Fancy footwork

Hey, why don't our movie awards shows contain overhead-lift dance moves and people who look like they're genuinely enjoying themselves?

Well, because we're not in Germany, that's why.

The German Film Awards 2008, won by a lot of actors with very long hyphenated names ending in "hoff," "eik" or "mann," seems, from photographic evidence, to have been a real swell time. A regular gala. (Pictured here is the host, Barbara Schoeneberger, getting a boost during a song and dance number.)

Let's see if we can't recruit some of those choreographer/producers for the Oscars. Ready for your pirouette, Jon Stewart?