Peter Frankenfeld

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Peter Frankenfeld, 1975
Showmaster Peter Frankenfeld (left) and Speedway driver Egon Müller (right) on stage, 1975

Peter Frankenfeld (born May 31, 1913 in Berlin-Kreuzberg as Willi Julius August Frankenfeldt ; † January 4, 1979 in Hamburg ) was an actor , singer and important entertainer who had a lasting impact on German radio and television entertainment .

Peter Frankenfeld began his career at Berlin variety shows and became known throughout Germany in the 1950s through radio. He created the first game show for you on German television with a score of 1-0 , and others followed. In the 1960s he made forget-me-nots for the most successful show of the recently founded ZDF and thus played a major role in the rise of this broadcaster. Nevertheless, the series was discontinued in 1970, so that he had to be content with guest appearances for some time until he got the music revue Musik ist Trumpf , which he presented with great success until the end of his life. He remained loyal to the radio throughout his television time and went on tour frequently.

He married the actress and singer Lonny Kellner in 1956 and worked with her until his death.

Life

Surname

Frankenfeld's first names Willy, Julius and August were popular at the time of his birth, but none of them pleased him, which is why he used the popular name Peter at the age of 25, initially in the form of Willpeter , a few months later just Peter. He also omitted the last letter of the surname. At the age of 42, the name Peter Frankenfeld was officially registered.

childhood

Peter Frankenfeld (in the middle) in front of his mother's shop
parents

The father Max Frankenfeldt came from Stolp , had trained as a mechanic around the turn of the century and had gone to Berlin as a master mechanic. There he worked as a foreman and apprentice trainer at Dewitt & Hertz, a manufacturer of surgical instruments. Frankenfeld described his father as an obsessed mechanic who had a lathe at home for the mechanic-free period between Saturday evening and Monday morning . Max Frankenfeldt suffered partial paralysis of his right hand during World War I , but was able to continue his work as a war disabled.

Hedwig Frankenfeldt, née Sawatzki, came from Graudenz , had trained as a china seller and had moved to the capital of the Reich to find a job. There she met Max Frankenfeldt in 1910, whom she married in 1913. During the war she moved from the outskirts of Berlin to the neighboring district of Friedrichshain , a densely populated working-class district, in order to open a shop at 33 Bödikerstraße for cigars, cigarettes, smokers and chewers, and a public telephone. Such shops existed in large numbers, but the additional income for the family after the war enabled a modest but above-average level of prosperity. Frankenfeld described his mother as a saleswoman with body and soul. Regardless of the extra work, she opened the tobacco shop full of anticipation, not only in view of the additional income, but also because of the customer discussions.

birth

Peter Frankenfeld was born in a clinic in Kreuzberg and spent the first years of his life in a tenement house built two years before his birth in Rummelsburg , Rupprechtstraße 32. He was the second child of Max and Hedwig Frankenfeldt, whose first son Hans had died a few months earlier. Peter’s brother Kurt followed.

As student

After primary school, Frankenfeld attended secondary school. Drawing was his favorite subject there, and foreign languages ​​were easy for him. He inspired his classmates because he could imitate all teachers. In his free time he made faces for Punch and Judy puppets from soft scrap wood, whose clothes his mother sewed so that he could perform fairy tale games on a stage that he had built himself. In doing so, he managed to attract paying viewers.

Since Frankenfeld's mother always wished to visit one of the great music revues, the father decided in 1925 to build a radio to bring art into the house and save the entrance fee. This is how Frankenfeld came into contact with radio entertainment at the age of twelve, which he was very enthusiastic about.

In the late autumn of 1928 Frankenfeld bought a book about the vaudeville in a second-hand bookshop , from which he learned about Mellini . Then he decided to learn magic and went to the former Ostbahnhof , which was being converted into a variety theater. There the secretary suggested that he contact the Magic Circle . So Frankenfeld found out about a magic shop in Friedrichstadt, where he bought his first magic trick. He switched from puppet theater to magic and used the income to buy more and more tricks.

At the circus

In the following summer Frankenfeld asked a circus in Berlin whether he could not travel with him with his now 19 magic tricks. On the last day of school, he asked a classmate to return the school bag at home on the grounds that Peter had gone to the Foreign Legion . The circus made guest appearances in Zossen , Luckau , Torgau and finally in Leipzig . Instead of asking for higher wages to be able to buy food, Frankenfeld went there to see a friend of his mother's. He asked her not to tell anything about his visit, since he was on a vacation trip and had bet how long he could get along with his money. However, the friend reported the incident to Berlin and the father finally brought him back.

education

Bellhop

Frankenfeld neither wanted to do an apprenticeship as a mechanic like his father nor to go to school. So he followed a suggestion made by his mother to ask about training at important Berlin hotels and eventually became a page at the Hotel Adlon . He received a weekly wage of RM 7.50  plus four to five times the tip. With a positive assessment, he switched to Hotel Esplanade . But after he had put the gentlemen's toilet sign on the management room , he was released.

