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Wochenshow
''Die Wochenshow'' (English: ''The Weekly Show'', lit.: ''The Week's Review'') was a German weekly sketch comedy show that aired on Sat.1 and was produced by Brainpool TV. It first aired on 20 April 1996 and was cancelled early in 2002. The show saw a brief revival starting on 20 May 2011, but only eight episodes were broadcast before it was cancelled due to low ratings and bad press. Format The show is a news parody with sketches and recurring characters that often that parody popular celebrities, TV shows and films. It bears similarities to formats such as Not the Nine O'Clock News and Saturday Night Live. The title of the show is a play on ''Die Deutsche Wochenschau'' (a wartime cinema newsreel) and Germany's most prestigious TV news program, '' Tagesschau''. Ingolf Lück has occasionally described the show as a modern version of '' Rudis Tagesshow'', a news parody show broadcast from ARD and hosted by Rudi Carrell in the 1980s. History The original cast consisted of In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingolf Lück
Ingolf Lück (born 26 April 1958) is a German actor, comedian and television host. Lück was born in Bielefeld. He hosted several sketch comedy shows; the best known, '' Die Wochenshow'', aired on Sat.1 between 1996 and 2002. He also hosted ''Pack die Zahnbürste ein'', the German version of ''Don't Forget Your Toothbrush''. Selected filmography * ' (1987), as Kai Westerburg External links *Ingolf Lück'official websitein German language German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is als ... * 1958 births Living people Mass media people from Bielefeld German male television actors German male voice actors German television personalities German television presenters Sat.1 people ARD (broadcaster) people Actors from Bielefeld {{Germany-comedian-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Rima
Marco Rima (born April 7, 1961 in Winterthur, Switzerland) is a Swiss actor, comedian, cabaret artist and producer. He grew up in the canton of Zug and studied elementary school teaching. He now lives in Oberägeri, canton of Zug. Career In 1983 Rima and Marcello Weber founded the cabaret-duo ''Marcocello''. In 1992 ''Marcocello'' received a platinum record for their programme ''Juhubilé''. Then in 1993 the duo split up. He now works as a solo artist. In 1992 Rima wrote and produced the comedy musical ''Keep cool'', in which he played the lead role. Approximately 500.000 visitors went to see the show in Switzerland and Germany until 1996. From 1996 Rima participated in the ''Wochenshow'', with which he also became known in Germany. Especially the characters ''Opa Adolf'', ''Frey'' und ''Horst Lemminger'' he portrayed, gained a lot of popularity. After three years, in 1999, Rima left the Wochenshow to focus on other projects. Rima produced the comedy musical ''Hank Hoover' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anke Engelke
Anke Christina Fischer ( Engelke; born 21 December 1965) is a German comedian, actress, voice actress and television presenter. Personal life Born in Montreal, Canada, Engelke moved to Cologne, Germany in 1971 with her German parents. Early on, she exhibited singing talent, and was discovered in 1978 by Georg Bossert at a performance of her school's choir. From 1994 to 2000, Engelke was married to the keyboardist Andreas Grimm with whom she has a daughter. She was married to musician Claus Fischer from 2005 to 2015, with whom she has two sons. Career From 1979 to 1986, she was the presenter of the daily children's television show broadcast from the Funkausstellung (a German radio exhibition, held every other year in Berlin), and the weekly children and youth's sports magazine show ''Pfiff''. From 1978 to 1980, she hosted the show ''Moment mal'' (Wait a minute) on RTL. SWF3 first brought her on board in 1986 as an editor; later on, she was the presenter there until 1998. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Maria Profitlich
