Schillerstraße

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Schillerstraße is a German improvisational comedy show that airs weekly on Sat.1. It is recorded without script and broadcast to a large extent unedited.

Contents 1 Idea and show structure 2 Development 3 Awards won 4 Episodes 4.1 Season 1 4.2 Season 2 4.3 Season 3 4.4 Season 4 5 External links

[edit] Idea and show structure

The setting of the show is the living room of Cordula Stratmann (all the actors keep their real names) in the fictional street "Schillerstraße" in Cologne, Germany. Cordula gets visited by her friends and relatives regularly. The participants only know the topic of the episode in advance. The whole plot has to be improvised comically. They get directions by the spielleiter (game master) via headphones that have to be realised, e.g. "Cordula: Tell the others you're pregnant!". The show airs mostly unedited and things that go wrong are not removed, either.

The main cast is made up of Cordula Stratmann, as well as Annette Frier, Martin "Maddin" Schneider, Michael Kessler and Ralf Schmitz as her regular visitors. They interchange with dozens of other guests.

The show has been created by Maike Tatzig who is also executive producer of the show. In September 2005 she took over the task of the spielleiter, after Georg Uecker left or had to leave the show for unknown reasons.

The show is produced by Hurricane Fernsehproduktion GmbH.

[edit] Development

Schillerstraße first aired on 3 September 2004 on the German TV channel Sat.1. The originally only 30 minutes lasting episodes in the later evening programme were a big success. That's why the run time has been extended in January 2005 and moved into a prime time slot on Thursdays. On 26 Januar 2007 Schillerstraße got a new slot in the Friday evening prime time and started with a special 90 minutes 100th episode broadcast in which the actors and spielleiter Maike Tatzig looked back at the previous 99 episodes. Former spielleiter Georg Uecker was not mentioned once, instead they decided to make it look like Maike Tatzig had been spielleiter since the beginning of the show.

After Uecker left the show, producer Maike Tatzig became spielleiter in autumn 2005, officially due to schedule problems of Uecker.

On 20 April 2006 the stage has been extended. For being able to continue the show reasonable without Cordula Stratmann who was on maternity leave and was therefore not available for some episodes, they created a pub next door which is called Schillereck (Schiller corner). Stratmann's pregnancy was never part of the show. Her character on the show became fat and had to go to a diet camp. The pub is "owned" by Bernhard Hoëcker, a friend of Cordula's. The stages are set in a right angle. To be able to use both stages in one show, a rotatable audience stand was constructed.

After being surprisingly successful, the format has been sold internationally. The rights were sold to the American media company Fox which is going to produce the show in the USA, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The rights have been sold as well to France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Romania, Hungary and Israel.

[edit] Awards won

• 2005 - Rose d’Or Preis der Presse (Press Award)
• 2005 - Deutscher Comedypreis (German Comedy Award) as beste Impro-Serie (best improvised show)
• 2005 - Deutscher Fernsehpreis (German Television Award) as beste Impro-Comedy (best improvised comedy)
• 2006 - Goldene Romy (Golden Romy) in the category beste Programmidee (best idea)
• 2006 - Radio Regenbogen Award 2005 in the category Comedy 2005

[edit] Episodes

[edit] Season 1

1. Die neue Wohnung (Willkommen in der Schillerstraße) - The New Flat (Welcome to Schillerstraße) 2. Babysitter wider Willen - Involuntary Babysitter 3. Gute Geister, schlechte Geister - Good Ghosts, Bad Ghosts 4. Maddins neue Flamme - Maddin's New Acquaintance 5. Das Regal - The Shelf 6. Das Fitness Fieber - Fitness Fever 7. Die Tupperparty - Tupperware Party 8. Der Hausputz - House Cleaning 9. Halloween - Halloween 10. Die Herbstgrippe - Autumn Flu 11. Der Führerschein - Driving License 12. Der Mutterbesuch - Mother's Visit 13. Der Malkurs - Painting Course 14. Die defekte Heizung - The Damaged Radiator 15. Der Charity Ball - Charity Ball 16. Der Advent - Advent