painter

The family remembered Frankenfeld's talent for drawing and tried to get him an apprenticeship as a house painter and upholsterer on the assumption that someone who could draw would also be suitable as a painter. To bridge the gap, Frankenfeld attended the graphic arts school for three months. Here he got to know the different printing processes and fonts. The painting apprenticeship, however, did not interest Frankenfeld at all, which is why the master referred him to a company that manufactured billboards and decorated shop windows after four weeks. This work was up to Frankenfeld, but in the execution he increasingly followed his own ideas, which the boss did not like, so that he had to change employers again and in 1932 began a one-year volunteer period at Reklame Neumann, which was paid at 14 RM per week. This company consisted of the boss, who brought in the orders on his motorcycle, of Frankenfeld and another volunteer who had to paint signs 56 hours a week.

independence

advertising agency

When the volunteers from Reklame Neumann once made a sign for a radio shop without the knowledge of the boss and the boss noticed it on the design of the billboard, he fired both of them, but hired the other again the next day. Frankenfeld, on the other hand, realized that he would be more successful with his own company, moved out of his parents' house and moved into a nearby rented apartment, which also became his studio.

Frankenfeld was cycling all over Berlin to get orders. At times these were so numerous that even their former school friend Fritz Schirrmeister had to help, who had learned to be a decorator and was primarily responsible for decorating, while Frankenfeld painted signs, devised advertising slogans and created drawings. The two not only designed shop windows, but also entire restaurants. After the takeover of the Nazis first dozen signs had to be made with the inscription: "Ladies are requested not to smoke," followed by "The additional price for the stew is payable to the Winter Relief and paid to postal check account Berlin 77100".

When there were few commissions, he went to his grandfather in Mohrin to go fishing or to paint watercolors. Once he joined a circus for four weeks in order to demonstrate his magic and rapid drawing skills, until Schirrmeister called him again to work on new assignments. In the course of time, stands were added for the Leipzig trade fair and the Berlin radio exhibition.

painting

Through a friend, Frankenfeld got to know the expressionist Willy Jaeckel from Breslau and was invited to his weekly get-together with painter friends. He took lessons from Jaeckel and learned different painting techniques. He used these skills to portray people in outdoor pools. In order to gain time for this, he restricted the advertising business to a few regular customers. Frankenfeld increasingly felt himself to be an artist and joined the New Berlin Secession initiated by Jaeckel . He did not want to limit himself to the visual arts, but was successful with his painting; once he sold three paintings within two weeks for 1,000  RM .

Stage appearances

American revue films like Broadway Melody gave Frankenfeld the idea to learn to dance. He took step lessons and came to Valeska Gert , who also taught him how to set up a stage show and create conferences. Frankenfeld saw - mostly several times - all variety shows in Berlin to learn how the great masters work, including Wilhelm Bendow and Erich Carow . Paul Kemp , Hellmuth Krüger , Ludwig Manfred Lommel , Henry Lorenzen , Carl Napp , Willi Schaeffers , Fredy Sieg and Claire Waldoff . During a guest appearance by Willy Reichert , Frankenfeld attended so many performances that he had the Swabian humor under control. He wanted to be a perfect emcee .

On the occasion of the inauguration of his new studio in the south of Berlin, at Hasenheide 78, Frankenfeld gave an inauguration ceremony with a two-hour entertainment program. Then a friend suggested that instead of painting pictures, he went on stage to see the comedians' cabaret .

Cabaret the comedian

At KadeKo, Frankenfeld initially appeared without a fee in the Sunday matinee Youngsters march , in which many theater agents sat. Finally, Willy Schaeffers, the head of the KadeKo, answered himself with a telegram. He was looking for someone for his afternoon event, which Frankenfeld then took over every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. He also played a sketch in the evening event. At the end of 1939 Frankenfeld had become a sought-after emcee who got an engagement at the Hotel Annast in Munich, made a guest appearance again at the KadeKo and then at the Plaza , announced the TV station Paul Nipkow , worked at the Liebich Varieté in Breslau and went on tour with Hans Albers . In Leuna, Frankenfeld was drafted into the Wehrmacht . Hans Albers' attempts to obtain a leave of absence in order to be able to continue the tour were unsuccessful.

military service

Oldenburg

Since when general conscription was introduced in 1935 only those born after 1914 were drafted, Frankenfeld was initially spared. After the beginning of the war, he got a post at the desk in the military in Oldenburg , which he still didn't like. For this reason, he mainly organized events for the benefit of the winter relief organization and even gave step lessons. In between he was allowed to undertake a successful tour to the battle lines on the Atlantic coast.

Berlin

At the end of 1942, Frankenfeld came to the Vaterland house , where he presented an entertainment program every other evening from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., which was mainly attended by soldiers passing through. Because he also told jokes critical of the regime, he was drafted again as a soldier in 1943 and came to the Eastern Front.

Eastern Front

In the Ukraine arrived to Frankenfeld reported immediately to the competent Sergeant and showed a card trick. He was then asked to perform his program at an officers 'and non-commissioned officers' evening, and finally he was released from duty and given the task of setting up a theater. It was only when the front collapsed on December 12, 1944 that Frankenfeld became a motorcyclist. After a serious wound on April 17, 1945 - a shot through the foot - he was only able to prevent the doctor from amputating his leg with great difficulty. He was taken to the hospital in Marienbad .

