Loriot's Telecabinet

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Television broadcast
Original title Loriot's Telecabinet
Country of production Germany
original language German
length 40 minutes
Director Loriot
script Loriot, Tim Moores
production Süddeutscher Rundfunk, Jürgen Barto
camera Jim Lewis
cut Jürgen Lenz
First broadcast November 13, 1974 on German television
occupation

Loriot's Telecabinet is a television program by Loriot and Tim Moores, produced by Süddeutscher Rundfunk and broadcast on German television on November 13, 1974 . It was Loriot's first completely self-conceived television show, who, in addition to being responsible for the book, also took on the direction and appeared in several roles. You can see a parody of a talk show, which is interrupted by several skits. Parts of the telecabinet were reused in later Loriot programs and have also appeared in text form. A 1972 special edition of Loriot's first cartoon series, shown by Südwest 3 , was also titled Loriot's Telecabinet .

content

At the beginning of the program you see Loriot as himself, who is sitting on a red sofa and announcing the fictional talk show Schmollers Talk-In . It forms the framework of the program and is interrupted by five films. It is moderated by Viktor Schmoller. Initially, four guests are present, the aging operetta diva Gloria Miranda, Prof. Ludwig Pahlke, head of the famous Beethoven trio, the racing driver Schorsch Riedelberger and Dr. Ernst Dattelmann, director of the Frankfurt Institute for Contemporary Etiquette. After the guests have been introduced, a film is shown showing the arrival of the British Queen Elizabeth II at Stuttgart Airport and later on the Süddeutscher Rundfunk. Then the queen comes into the studio and takes the last free seat. The chair was built especially for the queen, which Schmoller tells her, trying to translate the English into German at the same time.

Then Dr. Dattelmann briefly present the goals of his institute before the sketch of the etiquette school is displayed, which shows a practical exercise by a student of Dattelmann. The man named Blühmel is supposed to eat a multi-course menu together with employees of the institute (Mrs. Schuster and Mrs. Krakowski) who play his wife or an acquaintance. In contrast to the ladies, Blühmel really has to consume the food and alcoholic drinks. By repeating the exercise several times, he becomes more and more drunk and abusive. Nevertheless, Dattelmann reports after the end of the film that Blühmel passed the test ten minutes later.

The next film shows a parody of a Formula 1 race that takes place at the fictional Plattenbergring. Five nations have qualified for the Grand Prix: England, the USA, Italy, Germany and the Soviet Union. The race participants drive around the course in pedal cars . Due to an accident of the other four drivers, the former driver of the Soviet Union wins in the end.

Next, the Beethoven trio can be seen practicing. In addition to the violinist Pahlke, the violist Böck and the cellist Pochlow are also present. All three are hard of hearing, wear Beethoven's hairstyle and play crookedly. During the exercise there is a dialogue based on absurd comedy between Pahlke and Böck about whether Beethoven had ears like a falcon in 1796 and whether falcons have ears at all.

The last film shows the chaotic shooting of the film Operetta , in which Gloria Miranda plays together with Walter Walewski and which Erich Muffat directs.

After Schmoller's farewell to the audience, the British Queen begins with a written nonsense speech. She had tried several times before, but was repeatedly interrupted in the first sentence.

Production and publication

Between 1967 and 1972 the Süddeutsche Rundfunk produced Loriot's first series of cartoon programs . In 1972 a special edition was produced called Loriots Telecabinet and consisted of a cut of television parodies previously shown in cartoon . It was the German contribution to the television festival Rose d'Or in Montreux and, unlike the other cartoon episodes, was not broadcast in the first program of ARD , but on March 26, 1972 on the third program Südwest 3 .

Independently of the cartoon , a new program called Loriots Telecabinet was created in 1974 in cooperation with the Süddeutscher Rundfunk . Unlike the cartoon , for which the “Culture and Society” editorial team under the editor Dieter Ertel was responsible, the Telecabinet was created in cooperation with the “TV entertainment” editorial team under Edwin Friesch. Some things in the Telecabinet are still reminiscent of cartoon . These include the red sofa shown at the beginning, the figure of the moderator Schmoller and Heiner Schmidt, actor of Dr. Dattelmann, who both appeared in late cartoon episodes. The British Tim Moores, co-author of the Telecabinet , had also worked on cartoon as a writer and director from 1970 . In the booklet accompanying the complete DVD edition of Loriot's television works, the 1974 Telecabinet is even referred to as a cartoon special.

