Hannu Karpo
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Hannu Karpo is a famous Finnish
reporter who hosted his own show, Karpolla on asiaa
, from 1981-2007. He was a reporter for Yleisradio
from 1961 to 1981 before moving over to the competing network (MTV3
). His own show was produced by his privately owned Pallosalama Oy production company which he founded in 1970.
s. He has also been asked to run for politics by numerous parties but has continually refused to do so. Karpo is also known for sticking to his guns, evidenced by the fact that the graphics for his show hadn't changed since the late 1980s and the fact that he refused to rerun a particular episode of his show, in spite of popular demand, as it had originally aired at the same time as a ice hockey
match on a competing channel. His rationale was that the ice hockey results could have been seen later on numerous newscasts.
Karpo also awarded many of his guests with a piece of smoked reindeer
or an encased 100 mk (later 100€) bill for speaking out. During the early run of the show Karpo also granted financial and material aid to guests on his show but stopped after feeling that his help was being exploited. He also confronted a person who had threatened another person by "telling Karpo" about him in order to solve a legal case.
Karpo also didn't shy away from criticizing Finnish politics and bureaucracy. Indeed, many of his guests were people who felt that they were being mistreated through careless decision making. Others were people in positions or predicaments (either legal or financial) from which they couldn't seemingly find a way out of.
) and a furry microphone with a frank and demanding voice has become a popular image of a hard-hitting reporter in Finland. Numerous Finnish comedians at various times have "done a Karpo". His famous catchphrase "Onko tässä mitään järkeä!?" ("Does this make any sense (to you)!?") is often a key-part of these caricaturistic impressions.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
reporter who hosted his own show, Karpolla on asiaa
Karpolla on asiaa
Karpolla on asiaa was a popular Finnish television show with a journalistic touch. It was hosted by reporter Hannu Karpo and produced by his Pallosalama OY production company. The show ran from 1981 to 2007 on MTV3...
, from 1981-2007. He was a reporter for Yleisradio
Yleisradio
The Finnish Broadcasting Company , abbreviated to YLE , is Finland's national broadcasting company, founded in 1926. YLE is a public-broadcasting organization which shares many of its characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC, on which it was largely modelled...
from 1961 to 1981 before moving over to the competing network (MTV3
MTV3
MTV3 is a Finnish commercial television station owned by Bonnier. It had the biggest audience share of all Finnish TV channels until Finnish Broadcasting Company’s YLE1 took the lead. The letters MTV stand for Mainos-TV , due to the channel getting its revenue from running commercials...
). His own show was produced by his privately owned Pallosalama Oy production company which he founded in 1970.
Show
Karpo's show ran for 26 years during which he received a number of death threatDeath threat
A death threat is a threat of death, often made anonymously, by one person or a group of people to kill another person or groups of people. These threats are usually designed to intimidate victims in order to manipulate their behavior, thus a death threat is a form of coercion...
s. He has also been asked to run for politics by numerous parties but has continually refused to do so. Karpo is also known for sticking to his guns, evidenced by the fact that the graphics for his show hadn't changed since the late 1980s and the fact that he refused to rerun a particular episode of his show, in spite of popular demand, as it had originally aired at the same time as a ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
match on a competing channel. His rationale was that the ice hockey results could have been seen later on numerous newscasts.
Karpo also awarded many of his guests with a piece of smoked reindeer
Reindeer
The reindeer , also known as the caribou in North America, is a deer from the Arctic and Subarctic, including both resident and migratory populations. While overall widespread and numerous, some of its subspecies are rare and one has already gone extinct.Reindeer vary considerably in color and size...
or an encased 100 mk (later 100€) bill for speaking out. During the early run of the show Karpo also granted financial and material aid to guests on his show but stopped after feeling that his help was being exploited. He also confronted a person who had threatened another person by "telling Karpo" about him in order to solve a legal case.
Karpo also didn't shy away from criticizing Finnish politics and bureaucracy. Indeed, many of his guests were people who felt that they were being mistreated through careless decision making. Others were people in positions or predicaments (either legal or financial) from which they couldn't seemingly find a way out of.
Karpocature
His distinctive appearance as a bearded man, with glasses with a furry hat (karvalakkiKarvalakki
A karvalakki is a cylinder-shaped, furry hat or cap typically worn in parts of Finland and Russia. Finnish TV presenter Hannu Karpo often wore a karvalakki on his show, Karpolla on asiaa....
) and a furry microphone with a frank and demanding voice has become a popular image of a hard-hitting reporter in Finland. Numerous Finnish comedians at various times have "done a Karpo". His famous catchphrase "Onko tässä mitään järkeä!?" ("Does this make any sense (to you)!?") is often a key-part of these caricaturistic impressions.