7 days, 7 heads
| Television broadcast | |
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| Original title | 7 days, 7 heads |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1996-2005 |
| Production company |
RTL Rudi Carrell GmbH |
| length | 45 minutes |
| genre | Comedy |
| production | Rudi Carrell , Susanne Hoffmann (until 2002) |
| Moderation | Jochen Busse |
| First broadcast | February 23, 1996 on RTL Television |
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Main actor:
Supporting actors: prominent guests, preferably from the field of cabaret and comedy | |
7 days, 7 heads was a satirical talk show by RTL , which looked back on the past week. It was Rudi Carrell's last important show , which he did not present himself, but rather left it to Jochen Busse . Carrell took part as a regular guest until he retired in 2002 and only had occasional short appearances.
The show
prehistory
Rudi Carrell no longer achieved the same success on RTL as he did on ARD. The viewing participation from Die Post is going on! disappointed, the one from Rudi's holiday show was decent, but not overwhelming. Since there were many talk shows, especially in the afternoon program, he came up with the idea of the satirical talk show. Even after the pilot broadcast he was sure that it would be a success, but RTL's entertainment director doubted it. But then it came to the first season with 30 episodes.
concept
7 Days, 7 Heads ran on Friday evenings - usually at 10:15 p.m. - and, according to the title, consisted of seven participants, namely the moderator and six guests. You sat at tables in a semicircle and, according to the title, treated the events of the last week. The moderator addressed a topic and asked a guest to comment on it. As with all of his television programs, Carrell made sure that there were optical gags. In the original version, half of the guests were comedians and half were journalists. It turned out, however, that a cast only with comedians was more effective, so that the journalists were left out for the second season.
Working method
Carrell founded to produce seven heads seven days the Rudi Carrell GmbH and took part in it with 49% and Susanne Hoffmann with 51%. The latter, so that she would be taken care of in the event of Carrell's death. Carrell had worked with screenwriter Hoffmann since Rudi's daytime show, and she was his lover. The two began evaluating messages on Saturdays to get at gags. On Tuesdays they then let the guests and the gag authors know the likely topics and on Wednesdays they drove to the Hotel Maritim in Cologne, where Carrell lived in a suite. The ideas of the guests, the gag authors and Carrell and Hoffmann were then brought together at a conference. This was then used to create an exact script, using a stopwatch. The afternoon before the broadcast was recorded for 7 days, 7 heads in front of a studio audience. This happened in Studio 19 of the Magic Media Company in Hürth- Kalscheuren .
Regular cast and their running gags
Jochen Busse (1996-2005)
Jochen Busse was less of a moderator, rather he played a moderator. So he always began with the words: I greet you in my familiar amiable manner ... and asked at the end of each broadcast: Stay with us . Since Busse was known for his elegant clothes, he fell victim to jokes about creases.
Journalists (1996-1997)
The journalists appearing in the first season were Bärbel Schäfer and Milena Preradovic , who worked for RTL, and Hellmuth Karasek .
Rudi Carrell (1996-2002)
Carrell originally only wanted to appear in the first seven episodes in order to popularize the series with his celebrities. But the gigantic success made him take part for seven years. Then he decided: I am the producer of the show and I have to make sure that not only old people are on the screen. and only had occasional short appearances to present optical gags. Carrell often joked about Mike Krüger's nose and kept pouring water over him. When he got a hearing aid in 1997, he joked about it too.
Karl Dall (1996–1997)
The broadcaster originally found it had a young audience for whom Karl Dall was too old. Carrell was able to enforce his suggestion and Dall's gags were well received. The collaboration ended quickly, however, as Dall began to improvise. Carrell did not tolerate this, however, in his broadcast everything had to take place exactly as agreed. After leaving, he said: We were the baddest buddies and he disappointed me insanely twice.
Mike Krüger (1996-2005)
Mike Kruger was an old acquaintance of Carrell, the two knew each other since 1975, when Kruger in on churning occurred. Though younger than Dall, the broadcaster originally found him too old; he already had his career behind him. But then Kruger played a major role in the success of the show. He often joked about Rudi's age and about Dutch people and their trailers. In 1997 he even released the album Rudi - with the yellow license plate . Another standard was the "terrible childhood", which Krüger always introduced with the words: You all know it ... I had a ... (audience: "Ooooohhh") terrible childhood.