With the Americans

Interpreter

When the American troops marched in, a captain came to the hospital to look for an English-speaking German. Frankenfeld got in touch, went to an American hospital and soon afterwards worked as a translator. The Americans wanted to set up a club in a gym that Frankenfeld was decorating. At the inauguration he introduced himself as Pietör Fränkenfield, and his one-hour program was so well received that it became his second job.

entertainer

This was followed by the relocation of the unit to Kitzingen , where Frankenfeld was again allowed to set up a club and provide entertainment. Nuremberg followed in autumn 1945. Frankenfeld was now part of the Special Entertainment Service , which was responsible for looking after the troops . He became the category A announcer and a jeep brought him several times every evening to the five Nuremberg clubs. In January 1947 he was appointed director of the Redoubt Club in Fürth .

In Frankfurt

Vaudeville

At the beginning of 1948 Frankenfeld went to Frankfurt, where Eduard Forck hired him, the director of the large variety palette , a post-war establishment. However, the radio activities left Frankenfeld less and less time for the vaudeville, finally his work as a gag writer for the Revue Czardasfürstin 50 ended there .

radio

Frankenfeld was discovered for the radio by the head of entertainment at Hessischer Rundfunk , Toni Hofbauer. His first show was Good Morning Everyone , a morning music show that he presented two or three times a week. Numerous other series of programs followed, not only on the Hessischer Rundfunk, but also on the other German radio stations. Until the mid-1950s, he was even employed at several stations at the same time and had up to seven series of programs at the same time.

Tours

Practically all known pop singers of the time went on extensive tours, which made up a large part of their income. Frankenfeld traveled as an emcee on such tours. With increasing employment, he went over to having the contract written that two successive venues could not be more than 100 km away. When he arrived at a location, he usually asked the doorman about the main employer in the location and asked for a factory tour. So he could always change a few sentences with his candidates about their profession and let them shine in front of the audience as well as take away their excitement. He often worked out the ideas for his shows on the go and then sent them to the editors of the responsible television company.

On the tours Frankenfeld worked again and again with a large number of artists who then belonged to his circle of friends and who he always got into his broadcasts later. These included Peter Alexander , Bully Buhlan , Heinz Erhardt , Walter Giller , Georg Thomalla , Caterina Valente and Helmut Zacharias .

watch TV

Frankenfeld had his first TV appearance after the war on Boxing Day 1952 on NWDR . From the radio exhibition in 1953, it appeared regularly on the screen, initially with the talent search for whoever wants , then 1-0 for you . This made him known and extremely popular nationwide:

“I've been in the industry for thirty years, but I've never seen a single name hold such power. In the past you even had to couple cannons like Otto Reutter to a large star program. But at Frankenfeld you only need to print on the posters "'Peter Frankenfeld and well-known soloists" "and 14,000 people come to the Westfalenhalle with admission prices of three to six marks ."

- Erwin Fuchs, head of the NWDR entertainment department and former long-time director of the Liebig Varieté in Breslau

“Back then it was children and flappers, as it is today with the film stars. Frankenfeld's admirers are adults. He has tremendous credit with them. "

- Erwin Fuchs with a comparison to Willy Fritsch and Lilian Harvey , whose great successes he had experienced

A special feature of all game shows with Frankenfeld was the random selection of candidates from the audience. No other show master took the associated risk of breakdown. Frankenfeld always thought of something, even if, for example, a candidate only had one arm but the game required two hands. This ability earned him great prestige.

In November 1955, Frankenfeld flew to the USA for six weeks to visit all the major television shows and bring along new ideas for his own television activities.

Checkered jacket

Frankenfeld had seen the picture of an American comedian in an eye-catching jacket and had a similar costume tailored for you for his first game show 1-0 so that he would be easily recognized. This large-checked jacket appeared with a black and white pattern on the screen, but was actually kept in the colors eggplant and gray, because this resulted in a more pleasant picture reproduction. A Cologne department store even offered the item of clothing with great success in the 1954/55 carnival session. Frankenfeld wore the jacket on all his game shows until 1961.

In “Toi - Toi - Toi” Frankenfeld wore a strikingly striped jacket that was supposed to have the same effect. When he switched to ZDF, however, he did without flashy clothes.

A children's toy is inseparably connected to the jacket, namely a three-bladed rotor started with a cable pull, which Frankenfeld called the “flying saucer”. He used this toy in the early shows to select candidates from the audience.

Movie

As a film actor, Frankenfeld seldom appeared due to lack of time. He had his biggest role in the request concert , in which he played himself 1-0 for you as the showmaster . He also played an important role in The Motorists Of Course , while Paprika , Comrade Munchausen and Olympia - Olympia , his last film, were only supporting roles.

Marriage to Lonny Kellner

During a tour of the Südwestfunk in 1954 Frankenfeld met the singer Lonny Kellner . She was married to the NWDR sports reporter Werner Labriga, then divorced and married Frankenfeld on June 23, 1956. The witnesses were Max Schmeling and his wife Anny Ondra . The Frankenfeld couple moved to Hamburg with their son Thomas , born in 1951 and adopted by Frankenfeld, where he built two small apartment buildings and planned an apartment for himself.

Lonny Kellner-Frankenfeld, a star at the time, gave up a career in the United States in order to be able to live and work with her husband, even though the relevant contracts were already ready to be signed. She continued to work as a singer, but also often played skits and duets with her husband. In addition, she completed an apprenticeship in order to be able to work for him as a quasi-secretary.

