We are the freeses

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We are the Freeses is a radio comedy series by Norddeutscher Rundfunk by Andreas Altenburg , which revolves around the life of the fictional Freese family. The radio satire has been broadcast on NDR-2-Morgen since September 2014.

Figures of the series

main characters

  • Grandma Rosemarie (Rosi) Freese (born June 8, 1951) is wealthy and owns a taxi company that she “inherited”
  • Bianca Daniela Freese (born March 20, 1976), Rosi's romantic-naive single daughter with a sense of spirituality runs the rental car counter in a car dealership part-time and tends to be extremely overprotective ( helicopter mother )
  • Sven (Svenni) Mbeki Freese (pronounced Zwenni ; born November 11, 2003), started high school in 2014 and has been training as a cutting machine operator since August 10, 2020 , always amazes with his exclusive observations in natural sciences, politics and technology.
  • Heiko "Snäcki" Postel (born July 6, 1976) lives as the tenant of Grandma Rosi in the upper granny flat, he is constantly visiting the Freeses, he is an entrepreneur for container sealing, knows everything and knows everything

Minor characters

  • Bernhard Dicken (* February 1977), was engaged to Bianca from 2016 to 2020, esotericist, carrying advisor, owner of a food truck with which he specializes in sweet potatoes , lives in Frechen , nicknamed "Berni", "Bernibär" and "Mein Mäusepolizist"
  • Marilu , who has been Svennis’s girlfriend since 2018, has the pants on in the relationship
  • Simon , Svenni's best friend, know each other from the bus
  • Yvette (born March 1, 1994), Heiko's on-off girlfriend since 2016, an aspiring model, comes from Görlitz
  • Hassan (* 1955), taxi driver with 'Taxi Freese', close relationship with Rosi, came to Germany from Turkey when he was 20
  • Uwe , family dog ​​of the Freeses, ran away on vacation in 2018, Bullpinscher mix
  • The rodent , pet of the freeses, mixture of color rat and beaver , eating behavior of a dwarf rabbit , a passenger "forgot" him in the taxi

content

The Freeses live in a multi-generational household with Heiko Postel, the tenant of the apartment that belongs to the house. The life of the Freese family is fictitiously recorded by microphones in the style of Big Brother and broadcast as a "compilation" on weekdays at 7.17 am. The five pre-episodes are therefore about the preparatory work, e.g. B. the installation of the microphones in the house of the Freeses. In these episodes, Andreas Altenburg plays himself as an NDR employee, and his colleagues also have their say.

The episodes usually begin with the words "Put your cell phone away", always pronounced by a different person, referring to someone who is busy with his cell phone. Then the characters talk together about strategies for coping with everyday life, current events and extreme philosophical positions. At the end, the typical North German question is asked "Can't we even be like a completely normal family?"

In contrast to the previous series Breakfast at Stefanie's , the comedy does not only present the freeses in a domestic setting, even when they are out, they are accompanied by the radio microphones.

Charisma

After the repeats of the best-of episodes of Breakfast at Stefanie came to an end on August 1, 2014 , NDR 2 broadcast five pre-episodes of the new comedy series Wir sind die from September 8 to September 12, 2014 after the summer break Freeses .

The regular episodes have been broadcast since September 15, 2014 in the early programming of NDR 2, Monday to Friday at 7.17 a.m. Repetitions run at different times in the morning and at 4:45 p.m. The NDR also offers the programs as podcasts.

The episode Eurocopter , scheduled for March 6, 2015 and broadcast at 5.45 a.m. (for early risers), was broadcast at 7.17 a.m. by Sherlock Holmes after the accident involving the rescue helicopter Christoph 51 became known on March 5, 2015 in Stuttgart replaced. Eurocopter was then broadcast on March 9th at 7.17 am.

On April 29, 2017, NDR 2 broadcast for three hours with the voices of Grandma Rosi, Bianca, Svenni and Snäcki - spoken live by Andreas Altenburg - from a real pub in Hamburg-Harvestehude . All 55 tickets for the event Melodies, People, Mixed Drinks - NDR 2 live from the owl from Rosi's legendary corner bar were raffled off.

Broadcast breaks

On the occasion of the serious airplane accident in southern France , no program was broadcast on March 25, 2015. Likewise, no episode was broadcast on November 16, 2015 after the terrorist attacks in Paris . An episode in the summer extra The Freese Chronicles was canceled on July 15, 2016 because of the terrorist attack in Nice . Even after the terrorist attack in Berlin , no episode was broadcast on December 20, 2016. Due to a flu illness of Andreas Altenburg, episodes that had already been broadcast were repeated from March 21, 2018, as well as on November 1, 2019. Since Andreas Altenburg was stuck in Mallorca as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , from March 19 to 24, 2020 Best of episodes repeated.

