Těžkej Pokondr was a Czech comedy band consisting of Miloš Pokorný and Roman Ondráček. Pokondr is a

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of their surnames and was proposed to them by

Ondřej Hejma Ondřej Hejma (born 3 February 1951) is a Czech singer and songwriter, vocalist of the band Žlutý pes. After graduating, he worked as an interpreter and translator. From 1987, he worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press in Czechoslo ...

. The duo was known for their humorous cover versions of popular local and international pop hits as well as original songs intended to parody well-known topics. An example of this was the song "Prejs to čmajz" (), which references the " Chile pen incident", in which former Czech president Václav Klaus was caught on video stealing a pen during a state visit to Chile in 2011. In 2010, the duo began hosting a radio show called ''Den začíná v osm'' on the private channel Frekvence 1. After seven years, on 31 October 2017, they cancelled the show due to a disagreement with their supervisor Miroslav Škoda, who did not allow them to invite the investigative journalist Jaroslav Kmenta before the

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. According to some sources, this was part of an ongoing long-term dispute that the band considered to be censorship. Těžkej Pokondr split up in 2019.

Discography

Studio albums * ''Sbohem Tvá Máňa'' (1996) * ''Víc než Gottzila'' (1998) * ''Vypusťte Krakena'' (1999) * ''Ježek v peci'' (2000) * ''Jéžišmarjá'' (2001) * ''Kuss'' (2003) * ''Safírový Jadel'' (2005) * ''Superalbum'' (2011) * ''Star Boys'' (2017) Compilations * ''Super Těžkej Pokondr'' (1999) * ''Best of: 20 Největších Hitů'' (2008) * ''14 nejhorších kousků'' (2013) * ''Best of II.'' (2014) Bootlegs * ''Zakázané uvolnění'' (1998) DVDs * ''Tucatero aneb po práci legraci!'' (2003 documentary)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tezkej Pokondru Czech pop music groups Musical groups established in 1995 1995 establishments in the Czech Republic Musical groups disestablished in 2019 Czech musical duos Cover bands