Celebrity Deathmatch

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Television series
Original title Celebrity Deathmatch
Country of production United States
Year (s) 1998-2003;
2006-2007
length 30 minutes
genre Comedy , wrestling
idea Eric Fogel
Moderation Seasons 1-6: Johnny Gomez, Nick Diamond
First broadcast May 14, 1998 on MTV

Celebrity Deathmatch is an American satirical television show that parodied wrestling using the claymation technique by sending celebrities into the ring against each other, the fight mostly with the death of the loser or death both ends. The series was created by Eric Fogel . It aired on MTV from May 14, 1998 to October 20, 2002 and consisted of 75 episodes. There was a special, which is not counted among the other episodes, called "Celebrity Deathmatch Hits Germany", which was broadcast on June 21, 2001.

Professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin voiced his animated alter ego as a guest commentator. In early 2003, MTV stated that a film about the series was being worked on, but the project was abandoned that same year. In 2005, MTV2 announced that the series would resume in November. In Germany, MTV's episodes were broadcast with subtitles, usually late at night. Due to the 25th anniversary of MTV, the series ran again since August 2, 2006 with new episodes on German television and also with German-language synchronization. The German texts are translated by Oliver Kalkofe , among others .

History of origin

The first fight of Celebrity Deathmatch took place in an episode of Cartoon Sushi in 1997 and was fought between Charles Manson and Marilyn Manson for the title of "Most evil man in America". MTV had planned this as a one-off project, but due to its success, another episode was produced in 1998 - the "Celebrity Deathmatch Deathbowl '98" was then broadcast midway through the American Super Bowl .

4 seasons followed, as well as the German special edition mentioned above. The latter was specially made for MTV Germany and was only broadcast in Germany.

German fights:

Anke Engelke vs. Sabrina Setlur , Stefan Raab vs. Harald Schmidt , Stefan Kretzschmar vs. Mario Basler , Udo Lindenberg vs. Harald Juhnke , Michael Schumacher vs. Boris Becker , Campino vs. Bela B. , Gerhard Schröder vs. Joschka Fischer , Herbert Grönemeyer vs. Marius Müller-Westernhagen , Sven Väth vs. Westbam , Thomas Gottschalk vs. Kai Pflaume (including Günther Jauch ), Xavier Naidoo vs. Thomas D

Characters

  • Johnny Gomez, (Maurice Schlafer (1998–2002), Jim Thornton (2006–…)) : co-commentator of Celebrity Deathmatch and the more professional of the two. He is Nick's loyal friend, despite his constant antics. Notorious for his final sentence “Gute Schlacht und gute Nacht” (Good Fight, Good Night), German voice actor: Till Hagen .
  • Nick Diamond, (Len Maxwell (1998–2002), Chris Edgerly (2006–…)) : Celebrity Deathmatch co-commentator and divorced father. He has a strong dislike for Debbie and won some fights in the Celebrity Deathmatch himself (including against an alien in a monster special), German voice actor: Helmut Gauß .
  • Mills Lane (speaking to himself) : The Referee of Celebrity Deathmatch. He starts each round with the sentence “Let's get it on”.
  • Debbie Matenopoulos (speaking to herself) : The interviewer for Celebrity Deathmatch. She can't stand Nick and never prepares for one of her interviews, she just asks what comes up. She also thinks she is smarter than she actually is, and she doesn't like a lot of the other characters. In season 5, she was replaced by Tally Wong .
  • Stone Cold Steve Austin (speaking to himself) : WWE wrestler and frequent guest commentator on Celebrity Deathmatch. He is also a scientist, doctor and weapons expert on the show. He himself fought a tough fight against Vince McMahon . Austin was also the one who invented the CDM time machine, which was used to bring historical or deceased celebrities into the present.
  • Stacey Cornbread, (voiced by Mz. L) : The former Celebrity Deathmatch interviewer was far more professional than Debbie and far more popular. However, she was killed in spontaneous human self-ignition .

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