Let's go
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Let's go |
| Country of production | Federal Republic of Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 1977-1986 |
| Episodes | 60 |
| genre | Game show |
| Moderation | Joachim Fuchsberger |
| First broadcast | January 22, 1977 on German television |
Let's go was a game show series of the Südwestfunk on German television (today: Das Erste ), whose television programs were broadcast on Saturday evenings from 1977 to 1986 and moderated by Joachim Fuchsberger .
Fuchsberger as show master
Joachim Fuchsberger had presented various game shows since 1960, but all of them only ran for a short time. Only with Auf Los geht's los he achieved a long-lasting success.
procedure
Studio decoration
The decisive prop of the show was a large dot matrix light display with 2 lines of 16 characters each. It was located above the candidates' seats. It was primarily used for games, but it also showed the title of the musical performance and, at the beginning, the name of the program in scrolling text. To the right and left below this display were the displays of the scores, a three-digit dot matrix display for the total score, including a two-digit fold-out display and a single-digit dot matrix display as a counter for the individual games. The candidates sat below this ensemble.
To the right of the candidates was a counter that only served as a place for a telephone. Behind it was a board for the charts, above which a clock, also with a dot matrix display, was attached for the time-limited games. Next to it was the show stage.
Intro gag
The programs started with a funny situation before or during the greeting. For example, Fuchsberger made by the young chimps Bärbel front of the camera pull (Live), was sitting by a factor of two smaller on the anchor desk or appeared with a bald cap on the head (pre-produced MAZ before the live performance).
AZ game
The A – Z game was the central idea of the show; the first round was before the candidates were presented. Terms had to be guessed: Fuchsberger named a description, such as an instrument with a tone (for maple), and a line appeared on the illuminated display (as well as on the monitors in front of the candidates) for each letter of the term. If no one knew the solution immediately, which was the rule, letters had to be called out. Fuchsberger accepted this by repeating it, and either a buzzer sounded, then the letter was not included, or a bell, then the letter in question replaced the dashes in the appropriate places. Most of the time, the partially written out solution could then be guessed, whereby help was given with increasing length. For each guessing of the five terms there was a point, shown on the single-digit display.
Since it was originally not sure whether the solution should be shown on the television for the viewer or not, both variants were presented in the first broadcast, whereupon most of the letters pleaded for guessing.
Many terms were sent in by viewers; Their name and place of residence were then given along with the description.
Candidate presentation
After the first round, Fuchsberger presented the candidates, and there were also short feature films to be seen. Only clubs from a given area, such as air sports, could apply for the games. Then two clubs with three people each took part. They sat at desks with a concealed monitor, in the middle between them was a stool for the game master.
Audience
From 1979, a two-minute audience round of the AZ game followed with a timeout (like in ice hockey). Fuchsberger went to the stands for this. The illuminated display was displayed at the top of the screen and a countdown clock at the bottom of the screen. Of course, the clock in the studio behind the counter also ran. The two two-digit displays then gave the score, with one point for each guessed term. The scores of the A – Z game were then multiplied by that of the spectator game.
Hit parade
A hit parade was staged for the star guest, for which six titles were available and briefly played. The guest had to give a tip, then the audience could call the studio and dial the number of the desired performance. Spectators in the local area also only got through with a preselection due to justice.
First show performance
The first show performance was created by lesser-known artists, such as a ballet. With around nine minutes, they received just as much of the show as the star guest.
Second AZ round
Then came the second round of the AZ game, which again consisted of 5 terms and took about 4 minutes to complete. For each guess there was another point.
Celebrity Round
Originally this was followed by an auction of celebrities. Associations submitted bids and those who won the bid could, for example, have the person bid appear at a fire brigade ball. There was a short Super 8 film of this in the next program.
In 1979 a round of 5 celebrities replaced the auction. Fuchsberger first talked to them about their activities, then they had to guess terms, also 2 minutes with a timeout. The final score (one point for each guess) was multiplied again by the previous score. At first, the celebrities simply stood in front of the empty candidate seats, which did not seem to be very successful, so that the celebrity section underwent several changes.
Star guest
The star guest appearance was preceded by a call from statistics and IT specialist Karl Engelke, who announced the final result of the hit parade: The three most popular titles were named with their percentages and then came to the lecture. The Südwestfunk dance orchestra always provided accompaniment.