In fronds

House building

Because they wanted to live in the country, Peter Frankenfeld and Lonny Kellner bought a three hectare property for DM 2  per square meter, without knowing how big a hectare actually is. It was only a few 100 meters from Hamburg's city limits at Erlenweg 16 in Wedel . They had a house built on the property, in which Frankenfeld lived for the next 22 years until his death. Even when he was building the house, he talked about setting up a private bar in the basement. The result was a real counter with a dispenser for two types of beer and thousands of coasters on the walls. Frankenfeld never stayed there alone, only with guests. When it was built, the house appeared to him as big as a small department store. One room even had a 5 m high ceiling and a gallery from which one could reach the study and billiard room, archive, studio and its own sound studio for the production of radio programs. There was also a swimming pool and original Berlin gas lanterns.

radio

Frankenfeld did not give up radio activities despite his television successes: television is a lover for me, but radio is my old love. However, he increasingly limited himself to Peter's crafting lesson , which he produced in his own studio.

watch TV

Frankenfeld went from NWDR to SDR for his big game show . With its television director Helmut Jedele, the small broadcaster offered a more interesting program than the large NWDR. The editor Horst Jaedicke and the director Georg Friedel enabled optimal working conditions there. Nevertheless, there was a return to the NWRV , as the joint television department of NDR and WDR was now called. In Stuttgart you could not pay the required increase in the fee.

The immense success of Frankenfeld and his high fees also led to envy. He used to reply that one should stick the name of the critic over his name on the advertising posters and then see how many visitors came. This envy also led to unpleasant reviews. For example, it was said that Frankenfeld required his candidates to do a “mental striptease” and had “almost unbearable airs”. It was also a common argument that Frankenfeld and his audience laughed at the stupid's expense. There were no questions about things from the dictionary during the game shows. Frankenfeld said that with him you don't have to know what the Dead Sea had died of in order to win.

In Hamburg, however, they listened to these critics and used Frankenfeld less often in the program - he now considered leaving SDR to be a mistake. Neither NDR nor WDR could accommodate the show idea postcard is enough - the two stations had meanwhile given up on the common television program. So Frankenfeld had to move his work more to touring. The newly founded ZDF finally saw the chance to shine with the name Frankenfeld, and implemented the plans under the title forget-me-not . In retrospect, Frankenfeld considered this show to be the high point of his career.

Frankenfeld had tremendous popularity in the late 1950s; In a survey of elementary school leavers, 100% of those surveyed knew him, as many as Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer , 99% of Elvis Presley , 98% of Marika Kilius and 94% of Freddy Quinn's surveyed.

Although Frankenfeld had made a significant contribution to the rise of ZDF, his work there was no longer valued. Forget-me-not expired in 1970 without a successor. The award of the Federal Cross of Merit did not change that. The previous evening's He and You Cross- Examined was just allowed . All requests to turn it into a big evening show went unheeded. Frankenfeld had to be content with guest appearances in other shows and theater plays. Only the unexpected death of program director Joseph Viehöver changed the situation and Frankenfeld became the great showmaster again with the music revue Musik ist Trumpf .

theatre

In 1968 Frankenfeld went on a trip to the theater and played the registrar in Biographie: A play by Max Frisch, both in the world premiere at the Schauspielhaus Zurich and in all other performances with this ensemble. Frankenfeld liked the rehearsals and the premiere at the theater, from the third performance he got bored and the team had to come up with something to motivate him.

Working method

Frankenfeld attached great importance to order and always said that he didn't like it when it looked on his desk like in Hermann Löns' rucksack . He had cataloged all his books and an equally organized joke archive. He didn't expect his candidates to play games that he hadn't tested himself, and performances were rehearsed until they were perfect. For example, the well-known sketch for preparing a punch required several days of pouring water in your own kitchen.

His perfectionism was also evident in the fact that Frankenfeld was able to imitate almost all dialects of the German language perfectly.

“Peter Frankenfeld was - at least at work - a formidable egocentric, a despot and right-wing man, he blackmailed and tyrannized us in order to get his way. But - everyone involved will admit it with full conviction - after all, he was always right. Nothing is more conclusive than the success with the audience. "

- Henri Regnier , obituary for Peter Frankenfeld
other activities

Frankenfeld published only a few books, mostly collections of jokes. There were several records, but almost all of them were compilations from his radio or television programs.

In his TV-poor time after the end of Forget-Me-Not , Frankenfeld tried his hand at publishing, but was unsuccessful as an inexperienced in the industry. The magazine Herzblatt with the subtitle magazine for older and more mature people was discontinued after just seven issues.

Private life

Frankenfeld led a scandal-free life. He always drove an American road cruiser in which he had built a tram bell. He built remote-controlled models with enthusiasm and had laid rails for a model railway in his garden. He kept several animals on his property, which were looked after by an employed gardener. He was also a hobby angler and liked to play billiards. Gert Fröbe had deposited his own cue in Wedel and, conversely, Frankenfeld deposited one in Fröbe's house in Bavaria. He also collected chess sets and antiquarian military helmets. He was the showmaster for private guests as well as on television. Rainer Holbe , a colleague of the ZDF TV show, reports on a visit to Frankenfeld, which began in the party cellar, was continued with a tour of the recording studio and the workshop, while the roast smell wafted through the house and ended in the wine cellar. Only when the visitors got back into their car did Frankenfeld shout: You forgot the schnucken roast.

