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''Nightmare Stage by Željko Malnar'' (original title in English, later also in Croatian ''Noćna mora Željka Malnara'') was a late night
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hosted by maverick traveler and author Željko Malnar. It was broadcast
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on
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n TV station OTV from October 3, 1992 to 2005, then picked up by Z1 from 2005 until the show's end on June 26, 2010. The contact anti-show pushed the boundaries of Croatian
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. Its air time varied during its run, starting at 10:00 p.m. or midnight on Saturday night, with a flexible ending time, typically between 6:00 and 8:00 a.m. The host threw all tact and taste through the window, taking rough manners from the street to the screen without either diluting them with
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or stylizing them for theatrical effect. He regularly asked his guests uncomfortable and aggressive questions in order to expose their flaws, often escalating to flat-out insults which the guests frequently reciprocated. The show also had elements of a
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, recurrently featuring fringe-of-society characters of picturesque mental makeups (nicknamed Cezar, Tarzan, Jaran, Braco, Emir, Remzo, Laki, Ševa, Ivek, Darijan, Darkec, Stankec, Hasan, Gibo from
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...) picked up from the streets of Peščenica, Malnar's Zagreb neighborhood. Malnar has ostensibly proclaimed Peščenica an independent republic with him acting as the
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and the cast as his cabinet. The show occasionally ended with Malnar's angry message to viewers/caller "'" (''You miserable folk, turn off the TV and go to sleep! You idiot, don't you have a better thing to do at 3AM than watch TV? Come on, good night! What's up, you wretch, have no money to go out on a Saturday night so you must watch me on your pathetic little black-and-white TV?'') ''Nightmare Stage'' was also the title of a column written by Malnar regularly appearing in the weekly '' Globus''. In 2003 ''Nightmare Stage'' hosted
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who came to Zagreb solely for the program after a Croatian friend brought the show to his attention via
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. Upon the customary taking of telephone calls, many female viewers flirted with Rodman and openly proposed him sex whereupon he readily invited them to his hotel room, giving the address on air in the studio. The show has also hosted many famous people from Croatia, including:
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, Dino Dvornik. In 2004 the cast of the show starred in a feature film of the same name. On May 5, 2010 the most popular character Zvonimir Levačić - Ševa died aged 67. Following the death of Ševa, ''Nightmare Stage'' formally ended on June 26, 2010, after 18 years of live airing and 878 episodes. From 2018, part of the crew continued work in similar show named Nemoguća eMisija.


Characters

* Željko Malnar, president; (1992–2010) *Zvonimir Levačić - Ševa, minister of defense; (2000–2010) *Sead Hasanović - Braco CroRom or Braco Cigan,
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minority defense; (2000–2010) *Nediljko Alagušić - Tarzan, minister of moral; (1995–2010) *Vlado Matijević - Jaran aka Jajan, official journalist; (2001–2008) *Nenad Blatnik - Cezar, singer and former boxing champion; (2001–2006) *Stanislav Hrenović - Stankec, citizen in Republic of Peščenica; (2001–2010) *Ivica Lako - Laki, official dancer and marijuana smoker; (2002–2010) *Remzo Krak - Kraš, poet; (2001–2010) *Siniša Polovina - Gibo of Kutina, winner of musical competition 'Dora-Mora' 2007 in Republic of Peščenica; (2002–2010) *Emir Ilijaš - Emir, erotic poet; (1993–2010) *Ivan Plehan - Ivek, best accordion player ever born; (2000–2006) *Darko Đugumović - Darko, imitator music group Colonia; (2002–2010) *Bruno Tomašić - Anđa, singer representing Croatian LGBT community; (2002–2010) *Ljubomir Đomešić - Ljubo, mastermind and thinker of 21st Century; (2004–2008) *Darko Dijanović - Darkec, 50 years old virgin from Bjelovar who's seeking a perfect woman and a Croat citizen who wants to become a Serbian; (2000–2008) *Darijan Mišak - Dačo aka Galeb, best performer ever of song "Moj galebe"; (2000–2007) *Krešimir Ricijaš - Giovanni, multiple personality disorder, imagines that he is a commercial airline pilot (2003–2005) *Zoran Krivić, man who sells stolen and forgery paintings live on TV; (2000–2010) * Milan Radonjić - Milan Tarot, tarot card reader in the Balkan region; (2009–2010)


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Kadrovska kriza u ‘Noćnoj mori’: ode Ševa preko Romanije
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Povratak Noćne More - "Return of Nightmare Stage
Croatian television talk shows 1992 Croatian television series debuts 2010 Croatian television series endings 1990s Croatian television series