Make a wish (tv show)

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Television broadcast
Original title Make a wish
Country of production
original language German
Year (s) 1969-1972
Broadcasting
cycle		 about 7 times a year
genre Game show
Moderation
  • Dietmar Schönherr
  • Vivi Bach
    		•
    First broadcast December 20, 1969 on ORF and ZDF

    Wünsch Dir was was an Austrian - German - Swiss TV game show as a joint production under the leadership of ORF . In the period from December 20, 1969 to December 2, 1972, a total of 24 episodes were broadcast on ZDF .

    People involved

    The Saturday evening show was moderated by Dietmar Schönherr and his wife Vivi Bach , the authors were Peter Hajek and Guido Baumann , head of entertainment at Swiss television, with the creative participation of André Heller . Baumann was also a producer. The program was invented by Dieter Böttger ( ORF head of entertainment) and Josef Kirschner . The director was Michael Pflegehar . Kuno Knöbl , former head of entertainment at ORF, also played a key role in the creation and production of Wünsch Dir was .

    Conception

    Candidates for each program were three families, one from each participating country of production. Each took a seat on the television stage in a spiral-like seat, the so-called family snail. The thematic complexes and games of the programs were designed by André Heller, among others, and new and sometimes provocative ideas were consciously implemented. So it was not only about knowledge performance, but also z. B. about the interaction of family members with each other.

    The families had to prove themselves in discussion groups as well as guessing and action games, whereby playing the games was often characterized by overcoming oneself. For example, family members should deal with giant snakes or crawl across thin ice. A fixed point of the series was a guessing game in which a mostly tiny detail from the family's apartment could be guessed on a photo - taken during a visit by the TV team.

    Make a wish is considered an early form of interactive television : The viewers at a certain location were able to determine the winner of a program by voting for the respective candidate family either by switching on electrical devices ( light test ) or by flushing the toilet. The additional consumption read on the central power meter in the water and electricity companies of the selected cities was communicated to the television audience by means of an activated telephone call. The light test goes back to the use during a “city duel” as part of two television programs in 1967 and 1968, when the television audience was involved in decisions about the program by operating light switches under the title “Servus Zurich - Grüezi Wien”. In later "Wünsch-Dir-Was" broadcasts, the light test procedure was reversed and not switching on, but switching off electrical devices was used for the measurement.

    particularities

    • The 17-year-old candidate Leonie Stöhr showed her breasts in a semi-transparent blouse on the program of November 7, 1970, which was considered a scandal.
    • The Austrian radio supervisory authority criticized it when moderator Schönherr allegedly showed sympathy for the SPÖ during the election campaign on his show with a red carnation on his lapel .
    • In 1972, the painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser presented his models of houses with green roofs, some of which were also implemented in reality. He also had himself filmed at a house, the facade of which he decorated in the window area with his distinctive painting, without having first obtained the owner's permission.
    • A game in which a candidate family was sunk in a car in a water basin and had to free themselves from it caused a scandal in the program of March 27, 1971. A candidate could not open the door and had to be rescued by divers. The event was parodied by Loriot on episode 19 of Cartoon .

    broadcasts

    1. Broadcast: Vienna, December 20, 1969, Wiener Stadthalle: Věra Čáslavská , Dusty Springfield , Eddi Arent , Roy Black , Wiener Sängerknaben , orchestra: Karel Krautgartner
    2. Broadcast: Mainz, February 21, 1970, Rheingoldhalle : Alice and Ellen Kessler , Die Minstrels , Bill Ramsey , Elke Sommer , orchestra: Max Greger
    3. Broadcast: Vienna, April 4, 1970, Wiener Stadthalle: Caterina Valente , Ilan + Ilanit, Florida dolphin show, orchestra: Karel Krautgartner
    4. Broadcast: Wiesbaden, May 23, 1970, Rhein-Main-Halle: Adriano Celentano , Orchestra: Max Greger
    5. Broadcast: Vienna, June 20, 1970, Donaupark-Halle: Gitte , Eddie Constantine
    6. Broadcast: Vienna, September 12, 1970, Donaupark-Halle: Mike Brant , Daliah Lavi , Ivan Rebroff , orchestra: Karel Krautgartner
    7. Broadcast: Vienna, November 7, 1970, Wiener Stadthalle: Udo Jürgens , Worried Men Skiffle Group
    8. Broadcast: Wiesbaden, December 19, 1970, Rhein-Main-Halle: Bee Gees , your children , Orchestra: Max Greger
    9. Broadcast: Vienna, January 16, 1971, Donaupark-Halle: Shirley Bassey , Chantal and Dumont, orchestra: Erich Kleinschuster Sextett
    10. Broadcast: Wiesbaden, February 27, 1971, Rhein-Main-Halle: Max Greger jun. , Wolfgang, The Pepe Lienhards , Mary Roos , Paul Hubschmid
    11. Broadcast: Vienna, March 27, 1971, Wiener Stadthalle: Melina Mercouri , Birgit Murbacher, Alfred Böhm , Elfriede Ott , orchestra: Erich Kleinschuster.
    12. Broadcast: Vienna, May 8, 1971, Wiener Stadthalle: Gilbert Bécaud
    13. Broadcast: Vienna, June 19, 1971, Donaupark-Halle: Heintje Simons, Rudolf Schock
    14. Broadcast: Berlin, September 4th, 1971, Deutschlandhalle: Katja Ebstein , Reinhard Mey , Orchestra: Max Greger
    15. Broadcast: Vienna, October 30, 1971, Wiener Stadthalle: Baden Powell, Trinidad Oil Company
    16. Broadcast: Wiesbaden, November 27, 1971, Rhein-Main-Halle: Roberta Patterson Singers, Arik Brauer
    17. Broadcast: Vienna, January 29, 1972, Donaupark-Halle :: Su Kramer, Josef Laufer
    18. Broadcast: Mainz, February 26, 1972, Rheingoldhalle: Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Mireille Mathieu, Ray Stephens
    19. Broadcast: Vienna, March 25, 1972, Donaupark-Halle: Liesbeth List, Gilbert O'Sullivan
    20. Broadcast: Cologne, May 12, 1972, Cologne sports hall: Boaz Sharabi, Association Hagaw
    21. Broadcast: Vienna, June 24, 1972, Wiener Stadthalle: Nicki Doff, Manuela Felice
    22. Broadcast: Vienna, September 23, 1972, Donaupark-Halle: Don Jaime de Mora y Aragón, Les Humphries Singers
    23. Broadcast: Mainz, October 28, 1972, Rheingoldhalle: The Milestones
    24. Broadcast: Vienna, December 2, 1972, Wiener Stadthalle: Ingeborg Hallstein, Oscar Peterson

    On February 20, 1982, the Saturday evening show "Wünsch dir was" was broadcast on ORF under the title "An excursion into the realm of nostalgia". Dietmar Schönherr and Vivi Bach play the family game again. Candidates were Joachim Fuchsberger , Hans Rosenthal and Hans Peter Heinzl with their families. Perchten group from Tyrol (Breitenbach), Pepe-Lienhart-Band, Thommy Fuchsberger, Vivi Bach, Udo Jürgens

    Awards

    In 1972 the show was awarded a Bambi .

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ 1st episode Make a wish, December 20, 1969, Collection of the Austrian Advertising Museum
    2. ↑ Make a wish dated November 7, 1970
    3. ↑ Hundertwasser
    4. ^ Stefan Neumann: Loriot and the high comedy. Life, work and work of Vicco von Bülow . Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, Trier 2011, ISBN 978-3-86821-298-3 , p. 404-405 .
    5. ↑ March 27, 1971