Mike Kruger

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Mike Krüger 2008 at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Michael Friedrich Wilhelm "Mike" Krüger (born December 14, 1951 in Ulm ) is a German comedian , actor , cabaret artist and singer .

Life

Mike Krüger is the son of Friedrich W. Krüger, an authorized signatory of the Norddeutsche Treuhandgesellschaft and later director of Bewobau , whose architect Richard Neutra impressed him early on. His mother died when he was three years old in a Paris hotel room. He attended the Peter Petersen Comprehensive School in Hamburg-Sasel . At the age of ten he switched to a boarding school in Büsum with a visit to the North Sea High School there . After graduating from high school , he completed an apprenticeship as a concrete worker and was also involved in the work on the new Hamburg Elbe tunnel . Its service as conscripts he made in 1973 as a radio teletype for the German navy in Flottenkommando in Glucksburg - Meierwik and Marine Fernmeldeschule in Flensburg - Mürwik and when Marinefliegergeschwader 1 (MFG1) in Kropp / Jagel . His comedic talent was already recognized there.

Following Kruger began at the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg , a study of architecture and lived in Norderstedt . During his student days, Krüger appeared on stage, including at the Danny's Pan folklore club in Hamburg, and received around 80 Deutsche Mark per evening. After his first record success Mein Gott, Walther , he gave up his studies in 1975 and toured with a stage program. Further record successes followed later (1980: Der Nippel ; 1983: Bodo with the Bagger ; 1998: world hits from Quickborn ). The nipple made it to number 1 in the German and Austrian charts .

At the beginning of 2010 Mike Krüger was art with his live program Is' das, or can it go away? on tour in Germany. Mike Krüger also celebrated his 35th stage anniversary in 2010 and performed at the Arosa Humor Festival in December of the same year .

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Krüger became known nationwide for his presentation of the title Mein Gott, Walther in 1975 in the entertainment show Amlauf Band moderated by Rudi Carrell . He made a career as a presenter on television. Four against Willi ran from 1986 for three years in the Saturday evening program in the first . In 1991 he played the role of Bob Sager in several episodes of the series Ein Schloss am Wörthersee produced by RTL . From 1991 to 1993 he had the show named after him on SAT.1 The Mike Krüger Show . In 1995 he presented some editions of the show Losing Millions on ZDF , but it was quickly canceled. 150 episodes of the show Punkt Punkt Punkt on Sat.1 followed and the show Krüger sees everything on RTL , in which he presented style blossoms from the international world of television. Also at RTL, Mike Krüger was part of the regular cast of the Friday evening show 7 days, 7 heads produced by Rudi Carrell from 1996 to 2005 . In the summer of 1997 he hosted all eleven episodes of the joke and story show Do you know the? . From 2005 to 2006 he was the presenter of the show Frei Schnauze . Since the end of 2006, he has been the successor to Wolfgang Völz in the advice team for the show Sag the Truth on SWR television . From 2006 to 2007 and in 2010 Krüger had several guest appearances as a police officer in the improv comedy show Schillerstraße on Sat.1 . On July 12, 2006, his new program Klüger with Krüger was broadcast on NDR television . From February 12, 2007, the program Der Comedy-Flüsterer ran on kabel eins , in which he remotely controlled a celebrity with a button in his ear . However, the show turned out to be a flop and was quickly discontinued. On August 27, 2007, ProSieben started his new program Krügers Woche . In 2008 Mike Krüger played with Funny Movie - Die große Prosieben Filmverarsche . Here he played Michael Meier in the episode H3 - Halloween Horror Hostel . He also played the head waiter Mike in the ARD hit song Das Musikhotel am Wolfgangsee . In 2010 Mike Krüger hosted the program So laughs the north . There he presented a mix of live comedy with guests and contributions from the NDR archive. He also took part in the television program Schlag den Star and lost to his opponent in the seventh game. In 2011 he played Chaos on the wedding day of the Sat.1 comedy series Spezial Einsatz, a Russian mafioso. In the same year he had a guest appearance on the heute show on ZDF .

Krüger advertised a coffee brand of the same name , the hardware store chain Hagebau and a railway company. Krüger's music partner Slizzy Bob contributes the music to the TV spots produced by Detlev Buck .

