The Hugo Show
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| Original title | HUGO The interactive game show |
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| Country of production | Germany |
| Year (s) | 1994–1997, 1998 briefly with Nickelodeon Germany |
| Production company |
Tresor TV The cable channel |
| length | 30-60 minutes |
| Broadcasting cycle |
Monday to Saturday |
| genre | Game show |
| idea | ITE ApS |
| music | Neil Anthony Quinton |
| Moderation |
Director:
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| First broadcast | April 18, 1994 on Der Kabelkanal |
The Hugo Show was one of the first game shows on television in the 1990s to be produced with a real-time reacting character and a real-life actor. Most moderators took phone calls to techno-like music and sent the callers to constantly changing games in which Hugo played a leading role.
description
The show first ran on April 18, 1994 on Kabel Kanal , which was renamed Kabel 1 later that year. In addition, there was "Das Hugo-Mobil" at irregular intervals , in which the external reporters, u. a. Guido Kellermann, reported on various events at which viewers had the opportunity to play "Hugo" live. In the games it was about pressing a button on the phone, for example. B. to jump over objects in order to reach the goal and finally to be able to save Hugo's family. This was previously captured by the witch Hexana . Hugo himself was a cartoon character portraying a troll .
A touch-tone telephone with multi-frequency dialing was a prerequisite for participation. Except for a few pieces of furniture for the real actors, the decoration was completely calculated in the computer and incorporated into the picture using blue screen technology .
There were also various music guests, u. a. Masterboy , in the studio. Hugo also published some of his own songs, some of which were sung in a duet with Judith Hildebrandt.
The program was mostly broadcast in the afternoon, so that it was aimed primarily at a young audience between the ages of 12 and 16. Internationally, the program has been running in various countries since 1990.
From December 1996 the concept of the program was changed. The Hugo Show became Hugo (in the Hexana Castle). The witch's castle was a virtual studio that could represent different rooms. Instead of a team of moderators, the show was exclusively moderated by the virtual troll Hugo and the evil witch Hexana , portrayed by Julia Haacke. Hexana represented the more or less evil counterpart to Hugo. The show was only broadcast on Saturday mornings in several episodes of ten minutes each between cartoon series. The spin-off Hexana is derived from this program.
On December 27, 1997, Hugo was set on Kabel 1 due to a lack of ratings. Almost half a year later, on May 4, 1998, the broadcaster Nickelodeon Germany reanimated the little troll for a short time and showed his own show Hugos Nick Live Club , which was discontinued together with the broadcaster a month later. Since then, Hugo has not been shown on German television.
Moderation and synchronization
The show was moderated by Judith Hildebrandt , who later u. a. played in Marienhof and in Sturm der Liebe . Other moderators were Sonja Zietlow , Minh-Khai Phan-Thi , Tania Schleef , Klaus Dittrich, Yvette Dankou and Julia Haacke , who slipped into the role of the witch Hexana.
Hexana was spoken by Karin Kernke in the games .
The following speakers lent their voices to the Kobold Hugo :
- Michael Habeck (1994, 1995)
- Oliver Grimm (1995, 1996)
- Oliver Baier (1996)
- Sven Blümel (10/1996 - 12/1997)
See also
Web links
- The Hugo Show in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Hugo Show at Fernsehserien.de
- The Hugo Show at HugosWelt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uli Söhnlein ( Memento from May 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ "Hugo" turns the television set into a gambling den , in Rems-Zeitung of April 18, 1994, p. 19
- ↑ Oliver Baier's Timeline ( Memento from February 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive )