The 4 there

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Television series
Original title The 4 there
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Country of production Austria
original language Austrian German / Viennese
Year (s) 2007-2008
length 30 minutes
Episodes 21 in 2 seasons
genre satire
idea Florian Scheuba and Rupert Henning
production Gebhardt Productions
music Thomas Kathriner
First broadcast February 22, 2007 on ORF 1
occupation
Florian Scheuba
Thomas Maurer
Rupert Henning
Erwin Steinhauer

The 4 da was a satirical television series that was first broadcast weekly on ORF 1 on Thursday night in spring 2007 . In each of the self-contained 30-minute programs, a topic from current social, political and social life in Austria is taken up.

content

All roles, which change from episode to episode, were played by the four actors and cabaret artists Rupert Henning , Thomas Maurer , Florian Scheuba and Erwin Steinhauer , who also wrote the scripts. The first season of the series was directed by David Schalko , and the second season was directed by Rupert Henning.

The form and style of the programs change in each episode. The stylistic devices used are based on different television formats such as documentaries , television plays and reports .

First season

Title of the programs of the first season, date of the first broadcast and brief summary:

  1. The government bunker (February 22, 2007): A fictional making-of of a television reportage about the bunker that the Austrian government is supposed to house in the event of a crisis .
  2. Funny Fundis (March 1st, 2007): Sitcom about a community of four fundamentalists of different religions.
  3. The fourth man (March 8, 2007): Only three people (only named “No. 1”, “No. 2” and “No. 3” in the film, but with references to the legendary Austrian newspaper editors Hans Dichand , Oscar Bronner and Wolfgang Fellner ) have been responsible for all Austrian newspapers and their content for decades - a successor is now being sought. ZiB 2 anchorman Armin Wolf appears as a guest star in this episode .
  4. Carinthia III (March 15, 2007): In continuation of the contemporary historical documentaries Austria I and Austria II by Hugo Portisch , reports are made about Carinthia after it was freed from the rule of Jörg Haider .
  5. Sozi Sozi (March 22, 2007): About the “current state” of the SPÖ . A parody of "Africa, Africa" ​​by Andre Heller .
  6. The good people (March 29, 2007): Two employees of the GIS who are supposed to visit radio recipients who are in default of payment come across a particularly insightful and remorseful customer. They decide without further ado to "improve" his entire lifestyle until he finally sees his entire life as useless and stressful for nature and the environment.
  7. Let's go to the black farmers (April 5, 2007): About the "current state" of the ÖVP .
  8. ZiB-Napping (April 12, 2007): During the broadcast, a desperate citizen storms armed into the ZiB 2 news studio to tell the guest of the broadcast, an EADS lobbyist, the truth about the dubious payments made when the Austrian Armed Forces procured the Eurofighter Experienced. The intervention of the Cobra fails because of the stubborn guard at the ORF entrance. (224,000 viewers, 11% market share)
  9. Under the rainbow - How it all began (April 19, 2007): The 4 there reveal one of their “best-kept secrets”: How was it possible that this program was commissioned by ORF? The answer: Extremely discreet but skilfully conducted negotiations between the “Department for Political Balance and Intervention Prevention” with the five parties represented in parliament, from which the permission for the new program was obtained. As a witness of these secret talks, the audience not only experiences the ideological breadth of the “rainbow coalition” responsible for Alexander Wrabetz's election. (286,000 viewers, 15%.)
  10. BestOf (April 26, 2007): Compilation of all nine episodes so far. (279,000 viewers, 14%.)