For the birthday program Mensch Jürgen! Which was broadcast on ARD in June 2018 ! von der Lippe turns 70 , he rewrote his song Bodo with the excavator for the birthday child.

Movies

From 1982 Mike Krüger shot the commercially successful, four-part entertainment film series Die Supernasen together with Thomas Gottschalk . Krüger also worked in other German comedies as a leading actor, so u. a. in money or liver! (1986) as a criminal, in Seitenstechen (1984) as a pregnant man and in Die Hochstarter (1988) as unlucky. He had a 5-second appearance in 1984 at the end of the film Mama Mia - Just don't panic with Thomas Gottschalk.

Mike Krüger's music producer partner Slizzy Bob (aka Robert Poerschke) contributed the two title songs Fantasy (1985) and Everything You Want (1989) in the films Seitenstechen and later in Die Wenkrechtstarter . Slizzy Bob, best known for his own 1980s hit Do You Want to Be My Girl , has worked with Mike Krüger on almost all of Krüger's musical projects since 1985.

Filmography (selection)

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1975 My God, Walther DE1 (32 weeks)
DE 		AT5 (16 weeks)
AT 		-
1976 So! - Live at Danny's Pan Hamburg DE10 (20 weeks)
DE 		- -
1977 At half past twelve on the highway DE10 (14 weeks)
DE 		- -
1980 The nipple DE2
gold
gold

(29 weeks)DE 		AT1 (26 weeks)
AT 		-
1981 The Gnubbel DE19 (13 weeks)
DE 		- -
1982 1 × in the morning, 2 × at noon - as often as possible at night DE11 (8 weeks)
DE 		- -
1983 Freedom for Greenland DE50 (9 weeks)
DE 		- -

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

  • 1978: traffic jam again
  • 1978: My God ... Mike (Split LP with Teufelsküche)
  • 1979: 79 pack of motz
  • 1984: 120 pigs to Beirut
  • 1986: Fried egg
  • 1987: Immortal Pattern
  • 1988: Everyone is talking about it
  • 1989: Ua Ua Ua
  • 1991: Sweet Little 16th
  • 1992: the handkerchief
  • 1994: the trampoline
  • 1995: Krüger's Real
  • 1997: Rudi - with the yellow license plate
  • 1998: My God, Kruger
  • 1998: World hits from Quickborn
  • 1998: Best Of
  • 1999: Now it hits 3
  • 1999: Country Mike and the Quickborn Cowboys
  • 2000: World hits from Quickborn 2
  • 2001: The best where there is
  • 2001: Quickborn Country (reissued by Country Mike )
  • 2002: Everything Krüger
  • 2008: two-eared nose
  • 2010: Is that art, or can it go away?

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH
1975 My God, Walther
My God, Walther 		DE38 (3 weeks)
DE 		- -
1980 The nipple
The nipple 		DE1 (26 weeks)
DE 		AT1 (18 weeks)
AT 		CH3 (9 weeks)
CH
1981 The Gnubbel
The Gnubbel 		DE20 (14 weeks)
DE 		AT20 (4 weeks)
AT 		-
1982 JR's brother
1x morning, 2x midday - as often as possible at night 		DE37 (6 weeks)
DE 		- -
1984 Bodo with the excavator
Freedom for Greenland 		DE30 (11 weeks)
DE 		- -
Beyond the counter
120 pigs to Beirut 		DE64 (4 weeks)
DE 		- -
120 pigs to Beirut
120 pigs to Beirut 		DE72 (1 week)
DE 		- -