Long distance travel
With Auf Los geht's los there was always a long-haul trip with a fixed departure date to be won, the stations of which Fuchsberger described in detail. With reduced studio lighting, he first showed the travel destination on a glowing globe and then commented on a short film that was only accompanied by music (the title melody from My Name is Nobody composed by Ennio Morricone ) and always ended with recordings of a sunset on the beach at the destination. In order to win the trip, you had to send a postcard with the answer to the Südwestfunk. The description came from a viewer who had sent it in beforehand and was now switched to the program by telephone and only gave his name and not his place of residence (to prevent inquiries about the solution). Fuchsberger then gave the description, which this time was also displayed. Now lines ran across the illuminated panel and the connected viewer had to call stop. Then the lines stopped and the letter at the stop was used as an aid to the solution.
At first it was only possible to travel alone, but from 1979 onwards, by popular request, in pairs. Then they went over to inviting the travelers to the next program so that they could report on their experiences with the support of a self-made Super 8 film.
mime
Finally it came to the pantomime game, which the two clubs played one after the other while standing, each one minute with timeout. They were given headphones with loud music on, the audience played the term mentioned and 3 points were awarded for correct guessing.
winner
The club with the most points won. Both clubs were allowed to take home 100 times the number of points as DM amount, whereby this was typically an amount between 4000 DM and 8000 DM.
Changes
The central idea, the AZ game, has always been retained, but otherwise there have been extensive changes over the years. Since the early 1980s, only four candidates have played for themselves, the score display was now on their desk. The candidates always had their birthday on the day they were broadcast, and they also had to meet another criterion (e.g. red-haired ) that was announced in a previous broadcast. At the game The Nine Jurors , nine spectators sat on a special platform and the candidates had to assess how many of them agree with an assertion read out by Fuchsberger. The celebrities were incorporated into the program in such a way that the candidates had to answer a claim about them with yes or no. In the case of the Superchance , the winner was finally allowed to climb a ten-step staircase within 60 s, but had to answer one question correctly before each step.
Unusual
- Reinhard Mey and Helmut Schön were the star guests of the first show on January 22, 1977 in the Schwabenlandhalle in Fellbach . Among other things, Helmut Schön was auctioned for a good cause by local football clubs. In the course of the broadcast, a street in Fellbach was to be named Sepp-Herberger-Straße .
- Fuchsberger completed the first program with a chimpanzee named Charly . The idea for this came from Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff , who concluded his show One will win with his butler Martin Jente . Fuchsberger did not want to copy this idea exactly and took up the suggestion of his secretary to take a trained monkey who should hand over an envelope with his message. After a long search, Charly was found , but after a few broadcasts he did not play his role in the dress rehearsal. The trainer then advised to hit the monkey with an iron bar, otherwise he would not recognize the showmaster as an alpha animal. Fuchsberger feared an enormous spectator protest, so that one finally turned to Bärbel . It was a much smaller animal, but it was less popular, so that in the end there were no monkeys at all.
- In the case of an episode that lasted longer than the scheduled broadcast time, but was faded out on time, the viewer term normally presented at the end of the program was no longer broadcast. As a result, on the following Sunday in several radio messages, the corresponding description was given to arm a female relative (solution: corner shop ).
- Fuchsberger once introduced a civil servant candidate from Bavaria who should not be civil servated because she was overweight. After the case had been discussed by telephone with the responsible Prime Minister (the himself quite stout Franz Josef Strauss ) and the latter did not want to give the candidate any hope of an exception, Désirée Nosbusch made a derogatory remark about the Prime Minister, which meant that she would be banned from appearing at the Bavarian for a longer period of time Broadcasting.
- As a result of May 9, 1981, a heckler insulted guest Erich von Däniken . Fuchsberger then asked the man on stage to have a brief conversation with him. He complained that there were many more important problems to discuss than von Däniken's hypotheses. Fuchsberger replied that - regardless of the man's opinion - there were already many other programs on German television that deal with these problems and that the audience also had the right to programs that were exclusively devoted to entertainment without a guilty conscience.
- In the episode broadcast from Vienna on August 28, 1982 with an Austrian audience, he asked the fateful question: “How many of the nine jurors do the Germans basically call: Piefke ?” Six of the nine jurors, including the then director of the Berlin transport company Joachim Piefke , answered with yes. When asked by Fuchsberger, they said that the Piefkes were the conceited Germans who threw their marks around and believed they were something better. This episode is used as a hook in the television film The Piefke Saga .
- Due to a losing bet at Wetten dass ..? Fuchsberger appeared on October 22, 1983 in a nightgown and house slippers. Actually he only wanted to spend the first part of the show with it; the audience in the hall questioned decided that he should keep his shirt on until the end. In the run-up, viewers had sent in numerous nightgowns, some of which were individually designed, so that Fuchsberger wore different copies during the course of the program.
running time
The Südwestfunk produced a total of 60 programs from January 22, 1977 to March 15, 1986. Then the series came to an end prematurely, although the contract still provided for some expenses. The last broadcast was placed entirely in the service of UNICEF . The program ended because Fuchsberger was increasingly criticized by the media and viewers. At the time, he had given offense through remarks and he had anticipated a cancellation of the program by leaving.
