Marc Metzger

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Marc Metzger at an appearance in 2011

Marc Metzger (born April 6, 1973 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler ) is a German comedian . He appears as "Dä Blötschkopp" in the Cologne carnival .

career

Metzger was born in 1973 in Ahrweiler , grew up in Remagen - Unkelbach and attended the grammar school of the Franciscan Sisters of Nonnenwerth on the Rhine, later the vocational school in Cologne and the technical college in Gelsenkirchen . He did an apprenticeship as a publishing clerk and studied event management .

Metzger began acting at the age of seven. At the age of 14 he stepped on stage alone at the carnival for the first time. Today he works as a presenter and comedian . He is one of the most sought-after artists in Cologne's carnival and sometimes performs up to 300 appearances per session.

Health problems

In December 2012, Metzger announced that he had had multiple sclerosis since 1999 . At the beginning of 2013, Metzger canceled all appearances for the 2013 carnival session in order to receive inpatient treatment for burnout . As a result, he was forced to cancel around 220 appearances. He returned in autumn 2013, including in the WDR's Wiwaldi Show .

Appearances (selection)

  • 2006–2008: " Foolish Hit Parade " (WDR)
  • since 2007 (except 2013): moderator at Karnevalissimo (ZDF)
  • since 2007 (except 2013): TV session Carnival in Cologne (ARD)
  • 2007–2010: Girls' meeting and meeting of the honor guard of the city of Cologne 1902 Typisch Kölsch (ZDF)
  • 2009: Moderation of the program “ Celebrate until the Zoch kütt”
  • 2009 & 2010: Tour Rampensau - From the diary of a hand-made speaker
  • 2008–2012: This is how NRW laughs (WDR)
  • 2010: Rampensau - recording of the solo program (WDR)
  • 2011–2015: Moderation by Blötschkopp and the Rampensäue (WDR)
  • 2002–2015: Moderation of eleventh in eleventh from the Lanxess Arena
  • 2016: 11.11. - Sing with Cologne! (WDR)
  • 2019: Moderation of eleventh in eleventh from the Lanxess Arena

Publications

  • 2008: Single CD Der stupid Dom
  • 2008: Book Rampensau: From the diary of a hand-made speaker , Kiepenheuer & Witsch Verlag, ISBN 978-3-462-03815-6
  • 2009: Live CD Rampensau
  • 2010: DVD Rampensau
  • 2010: Single CD Schawa Schawa Schawa
  • 2012: Single CD Jeck im Rään (bachelor party)
  • 2013: Single CD Amazing!
  • 2014: Album CD Amazing! The album
  • 2015: Single (MP3) Zwölfaachunfeezig
  • 2015: Single (MP3) JubelTrubelHerkeit

In addition, other individual songs were released on various sound carriers:

  • Silent roof on Cologne Christmas 14
  • The shepherd boy of St. Kathrein in Kölsche Heimat 1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kölsche-Tön interview! Marc Metzger ( Memento from August 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Jürgen Overkott: Why the "Blötschkopp" is less carnival on TV. In: Westfalenpost. February 13, 2015, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Cologne comedian Marc Metzger has multiple sclerosis. In: Express Cologne . December 4, 2012, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Marc Metzger has multiple sclerosis. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . December 4, 2012, accessed January 4, 2019 .
  5. ↑ "Blötschkopp" speaks of burn-out. In: General-Anzeiger (Bonn) . January 8, 2013, accessed January 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Butcher, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dä Blötschkopp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German comedian
DATE OF BIRTH April 6, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler