Who wants me?
| Television broadcast | |
|---|---|
| Country of production | Austria |
| original language | German |
| Year (s) | Early 1981 - late 1999 |
| Production company |
ORF |
| length | 15 minutes |
| Broadcasting cycle |
Saturday afternoons |
| Theme music | Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf |
| production | ORF |
| Moderation | Edith Klinger |
| First broadcast | February 23, 1981 on ORF 2 |
"Who wants me? - Animals are looking for a home ” was an animal dispensing program moderated by the animal rights activist Edith Klinger on the Austrian television broadcaster ORF , the first edition of which was shown on February 23, 1981.
Shipment history
Initially, the five-minute show was broadcast Monday through Friday at 7:25 p.m. Due to the success of the television audience, the program was soon extended to 15 minutes and aired on late Saturday afternoon (after 5 p.m., since 1983 at the latest).
Klinger presented her program in a dirndl because, in her opinion, this was better suited to the allocation of animals than a blouse or skirt. As a theme song served Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf .
Over a period of almost 19 years, Edith Klinger has not only found a new home for abandoned pets in more than 800 episodes of “Who wants me?” And taught them how to handle pets carefully, but also made ORF television history:
“There are three personalities at ORF who are truly journalistic, sovereign and profoundly involved in their craft: Hugo Portisch , Marcel Prawy and Edith Klinger . The latter was a fixed point of television programming in the 1980s and 1990s. [...] The climax were monologues based on the motto: “Look, the Asta - such a dashing dog. She likes children, but also eats dry food. Look, she's looking for a new home. Please, please. “Dog and Edith Klinger look faithfully into the camera. The animal lover's heart melts. Even today, 25 years after it was first broadcast, viewers feel guilty about having decided against Bauxi and Asta. Edith Klinger turned many people into animal lovers, we thank her for that. "
Natascha Kampusch reports in an interview with the Schweizer Tages-Anzeiger that as a child she reenacted "the animal show" Who wants me? ", In which a new home was sought for pets".
The Austrian caricaturist Manfred Deix was also a self-confessed “Who wants me?” He can be seen in detail in Peter Hajek's 1987 45-minute TV film portrait “Kiss the Hand, Austria - Manfred Deix and his pictures” (together with his wife Marietta) followed the fate of the dogs and cats abandoned by their owners.
Over the years, the title of the popular and very often parodied television show in Austria became a cliché and used for everything that was difficult to convey or that was put on the doorstep: be it divorced husbands, hunted managers or abandoned politicians.
In mid-December 1999, “Who wants me?” Was surprisingly discontinued as “out of date”. The follow-up program "Tierzuliebe", moderated by Maggie Entenfellner , achieved neither the popularity nor the level of awareness of "Who wants me?" And was discontinued in 2012.
See also
Since 1991, WDR TV has broadcast a TV program entitled “ Animals are looking for a home ”, which also focuses on the placement of pets , which are presented in the program for allocation.
Web links
- Arbeiter-Zeitung : From Monday on (2). Animal deals. February 21, 1981. Hear + See. P. 28.
- Marga Swoboda : "Tiermutti" Edith Klinger died at the age of 90. Kronen newspaper .
- Hermes Phettberg : Edith Klinger as guest in Hermes Phettberg's “Nice Leit Show” excerpt from the broadcast on July 15, 1995.
- "Dirndl and cat - Edith Klinger turns 90".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Georg Markus: Headlines that moved Austria . The century of the "Kronen Zeitung" 1900-1990. Ueberreuter 1990, ISBN 3-8000-3363-1 , p. 134 .
- ↑ weekly press . tape 36 . Kurier newspaper publisher and printer, 1981, p. 209 (RA1-PA209) .
- ↑ Österreichischer Rundfunk (Ed.): ORF Almanach Jahr = 1983 . S. 37 ("Who wants me? 40 episodes 10-15 minutes, Saturday, approx. 5.45 pm, FS 2. Animals are looking for a home. With Edith Klinger.").
- ↑ Edith Klinger: “I think the animals go better with a dirndl than with a blouse or a skirt.” Edith Klinger in the quote.
- ↑ Christina Tropper: View into the Kastl: Who wants me? . Upper Austrian news from October 11, 2012.
- ↑ Adrian Schräder: “Normality overwhelmed me”. Tages-Anzeiger from February 27, 2013.
- ↑ See, for example, Der Standard of March 26, 2012: "... For 20 years, up to December 1999, Edith Klinger wrote ORF television history with the animal show" Who wants me? " The question has long since become a household word in Austria , and the careful handling of pets has been brought into the living room at home. ” Edith Klinger is celebrating her 90th birthday.