Emanations in the first
The programs were broadcast on the first on the following dates:
| DATE | EPISODE | PLACE | GUESTS |
| 01/22/1977 | 01 | Fellbach, Schwabenlandhalle | Reinhard Mey, Helmut Schön |
| 05.03.1977 | 02 | Ravensburg, Oberschwabenhalle | Anneliese Rothenberger, René Kollo, Heinz Rühmann |
| 04/16/1977 | 03 | Pforzheim, Jahnhalle | Caterina Valente, Silvio Francesco, Frank Elstner, Bernhard Grzimek |
| 06/11/1977 | 04 | Karlsruhe, Black Forest Hall | Katja Ebstein, Udo Juergens |
| 07/23/1977 | 05 | Stuttgart, Liederhalle | Roger Whittaker |
| 09/03/1977 | 06 | Gitte, dancing couple Trautz, dancing couple Fischer | |
| October 29, 1977 | 07 | Trier, Europahalle | Rene Kollo, Heinz Schenk, Palatinate Weinkehlchen (Head of Hans Moster) |
| December 10, 1977 | 08 | Nana Mouskouri, Ivan Rebroff | |
| 01/21/1978 | 09 | Böblingen, sports hall | Karel Gott, Tony Marshall, Rolf Braun |
| 03/04/1978 | 10 | Freiburg / Breisgau, town hall | Boney M., Ilja Richter, Irene Mann |
| 04/15/1978 | 11 | Mainz, Rheingoldhalle | Howard Carpendale, Ireen Sheer, Roberto Blanco |
| May 27, 1978 | 12 | Rodalben , TSR sports hall | Freddy Quinn, Michael Schanze |
| 02/17/1979 | 13 | Mainz, Rheingoldhalle | Ivan Rebroff, Alice & Ellen Kessler, Tony Marshall, Rolf Braun, Uli Hoeness |
| 04/14/1979 | 14th | Offenburg, Upper Rhine Hall | Helen Schneider, Mike Krüger, Christian Anders, Milk & Honey |
| 05/12/1979 | 15th | Düsseldorf, Philipshalle | Gilbert Becaud, Harald Juhnke, Wolfgang Fierek, Cleo Kretschmer |
| 06/09/1979 | 16 | ||
| 07/21/1979 | 17th | Freiburg / Breisgau, town hall | Karin Dor, Bud Spencer, Richard Clayderman, Fritz Eckart, Julia Migenes |
| 09/02/1979 | 18th | ||
| January 19, 1980 | 19th | Böblingen, sports hall | Peter Maffay |
| 03/01/1980 | 20th | Mainz, Rheingoldhalle | Hildegard Knef, Thomas Gottschalk, The Kelly Family |
| 04/12/1980 | 21st | ||
| 05/31/1980 | 22nd | ||
| 07/05/1980 | 23 | ||
| 01/17/1981 | 24 | Ephraim Kishon, Peter Maffay, Gitte | |
| 03/28/1981 | 25th | Ludwigshafen, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | Lena Valaitis, Desiree Nosbusch |
| 05/09/1981 | 26th | Cologne, sports hall | Udo Lindenberg, Jill Sander, Jupp Derwall, Erich von Däniken, Al Martino, Orchestra Kurt Edelhagen,
Desiree Nosbusch |
| 06/20/1981 | 27 | Ravensburg, Oberschwabenhalle | Milva, Roger Whittaker, Alfred Biolek, Heinz Schenk |
| 08/15/1981 | 28 | Courtyard, freedom hall | Boney M., Peter Hofmann |
| October 24, 1981 | 29 | ||
| December 19, 1981 | 30th | ||
| 01/30/1982 | 31 | Wolfsburg, congress hall | Sheena Easton, Roland Kaiser, The Dancing Devils, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Beatrice Richter, Bubi Scholz |
| 03/27/1982 | 32 | Ludwigshafen, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | Linda Gray, Peter Cornelius, Karel Gott, Klaus Kinski |
| 05/22/1982 | 33 | Food, Grugahalle | Udo Juergens, Peter Fonda, Jeanne Moreau |
| 07/03/1982 | 34 | Offenburg, Upper Rhine Hall | Dalida, Falco, John McLaughlin, Katja & Marielle |
| 08/28/1982 | 35 | Vienna, city hall | Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bud Spencer, Rainhard Fendrich, Al Bano and Romina Power, Georg Thomalla,
Tina Riegel, Ricci e Poveri |
| 10/09/1982 | 36 | Rodalben, TSR sports hall | Sir Peter Ustinov, Luis Trenker, Peter Hofmann, Dionne Warwick |