In the summer months, the program took a summer break for five or six weeks. In 2015, the Freeses flew to Cala Rajada on Mallorca for their summer vacation , and in the first week of their vacation they were accompanied live by the NDR microphones. In 2016 Bianca went on a Mediterranean cruise on the Costa Magica with her lover Bernhard and Grandma Rosi traveled with Svenni to the island of Borkum . The Freese Chronicles - Facts from Family Research were broadcast for four weeks to bridge the gap. In 2017 Svenni went to the holiday camp, in 2018 the Freeses went on a motorhome holiday at the Müritz with Heiko , in 2019 they spent again in Cala Rajada, the summer breaks were bridged with the best of freeses selected by listeners .

Crossover

We are the Freeses shares a common series universe with Stefanie's radio comedy breakfast, which ended in 2013 . There were crossovers between the two series in three episodes .

While Grandma Rosi steered a Hermes courier driver to her home by phone, she referred to a bistro in the route description, in which there was always a dog on the counter. The driver replied that there was a grandpa standing there. These allusions to Rocky and Franz Gehrke from Breakfast at Stefanie suggest that the Freeses' house is near Steffi's breakfast bistro.

Six weeks later for Christmas, Steffi, Georg, Udo and Franz from breakfast were waiting in line in front of the package delivery behind the Freese family with Stefanie. When, after the only female postal worker, there was a risk that no more parcels could be handed out before Christmas Eve, retired post office clerk Georg Ahlers took over the issue.

At the ceremony for the anniversary episode, Stefanie and Udo were entrusted with the catering . When Heiko asked if there were any rolls left, Stefanie replied: “No, I have to smear them first. Milk and sugar …".

Author and speaker

The broadcast comes from the NDR-2 editor Andreas Altenburg ( Who's beeping there ? , Detzer & Nelling , Breakfast with Stefanie ). Rosi Freese, Sven Freese, Bianca Freese and Heiko Postel will be spoken by Andreas Altenburg himself.

The other voices come from NDR employees, such as Thomas Hanik (taxi driver Hassan), Stefanie Szyszka (Svennis school friend Simon), Jessica Müller (Simon's mother), Silvia Karbautzki (Svennis teacher Ms. Pahlke and Svennis friend Tabea), Maren Sieber (Sandrine) , André Schünke (Bianca's lover Bernhard), André Chu (Carola), Alexandra Wolfslast (Yvette), Christina Haacke (Marilu), Manuel Steinke (Jeremy Fischer), Meike Nett (woman who always complains), Michael Woddow, Olli Kleist, Katrin Schlass, Jochen Moseberg (Svennis class teacher Dr. Schorf) and Torben Pöhls (Syrian Whaleed).

Guest speakers were Till Demtrøder , who met Grandma Rosi at the Karl May Games in Bad Segeberg as an Old Shatterhand actor, Johannes Wimmer , with whom Rosi spends the night after the shooting festival, and a listener, that of Rosi and Bianca is addressed as a possible passenger for a train group ticket. Bettina Tietjen and Jan Fedder spoke in the 2018 Christmas episodes . Tietjen was Heidi Sievers, once Rosi's competitor at the waffle stand in the tennis club, and now she appeared for the Christmas party in the “Eule”, where the two quarrel ended with Rosi's unconsciousness. Fedder spoke the "inner voice" of Grandma Rosi. Axel Milberg , whom Heiko has said to be very familiar with for years, complained over the phone about this claim. Holger Ponik and Ilka Petersen had a guest appearance on the occasion of their departure from Ponik & Petersen - Der NDR 2 Morgen . In addition, Christian Brückner played the speaker role in the bonus radio plays, as did Peter Maffay , Alec and Sascha from The BossHoss , Bettina Tietjen, Linda Zervakis , Peter Urban and Fiete Arp . Annett Louisan and Johannes Oerding sang in the bonus musical .

Music and singing

The title melody was recorded by the NDR Big Band . Up to episode 211 the singing came from the soul singer Nathalie Dorra . At the end of the 2015 summer break, the opening credits were changed.

Special

The audience was able to send messages directly to Svenni Freese's cell phone via a cell phone number. Up until the summer break of 2015, one of the best SMS , MMS or WhatsApp messages was mentioned at the end of the program with Svenni's words “Look at my cell phone!” . In addition, the video and the sender were published on the NDR-2 website.

Since the end of the 2015 summer break, Oma Rosi's video blog Freese 1 an alle has been available as an animation spin-off . The episodes have been appearing on the series' Facebook page every Friday since September 4, 2015, the artist is Michael Marklowsky. The episodes produced by NDR together with Studio HD Entertainment in Hanover have also been broadcast on NDR television since January 29, 2016 on Fridays at around 1:28 p.m. In addition, Freese 1 is broadcast to everyone on Saturdays at 7.17 a.m. in the early program of NDR 2. The NDR also offers these programs as podcasts.

