A job for life

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Television series
German title A job for life
Country of production Germany
original language German
year 1993
Production
company		 Synergy movie
length 25 minutes
Episodes 26 in 1 season
genre Sitcom
Director Walter Weber
script Martin Cohan
Blake Hunter
(1: 1 adaptation of the script of Who's the Boss? )
production Stefan Diepenbrock
First broadcast March 4, 1993 on RTL Television
occupation

A job for life is a German sitcom . The RTL production was a remake of the US television series Who's the Boss?

action

The macho and son of Italian guest workers Vito Castelli lives with his daughter Alexandra in Berlin-Neukölln . Due to a sports injury, he can no longer do his job as a center forward at Hertha BSC . When his wife dies unexpectedly, he decides to start a new life. Vito and Alexandra move to Hamburg-Othmarschen to live with the single mother Barbara Hoffmann and her son Daniel, with whom Vito takes a job as housekeeper.

Episodes

Of a job for life 26 episodes were produced in one season.

episode title First broadcast
1 Vito moves in March 4th 1993
2 Exchange of blows March 11, 1993
3 The cocktail party March 18, 1993
4th Menu with obstacles March 25, 1993
5 Truth can't hurt April 1, 1993
6th Ski trip April 8, 1993
7th Barbara freaks out April 15, 1993
8th Vito, the role model April 22, 1993
9 The few years April 29, 1993
10 Stay away from the househusband May 6, 1993
11 Alex is growing up May 13, 1993
12 Lotte unpacks May 27, 1993
13 Only shudder is nicer 3rd June 1993
14th The children's party 17th June 1993
15th A kiss in honor June 24, 1993
16 The inheritance July 1, 1993
17th Poker party July 8, 1993
18th The little matchmaker July 15, 1993
19th The crumbled existence July 29, 1993
20th mixed double 5th August 1993
21st When two argue August 12, 1993
22nd Sports friends 19th August 1993
23 The apartment in Neukölln August 26, 1993
24 filled tomatoes 2nd September 1993
25th Visit from the jungle, part 1 December 27, 1993
26th Visit from the jungle, part 2 December 28, 1993

background

Due to the increasing popularity of American sitcoms in the 1990s, German production studios and television stations developed their own series. A job for life is a 1: 1 adaptation of the US series Who's the Boss? whose scripts were literally translated, only the locations were relocated to Germany. The series was broadcast on Thursdays during prime time, together with RTL's own series Help, my family is spinning , a remake of A terrible family . During the broadcast of the two RTL productions, the US originals were also shown on RTL in the afternoon program.

reception

A job for life was mostly rated negatively. Christian Richter describes the series in his television cemetery column as a “pale copy of the US sitcom”. The series flopped and was canceled after one season due to poor audience ratings. RTL program director Marc Conrad judged both a job for life and help, my family is crazy with the words: "That just doesn't seem strange."

In 2012 the Moviepilot editorial team published the ranking of the top 7 German comedy series crimes and placed Ein Job fürs Leben in second place behind Help, my family is crazy . They judged that the "whole series [was] embarrassing, uncomfortable and unnecessary like a goiter".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Reufsteck, Stefan Niggemeier: A job for life. The television dictionary, accessed on November 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Christian Richter: The Sitcom Cemetery: "That just doesn't seem strange". Odds Meter, November 29, 2012, accessed November 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Thomas Hoffmann: Gag writers wanted. FOCUS Magazin, August 9, 1993, accessed November 8, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Top 7 German comedy series crimes. Moviepilot, October 21, 2012, accessed November 8, 2018 .