| 11/20/1982 | 37 | Mainz, Rheingoldhalle | Opus, Hubert Bognermayr, Shirley Bassey, Lena Valaitis, Jaromir Wagner |
| 01/15/1983 | 38 | Siegen, Siegerlandhalle | Roger Whittaker, Maria Schell, Sylvester Stallone |
| 03/12/1983 | 39 | Ludwigshafen, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | Eberhard Gienger, Robert de Niro, Zara-Thustra, Alice, Up with people |
| 05/07/1983 | 40 | Hollabrunn, sports hall | Al Jarreau, Rene Kollo, Main Street |
| 06/18/1983 | 41 | Friedrichshafen, IBO exhibition hall | Supertramp, Mireille Mathieu, Patrick Duffy, André Heller |
| 09/10/1983 | 42 | Bochum, Ruhrlandhalle | Wencke Myhre, Malcolm McLaren, Georg Danzer, Lino Ventura, Jerry Lewis, Mike Krüger |
| 10/22/1983 | 43 | Ludwigshafen, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | Christopher Lee, Angelo Branduardi, Audrey Landers, Gustl Bayrhammer, Mireille Mathieu, Patrick Duffy, Harry Belafonte |
| December 3rd, 1983 | 44 | Freiburg, city hall | David Bowie, Peter Weck, Rondo Veneziano |
| 02/04/1984 | 45 | Kaiserslautern, Barbarossahalle | Nena, Chris Rea, Klaus Maria Brandauer |
| March 24, 1984 | 46 | Offenburg, Upper Rhine Hall | Barbra Streisand, Howard Carpendale, Up with people, Conny and Jean |
| 05/12/1984 | 47 | Münster, Halle Münsterland | Raffaela Carra, Terence Hill, Rolf and his friends, Cosa Rosa |
| 06/30/1984 | 48 | Basel, St.Jakobshalle | Peter Maffay, Marlene Ricci, Liselotte Pulver |
| 08/25/1984 | 49 | Ludwigshafen, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | Gitte Haenning |
| 10/20/1984 | 50 | Linz, sports hall | Julio Iglesias, Gheorghe Zamfir, Vienna Boys' Choir, Falco, Leonard Nimoy, Bud Spencer, Terence Hill |
| December 8, 1984 | 51 | Placido Domingo, Whirling Wizards, Andreas Martin | |
| January 19, 1985 | 52 | Böblingen, sports hall | Bo Derek, Barry Gibb, Paul Hunt |
| 03/09/1985 | 53 | Basel, St.Jakobshalle | Blackwits, Mike Krüger, Susanne Uhlen, Klaus Lage, Giorgio Moroder, Gustav Fröhlich, Ricchi e Poveri |
| 04/27/1985 | 54 | Cologne, sports hall | Herman van Veen, John James |
| 06/01/1985 | 55 | Vienna, city hall | Maria Bill, Peter Cornelius, Rainhard Fendrich, Gary Lux, Opus, Harry Belafonte |
| 09/14/1985 | 56 | Ravensburg, Oberschwabenhalle | Catherine Deneuve, Stefan Waggershausen, Alice, Jürgen Renford, Shi Honge |
| 11/02/1985 | 57 | Bochum, Ruhrlandhalle | |
| December 21, 1985 | 58 | Ludwigshafen, Friedrich-Ebert-Halle | Karel Gott, Daliah Lavi, Rudolf Schock |
| 02/01/1986 | 59 | Duisburg, Rhein-Ruhr-Halle | Wall Street Crash, Flying Aarhus, Peter Maffay |
| 03/15/1986 | 60 | Düsseldorf, Philipshalle | Marianne von Weizsäcker, Caterina Valente, Sir Peter Ustinov, Danny Kaye, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Rush, Peter Maffay, Giulietta Masina , Alice and Ellen Kessler, Ingrid Steeger, Mike Krüger, Lena Valaitis u. a.
Director: Dieter Pröttel |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Let's go. In: ARD, episode: 11, first broadcast April 15, 1978, 8:15 p.m.
- ↑ Let's go. In: ARD, episode: 14, first broadcast April 14, 1979, 8:15 p.m.
- ↑ Let's go. In: ARD, episode: 27, first broadcast June 20, 1981, 8:15 p.m.
- ^ Sources: Online archive of the Wiener Arbeiter-Zeitung and the Hamburger Abendblatt, credits of the original broadcasts