Urs Kliby

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Kliby and Caroline (2004)

Urs Kliby (born December 24, 1950 ), formerly Urs Kliebenschädel, known as Kliby , from Kreuzlingen , is a Swiss ventriloquist . He is a trained customs broker and worked for several years at the ticket counter of the Swiss Federal Railways in Kreuzlingen.

Together with his companion, the cheeky donkey doll Caroline, he celebrated successes especially in the 1970s and 1980s. He sold over a million records, won five gold and two platinum records and appeared on radio and television, for example in 1981 in Wetten, dass ..? .

He also lends the doll his ventriloquist voice in songs. In 1989 he performed the song Lache isch gsund, written by Charles Lewinsky , at the Grand Prix of Folk Music .

In the 1990s moderated Kliby also a few years to succeed Jürg Randegger the shipment Donnschtig-Jass of the Swiss television . At that time, the show toured Switzerland in a classic Postbus during the summer program.

During their appearances in Switzerland, Kliby and Caroline each speak in the dialect of the Canton of Thurgau .

Kliby is married and lives in Kreuzlingen.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guest: Kliby and Caroline - Folk Music Brunch ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from October 7, 2012, SF 1 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.srf.ch
  2. ↑ Awards for music sales: CH
  3. ^ "Caroline will retire in three years" in: Blick.ch of December 21, 2010
  4. ↑ Love lasts forever - Part 2: Urs and Ruth Kliby ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2014 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. in: glanz & gloria from October 19, 2010 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.srf.ch
personal data
SURNAME Kliby, Urs
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kliebenschädel, Urs (real name); Kliby (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss ventriloquist
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Kreuzlingen , Switzerland