Songs

  • 120 pigs to Beirut (1984)
  • 7 new cars to Stettin (1998)
  • Everyone's Talking About It (1988)
  • So then (1976)
  • On the Autobahn (1977)
  • Please forgive, please understand (1998)
  • Bimbam Bimbam (1989)
  • Am i your hairdresser or what (1977)
  • Bodo with the excavator (1983)
  • Bundeswehr Räg (1976)
  • There's an animal swimming in my beer (1994)
  • The trampoline (1994)
  • What I Want You Eat (1987)
  • The Gnubbel (1981)
  • The last drop
  • The Nipple (1979) ( DE # 1 )
  • The Loin of Marion (1979)
  • The white doves are seagulls (2009)
  • Drauss [sic!] Smoker (2008)
  • You can drive (2008)
  • Goldschatz (1977) (with Helga Feddersen )
  • A Foot Bang (1978)
  • A Grain That Bears Your Name (2008)
  • Erich the Hunter (1989)
  • It Grows Back Together (1990)
  • Flying a Jumbo to Hawaii (1985)
  • Freedom for Greenland (1983)
  • Manu, bring another beer (1977)
  • Private of the Reserve (2008)
  • Gerda, Gerd and I (2008)
  • Hello Papi (1984)
  • Hein von der Werft (1975)
  • I'm a Bundeswehr soldier (1975)
  • I got you the stars from the sky (1994)
  • I have to tell you something (1988)
  • I'm always in the wrong line (2009)
  • Always Back (2008)
  • Every Sunday ... (2008)
  • Ass Alonso sits in the car in front of me (2008)
  • Sebastian Vettel (2017) sits in the car in front of me
  • Beyond the Counter (1984)
  • JR's brother (1982)
  • Boy named Susi (1975)
  • Calories Are Small Animals (2008)
  • Bright Pink Condom (1998)
  • People goes to the Bundeswehr (1982)
  • The Gypsy Schnitzel is Funny (1989)
  • Sometimes I think you don't love me anymore (1995)
  • Marie France (1995)
  • My God Walther (1975)
  • My daughter is learning to speak now (1980)
  • At night I go to the neighbour's house (1978)
  • Ne Macke Got You (1998)
  • Nockermann (1989)
  • Just ma 'so just (1998)
  • Oliv is so practical (1975)
  • Forced orgasm (2008)
  • Rudi with the yellow license plate (1998)
  • Call me (1981)
  • Schatzi (2008)
  • Referee, I don't know where my car is (2008)
  • Since I've lived here (Mama Leone) (1978)
  • She wears a pleated skirt (1975)
  • Fried Egg on Bread (1986)
  • Dancing the Pig (1998)
  • Handkerchief (1990)
  • Drunkard (1975)
  • Next door to Schröder (2008)
  • WP WP WP (1989)
  • Ulrike (1985)
  • Undershirt (1989)
  • A Little Vacation (1977)
  • When it falls forward (1977)
  • Who Copies Banknotes (1991)
  • We drink little (1979)
  • Where the deep fryers glow (1998)
  • Where Are My Car Keys (2009)
  • Damn I Push You (1990)
  • For morning exercise, you sacks, we're going (1979)

Private

After his mother's early death, his father remarried. From this relationship he has a younger half-sister. Krüger has been married since 1976 and has a daughter born in 1979. After living in Quickborn for many years , he now lives with his wife in Hamburg .

bibliography

Awards

  • 1984: Bambi (together with Thomas Gottschalk as jester of the year )
  • 2008: Till Eulenspiegel Satire Prize of the City of Bremen
  • 2009: Honorary Prize of the German Comedy Prize
  • 2010: Together with Hagebaumarkt, he won the bronze Effie Award.

Mike Krüger has received three Bambis, two Golden Lions , a television award and two comedy awards, among other things .

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  1. ↑ Note in: Focus 9/2016, p. 98
  2. ↑ Kölnische Rundschau: Interview with Mike Krüger on the autobiography: “Don't despair if plan A fails”. In: Kölnische Rundschau. Retrieved June 5, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b http://www.mfg1.de/Chronik/70er.htm
  4. ↑ a b Mike Krüger with Till Hoheneder : Mein Gott, Walther - Life is often Plan B, Piper , Munich 2015, chapter: Viewed soberly, it was better drunk
  5. ↑ Christian Gödecke: Show legend Mike Krüger: The Golden Nose. In: Spiegel Online . August 30, 2010. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .
  6. ↑ The television cemetery: "Stupid people tell stupid jokes for stupid people" . quotenmeter.de, July 25, 2013.
  7. ↑ Brand Lounge gives Krüger Kaffee a new image . horizont.net , June 12, 2006.
  8. ^ Hornbach, Toom & Hagebau: The advertising battle of the hardware store chains / Hagebau saws off Krüger . horizont.net, March 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles albums
  10. ↑ Gold / platinum database DE

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Commons : Mike Krüger  - Collection of Images
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SURNAME Kruger, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kruger, Michael Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cabaret artist and singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 14, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Ulm