Bullyparade
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Bullyparade is the title of a German late night comedy sketch show which aired from 1997 to 2002 on German channel ProSieben. Michael Herbig, Rick Kavanian
and Christian Tramitz
were the main cast of the show.
The show featured both taped and live performed sketches
, nearly every sketch was part of a series of sketches featuring special characters and settings. The show had a high rate of running gag
s, too. In Germany, Bullyparade gained strong cult followings even long time after it had been canceled, its status can be compared to Monty Python's Flying Circus
in the UK
. One thing it had in common with the Flying Circus is the frequent use of drag by the main cast.
The movie Manitou's Shoe, a parody on western movies and one of the most successful German films ever made, was based on the characters in this show.
In 2004, Michael Herbig produced a second film, (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, which was also based on sketches parodying sci-fi shows like Star Trek
, and it was very successful as well.
Rick Kavanian
Rick Horatio Kavanian is a German actor, comedian, author and dubber of Armenian-Romanian roots. He is famous for his cooperation with Michael Herbig, which led to many popular movie comedies and parodies, e.g. Manitou's Shoe.- Life :...
and Christian Tramitz
Christian Tramitz
Christian Tramitz is a German actor, comedian, voice actor and author.- Life :Christian Tramitz is the grandson of Austrian actor Paul Hörbiger and nephew of actress Christiane Hörbiger. His parents are film producer Rudolf Tramitz and Monica, née Hörbiger...
were the main cast of the show.
The show featured both taped and live performed sketches
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
, nearly every sketch was part of a series of sketches featuring special characters and settings. The show had a high rate of running gag
Running gag
A running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling....
s, too. In Germany, Bullyparade gained strong cult followings even long time after it had been canceled, its status can be compared to Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python’s Flying Circus is a BBC TV sketch comedy series. The shows were composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines...
in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. One thing it had in common with the Flying Circus is the frequent use of drag by the main cast.
The movie Manitou's Shoe, a parody on western movies and one of the most successful German films ever made, was based on the characters in this show.
In 2004, Michael Herbig produced a second film, (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, which was also based on sketches parodying sci-fi shows like Star Trek
Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction entertainment franchise created by Gene Roddenberry. The core of Star Trek is its six television series: The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise...
, and it was very successful as well.
Popular culture spoofs
- Star Trek (with Tramitz as 'Kork' (sounds like "Cock" in the characters' dialect); Herbig as 'Mr. Spuck' ("Spit") and Kavanian as Bones, 'Schrotty' ("Junk") and 'Solo')
- the WinnetouWinnetouWinnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written by Karl May in German, including the sequels Winnetou I through Winnetou IV....
franchise by Karl MayKarl MayKarl Friedrich May was a popular German writer, noted mainly for adventure novels set in the American Old West, and similar books set in the Orient and Middle East . In addition, he wrote stories set in his native Germany, in China and in South America...
(with Tramitz as Old Shatterhand and Herbig as Winnetou) - the Sissi film trilogySissi (film)Sissi is a 1955 film directed by Ernst Marischka and starring Romy Schneider, Karlheinz Böhm, Magda Schneider, Uta Franz, Gustav Knuth, Vilma Degischer and Josef Meinrad. It is the first of a trilogy of romantic films about the Empress of Austria, Elisabeth of Bavaria, who was known to her family...
starring Romy SchneiderRomy SchneiderRomy Schneider was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.-Early life:Schneider was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian...
(with Tramitz as the Austrian Emperor and Herbig as Sissi) - the TerminatorTerminator-Science:*Terminator , the line between the day and night sides of a planetary body*Terminator , the end of a gene for transcription-Technology:*Terminator , a resistor at the end of a transmission line to prevent signal reflection...
(with Tramitz performing Schwarzenegger's role) - the James Bond-movies (with Tramitz as 'Bernd Bond' and Herbig as Q)