| Ramzor | |
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Ramzor logo |
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by | Adir Miller |
| Written by | Adir Miller Ran Sarig |
| Starring | Adir Miller Lior Ha'lfon Nir Levi Yael Sharony |
| Opening theme | "Lo Rotze LeHitbager" (Don't Want to Grow Up) by Muki & Useless ID |
| Country of origin | Israel |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 38 (as for season 3) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Koferman Productions |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Channel 2 (Keshet) |
| Original run | 2008 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Traffic Light |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
Ramzor (Hebrew: רמזור; lit. Traffic Light) is an Israeli sitcom. The program was created by Adir Miller, who also co-authored the screenplay (along with Ran Sarig) and also appears in the program in the title role.
The two three seasons ran on Israeli Channel 2, (on Keshet) in 2008–2011. The fourth season is in preparations.
In early 2010, Fox purchased the rights for an American adaptation of the series, Traffic Light, which premiered on 8 February 2011.[1]
In 2010 the series won an Israeli TV Academy Award (פרס האקדמיה לטלוויזיה) in the Best comedy series category and also became the first Israeli TV series that won the International Emmy Award in the Best comedy series category.[2]
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The show revolves around three friends in their mid-thirties living in Giv'atayim. Each of them with a distinct personal status, symbolized by the three colors of a traffic light.
Itzko is the "red light"; married with a 7 year old daughter.
rafi is the "yellow light"; He lives with his girlfriend, Tali.
Hefer is the "green light"; He has no permanent partner.
| Season | Episodes | Timeslot | Original airing | Viewers (in thousands) |
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| Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
| 1 | 13 | Monday 10:15 pm (March 24, 2008 – May 19, 2008) Tuesday 10:15 pm (May 27, 2008 – July 8, 2008) |
March 24, 2008 | July 8, 2008 | 424.3 |
| 2 | 13 | Tuesday 10:15 pm (August 4, 2009 – October 20, 2009) Monday 10:15 pm (October 26, 2009 – November 9, 2009) |
August 4, 2009 | November 9, 2009 | 550.0 |
| 3 | 12 | Thursday 9:45 pm (May 26, 2011 – July 14, 2011) Saturday 10:10 pm (July 30, 2011-September 10,2011) |
May 26, 2011 | September 10, 2011 | 744.3 |
| # | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original Air Date | viewers[3] (thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Dog Friend" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | March 24, 2008 | 516.8 |
| Itsko is hurt by the fact that Amir only finds time to call him when he's walking his dog, Yardena, at night time. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Parsley" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | March 31, 2008 | 446.7 |
| Tali constantly throws remarks at Amir and he decides he's had enough. Hefer borrows Daniel for a weekend in Eilat in order to get it going with a widow he's after. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Pictures of Surfers" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | April 7, 2008 | 382.2 |
| Amir takes photos of Tali naked with his mobile phone and then loses it and becomes worried that Itsko, who is caught by Lilach watching porn, will upload them onto the Internet. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Mega Friendly" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | April 14, 2008 | 394.7 |
| Itsko is forced to change his swimming time to 6am. An old lady who has a chat with him at the pool is upset by him so decides to kick him. Tali sends Amir for too much grocery shopping and Hefer addresses that with him. Hefer goes out with a girl who had just returned from India and is worried about the rumors that are flying around as a result. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The Painting" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | April 21, 2008 | 399.5 |
| Itzko loses Daniele's painting and makes her another one. However the new painting causes Daniele's teacher send her to a young talents pictures contest. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Bother me" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | April 28, 2008 | 435.5 |
| Tali, who works as an air hostess, invites a gay friend who works with her to her home and he ends up touching her in an ambiguous way. Hefer addresses the issue with Amir and Amir decides to deal with it. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Mother Nature" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | May 12, 2008 | 485.3 |
| Itsko and Lilach celebrate their 10th anniversary. Amir and Tali decide to send them to a vacation villa and sign the gift voucher with "mother nature". And Amir and Tali volunteer to look after Daniel. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "The Parking Officer" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | May 19, 2008 | 345.5 |
| Daniel performs in a show. Itsko doesn't want to pay for a parking in a parking lot and ends up getting into trouble with a parking officer. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Male Maid" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | May 27, 2008 | 392.9 |
