Line #15 Series/DieWochenshow


1	''Die Wochenshow'' was a [[GermanMedia German]] SketchComedy show, originally broadcasted from [[TheNineties 1996]] to [[TheNoughties 2002]] on [[UsefulNotes/GermanTVStations Sat.1]], and one of the most popular German comedy shows of its era. The show was mainly a NewsParody, but also parodied other show formats you need hosts for, mostly specially themed [[TalkShow talk shows]]. The title is an allusion to ''Wochenschau'', the [[UsefulNotes/GermanLanguage German term]] for ''weekly newsreel'', and also to the fact that there was a new episode once weekly.
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3	Ingolf Lück was the anchorman and Anke Engelke played the co-anchorwoman, but of course they and a bunch of other comedians also assumed quite a number of other roles. [[StarMakingRole Most of the cast are still well known to the German audience.]]
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5	Has been [[{{Revival}} revived]] in March 2011, with Ingolf Lück as the only member of the old cast reprising his role(s).
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7	!! This show contains examples of:
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9	* AmbiguouslyGay: Brisko Schneider (played by Pastewka), the host of fictional show ''Sex-TV'', is certainly very [[CampGay campy]], but his sexual orientation has never been explicitly shown or stated (although [[WordOfGay Pastewka once said in an interview]] that he considers Brisko being in a TransparentCloset.)
10	* AscendedExtra: Creator/MatzeKnop was a recurring guest in 2002, when his character Richie had a recurring segment. In the 2011 revival, he was a regular cast member.
11	* AttentionWhore: Herbert Görgens (played by Lück) always tries to get into tv with his "visionary" inventions and ideas, which are either totally silly, useless, frauds, or have already been existing for a long time.
12	* BleepDammit: In a spoof report on some criminal activity, the reporter began to interview somebody with a CensorBox covering his face. It did not move with him when they sat down.
13	* CatchPhrase:
14	** ''Zurück zu Lück!'' - ''Danke, Anke!'' (''Back to Lück'' - ''Thanks, Anke!'') - Lück and Engelke as anchorman and -woman
15	** ''Hallo liebe Liebenden...'' (''Hello, dear lovers...'') - Brisko Schneider
16	** ''Komm ich jetzt ins Fernsehen?'' (''Do I get on tv now?'') - Herbert Görgens
17	* FunWithAcronyms: ''SHIT – Shopping im TV''
18	* InnocentInnuendo: In ''Geh ran'', Dana Rama (played by Annette Frier), interviews people concerning their occupations, which are always rather ordinary. However, she tends to automatically interpret everything they tell her in a sexual way.
19	* KentBrockmanNews: Due to the show's [[NewsParody concept]], the occurence of this trope was inevitable.
20	* LargeHam: Ingolf Lück often got the "hammy" roles, like that of the anchorman or the above mentioned Herbert Görgens.
21	* NaziGrandpa: Opa Adolf Frey (played by Marco Rima), from the segment ''Was der Großvater noch wusste'' (''What Grandpa Still Did Know''), is implied to be one.
22	* NewsParody
23	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Averted most of the time with characters named exactly like the people they are a parody of, although sometimes the names are slightly changed due to the RuleOfFunny (e.g. Sabine Christiansen --> Christiane Sabinsen).
24	* SpiritualSuccessor: Of ''Rudis Tagesshow'', a NewsParody from TheEighties.
25	* SpotlightStealingTitle: While many sketch themes were shown once and never seen again, others were repeated quite regulary, if popular enough (e.g. ''Sex-TV'' and ''Ricky's Pop-Sofa'').
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27	* ThoseWackyNazis: In a "Hits of the 40s" segment.
28	* TooDumbToLive: Ricky (played by Engelke), the host of fictional show ''Ricky's Pop-Sofa''.
29	* YouClonedHitler One of the recurring sketches featured a bunch of Hitler clones (Cloned out of the original one's famous ''mustache''! It was a Russian soldier's war trophy.) living in the present as flatmates.

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