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Some later sketches featured Dieter outside of his talk show environment starring in parodies of game shows, TV dance parties, and art films. The theme song for the sketch was Kraftwerk's 1986 song " Electric Café" from a 33 RPM LP record which was sped up by playing it back at 45 RPM. The sketch typically ended with Myers declaring, "Now's the time on Sprockets when we dance!" and performing a jerky, robotic dance with several male stagehands who were similarly dressed in black tights and turtlenecks. This showcased such scenes as an old man's head spinning around a fat man, clad only in a diaper, cavorting in a lawn sprinkler a man throwing up after being kicked in the genitals the seemingly-lifeless body of a tramp whose face is covered with ants and a man's trousers falling down in public, while he and his girlfriend are viewing an art gallery (the man is wearing a thong). On several occasions, the sketch featured a section titled Germany's Most Disturbing Home Videos. Appearing effeminate (in his 1997 return as host Myers introduced his lover Helmut, played by Will Ferrell), Myers' "Dieter" costume consisted of black tights with a matching turtleneck sweater, round wire-rimmed glasses, and slicked-back hair. Myers has stated he based the character on a waiter he encountered, working at The Cameron House in Toronto, as well as German musician Klaus Nomi (after whom said monkey was named). He invariably sought to bring the discussion around to his "limited" monkey, Klaus, seated on a platform atop a miniature column. Myers played "Dieter", a bored, disaffected West German expressionist and minimalist who interviewed celebrities in whom he was demonstrably barely interested. Originally created for the Toronto company of the Second City comedy troupe, Myers later imported the character to television for the Canadian sketch comedy show It's Only Rock & Roll and the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live. The sketch parodied German stereotypes, especially those pertaining to German seriousness, efficiency, and precision. The sketch parodied German art culture in the 1980s.
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Sprockets was a recurring comedy sketch from the NBC television series Saturday Night Live, created by and starring comedian Mike Myers as a fictional West German television talk show.
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