Gaby Köster (1996-2005)
Gaby Köster was an RTL proposal that Carrell immediately agreed to. He said about her: For me she is one of the strangest women in the world. Köster was the victim of all kinds of women's jokes. She herself made gags about her always nagging grandma Finchen. One of her most popular sentences was about the city of Herne and its residents: Herne? Who lives in Herne anyway? At some point she promised not to joke about it anymore. The reason for this were also letters from indignant citizens of the city.
Kalle Pohl (1997-2005)
Kalle Pohl was the victim of jokes about short people. He himself made gags about his staggering success with women, which he introduced with the words: Yes, me as a type of woman ... ; about his always angry cousin Hein Spack, which included the saying: Ey wat is going on, stupid pig? , and his always complaining aunt Mimi.
Bernd Stelter (1997-2005)
Bernd Stelter found 7 days, 7 heads a show that he would like to take part in himself. Carrell actually asked him if he wanted to participate. Stelter was the victim of fat jokes.
Oliver Welke (2002-2005)
Carrell wanted Dieter Nuhr as his successor , about whom he expressed himself with the words: He is one of the best comedians . But he had too many obligations to be able to come to 7 days, 7 heads every Friday . So they took Oliver Welke , who had also been a changing guest several times and who also considered the Carrell to be talented: He is the perfect man for my seat. Wilt was the victim of hair loss jokes.
Changing guests
The seventh place and any free places for regular guests who were unable to attend were occupied by constantly changing guests. Initially there was a wide spectrum, from Sepp Maier , who appeared regularly as an amateur comedian, to journalists like Friedrich Nowottny or Marcel Reif and singers like Campino or Howard Carpendale to politicians like Gregor Gysi or Jürgen Möllemann . But then there was an increasing trend towards limiting yourself to professional comedians. This also made it possible to make known talented beginners, which happened, for example, with Michael Mittermeier . Carrell said of him: How he dominates the hall and the camera, that's world class. Everything is right there. Over 70 different celebrities sat there, including Simone Solga , Rolf Miller , Ingo Appelt , Mario Barth , Django Asül , Olli Dittrich , Lisa Fitz , Dieter Nuhr , Atze Schröder , Piet Klocke , Jörg Knör , Maren Kroymann , Alf Poier , April Hailer , Stefan Raab , Heinz Schenk , Hans Werner Olm , Willy Astor , Ingo Oschmann , Bernhard Hoëcker , Hennes Bender , David Leukert , Anka Zink , Eckart von Hirschhausen , Manes Meckenstock , Ludger Stratmann , Mathias Richling , Jürgen von der Lippe , Thomas Hermanns , Ina Müller and Oliver Pocher .
Since Harald Schmidt was never among the guests, he appeared in the last five minutes of the last episode and played the disappointed man that 7 days, 7 heads ended and he could no longer come. At this point in time, Rudi Carrell was so ill that he simply showered Harald Schmidt with a glass of water during his visit.
Success and end
7 days, 7 heads reached 5 to 7 million viewers with the first season, excellent values for such an inexpensive show. So there were imitators, especially Blond am Friday . In 1998 Carrell again reached fifth place among the most popular TV stars, after Thomas Gottschalk , Günther Jauch , Hanns Joachim Friedrichs and Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff . It wasn't until 2005 that the rate fell below 10 percent, after which Carrell decided to discontinue the show. On December 30, 2005, the last episode, which was referred to as The Grand Finale , aired.
Prices
The format has won several awards. The show received such renowned television and audience awards as the Golden Lion , the Bambi and the Golden Gong .
In 2004, a special prize from the German Comedy Prize went to 7 days, 7 heads , as the show had already aired 250 times on RTL and set standards in German television comedy.
Trivia
Practically all regular guests also had their own series in which they played the main roles and which mostly ran in the hour before 7 days, 7 heads also in the Friday evening program on RTL. These were Das Amt (1996–2002) with Jochen Busse, Ritas Welt (1999–2003) with Gaby Köster, Krüger sees everything (2002–2005, Saturdays) with Mike Krüger, Bernds Hexe (2002–2005) with Bernd Stelter and Kalle kocht (2003) with Kalle Pohl. Atze Schröder with Alles Atze (1999-2006) and Hans Werner Olm with OLM! (2002–2005, Saturdays) own series.
Web links
- 7 days, 7 heads in the Internet Movie Database (English)
literature
- Jürgen Trimborn : Rudi Carrell. A life for the show. The biography. C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-570-00941-6 .