Helge Schneider

Helge Schneider
Born	(1955-08-30) 30 August 1955 Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany
Occupation(s)	comedian, jazz musician, actor, author, film and theatre director
Website	Official homepage (German)

Helge Schneider. Zelt-Musik-Festival 2017 in Freiburg, Germany

Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor.

He frequently appears on German TV, and is probably best known for his song Katzenklo (Kitty Litter Box): "Katzenklo, Katzenklo, ja das macht die Katze froh" ("Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that's what makes the kitty gay [happy]."), which spent 17 weeks on the German music charts in 1994, peaking at number 13.

Discography

Helge Schneider 2002

• 1987: The Last Jazz
• 1989: Seine größten Erfolge (His greatest hits)
• 1990: New York, I'm Coming
• 1991: Hörspiele Vol.1 (1979–1984) (Radio dramas)
• 1992: Hörspiele Vol.2 (1985–1987)
• 1992: Guten Tach (Hello there)
• 1993: Es gibt Reis, Baby (We're gonna have some rice, baby)
• 1995: Es rappelt im Karton (Rumble in the cardboard box)
• 1997: Da Humm
• 1998: Helge 100% live – The Berlin Tapes (live album)
• 1999: Eiersalat in Rock (Egg salad in rock, released as Helge and the Firefuckers)
• 1999: Jazz (& Hardcore)
• 2000: Hefte raus – Klassenarbeit! (live album; Workbooks out – exam time!)
• 2003: Out of Kaktus!
• 2004: Füttern verboten (live album; Please don't feed)
• 2007: I Brake Together (a complex German-English wordplay: The German expression for I am collapsing (Ich breche zusammen) can be literally translated as I break (not: brake) together)
• 2007: Akopalüze Nau (live album; parody of "Apocalypse Now")
• 2013: Sommer, Sonne, Kaktus (Summer, sun, cactus)
• 2014: Live at the Grugahalle - 20 Jahre Katzeklo (Evolution!) (live album)
• 2017: Heart Attack No. 1 (feat. Pete York)
• 2019: Partypeople (beim Fleischer) (Partypeople (At the Butcher))
• 2020: Mama

Filmography

As director

• 1982: The Privatier (not published)
• 1987: Stangenfieber (Stick fever)
• 1993: Texas – Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem (Texas – Doc Snyder sets the world aghast)
• 1994: 00 Schneider – Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (00 Schneider – The hunt for Nihil Baxter)
• 1996: Praxis Dr. Hasenbein (Dr. Hareleg's Practice)
• 2004: Jazzclub – Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm (Jazzclub – the early bird catches the worm)
• 2013: 00 Schneider – Im Wendekreis der Eidechse (The Tropic of Gecko)

As actor

• 1986: Johnny Flash as Johnny Flash
• 1994: Felidae as Jesaja (voice only)
• 2004: 7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood as "The White (or Wise) Helge"
• 2004: Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 (singing)
• 2007: Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler as Adolf Hitler

References

• Helge Schneider at laut.de (in German)

External links

• Official homepage
• Helge Schneider at IMDb
• Review vom Helge Schneider Konzert in Berlin, 4. April 2010