Markus Maria Profitlich (born 25 March 1960 in Bonn) is a German comedian, actor and voice actor who was a cast member of '' Die Wochenshow'' between 1999 and 2001. He also hosted his own show, '' Mensch Markus'', from 2002 to 2007. Biography Profitlich's most famous role on ''Die Wochenshow'' was the "Erklärbär" (Explaining Bear). Other roles included the shy reporter Peter Wuttke, Mawegda Gandhi and Baby Markus. Furthermore, Profitlich is the producer of the programme ''Weibsbilder'', as well as ''Deutschland ist schön'' (Germany is nice). The name ''Profitlich'' is not a stage name, but is probably derived from "a person who acts profitably" (source: Udolph, Jürgen: ''Professor Udolphs Buch der Namen'', Munich, 2005, P. 78-81). Profitlich also voiced Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible in the German dub of the Pixar films ''The Incredibles'' and ''Incredibles 2''. Profitlich is married to actress Ingrid Einfeldt, his stage partner in ''Mensch Markus''. His daughter was born in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kessler
Michael Kessler (born 24 June 1967) is a German actor, comedian and author. Career Theater Kessler had his acting training at the Westfälische Schauspielschule Bochum from 1988 to 1992. Afterwards he began acting roles at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Schauspiel Frankfurt, Nationaltheater Mannheim and Schauspielhaus Zürich. Since 2005, he has starred alongside Christoph Maria Herbst, Bastian Pastewka, and Jürgen Tonkel in the play ''Männerhort'' at the ''Theater am Kurfürstendamm'' theater in Berlin. Film In 1991, he appeared in the comedy film '' Manta, Manta'' and after that he acted in numerous big screen productions like ''Schtonk!'', ''Little Sharks'', and '. In 2006, he starred in ''Hui Buh – Das Schlossgespenst''. In 2015, he starred in ''Schmidts Katze''. Short movies In 2002, he had a starring role in the acclaimed film ''Zwei Wochen Argentinien'' ("Two Weeks in Argentina"). Later in 2003, he took part in ''Glückstag'' ("Lucky Day") and ''Für gutes Betrage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brainpool TV
Brainpool TV GmbH is a German television production company located in Cologne. It was a subsidiary of VIVA Medien AG between 2001 and 2006, until a management buyout in January 2007, now owned by Banijay. The film '' Stromberg – The Movie'' was crowdfunded with €1,000,000 in one week by 3,000 fans in December 2011. At the beginning of 2019 it was announced that Banijay Germany CEO and shareholder Marcus Wolter had been appointed as the new managing director. In June 2020, Banijay took over the rest of the shares. Productions * Die Harald Schmidt Show (until July 1998, from then ''Bonito'') * Die Wochenshow * TV total * Ladykracher * Elton.tv * Rent a Pocher * RTL Promiboxen * Der Bachelor * Anke Late Night * Stromberg * Bundesvision Song Contest * Unser Star für Oslo * Unser Song für Deutschland * Unser Star für Baku * Unser Song für Malmö * Unser Song für Dänemark * Unser Song für Österreich * Eurovision Song Contest 2011 * Eurovision Song Contest 2012 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bastian Pastewka
Bastian Pastewka (born 4 April 1972) is a German actor and comedian. In Bochum, he first became known to a wider audience in Germany around 1996 as a regular cast member of the comedy show ''Die Wochenshow'' (engl.: The Weekly Show), essentially a mock news program. His trademarks included quirky, off-beat characters such as fruity sex talk show host ''Brisko Schneider'' and ''Ottmar Zittlau'', an unemployment, unemployed, wikt:Sweatsuit, sweatsuit-wearing dimwit. Pastewka went on to star in various German comedy films, most notably ''Der WiXXer'' (2004) and ''Neues vom WiXXer'' (2007), a spoof on 1960s Edgar Wallace crime dramas. He has also worked as a voice-over actor for numerous animated films, such as ''Madagascar (2005 film), Madagascar''. Since September 2005 Pastewka has been playing himself in the sitcom ''Pastewka (TV series), Pastewka'', shown by the German television broadcasting station Sat.1. He has received various highly prestigious awards like ''Goldene Kamera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annette Frier
Annette Frier (born 22 January 1974) is a German actress and comedian. Early life She has a younger sister, Caroline (born 1983) and an older sister. After the Abitur she studied classical acting at the school of the German theater "Der Keller" for three years and worked as a theater actress in Cologne. Career In 1997, Frier was member of the cast of the RTL series ''Hinter Gittern – Der Frauenknast'' for 54 episodes. She played the lesbian prisoner, Vivi Andraschek In the same year she took a part in the thriller ''Post Mortem'' which was on RTL as well. The thriller eventually became a series in 2007. In 1998 she started her comedy career in the Pro7 programme ''Switch''. Besides she took part in the Sat.1 crime series SK Kölsch from 1999 to 2001. From 2000 to 2002, Frier was co-host of the ''Wochenshow''. Since 2004 she is a regular on the improvisational comedy show ''Schillerstraße''. Since 2005 Frier is also a cast member of the children's programme ''Sesamstraà ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolin Kebekus