Taxi accident

Peter Frankenfeld was the first celebrity to be harmed by the controversial partition , which was required for a short time in taxis. It happened on August 28, 1968 on the way to Hamburg Airport . The taxi driver could no longer avoid a truck that was taking his right of way. The pane was down, but Frankenfeld hit the frame and broke his cheekbone .

Last TV appearance

On September 3, 1978 Frankenfeld took part in a talk show for the first time: RTL employee Martin Schwarze produced a talk show with Hildegard Knef and Peter Frankenfeld at his own expense in an RTL studio, which he presented himself. It was broadcast on November 21, 1978 by ZDF. Four days after the recording, Frankenfeld became seriously ill with a facial rose . He was hardly discharged from the hospital when he had to be admitted again because of circulatory problems in the brain. He was allowed to go home four days before Christmas, where he caught a cold. He was hospitalized again on New Year's Eve and died on the night of January 3 to 4, 1979 at the age of 65 from a viral infection. 4,000 people attended his funeral, including many celebrities from show business. His widow Lonny Kellner was buried next to him in 2003 in the Wedel cemetery near Hamburg.

Radio broadcasts

Good morning everyone

1948, HR

There was a changing line-up for the morning music broadcast of the Hessischer Rundfunk, Good Morning Everyone . Frankenfeld was allowed to present them two to three times a week. It was his first radio show.

Colorful evenings

from 1948 for various stations

What a coincidence

1948 to 1951, HR

Since Frankenfeld wanted to work on the radio more than there was room for him on the morning broadcast, he was asked to come up with a series of his own. Together with the editor Franz Rüger , he then came up with something like a coincidence: Little melodious thieves that involved the works of well-known composers.

Funk and Flax

1948 to 1955, HR

In addition to such a coincidence , there was still enough time for Frankenfeld for further ideas, which resulted in Funk and Flax , which Toni Hofbauer particularly supported. It was a 30-minute show with a lot of jokes, with each punch line having a flourish that was generated by unusual means, such as car horns, tin cans or china.

Peter's crafting lesson

1948 to 1978, first HR, later NDR

The program "Peters Bastelstunde" was always announced as a program "with Peter Frankenfeld and some helpers". It also lasted 30 minutes and was adopted by all West German radio stations and broadcast in the late evening. They were quite bizarre jokes that only hit a small but particularly interested audience. It was also Frankenfeld's longest job, doing it for 30 years until his death. After building his house, he produced “Peter's crafting lesson” in his own recording studio, after which everyone involved celebrated in his home bar. These then included his wife Lonny Kellner, Kurt A. Jung and Fred Weyrich . Before that, the team had changed several times, but the condition was always to speak several dialects.

In addition, there were three television programs in the main evening program. But due to the special humor they did not have a great audience response. A selection from the programs was also available on records and audio cassettes.

free entry

1949 to 1952, HR

Free admission was the first quiz Frankenfeld together with Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff presented for the radio.

Favorite melodies of our listeners

September 1952 to 1955, HR

Our listeners' favorite melodies were a weekly radio series that Frankenfeld presented alternately with Hans Joachim Kulenkampff .

The bandstand

NDR

In the event The Music Pavilion , which came out of a large hall, the aim was that the audience presented unusual music requests that Lonny Kellner had to fulfill. It sat in the sound archive of the NDR and was connected to the event hall via audio line.

Who laughs last …

NWDR Cologne, 1953 to 1955

The entertainment series Who last laughs ... broadcast every two weeks was based on the radio show People are Funny by Art Linkletter . The point was that viewers from the audience had to perform certain tasks. Whoever succeeded in this quickest or best received a prize. Such tasks were, for example, learning a musical instrument until the next show or going out on the street and inviting strangers to coffee and cake. The flying saucers were already used to select candidates.

Whoever laughs last ... served as a template for 1-0 for you , Frankenfeld's first television show.

Frankfurt alarm clock

1952 to 1967, HR

Valsch Ferbunden - What would you have said?

1962 to 1963, NDR

Since Frankenfeld was showing fewer TV programs, he was doing more radio again and in 90 episodes What would you have said? popularized the phone prank. For example, he asked a bank for a loan of 3 DM or an optician for glasses for his horse. The program was produced in various broadcasting houses, whereby Frankenfeld's ability to speak dialects perfectly came to the fore.

More music shows

Not only for the Hessischer Rundfunk, but also for the other ARD stations , Frankenfeld acted as a moderator of music programs and built in a lot of jokes. For the BR there was Here the flax blooms , for the SDR Here we laugh? and for the Europawelle Saar Whoever listens wins .

Television broadcasts

A nice mess

1952, NWDR Hamburg

Just one day after the official start of German television ( NWDR ), Peter Frankenfeld was involved: Günther Keil, who had started his career with the comedians' cabaret on the same day as Frankenfeld, was scheduled for the program A nice gift on December 26, 1952. But he got sick. Frankenfeld led through the program, in which Cornelia Froboess sang, Helmut Zacharias played the violin and Alice Treff , Ilse Werner and the Cyprys also performed. The broadcast took place in the Hamburg television studio, which was located in a former air raid shelter and where the room temperatures were high due to the very small windows and poor ventilation. A nice present could not be seen in all of West Germany that day, but only in the greater Hamburg area, on the connecting line from Hamburg to Cologne and on to Bonn. Two days later, the show was broadcast again - this time in the entire then NWDR area - and was the first repetition of a program on German post-war television.

