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Thomas Hermanns

Thomas Hermanns (born 5 March 1963) is a German TV-presenter, director, TV-author and comedian. He is known for his comedy-show Quatsch Comedy Club.

Hermanns was born in Bochum. During his childhood he lived in Nuremberg. After school he studied theatre. In 1992, Hermanns started the comedy show Quatsch Comedy Club. The show has been on German channel ProSieben since 1996. In 2003 the show moved to the Theatre Friedrichstadtpalast in Berlin.

Hermanns has written and produced different comedy shows on TV, including Zapped (1998), Back to Life (2000) and Paranoid (2004) for Michael Mittermeier, Gayle Tufts and Cora Frost. Hermanns was a director for Grease and Es fährt ein Zug nach Nirgendwo. Hermanns wrote for the TV series Lukas (1997–1999), Meine beste Freundin (2000) with Mariele Millowitsch and Doris Kunstmann and for Sing, wenn du kannst! (2002) at the theatre Schmidts Tivoli in Hamburg.

Hermanns was TV moderator of Red Nose Day and Popclub on channel ProSieben. In May 2005 and 2006 Hermanns was moderator of Countdown Eurovision. In December 2005 Hermanns worked with Sky du Mont and Bettina Zimmermann as moderators of the Bambi award on German channel ARD. He was also the moderator of the Vorentscheidung Eurovision Song Contest, and was spokesperson for this event from 2005 to 2008.

Comedy

In a modern sense, comedy (from the Greek: κωμῳδία, kōmōidía) refers to any discourse or work generally intended to be humorous or to amuse by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, television, film and stand-up comedy. The origins of the term are found in Ancient Greece. In the Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by the political satire performed by the comic poets at the theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance which pits two groups or societies against each other in an amusing agon or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions that pose obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth is understood to be constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to take recourse in ruses which engender very dramatic irony which provokes laughter.

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Kesslers Knigge

Kesslers Knigge (English title: Kessler's Etiquette) is a German comedy series starring Michael Kessler as himself as in the title. The first season was broadcast from June to August 2009; production for the new season has not decided yet.

Format

In each episode, Kessler shows off a lot of negative examples on etiquette, which may not be suitable in daily life situations. Each episode have three segments; as in one episode which concentrates on office, holiday or the dead. Kessler begins each segment with a satiric smile. Each segment begins with the text "10 things that you should not do if ... (as in "...you are at the travel agency")" appear. The theme tune of the series is the instrumental version of "Nur ein Wort" by Wir sind Helden.

Production

The episodes were produced in just two months in the autumn of 2008. The series is directed by Jan Markus Linhof and Joseph Orr.

Running gags

Sketches that are shown often (adapted to the respective topic):