''Extravaganza'' is a two-hour

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taped in

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, which has been broadcast by Trans TV on Saturday and Monday night since its debut on May 30, 2004 until November 28, 2009. At the time, it's the most popular comedy variety show in Indonesia.

Cast

* Tora Sudiro *

Indra Birowo Indra Birowo (born January 9, 1973) is an actor and comedian, who made his television debut in ''Extravaganza''. Indra is the third child of Wargandi Suryo and Farida Yusuf. He was educated at Canisius College in Jakarta. He made his film debut ...

* Rony Dozer Karli * Virnie Ismail * Ronal Surapradja * Tike Priatnakusumah * Aming * Tinka Dasia* * Mieke Amalia* * Sogi Indra Dhuaja * Gilang Dirgahari * And other new characters: Edric Tjandra, Lia Ananta*, Ence Bagus, and Farid Shigeta*. It also stars four finalists of Kampus Extravaganza, a show to find new characters ('extras') for Extravaganza. They are T.J., Sentot* now known as (Papham Ashari),

Ananda Omesh Omesh, born Ananda Rusdiana (born August 21, 1986) is an Indonesian actor, comedian, and presenter. He is known for his work on the Trans TV variety show ''Extravaganza''. He also has worked as a presenter on television shows such as ''60 Minute ...

and Ammho*. There are also newer members, like Cathy Sharon and

Luna Maya Luna Maya Sugeng (born 26 August 1983) is an Indonesian model, actress and presenter of Austrian descent. She started her career as an advertising and catwalk model. Career Luna began her career as a model. Her first acting job was a supporting ...

Notes: *(*)No longer starred in Extravaganza

Show

Every episode of Extravaganza will have guests, for example:

Cinta Laura Cinta Laura Kiehl (; ; born August 17, 1993) is a German actress, singer, and model based in Indonesia. She was appointed ambassador of anti-violence against women and children by the Indonesian Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Prote ...

Ungu Ungu ( 'Purple') is an Indonesian rock band formed in Jakarta in 1996 with Makki as the only remaining original member. The group comprises vocalist Pasha, guitarists Enda & Onci, bassist Makki, and drummer Rowman. Ungu are known for their hit s ...

, etc. The show became successful due to its creativity and originality, a new, fresh kind of comedy show in Indonesia. This however, is debatable since the format of the show appeared to be strongly based on foreign comedy shows, most prominently the American

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(SNL). Most of the comedic scenario the show used was based (sometimes even almost identical, word for word) on jokes circulating in the Internet and common Indonesian jokes.

Segment in Extravaganza

Some segment on Extravaganza such as: * (Comedy Sketch) - Comedy story like the real-life story. Usually based on true life-story,

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, Western cartoon, Indonesia fighting, folktale, or even pre-historic era. * - Parody of Trans TV program Ceriwis with the tagline "Yoo...Miss..." * (Extravaganza Legend) * (Extravaganza Talk) -

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segment with Tike Priyatnakusumah. * - News segment presented by Edric Tjandra, Indra Birowo or Shogi. Edric always presented the news with perfunctory

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. * -

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segment presented by Tike and TJ which brought with

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song. * - Music quiz parodied from TVRI program Berpacu Dalam Melodi. * (Celebrity Crosswords) * - Music segment which presented some Indonesian music video clip that had been

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by the Extravaganza cast. * - Like ', but the real-show that been parodied is the Trans TV program Termehek-Mehek. * - A segment that introduced people with some unique and strange look. *

Trivia

* Aming, Indra Birowo, and Tora Sudiro appears at Indonesian movie, "

Janji Joni ''Janji Joni'' (English: ''Joni's Promise'') is a 2005 Indonesian adventure romantic comedy film written and directed by Joko Anwar in his directorial debut. Starring Nicholas Saputra, Mariana Renata, Rachel Maryam, and Surya Saputra, the film ...

". * Indra Birowo and Ence Bagus starred in the movie " Setannya Kok Beneran".

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Extravaganza (Tv Series) Indonesian comedy television series 2004 Indonesian television series debuts Indonesian variety television shows 2009 Indonesian television series endings Trans TV original programming