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Englische Ansage
"" (German for "English Announcement") is a one-person comedy sketch written by German humorist Loriot. It shows a continuity announcer who summarizes the plot of an English crime series, but fails because of the hard-to-pronounce names. Alternative titles of the sketch are "Inhaltsangabe" (Synopsis) and "" (The English Synopsis). The sketch was first aired in November 1977 in the fourth episode of the TV series . The announcer was played by Evelyn Hamann. A text version of the sketch first appeared in 1981 and has since been included in several anthologies of Loriot. Plot The sketch shows a woman announcing the eighth episode of the 16-part English TV crime series (''The Two Cousins''). Before the start of the episode, the announcer wants to summarize the plot of the first seven episodes. This plot is highly absurd, contains numerous trivialities and is characterized by English names of people and places that are complicated to articulate for Germans. Examples are the two cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketch Comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and is used widely in variety shows, comedy talk shows, and some sitcoms and children's television series. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. Sketch comedians routinely differentiate their work from a "skit", maintaining that a skit is a (single) dramatized joke (or "bit") while a sketch is a comedic exploration of a concept, character, or situation. definition 3b, Merriam-Webster online. Retrieved 5/4/2019 History Sketch comedy has its origins in |
