I beg your pardon?!

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Television series
Original title I beg your pardon?!
Country of production GermanyGermany Germany
original language German
Year (s) 1992-1999
length 60 minutes
Broadcasting
cycle		 weekly
genre Comedy , consumer broadcast
Moderation Geert Müller-Gerbes
First broadcast February 8, 1992 on RTLplus

I beg your pardon?! was a German television show that was shown on RTL Television from 1992 to 1999 . Geert Müller-Gerbes hosted the consumer show .

format

A team of actors targeted questionable government and corporate practices. True cases that were sent in by viewers were exaggerated in skits . Often it was about service that was perceived as incompetent or unfair or about promises made by manufacturers that were not kept. The actual names of the companies or authorities were given. During the research on the part of RTL or at the latest after the broadcast of the program, most of the victims got their rights.

The practices of Deutsche Telekom were often discussed. The saying “Fun with Telekom” in the introduction by Geert Müller-Gerbes was well known . There was also a fictional person (played by Lutz Reichert ) who kept appearing on Telekom topics: "The stupid". If his actions or answers (as a telecom employee) were commented on with the question “Tell me, are you stupid?”, He answered in the affirmative.

The authors included a. Jürgen Barz ( Insterburg & Co. ), Rut Wenker, Laabs Kowalski and Jens-Oliver Haas , who later worked for Ich bin ein Star - Get me out of here! Wrote lyrics.

Under the title That's Life , a corresponding program ran from 1973 to 1994 on the British BBC .

occupation

The cast of the first season included Siegfried W. Kernen , Andreas Giebel , Susanne Altweger and Thomas Nicolai . From the sixth episode, April Hailer replaced Susanne Altweger. In the non-broadcast pilot episode, Anka Zink was on the team instead .

In seasons 2 and 3 (1992/93) the team consisted of Siegfried W. Kernen, April Hailer, Thomas Hackenberg , Georg Einerdinger and Lutz Reichert as a substitute. The regular cast from the autumn season 1993 included Max Grießer , Thomas Hackenberg, April Hailer and Lutz Reichert. Siegfried W. Kernen and Carmen Plate each stood in as a substitute. Further representation until the summer of 1996 was Susanne Czepl .

From the summer season 1996 the line-up changed more frequently. In addition to the previous regular line-up, Hans-Werner Olm joined the team as a replacement for Lutz Reichert, but was replaced by Siegfried W. Kernen after just a few broadcasts. From then on, the cast varied with three male actors, as Lutz Reichert also came back in the meantime. As a representative of Thomas Hackenberg, Hans Kieseier also joined the team. Michael Trischan replaced Max Grießer once. Tanja Schumann , Kira Koschella and later Anne Rothäuser joined the show's team to represent April Hailer .

From the summer of 1997, the studio's backdrop was completely renewed. Here, too, the old line-up remained in use until mid-1998 with the exception of April Hailer, who was replaced by Eva Mannschott . This meant that the actors Max Grießer, Thomas Hackenberg, Hans Kieser, Lutz Reichert (three actors per program) and Eva Mannschott were available until mid-1998. In 1998 the team was replaced again shortly before the dismissal. Now, in addition to Hans Kieseier and Eva Mannschott, Robert Louis Griesbach , Joseph Hannesschläger and Katrin Weißer belonged to the ensemble. Joseph Hannesschläger was replaced by Gerhard Zemann for the last broadcasts .

Theo West was used as his own external reporter . Hans Meiser was used for four episodes in 1993 and 1998 as a substitute presenter for the sick Geert Müller-Gerbes.

"Pannemann"

After a few years, the show came into direct contact with the respective companies when the Pannemann was awarded by its own external reporter Theo West . The "Pannemann" represented a price for an incompetent or unfriendly service offer. From 1997 the price became a doll. As a snap-mouth doll , the Pannemann presented the Pannemann News together with Hans Kieseier .

In the show there was also the reminder. He traveled to the most stubborn deniers of rights with a megaphone and warned companies or authorities when cases were simply not processed. That was later in a modified form as "Red Man" on Ein Fall für Escher on MDR TV.

"Quickies"

The “quickies” were short excerpts from advertising brochures and classified ads , which were mostly ambiguous in a humorous way.

Charisma

From February 8, 1992 to March 13, 1999, 226 episodes of the hour-long television program ran. The original broadcast date was on Saturday evening at 10:00 p.m. From the summer of 1992 the date was moved to Thursday at 10:15 p.m., later first to Friday at the same time and then again to Saturday (right before RTL Saturday night ).

The program, which is critical to many companies, had comparatively few advertising customers during the commercial breaks. When Gerhard Zeiler became RTL managing director, he soon canceled the show. Müller-Gerbes commented: “Contrary to popular belief, RTL no longer makes television, but makes a profit. The program is only accepted with approval. "

Awards

  • 1995 Bavarian TV Prize for the cast of Max Grießer, Thomas Hackenberg, April Hailer, Geert Müller-Gerbes and Lutz Reichert

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ from the television dictionary by Michael Reufsteck and Stefan Niggemeier, quoted in the entry How please ?! on fernsehserien.de, accessed on September 11, 2019