Whoever wants can

August 31, 1953 to 1956 intermittently, NWDR

The search for talent Who wants, can can was a 30-minute daily broadcast from the Great German Radio, Phono and TV Exhibition in 1953 in Düsseldorf. With her the talent of the day was searched for in the afternoon program , whereby unknown performing artists of all kinds were allowed to participate. Altogether there were only two talents, but the series was so well received that it was continued for a while after the exhibition. Then the show ran on Sunday evening and was at least 60 minutes long. Frankenfeld initially looked arrogant towards the debutants, but quickly corrected this. With the start of 1-0 for you , the talent search was temporarily suspended. For the 1955 radio exhibition, however, it was revived as a daily show, from August 26th to September 4th, combined with a final on September 18th. Again there was the series with the addition Peter Frankenfeld is looking for latent talents from the German television exhibition 1956 in Stuttgart, from August 31 to September 7. When Whoever wants to can is Anja Silja been discovered.

1-0 for you

January 31, 1954 to August 31, 1955, NWDR Hamburg

1-0 for you was the first game show on German television.

Single shipments

In addition to the series, there were also several individual programs, such as on March 22, 1955 Warning, high voltage! Cabaret specialties, prepared by Clemens Wilmenrod and served by Peter Frankenfeld with TV chef Clemens Wilmenrod , in June 1957 What a coincidence! Entertainment evening with Peter Frankenfeld or, in July 1958, Master of Magic .

Kindly please

January 1, 1956 to 1957, NWRV

After Frankenfeld returned from his trip to the USA, he presented the show Zum neue Jahres - das neue Spiel as the successor of 1-0 for you on New Years Day 1956 . From the second issue onwards, it was called " Please" in a very friendly way with the addition of snapshots by and with Peter Frankenfeld . It was still a Sunday evening entertainment show from various large halls in West Germany, which ran from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Ruprecht Essberger directed the film .

TOI Toi Toi

February 23, 1957 to 1961 with interruption, NWRV Hamburg

Toi - Toi - Toi was a renewed search for talent, it initially carried the addition The first step into the limelight under the care of Peter Frankenfeld and later The first step into the limelight of television . In contrast to Wer Will, der kann , the broadcast was no longer produced by the Cologne broadcasting company, but by the Hamburg broadcasting company, and at 60 minutes it was twice as long and more complex. It no longer ran in the afternoon, but in the evening program on Saturday. It also took place in large halls or in the large broadcasting hall with the NDR dance and entertainment orchestra or another orchestra. Several individual artists or groups took part, which were then judged by a group of three experts as well as by the audience. The audience gave their assessment by clapping, the volume of which was determined by a sound level meter. In the edition of January 28, 1959, Dieter Thomas Heck had his first television appearance, he applied as a singer and then got a record deal. Also known with the series: Peter Beil , the Leismann siblings , Frank and Maria Duval , and the medium Terzett . At least one edition of Toi - Toi - Toi has survived .

Have fun

December 21, 1957 to December 20, 1958, SDR

As a follow-up to Please , " Much pleasure" appeared with the addition of games and gimmicks with Peter Frankenfeld . The main difference was that the Süddeutsche Rundfunk in Stuttgart took over the series. There were also public games where you could win small prizes. There were only 11 episodes because this show was no longer run every two weeks, but only once a month. At least one issue of Much Pleasure has been preserved.

Tonight Peter Frankenfeld

May 23, 1959 to February 13, 1960, SDR

The follow-up broadcast of Pleasure had to be canceled prematurely in February 1960 because Frankenfeld switched to the NWRV. In it people were surprised. Frankenfeld had seen a show by Art Linkletter in the USA in which a couple had to watch their house being torn down and then received a new one as a present. It was clear to him that such a drastic thing would not work on German television, and the first thing he did was bring two siblings together who had not seen each other for 17 years. The audience was enthusiastic, critics spoke of a soul striptease in which the siblings were abused. Frankenfeld could not understand this.

Dotto

1959 to 1961

Dotto , announced as a cheerful guessing game with Peter Frankenfeld , ran in the regional and commercial television window, which was broadcast on the ARD frequencies from around 6.30 p.m. until the start of the daily news. All windows showed this 30-minute quiz at different times. There was a counterpart of the same name from CBS for him . The idea was based on the drawing game Connect the dots, which is also known in Germany . It consisted of numbered points, which had to be connected in sequence with lines to form a picture. In the quiz show, the picture was a prominent face that could be guessed. At the start of the game you could only see 50 points. Two candidates were only asked quiz questions, for the correct answer to which a connection of the dots was drawn. Whoever recognized the drawn face first had won.

Good evening!

