Geh.zieh.dein.Dirndl.aus.1973.PL.VHSRip.XviD.AC...
 
Gareth Reid
Title: Graham Norton (born Dublin 1963), Broadcaster, Comedian, Actor and Writer
Date: 2017
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
137 x 107 cm
Signed: lower left: GR
Credit Line: Winner’s commission from “Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year 2017”. Presented, Storyvault Films, 2017
Object Number: NGI.2017.7
DescriptionBrought up in Bandon, Co. Cork, Graham Norton (born Graham Walker) moved to London in his early twenties, where he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama. Having begun his career as a stand-up comedian, he gravitated towards radio and television work, featuring regularly on panel shows, quiz shows and comedies. A winner of five BAFTA TV awards, he is best known as a host of UK chat-shows on Channel 5, Channel 4 (So Graham Norton; V Graham Norton) and, since 2007, the BBC (The Graham Norton Show), but has presented many other prime-time entertainement programmes. In 2009, he took over from Terry Wogan as a host of the BBC coverage of the Eurovision Song Contest since, and currently presents a Saturday morning show on BBC Radio 2. He has also performed in movies and in the West End. In 2016, Holding, Norton's debut novel, won the Popular Fiction Book of the Year in the Bord Gais Irish Book Awards.
ProvenancePresented to the National Portrait Collection by Storyvault Films/Sky Arts (who commissioned the portrait, in consultation with the NGI, as part of the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2017 competition).

Geh.zieh.dein.dirndl.aus.1973.pl.vhsrip.xvid.ac... May 2026

As the video began to play, I found myself transported to a bygone era. The footage depicted a group of young people, likely in their early twenties, frolicking in a picturesque Bavarian meadow. They were all dressed in traditional Dirndls and Lederhosen, laughing and dancing to the tune of a lively oompah band.

As the tape abruptly cut to black, I was left feeling disoriented and puzzled. What had I just watched? Was it a homemade party tape, or something more sinister? The more I thought about it, the more questions I had.

Over the following weeks, I found myself scouring online archives and forums, searching for any mention of the tape or its creators. It wasn't until I stumbled upon an old discussion thread on a vintage video enthusiasts' forum that I finally found a lead. Geh.zieh.dein.Dirndl.aus.1973.PL.VHSRip.XviD.AC...

As I walked home, I couldn't help but wonder about the origins of the tape. Who had created it, and what was the purpose of the strange title? Was it a homemade recording, or a commercial release? The more I thought about it, the more intrigued I became.

It was a typical Tuesday afternoon when I stumbled upon an obscure VHS tape in a dusty corner of a vintage electronics store. The label on the tape read "Geh.zieh.dein.Dirndl.aus.1973.PL.VHSRip.XviD.AC..." - a string of characters that might as well have been a foreign language to me. My curiosity piqued, I decided to purchase the tape, wondering what kind of content it could possibly hold. As the video began to play, I found

It wasn't until about 20 minutes into the tape that I noticed something strange. The group's behavior began to shift, and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense. The once-carefree gathering started to resemble a more orchestrated event, with some participants visibly uncomfortable.

The production quality was laughably bad, with visible tracking errors and a soundtrack that seemed to have been recorded through a tin can. However, despite the technical shortcomings, the energy and joy emanating from the participants were infectious. I found myself smiling along with their antics, feeling like I had stumbled upon a long-lost summer camp reunion. As the tape abruptly cut to black, I

A user going by the handle "VHS_Vagabund" claimed to have information about the tape. According to them, "Geh.zieh.dein.Dirndl.aus" was a notorious bootleg recording, allegedly created by a group of pranksters who had infiltrated a traditional German cultural event in the early 1970s.