Dennis and Jesko
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| German title | Dennis and Jesko |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | 2009-2011 |
| length | 15 to 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 17 in 3 seasons |
| genre | Comedy |
| idea | Jesko Friedrich , Dennis Kaupp |
| production |
NDR television (2010-2011) Mfg Film (2009) |
| First broadcast | November 15, 2009 on NDR television |
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Dennis and Jesko was a sketch comedy show that was broadcast on NDR television from 2009 to 2012 . In 2010, the show was nominated for the German Comedy Prize in the Best Sketch Comedy category.
Content and concept
The main actors Dennis Kaupp and Jesko Friedrich , both authors and directors of the show, slip into various, mostly typically northern German roles, such as farmers or captains. Due to his origins, Dennis Kaupp often mimes southern German characters.
The broadcast of the first season began on November 15, 2009, but nine best-of episodes ran under the same name in the weeks before, in which material from previous productions by Dennis Kaupp and Jesko Friedrich was shown. The second season, consisting of eight episodes, premiered on December 19, 2010 and ran under the title Dennis und Jesko - Die Sketchköppe . It is reminiscent of the British format Little Britain . The third and final season started on December 31, 2011 and ended in 2012.
In the first season the German country band had Truckstop several guest appearances in the second Heinz Hoenig , former news anchor Jo Brown , Chef Tim maltsters , the musicians Gotthilf Fischer and Tony Marshall and the NDR -Moderatorinnen Bettina Tietjen , Carlo von Tiedemann and Caren Miosga . In the third season, Jean Pütz and again Heinz Hoenig, Jo Brauner and Bettina Tietjen were guests.
Recurring content
- Big mouth area - a parody of the big city area , Jesko Friedrich as Fiete Börnsen , Dennis Kaupp as Dörte Petzold .
- Jean-Jacques Bidet - A parody of the cultural program of the station arte , Jean-Jacques Bidet ( Jesko Friedrich ) interprets social issues ( e.g. genetic manipulation or fridge magnets ) in a dance-like manner.
- Lord of the Rings - A parody of The Lord of the Rings , Jesko Friedrich as the Hobbit , Dennis Kaupp as Legoland (parody of Legolas ), Robert Missler as Gundolf (parody of Gandalf ). In this series, the music video parody Nur ein Ork appeared for the song Nur ein Wort by the German music group Wir sind Helden .
- Günter Nüssle ( Dennis Kaupp ) is a Swabian family man, cheater and impostor from Böblingen , who in northern Germany pretends to be a mudflat guide and tourist guide and relieves his fellow men of money and jewelry. He's also tricky as the GEZ's license fee officer . He also practices as a recumbent cyclist and kite surfer without a board or sail.
As a running gag, Ms. Schnackenburger (Hildegard Riese-Kling), an elderly lady, bursts into various sketches and is always pushed out again with a “Ms. Schnackenburger, that's not your sketch!”.
production
The first season was filmed in summer 2009 in various locations in Lower Saxony (including the Lüneburg Heath and Hanover ) and Hamburg . The shooting for the second season took place between May and August 2010 at various locations in Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony, as well as Hamburg. The third season was filmed from August to September 2011 in Hamburg, Tremsbüttel , Jork , Wedel , Glückstadt and Scharbeutz .
Awards
- 2010 - nominated for the German Comedy Award in the Best Sketch Comedy category
- 2011 - nominated for the Grimme Prize in the entertainment category