October 22, 1960 to October 1961, NWRV Hamburg

Good evening! with the addition The small TV game magazine with Peter Frankenfeld was the last show that Frankenfeld presented on ARD. It is significant for television history because it was the first time the sketch Dinner for One was shown. Frankenfeld discovered him together with his director in England. Otherwise, Guten Abend was not very different from the previous Frankenfeld shows. In the show, as usual, candidates were selected from the audience to play games. A young elephant appeared next to Walter Spahrbier , who presented the prizes, and Frankenfeld's wife Lonny Kellner took part. The two of them performed skits together, sang duets written by Frankenfeld, and Lonny assisted at the games. The first edition took place on October 22nd in the Operettenhaus on the Reeperbahn. Good evening! was the last show in which Frankenfeld appeared with his plaid jacket. She could not be found after the last broadcast.

All mischief is difficult

October 18, 1963 to 1964, ZDF

To bridge the gap until the beginning of the broadcast of forget-me-not presented Frankenfeld All nonsense is difficult . In this show, candidates were selected from the audience as usual. They had to do jobs that they usually wouldn't, like forging a horseshoe.

And your hobbyhorse?

May 3, 1963 to 1967 and 1972 to 1974, ZDF

As the first series on ZDF, Frankenfeld presented And her hobby horse? It was another talent search, for which there were pre-selections. This time it wasn't just about stage performers, but also about other leisure activities such as model making or football. 22 issues of the 90-minute show were produced by Berliner Union-Film , which ZDF broadcast as a recording at irregular intervals. The most successful discovery was the Jacob Sisters .

In 1972 Frankenfeld began again to present two episodes a year, a total of six episodes. In addition, there were two episodes and her hobby horse ... became a profession in which successful candidates from previous programs were presented.

Once different

1964, ZDF

In the series once different with the addition of celebrities and their hobbies , Frankenfeld spoke to celebrities about their private lives. Hans Moser went ahead of the row in his private life, which he had done at NDR in 1961. Frankenfeld met Hans Moser for the first time. He thought Moser was an exceptional comedian and had already copied him in the KadeKo.

Forget Me Not

1964 to 1970, ZDF

Televisitations

1968, SF

When Forget-Me-Not had to take a break in the summer of 1968 because the Post issued special stamps for the Olympic Games instead of charity stamps, a guessing game with prominent guests and televisitions for Swiss television started . Frankenfeld invited his guests to the fireplace and poured wine, which resulted in unusual situations that the audience had been informed of beforehand, but which the guests had to fathom with questions. Then Frankenfeld was questioned. For example, he said he was thinking of a famous man whose name began with "S". The guests were allowed to express their assumptions with questions. If Frankenfeld was unable to answer these questions, a little more of what was wanted was revealed. Televisitations were so popular with viewers that 21 episodes were created. The ZDF entertainment manager only liked four of them, so he only let these broadcast.

He and you cross-examined

March 17, 1971 to April 3, 1973, ZDF

Prominent married couples were invited to the 30-minute evening show you and he cross- examined and asked individually about details of their married life, including, for example, Bubi Scholz and Helmut Zacharias with their wives. The partner was allowed to watch on a monitor in a separate room. Frankenfeld revealed the questions to the guests in advance so that they could think of funny answers in peace. There were 24 episodes. The American template was called The Newlywed Game and has been broadcast by ABC since 1966 .

Music is the key

February 22, 1975 to August 26, 1978, ZDF

Books

  • 1955: 1000 follies
  • 1969: Confessions of a great-checked gentleman (preprint in Hörzu )
  • 1972: My most beautiful jokes and anecdotes
  • 1980: Humor is the key (collection of columns from the Funk Uhr )
  • 1984: That Was My Life (Paperback edition: The great Peter Frankenfeld book )

Filmography

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
When grandma still walked without knees - The greatest hits of the crazy 20s (Friedel Hensch and the Cyprys, narrator Peter Frankenfeld)
  DE 10 03/15/1963 (56 weeks)
When grandpa was still swarming - the greatest hits of the 20s (Friedel Hensch and the Cyprys, narrator Peter Frankenfeld)
  DE 19th December 15, 1963 (28 weeks)
Singles
Bum-Budi-Bum, that can be dangerous (with Lonny Kellner)
  DE 36 06/01/1961 (4 weeks)
Albums (selection)
  • 1955: Peter's lucky bag (2 episodes)
  • 1963: When grandma walked without knees
  • 1963: When grandpa was still swarming
  • 1966: Valsch Ferbunden!
  • 1971: Marital War Tactics
  • 1977: gymnastics and dance for the elderly
  • 1979: Thank you, Peter Frankenfeld (posthumous)
  • 1987: Humor is trumps (posthumous)
  • Peter's craft hour (2 episodes)
  • Peter Frankenfeld and his friends (compilation)
Singles (selection)
  • 1961: Bum-Budi-Bum, that can be dangerous / It doesn't always have to be night (with Lonny Kellner)
  • 1975: In the elevator / Reeperbahn stroll (with Horst Ackermann)

Honors

The Peter Frankenfeld Rose named after him in 1966

Awards

Designations

  • 1966: A rose variety is named after Peter Frankenfeld
  • 1974: Frankenfeld was immortalized in the German version of the Asterix comic Die Trabantenstadt as the show master Francocampus .
  • 1982: The school for mentally and severely multi-handicapped children in Berlin-Lankwitz is named Peter-Frankenfeld-Schule, due to his commitment in the context of the program forget-me-not for the action problem child .