Publications

  • 2016: Triple CD Wir sind die Freeses (best-of plus bonus radio play "The three freeses and the cheeky monkey" with Christian Brückner)
  • 2017: Triple CD We are the Freeses - Put your cell phone back on your feet (best-of plus bonus radio play "The three freeses and the secret band" with Peter Maffay)
  • 2018: Triple CD We are the Freeses - Selfie First! (Best-of plus bonus radio play "The three freeses and the magic keys")
  • 2019: Triple CD We are the Freeses - Showtime! (Best-of plus Freese musical "Bumm Bumm Land" with Annett Louisan and Johannes Oerding)

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ There was probably no agreement on Rosi's date of birth. As a result, Declared Presents on April 30, 2015 is Rosi's birthday and declares for the evening: “I wanted to go to the owl in May”. However, she celebrated her 65th birthday on June 8, 2016 in the episode Totally click offe Heart . This was explained in the Freese Chronicle episode The Freese Family Tree on July 21, 2016 with the fact that she spontaneously proclaimed her birthday in 2015 in order to induce the NDR to dance in May at the expense of the fee payer .
  2. ^ NDR 2: Rosi Freese.
  3. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 119.
  4. ^ NDR 2: Bianca Freese.
  5. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 207.
  6. ↑ Follow holiday injustice from June 11, 2020 and Apprentice Freese from August 17, 2020.
  7. ^ NDR 2: Sven Freese.
  8. ↑ Heiko got his nickname after his C-youth trainer said at halftime: “Heiko is on the move like a snail”, which the captain with an overbite pronounced “snacks”, and at that time he always ate microwave snacks from Hot Witch ; see. Follow nickname genesis from May 4, 2015 and naming standard from March 18, 2020.
  9. ↑ Heiko subsequently had Happy Snäcki's birthday on July 6, 2015. In the Parents for Future episode on March 15, 2019, he said: "My name is Heiko Postel, I'm 42 years."
  10. ^ NDR 2: Heiko "Snäcki" Postel.
  11. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 143.
  12. ↑ Episode The Salmon of Wisdom, September 23, 2016.
  13. ↑ Follow I wish you love from September 26, 2016.
  14. ^ Follow the proof of initiatives from June 22, 2020.
  15. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 146.
  16. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 206.
  17. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 219.
  18. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 215.
  19. ↑ a b Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 255.
  20. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 114.
  21. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 144.
  22. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 59.
  23. ↑ Altenburg: We are the Freeses. ISBN 978-3-499-00025-6 , p. 57 f.
  24. ↑ a b NDR 2: New NDR 2 Comedy starts on September 8th: “We are the Freeses.” Press release from September 5th, 2014, accessed on September 8th, 2014.
  25. ↑ We are the Freeses - podcasts for download. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  26. ↑ NDR 2: “Wünsch Dir dein NDR” - NDR 2 listeners meet in the “Eule” with “We are the Freeses”. Press release of April 21, 2017, accessed April 24, 2017.
  27. ^ Follow live tracking from November 6, 2017.
  28. ↑ Follow All I want for Christmas - Part 5 from December 22, 2017.
  29. ↑ a b Follow we zero from March 29, 2019.
  30. ↑ Booklet for the CD We are the Freeses (2016).
  31. ↑ a b Booklet for CD We are the Freeses - Selfie First! (2018).
  32. ↑ Booklet for CD We are the Freeses - Showtime! (2019).
  33. ↑ Follow Welcome Waleed from March 8, 2016 and watch with Whaleed from June 17, 2016.
  34. ↑ Follow Old Shatterhand from June 24, 2016 and The Bite of the Pumas from June 27, 2016.
  35. ↑ Follow before vacation? from July 2, 2018.
  36. ^ Follow the highway robbery of April 13, 2017.
  37. ↑ “Uffi Kontor from Kiel is a die-hard fan of 'We are the Freeses' - now he is there himself with a guest role.” Cf. Ausgeträume - Uffi visits the Freeses. Podcast from April 11, 2017 ( Memento from April 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ).
  38. ^ Follow the summit on June 12, 2018.
  39. ↑ Episode The Fall of the Puma on December 17, 2018.
  40. ↑ Follow Me & Me from December 20, 2018.
  41. ↑ Follow Odde Nide Lo from December 21, 2018.
  42. ^ NDR 2: Axel Milberg speaks up. ( Memento of March 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive ).
  43. ^ Episode in the hall on December 19, 2019.
  44. ↑ a b NDR 2: The NDR Bigband plays the theme tune. 5th September 2014.
  45. ↑ NDR 2: Handy films and photos directly to Svenni ( Memento from February 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  46. ↑ HD Entertainment: Freese 1 to everyone. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  47. ↑ Freese 1 to all - podcasts for download. Retrieved October 26, 2018.