Carolin Kebekus (born 9 May 1980) is a German comedian and television personality. Biography Born in Bergisch Gladbach, Kebekus grew up as daughter of a social education worker and a banker in Köln-Ostheim. Her younger Brother David Kebe is also a comedian. She started her career as an intern at ''Freitag Nacht News'', a weekly comedy show. One of the co-producers of the show, Hugo Egon Balder, saw her talent in acting and arranged for her to take acting classes parallel to her internship. In 2002, she did an internship at 1 Live. Her parodies of the frontsinger Bill Kaulitz of the band Tokio Hotel in the ''Freitag Nacht News'' were the catalysts of her breakthrough. However, in 2006 she also faced big backlash from the fan-community of Tokio Hotel and received hateful messages and threats. From September 2006 until the show was cancelled in December 2006, Kebekus was one of the hosts of ''Freitag Nacht News'' together with Ingo Appelt and others. Kebekus works as a come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Television Comedy
Germany has a long tradition of television comedy stretching as far back as the 1950s, and with its origins in cabaret and radio. 1960s *1963: ''Der 90. Geburtstag'' (''Dinner for One'') is a comedy sketch recorded on 8 July 1963 at ''Theater am Besenbinderhof'' in front of a real audience by Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Although it is actually performed in English, it is considered a cult television classic in Germany and it is still an integral component of the New Year's Eve schedule at several German television stations. 1970s When Otto's first show came out in 1973, it differed in many ways from those of traditional comedians also around at the time, such as Rudi Carrell (then aged 39) and Loriot (then 50). Rudi Carrell and Loriot dressed rather more formally in a suit and tie, and stood on a large stage with the audience seated in rows, whereas Otto, then only 25, with his long blond hair falling in his face, wore T-shirts and jeans, and sat on a smaller cabaret-style st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudi Carrell
Rudi Carrell (born Rudolf Wijbrand Kesselaar; 19 December 1934 – 7 July 2006) was a Dutch entertainer. Along with famous entertainers such as Johannes Heesters and Linda de Mol, he was one of the most successful Dutch personalities active in Germany. He worked as a television entertainer and hosted his own show; the ''Rudi Carrell Show'' ran first in the Netherlands, and then for many years in Germany. As a singer he had a number of hits, including a Dutch version of "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam", and acted in several movies. ''Eurovision Song Contest'' Carrell represented the Netherlands at the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 with the song "Wat een geluk" ("What luck"). He finished 12th out of 13, scoring just two points. He provided the Dutch radio commentary for the 1987 Contest. ''Rudi Carrell Show'' The ''Rudi Carrell Show'' and its successors were a huge success in Germany from the 1960s to the 1990s. The show included a similar concept to ''Star Search'' or ''Pop Idol'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cult Following
A cult following refers to a group of fans who are highly dedicated to some person, idea, object, movement, or work, often an artist, in particular a performing artist, or an artwork in some medium. The lattermost is often called a cult classic. A film, book, musical artist, television series, or video game, among other things, is said to have a cult following when it has a small but very passionate fanbase. A common component of cult followings is the emotional attachment the fans have to the object of the cult following, often identifying themselves and other fans as members of a community. Cult followings are also commonly associated with niche markets. Cult media are often associated with underground culture, and are considered too eccentric or anti-establishment to be appreciated by the general public or to be widely commercially successful. Many cult fans express their devotion with a level of irony when describing entertainment that falls under this realm, in that something ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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