Polish YouTuber weirdos trash-talking the UK

@WarSore

I used to watch Polish action flicks (with Russian dubbing) when I was a kid, and then didn't watch anything Polish until 1670 last year.

So I'm pretty excited to see what you've recommended.

Bieszczady Mountains and Polish Border Guard on the Polish-Ukrainian border - yeah, that's something Bobko could probably find interesting, I guess. 🤔

@Bobko

Don't listen to this anti-Legia twat. If you want genuine knowledge about modern day Poland, watch Lombard. Życie pod zastaw. 16 seasons, the first one is available on Polish Netflix (episodes 1-39), of pure gold--funny and addictive AF.

Yes, I am a man of simple pleasures.

@Torq

I trust you, like I trust my control officer at headquarters. So I will watch this.

I agree. A very informative show. It should be noticed that while the staff of the Pawn Shop in question are professional actors most (as are a few regular customers and others) each episode also features several amateurs... whose acting skill is not always top form.....

Still, genuinely entertaining and pretty representative of modern Poland.

@mafketis

Is it at all like the Discovery Channel's "Pawn Stars"?

@Paulina
I mean if you want something he'll REALLY like, there's Przesmyk. Spy/military intrigue thriller crossing the Belarusian border.

Tbh it was hot trash, though. Not one of the better things I've seen, surprised HBO picked it up - more Netflix calibre.

Btw does Andy Konopka ever do anything onscreen but scowl? We call him "the happiest man on Polish TV" / "ol' smiler". It's like the wind changed when he was in a foul mood and homeboy just got stuck like that.

Buczkowski is a feckin' legend!


Precisely. :)

This is higher in priority than the other things you've recommended, yes?

The subject matter is somewhat similar but the style is very much different. Lombard is focused more on Polish cultural context and human stories, with dramatized storylines, romance, suspense, crime. OK, a bit of a mental candy perhaps but, as Maf said, fun and representative of modern Poland.

@Bobko
Honestly no, it's not good IMO. The first two (Blinded by the Lights and Wataha) and Rojst are the ones I'd go for.

Blinded by the Lights reminds me of why I fell in love with Warsaw originally, sometime in the early '10s. The energy the city sometimes has when you catch it on a good night, in a good mood. Poland's gritty metropolis full of promise and adventure and misadventure.

@Torq
I've been meaning to watch Alternatyw 4 btw, as I've heard that's a bloody classic. Worth it?

It is definitely a classic but I'm not sure if I'd recommend it to you. You came to Poland in the early '10s and probabaly don't know much about the socialism in PRL (People's Republic of Poland), so most of Alternatywy 4 humour will most likely be lost on you. If you're not Polish and over 40, you will probably not be able to properly appreciate it.

Try Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy... imdb.com/title/tt0080986/ , Polskie Drogi... imdb.com/title/tt0124249/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1 or 07, zgłoś się imdb.com/title/tt0399943/ ... for decent commie era TV entertainment, and more easily enjoyable for foreigners.

@Torq
Cheers, will investigate. Tbh I'm mainly in it to see Warsaw in earlier decades, although I'm not in Ursynow and haven't spent much time there really.

Hm... try these two then: imdb.com/title/tt0171992 , imdb.com/title/tt0120947/ .

@Torq
Nice one, bardzo dziekuje!

Not at all.

It doesn't seem to have gotten a following, but I enjoyed Gąska.... a sitcom about a young woman let from a magazine? who ends up working at a Gąska supermarket (modeled after Biedronka/Leviatan/Dino).

The America obsessed boss seemed dated (from the 90s and not now) but the rest of the staff is pretty recognizable, from other people who can't find better jobs to a Ukrainian cashier, an antsy young guy or a mom trying to get back into the work force.

The hook of the series was that in each episode the main character had.... visions of various media figures who commented on her trouble fitting in.

Nothing earth shattering but enjoyable.

I'll mention another that's not Polish but might as well be.... (seriously the most accurate portrayal of the class sytem of Central-Eastern European society I've seen in the last xxx years)

The Croatian series Uspjeh (Success) is about four random strangers, who, on a Croatian housing estate (that could easily be Polish) end up co-accomplices in a crime and how they try to deal with that.

Blanka - margines, patologia... lives with an alcoholic father who beats the crap out of her and her boyfriend is trying to turn her into a prostitute

Kiki - member of the precariat who can't get/keep a job because of disabled son who needs lots of care but has a lot of side hustles going to try to get by but is about to lose his apartment

Vinka - member of the pmc who's kind of proud of that and very oblivious to lots of things (I've seen the same obliviousness in Poland sooo many times in that class)

Haris - wealthy and corrupt architect who designs buildings that are never used.... he's unhappy and wants to go legit but doesn't know how....

I'm surprised a Polish version hasn't been made... (or maybe it has I didn't know about it).

Like I said, Croatian but at the same time extremely Polish.

Sorry to disappoint you but I speak 3 languages well,Polish being one of them.I bet that's two more than you can speak, you Brit imbecile!


My house is pebbledashed, bravo! But it is detatched!


[quote=WarSore]Nope, your matko, siostra and babcia were too busy tonight. Go and Google Translate those Polish words if you need to btw Pan Plastic.[/quo

Whoresore, I fully understand your stupid comments, being fluent in Polish.

It's obvious to me that you are a loser that has fallen on hard times.
Hard times that you will find it hard to get out of.