were replaced for the second season. [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks|The series got cancelled soon thereafter.]]
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Hildegard Krekel and Diether Krebs, playing Rita and Michael respectively, were actually girlfriend and boyfriend in real life.
* [[Standardized Sitcom Housing]]: Not quite. While the living room is at the right, and the kitchen at the left side of the stage, the front door is at the end of a corridor between those two rooms. The tv-set is in the rear left corner of the living room.
* [[Star
* [[Studio Audience]]: Can be seen at the beginning and the end of each episode. (By the way, the people of [[The Seventies]] were apparently [[I Was Quite a Fashion Victim|quite fond of bright colours]]...)
* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Alfred Tetzlaff, so much that his [[Fan Nickname]] is even ''Ekel Alfred'' (''Jerk Alfred'').
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