''Wremja'' was an

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showing the lives of lower class people. It featured

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humor, intentionally, so as to keep the budget low. Wremja was preceded by the '' Wigla Show'' featuring a similar style, and the name was later changed to "Sipelga 14", as a reference to the Estonian soap opera "

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Characters

Uuno Nisu (Nisu-Unn) ( Dan Põldroos) is an alcoholic

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veteran who fought for Germany and burned

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corpse while drunk in 1945. Has a trademark red coat and ugly moustache. He will drink anything with alcohol in it, including cologne and perfume. Zorro (Jaan Zorro) (

Jan Uuspõld Jan Uuspõld (born 14 December 1973) is an Estonian stage, television, radio and film actor and musician. Early life and music career Jan Uuspõld was born in Tallinn, the eldest of three sons of Ingar and Heidi Uuspõld. His mother is an accou ...

) is Uuno's roommate (after kicking out Uno's family). He is a devoted communist who worked as a torturer,

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and astronaut for the

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. He wears a beret and two pairs of glasses. Haista Gäng (Dan Põldroos) is a severely alcoholic 30-year old son of Uno. He always wears a worn-out wifebeater and boxers. Laar (

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) (Meelis Adamson) is a women's

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and a friend of Zorro and Uno. He is very peaceful, to the point of being a sissy, but also very interested in

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. He is constantly harassed by his mother-in-law. Ämm / The Mother-in-Law (Maali) (Dan Põldroos) is a

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old lady who, after coming to live with her daughter, Maie, harasses Laars. She almost always wants sex, and she constantly eats soup from a bowl. Rullnokad Pets ja Aiku (Peeter Kelk and Aivar Sõnajalg) (Jan Uuspõld and Dan Põldroos) are local youngsters working in the car scrapyard. They're not very bright, although Pets tends to be smarter and more cautious, and they love visiting the local nightclubs with their girlfriends. Dr. Liiv (Anti Liiv) ( Martin Padar) is a prominent psychiatrist and the village elder of

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. Though professionally talented, he is extremely corrupt and likes going to bordellos and drinking moonshine with Zorro, Uno and Laar. Koomik Eints / Eints the Comedian (

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) (Dan Põldroos) is an old school comedian who quotes Arkadi Raikin and wears winter clothing even during summer. He talks with a horrible rasp in his voice. Viki (Viktro King) (Jan Uuspõld) is a television figure and a former classmate of Uuno Nisu. He is almost always drunk. Feeliks Raudjalg (Dan Põldroos) is a molester who fakes that he is crippled. He pretends to be a proud Estonian freedom fighter, when he was really a spy for the

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. Mürka ja Mürka perse / Mürka and Ass of Mürka (Jan Uuspõld and Dan Põldroos) is the ass of renowned Estonian basketball star

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. It tends to have a life of its own and sometimes escapes from its owner. Inspektor Kukeke (Valdek Kukeke) (Dan Põldroos) is a corrupt, incompetent

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. He gets his information on crimes from TV, because "newspapers are too expensive".

References

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