Second season

  1. Prelude (February 14, 2008): Review of the first season and a little glimpse into the upcoming episodes of the second season. (258,000 viewers, 14% market share)
  2. Austria's smallest man (February 21, 2008): Casting show on the “smallest man in Austria”, which is about the average Austrian, moderated by “Andi Arminger” (alluding to Armin Assinger ). Two candidates fight to win the casting. The episode provides a look back at the decisions made in the previous programs . In the end it turns out that the “smallest man in Austria” is the moderator himself. (278,000 viewers, 14% market share)
  3. Austropop nursing emergency (March 6, 2008): The former Austropop musician "Reinerl Hofer" flees home to make a career again in his country.
  4. Rich life with Martin Schlick (March 13, 2008): One of Austria's super-rich unpacks: Here you can find out how to invest your money so that the police not only let you drive into one- way lanes , but also let you hit the Bentley underbody on command cleans. Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4
  5. Europe with no (March 20, 2008): Using the example of a campaign for transparent toilet paper called “Without” (whose logo is strikingly reminiscent of that of the Kronen Zeitung ), three resourceful people show that you can simply sell anything with an anti- EU campaign , even "every transparent toilet paper". In the course of this, recordings of passers-by can be seen who have not been informed about the satirical background of the campaign and who complain about the EU. At the end of the episode, Steinhauer, who initially acted as a prominent figurehead of the campaign, explains his doubts about the action and exposes the "campaign leaders" as also ignorant of the EU.
  6. The federal restaurant (April 3, 2008): The two chefs of the “Schwamasso” restaurant (created from a fusion of “Schwarzer Mann” and “Rosso”) argue over who is responsible for what in the kitchen until the guests either angrily disappear or almost starve. Parody of the state of government at the time .
  7. Der Ursuperfan (April 10, 2008): This episode parodies the events leading up to the 2008 European Football Championship in Austria. Josef K. ("The Papierene") is thrown out by his Croatian wife and fired by his German employer. That's why he spends the time during the 50-day “Countdown to EURO 2008” with his friends in the “Gasthaus zum Optimisten”. The ORF's live reporting (reporter "Heinz Prollzer", an allusion to Heinz Prüller and Oliver Polzer ) is shown there on television 24 hours a day . When Josef K., an “ambassador of passion”, was denied passion by a “controller of passion” because of the statement “football is just a game”, he ran into the street and was run over by a Polish truck. His last words are: "Olé, olé, olé, olé!" (Note: Croatia, Germany and Poland were Austria's opponents in the group stage of EURO 2008.)
  8. The third camp (April 17, 2008): The “ third camp ” in this case is a film genre: Austrian zombie horror films, which is a parody of the party history of the FPÖ and the BZÖ . Created in 1955 with the work "VdU - Veitstanz der Untoten" (an allusion to the Association of Independents , the predecessor party of the FPÖ), their career is traced in the form of a report, from its heyday in the 1980s and 90s with the "Jörgula "Films, about its commercialization in 2000 up to the split of the camp in the" Knittelfeld chainsaw massacre "(" Knittelfelder Putsch ") and the" Graf Jörgula "films with a new leading actor. The film critic Claus Philipp Grissemann (a combination of the names of the two real film critics Claus Philipp and Stefan Grissemann) and the cultural philosopher Misik Rauscher ( Robert Misik , Hans Rauscher ) have their say . (208,000 viewers, 11% market share)
  9. The Governor of Central Austria (May 8, 2008, 196,000 viewers, 11% market share): This episode deals with the power of the Governors in Austria. The provincial studio of the fictional federal state of Central Austria is preparing for the program “Critically Asked”, in which Governor Dr. Erwin Sausburg-Häupler from St. Voves an der Staa (allusion to the governors of the Austrian federal states at the time) poses the seemingly critical questions of the seemingly independent press. When he is asked what the federal states are good for, he takes his interviewer on an excursion to demonstrate the power of a head of state in everyday political life for a day. Finally it turns out that the governor even submits to the laws of nature.
  10. Free will - a Club 2 (July 3, 2008, 110,000 viewers, 16% market share): In the studio of Club 2 , the discussion culture in Austria and free will are discussed. The characters Upsi Krämer ( Hubert Kramar ), Dietrich Marlenuwitz ( Marlene Streeruwitz ) and Reinhard Ludler ( Richard Lugner ) have their say. When the textbook is out, Die 4 begin to question their own role on ORF and how far they can actually act freely in their broadcast.
  11. Best of II (May 15, 2008, 178,000 viewers, 10% market share)

publication

The first season was released on DVD on November 16, 2007. The second season was released on DVD on September 26, 2008 by Hoanzl.

It is now known that the series will not be continued.

Awards

Rupert Henning, Florian Scheuba and Thomas Maurer were awarded the Romy TV Prize in the Best Screenplay category for Die 4 da in April 2008 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ORF quotas ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ORF teletest  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mediaresearch.orf.at
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Official Blog ( Memento of April 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

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