Teleboy
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Teleboy |
| Country of production | Switzerland |
| original language | Swiss German |
| Year (s) | 1974-1977, 1980-1981 |
| length | approx. 85 minutes |
| Episodes | 36 |
| genre | Game show, hidden camera |
| idea | Kurt Felix |
| production | Swiss television (then DRS) |
| Moderation | Kurt Felix |
| First broadcast | 1974 on DRS |
Teleboy was a television show on Swiss television in the 1970s . It first aired on February 23, 1974. It was invented and presented by Kurt Felix . It was the most successful TV entertainment series in the history of Swiss television and on September 13, 1975, with 2,073,000 viewers, it reached the highest number of viewers ever recorded in Switzerland. From 1977 the show was also broadcast in Südwest 3 .
Course of the show
Two couples competed against each other at the game and tried to master everyday questions. There were also interspersed films with the hidden camera .
Mostly Swiss performers appeared in the show blocks. There were also cabaret performances and sketches with the same characters: Aunt Elise (played by Stephanie Glaser ) with Traugottli , her goldfish; Uncle Fritz ( Fredy Lienhard ); the brat Ursula ( Ursula Schaeppi ); the "duo" Kliby and Caroline . As an accompanying orchestra played the Big Band of the Swiss radio .
The show also had a viewer question. When the deadline was announced, Kurt Felix stuck a large calendar sheet on a wall. This calendar sheet fell down in every shipment - while Felix was standing in front of this wall. Swiss television received numerous letters from viewers with suggestions for improving adhesion . Only later did Felix admit that this was a running gag and that there was never a lack of adhesive strength.
Hidden Camera
Among the numerous jokes with the hidden camera, there were those that were still to be talked about years later. Three well-known were:
Sea monster Urnie
Urnie was the mock-up of a monster like the Loch Ness ( Nessie ) monster that was pulled through the water on a 200 m long steel cable and could descend and descend remotely. Urnie was equipped with a loudspeaker designed to simulate the roar of a monster.
In the summer of 1976 Urnie was dragged across Lake Uri for two weeks without causing a stir. It wasn't until the Teleboy editorial team sent photos of the monster to the Blick newspaper that Urnie became an issue. In January 1977 the joke was exposed. This also unmasked statements made by individuals who claimed to have seen the monster in 1975 and earlier.
As part of an exhibition at the Lucerne Art Museum in 2006, the photos were presented together with other images of Lake Lucerne . It was commented that Kurt Felix had "created a lasting image of this lake" with his staging.
«Söll emal cho!»
A member of the film team, who was apparently driving a remote-controlled model airplane, asked a man who happened to be passing by to take over the controls for a moment, he had to step out. He agreed and took control of the controls. In reality, however, the plane was being piloted by someone who was hiding some distance away.
Now the plane began to fly capers, whizzed over the heads of those present and flew wild turns. The unsuspecting "pilot" panicked, but all pushing around on his unconnected control remained unsuccessful. His constant cry for help: "Dä söll emal cho!" ("He should come back!") Was immediately used in everyday language and was soon converted into a hit song of the same name by the Trio Eugster .
The exclamation can still be heard today in the generation who have seen this program.
Summit dips
A member of the film team sat down with an unsuspecting victim in a restaurant and dipped his croissant in the victim's coffee. This led to sometimes harsh, but also to astonished or amused reactions.
literature
- Christian Schertz: The protection of the personality from secret image and sound recordings . Archive for press law, 2005, p. 421-428 .
- Max Sieber (producer of the show): Teleboy. The legend. In: hits, flops and the most beautiful cracks. My 40 years behind the scenes in show business. Giger. Altendorf. 2018, pp. 35–51
supporting documents
- ↑ Video of the first broadcast on February 23, 1974
- ↑ Picture of Urnie ( Memento from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Ulrich Magin: Trolls, Yetis, Tatzelworms . CH Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-37394-1
- ↑ Unilu Aktuell (PDF; 1.2 MB), Newsletter of the University of Lucerne, May 2006, p. 17