[edit] Season 2

17. Frohes Neues - Happy New Year 18. Der Ex-Freund - Ex Boyfriend 19. Die Hypnose-Kassette - Hypnosis Cassette 20. Die Schwangerschaft - Pregnancy 21. Kölle Alaaf - Carnival 22. Die Observierung - Observation 23. Das Gipsbein - Casted Bone 24. Die Findelfische - Foundling Fish 25. Das Theaterstück - The Play 26. Die Nachtschwester - Night Nurse 27. Der Lottoschein - Lottery Ticket 28. Der Spieleabend - Game Evening 29. Guck mal, was da krabbelt - Look At What's Crawling There 30. Die Untermieterin - Subtenant 31. Die Kontaktanzeige - Lonely Hearts Ad 32. Schlüsselalarm - Key Alert 33. Das Blind Date - Blind Date 34. Himmelfahrtkommando - Suicide Squad 35. Die Streithennen - Brawlerette 36. Der kulinarische Nachbar - Culinary Neighbour 37. Die Renovierung - Renovation 38. Der Liebeskummer - Lovesick 39. Die Heimarbeit - Homework 40. Bella Italia - Bella Italia

[edit] Season 3

41. Die Rückkehr - The Return 42. Die Parteifreunde (Spezial) - Party Friends (Special) 43. Die verlorenen Jungs - The Lost Boys 44. Der Zahn - Tooth 45. Das Oktoberfest - Oktoberfest 46. Die Quizshow - Quiz Show 47. Der Stromausfall - Power Blackout 48. Die Bewerbung - Job Application 49. Vaterbesuch - Father's visit 50. Die Urlaubsbekanntschaft - Holiday Acquaintance 51. Die Rivalen - Rivals 52. Der Geburtstag - Birthday 53. Der Esoteriktrip - Esotericism Trip 54. Der Töpferkurs - A Potter's Workshop 55. Der Fremdverliebte - Foreign Lover 56. Das Liebeshoroskop - Love Horoscope 57. Die Schlägerei - Fight 58. Das Weihnachtswichteln - Secret Santa 59. Der Ski-Urlaub - Ski Holiday 60. Der Pechvogel - Jinx 61. Der Schwiegerelternschreck - Son-In-Law 62. Der Tanzwettbewerb - Dancing Contest 63. Der Lebensmitteltest - Food Control 64. Der Fahnenflüchtling - Deserter 65. Die Geschiedenen - The Passed Away 66. Die Jecken sind los - The Crazy 67. Der neue Ralf - The New Ralf 68. Der Einbruch - Break-In 69. Der Personaltrainer - Personnel Trainer 70. Der Frühjahrsputz - Spring-Cleaning 71. Der Ausrutscher - Slipping 72. Deutschlands neues Topmodel - Germany's New Top Model 73. Frohe Ostern - Happy Easter 74. Die Erbschaft - Legacy 75. Die unfreiwillige WG - Flat Share By Accident 76. Der Psychologe* - Psychologist 77. Der Abschied - Good Bye 78. Die Anstreicher* - Painter 79. Die Nervenkrise* - Nervous Crisis 80. Die Eröffnungsparty* - The Opening Party 81. Warten auf Gast Nr.1* - Waiting For Guest No. 1 82. Profikellner gesucht!* - Master Waiter Wanted 83. Die Marketingkampagne* - Marketing Campaign 84. Die Karaokeparty* - Karaoke Party

Cordula Stratmann was not available for the episodes marked with an asterisk.

[edit] Season 4

85. Willkommen zurück! - Welcome Back! 86. Die veränderte Cordula - Changed Cordula 87. Die Geschäftsidee - Business Idea 88. Der Wasserschaden - Water Damage 89. Der Gutachter - The Assessor 90. Der Astronaut - The Astronaut 91. Der Kurschatten - Diet Camp Acquaintance 92. Die Wette - The Bet 93. Der Liebesbote - Messenger of Love 94. Der Martinszug - St. Martin's Procession 95. Die Wetterfee - Weather Host 96. Der Hochzeitsplaner - Wedding Planner 97. Das Tai-Chi-Video - Tai Chi Tape 98. Die Mehrwertsteuererhöhung - Increase of VAT 99. Der Weihnachtsbasar - Christmas Bazaar 100. Der Director's Cut - Director's Cut 101. Der Steckbrief - Profile 102. Tetjes Schwester - Tetje's Sister 103. Die Karnevalsparty - Carnival Party 104. Der zweite Frühling - Indian Summer 105. Die Thekenbauer - Bar Builders

[edit] External links

• Official Schillerstraße webpage of Sat.1
• Schillerstraße at the Internet Movie Database