Meet Bernd das Brot, a depressed German loaf of bread that's spent 25 years as a TV cult classic

A depressed German loaf of bread named Bernd das Brot is celebrating his 25th anniversary as the reluctant star of a children’s television program. Bernd das Brot, or Bernd the Bread, is a cult classic in Germany. The puppet is renowned for his deep, gloomy voice, his forever-grumpy outlook on life and his favorite expression, “Mist!” This year, his friends are urging him to become a bread influencer. Bernd’s first episode aired on KiKA in 2000. In 2003, the network put Bernd into the night loop for the first time, kicking off his popularity among adults.