Peter Frankenfeld Prize

This award for artistic versatility and humanitarian commitment was donated and awarded by Frankenfeld's widow Lonny Kellner-Frankenfeld, who has since died. So far, the winners are:

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d radio program of the series yesterday, today and tomorrow with Lonny Kellner in March 1996, again aired recently in the WDR 4 -Hörfunksendung treasure chest on November 1, 2016 from 20 to 21 indicator .
  2. ↑ That was my life. Chapter Willy Julius August
  3. ↑ That was my life. Chapter My father
  4. ↑ a b That was my life. Chapter That was his Milljöh
  5. ↑ a b That was my life. Chapter The cassette
  6. ↑ That was my life. Chapter A Berliner
  7. ↑ That was my life. Chapter puppet theater
  8. ↑ That was my life. Chapter A Berliner
  9. ↑ That was my life. Chapter Where do you learn to do magic and I'm going to the Foreign Legion - don't cry
  10. ↑ That was my life. Chapter In the door to the big world
  11. ↑ a b That was my life. Chapter Flying Change
  12. ↑ That was my life. Chapter A business that failed
  13. ↑ That was my life. Chapter situation serious, but not hopeless
  14. ↑ a b c That was my life. Chapter man, boy, you belong on the stage
  15. ↑ That was my life. Chapter Sagittarius with special tasks
  16. ↑ a b That was my life. Chapter Too big mouth
  17. ↑ That was my life. Chapter The sewing machine is there and hocus-pocus medicus
  18. ↑ That was my life. Chapter The program is given to you by the SS
  19. ↑ That was my life. Chapter Mister Pi-ef in all streets
  20. ↑ That was my life. Chapter radio and flax or Peter's craft hour
  21. ↑ That was my life. Chapter Off to Frankfurt
  22. ↑ a b c d e f g The German TV Stars , Volume 1, Chapter Peter Frankenfeld, Die Karriere
  23. ↑ a b c d That was my life. Chapter radio and flax or Peter's craft hour
  24. ↑ a b c That was my life. Chapter Play the boss once
  25. ↑ That was my life. Chapter A nice present
  26. ↑ a b c d The fascination of the simple . In: Der Spiegel . No. 36 , 1955 ( online - cover story).
  27. ^ Personal details of Peter Frankenfeld . In: Der Spiegel . No. 45 , 1955 ( online ).
  28. ↑ That was my life. Chapter The plaid jacket
  29. ↑ That was my life. Chapter The look back
  30. ↑ That was my life. Chapter great hours or the end of a business trip
  31. ↑ That was my life. Chapter open air
  32. ↑ That was my life. Chapter 3 hectares are how many?
  33. ↑ a b That was my life. Chapter Not in the backpack like with Löns
  34. ↑ a b c Peter Frankenfeld dead . ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Hamburger Abendblatt . January 8, 1979.
  35. ↑ That was my life. Chapter Frankenfeld damaged
  36. ^ Pleistern, last act . In: Der Spiegel . No. 29 , 1959 ( online ).
  37. ↑ a b c That was my life. Chapter soul siriptease
  38. ^ The German TV Stars , Volume 1, Chapter Peter Frankenfeld, The Biography
  39. ↑ That was my life. Chapter reference included
  40. ↑ a b c d That was my life. Chapter every hundred
  41. ↑ That was my life. Chapter BvT
  42. ↑ That was my life. Chapter On the trail of the fourteenth
  43. ↑ The punch preparation on Youtube
  44. ↑ a b Loved, valued, hated, tormented . In: The time . No. 2/1979.
  45. ↑ Cardiac death for heart sheet . In: The time . No. 2/1972.
  46. ↑ a b Peter Frankenfeld. In: The 100 from television.
  47. ↑ The German TV stars . Volume 1, Chapter Peter Frankenfeld, The Image
  48. ↑ That was my life. Chapter souvenirs, souvenirs
  49. ↑ Toys Robbery here . In: Der Spiegel . No. 51 , 1965 ( online ).
  50. ↑ That was my life. Chapter carom counts
  51. ↑ a b When the Mainzelmännchen learned to walk, chapter Career with a checked jacket
  52. ↑ Peter Frankenfeld had an accident in a taxi. ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Hamburger Abendblatt . 29th August 1968.
  53. ↑ That was my life. Chapter happiness
  54. ↑ RTL Chronicle
  55. ↑ The grave of Peter Frankenfeld and his wife Lonny Kellner knerger.de
  56. ↑ That was my life. Chapter A nice present
  57. ↑ tvprogramme.net
  58. ↑ Dieter Thomas Heck : The sound makes the music . Universitas-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-8004-1183-0 .
  59. ↑ That was my life. Chapter Give her my regards
  60. ↑ What about your hobby horse? The television dictionary
  61. ↑ That was my life. Chapter Just don't fool around
  62. ↑ That was my life. Chapter twin
  63. ↑ The German TV Stars , Volume 1, Chapter Peter Frankenfeld, Music is Trumps
  64. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE
  65. ^ Peter Frankenfeld School
  66. ↑ http://www.peter-frankenfeld.de/Preis.html
personal data
SURNAME Frankenfeld, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frankenfeldt, Willi Julius August (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, show master and singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1979
Place of death Hamburg