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The Gerd show was a radio comedy between 1999 and 2005 in which the then Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and other nationally known politicians were parodied . The creative minds of this program were the comedian and voice imitator Elmar Brandt and the producer and author Peter Burtz . With around 10 million listeners per day and twelve radio stations involved, the Gerd show has been the radio comedy with the widest coverage so far . In addition, there were various, in some cases very successful, sound carriers, each of which was published under the name “The Gerd Show” .
development
In 1999, the Gerd Show makers began to provide familiar melodies with new texts and to sing them with Schröder's voice. With that they had several top 20 hits. With a version of the summer hit "The Ketchup Song" by Las Ketchup under the new title "Der Steuersong", they even landed a number one hit in Germany and Austria in 2002 . The subsequent album Der Kanzler sing (k) t was also a top 10 success in Germany.
In 2003 Elmar Brandt took part with Alles wird gut in the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 and took third place after having even led after the preliminary round.
In 2005 Anne Onken was involved in the Gerd Show as a voice imitator for Angela Merkel .
In October 2005, after Gerhard Schröder was voted out of office, the Gerd show was discontinued after 1300 episodes. As a new project, the Radionovela Fateful Years of a Chancellor - Angela - a woman has been going his way (since January 2007 under the title Supermerkel ) over the airwaves has been going on since October 24, 2005 . Here, too, today's Chancellor Angela Merkel is spoken to by Anne Onken and her male colleagues by Elmar Brandt; Peter Burtz continues to be the author and producer .
Discography
Albums
- 1999: Gerd Show: The Show with Gerd and Horse (July 23, 1999)
- 1999: Gerd Show II: The Empire Resigns (November 22, 1999)
- 2001: Straight from Berlin: Unity and Right to Leisure Time (November 5, 2001)
- 2002: Eddie and Gerd - A Chancellor and a Halber (July 15, 2002)
- 2002: The Chancellor Sing (k) t (December 2, 2002)
- 2003: The Chancellor sing (k) t - Grand Prix Edition (March 3, 2003)
- 2005: Greatest Hartz (August 1, 2005)
- 2005: Greatest Hartz - Special Edition (with DVD ) (August 29, 2005)
Singles
- 1999: FKK (Everybody's Free To Wear Nothing) (August 2, 1999)
- 1999: Your Ticket to Nirvana (Flyin 'High) (December 13, 1999)
- 2000: buy me! (February 2, 2000)
- 2001: In the West (1000 Reasons) (March 26, 2001)
- 2002: Der Steuersong (Las Chancellors) (November 11, 2002)
- 2003: Der Steuersong - The Mehrgerdsteuer version (January 20, 2003)
- 2003: Everything will be fine (February 24, 2003)
- 2003: At Home (Azzurro) (July 28, 2003)
- 2004: The Song of the Tinkers (March 8, 2004)
- 2005: Schri-Schra-Schrödi (April 4, 2005)
- 2005: In the election campaign before me (zone girl) (June 13, 2005)
Awards
- 1999: Axel Springer Prize to Elmar Brandt for his interpretation of Gerhard Schröder
- 1999: German Comedy Award: "Best Radio Comedy"
- 2002: 1 Live Krone : "Best Comedy"
- 2003: Echo nomination for "Best Single National"
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Web links
- The Gerd Show at MusicBrainz (English)