The program was broadcast as a single program on November 13, 1974 on German television . It is not clear whether there were any plans for a sequel. Der Spiegel speaks in an article about the next Telecabinet , which should be broadcast in November 1975. At that time , however, it is said that there will only be one issue for the time being, as Loriot needs time to be able to assess his work.

Parts of the program were shown again in later Loriot programs. The program for Loriot's 60th birthday shows both the sketch etiquette and excerpts from the contributions with the British Queen. Part of the Beethoventrio contribution was shown in the broadcast on Loriot's 70th birthday. In the cut version of the Loriot series from 1997, both the etiquette (episode 8) and the Beethoven trio (episode 10) were recorded. In addition, the two skits were also published in print. The Benimmschule was entitled decency lessons published, the end has been adjusted so that Mr. Blühmel gets his diploma directly. From the Beethoven trio only the discussion about the hearing of Beethoven and Falken was published as a text.

Analysis and evaluation

With the talk show, Loriot used a broadcast format that was becoming more and more common on West German television at the time. After the WDR started with The Later the Evening , other broadcasters soon followed with their own formats. Loriot first used the idea of ​​letting the framework itself become part of the satire in the Telecabinet . She was picked up again and again later by him. In terms of content, the Telecabinet is very similar to the late cartoon episodes, which were also devoted to the television parody. While politicians and scientists were the main focus there, this time it is people from culture, entertainment and sport. According to the German scholar Stefan Neumann, who wrote his dissertation on Loriot's work, the comedy of the Telecabinet, as with the cartoon episodes, lies primarily in "the alternative contrast between the high endeavors and the pitiful failure of the individual characters".

Neumann rates the quality of the individual films differently. While he regards the behavior school as "[h] outstandingly successful" and is one of the "classics of Loriot's television work", he finds the clips about Formula 1 and the shooting rather mediocre. Also the choice of actors, with the exception of Jeannette Charles in the role of Queen, Heiner Schmidt as Dr. Dattelmann and Loriot themselves are not ideal.

The contemporary criticism has been positive. Such was for Clara Menck from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , the Telecabinet "has long been the most powerful and pretty well only evidence that the German TV may have something to do with comedy." Even Manfred Sack praised in the time the show and kept the Behavior school as well as the racing report for best succeeded.

Audio-visual media

  • Loriot: The full television edition . Warner Home Video, Hamburg 2007, DVD No. 2.

literature

  • Dieter Praise Board: Loriot. Biography . Riva, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86883-267-9 , pp. 121-123 .
  • Stefan Neumann: Loriot and the comedy. Life, work and work of Vicco von Bülow . Scientific publishing house Trier, Trier 2011, ISBN 978-3-86821-298-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stefan Neumann: Loriot and the high comedy. 2011, p. 251.
  2. ↑ Dieter Lobenbrett: Loriot. 2012, p. 121. Stefan Neumann: Loriot and the high comedy. 2011, p. 243.
  3. ^ Stefan Neumann: Loriot and the high comedy. 2011, p. 49.
  4. ↑ Loriot: The Complete Television Edition. 2007.
  5. ↑ a b talk shows: Off to the third set . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1974, p. 188-191 ( online ).
  6. ↑ a b Manfred Sack: Loriot's return . In: The time . No. 46 , November 8, 1974 ( zeit.de ).
  7. ↑ Uwe Ehlert: "That is probably more of a communication disorder". The representation of misunderstandings in Loriot's work . ALDA! Der Verlag, Nottuln 2004, ISBN 3-937979-00-X , p. 444, 451 (also dissertation at the University of Münster 2003).
  8. ^ Stefan Neumann: Loriot and the high comedy. 2011, pp. 416-417.
  9. ^ Loriot: Loriot's dramatic works . Diogenes, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-257-01004-4 , p. 154-163 . Loriot: Collected prose . Diogenes, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-257-06481-0 , pp. 197-212 .
  10. ↑ Loriot: Pugs & People. Kind of a biography . Diogenes, Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-257-01653-0 , p. 208 . Loriot: Collected prose . Diogenes, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-257-06481-0 , pp. 414 .
  11. ^ Stefan Neumann: Loriot and the high comedy. 2011, pp. 250-251.
  12. ^ Stefan Neumann: Loriot and the high comedy. 2011, pp. 251-252.
  13. ↑ Clara Menck: To do with comedy . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . November 15, 1974. Quoted in: Dieter Lobenbrett: Loriot. 2012, p. 121.