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what does "Bear-told Brecht" mean?

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"Not if we buy the bear a ticket. How about it? Bear-told Brecht"?
The man is talking about taking a bear to the theatre, and the bear is just beside him.

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[+4] - Blickers - 07/31/2017It's a joke. Bertolt Brecht was a famous German playwright.

@yellhue,

It's a joke. Bertolt Brecht was a famous German playwright.

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@Blickers,

Thanks!

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Bear-told is a phonetic representation of how the German pronunciation of Berthold sounds to an English speaker.

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