| Tali hires a new housecleaner, who is male. Amir does not like him because of his demands (such as giving him lifts and cooking meals for him). | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Dogs Psychologist" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | June 3, 2008 | 373.2 |
| Tali invites a dogs psychologist for Yardena and asks Amir to join the sessions. Itzko confesses before his friends about a sexual performance issue, and Hefer volunteers to help. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Funeral Clown" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | June 10, 2008 | 437.5 |
| Itsko, who owns a toy shop and has a clown act, fulfills a dead friends request and performs in his funeral as a clown. The strange request turns into a start up business. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Substitute Mother" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | June 17, 2008 | 374.5 |
| Amir discovers that his mother is going out with Dudi Kashk - former soldier of his, who was known as a crazy guy who liked older women. Amir is inconsolable. With the help of Hefer Amir goes on a venture of an eye for an eye and a mother for a mother. Itsko tries to save some money and brings a community service, ex-convict clown. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Light Change" | Rani Saar | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | July 8, 2008 | 531.4 |
| The males change their accumulative positions: Itsko becomes the "green light", Lilach decides that 17 years of marriage are quite enough for her and she decides to divorce Itsko. Amir decides to marry Tali and turns into the "red light". And Hefer decides he wants a long term relationship. Hefer chooses Shiri "bagage". Eventually each situation becomes quite bad: Itsko can't pick up any girls and Amir is sleeping all day. | ||||||
| # | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original Air Date | viewers[4] (thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Careful, My Wife Is in the Car!" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | August 4, 2009 | 607.5 |
| Hefer explains to Amir that if he wants to hangout he has to give his girl the impression it's a laborious obligation. Itsko discovers the speaker phone in the car is a precarious device when your wife is present. | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Kululu" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | August 11, 2009 | 569.1 |
| Tali drops a bomb on Amir: her Lybian grandmother intends to make the kululu sounds during their wedding (a celebratory yelling custom among Mizrahi Jews), and she's arriving with her sisters. Hefer has a ravishing night with Shiri "baggage" after which she disappears. | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "To Feel Middle-Aged" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | August 18, 2009 | 490.5 |
| During an outing at a club Amir discovers that he "dances like a middle aged person at a weddings". And it is exacerbated when a waitress addresses him as "Sir". Hefer realizes that it is impossible to separate from Shiri 'baggage'. | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Handyman" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | August 25, 2009 | 455.6 |
| Amir fails to assemble an Ikea shelf. Amos the hot neighbor, assembles the shelf in minutes, right in front of Tali. Amir sets out to defend his masculinity. Hefer goes out with the news sign language woman and exploits it to his advantage. | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Chain Mail" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | September 1, 2009 | 542.0 |
| Amir tries to get away with not picking up his dogs feces and gets in trouble with a neighbor from hell. Hefer receives a chain e-mail which threatens with a curse if you don't pass it on. He disregardingly erases the e-mail. | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Homework" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | September 8, 2009 | 526.2 |
| Itsko helps Daniel with her math homework and makes a mistake while doing so. Daniel loses her faith in her father and Itsko sets out to win it back. | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Replacement Woman" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | September 22, 2009 | 558.7 |
| Amir notices that every time he buys Tali a gift she replaces it. Even the replacement slip is replaced. Hefer goes out with an overly enthusiastic drama student. The couples therapist sends Itsko on a mission - to cause Lilach to get jealous. | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Eilat" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | September 29, 2009 | 598.0 |
| The entire gang go down to Eilat for a vacation. What will happen when Amir will learn that Tali is in her period just when they're on vacation? When Lilach will discover that Tali and Amir's room is better, and Hefer will find himself stuck without cash to pay for the call girl he order...? | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "Supermarket Criminal" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | October 6, 2009 | 491.3 |
| Itsko is hungry, and engages in his usual habit of "sampling" the supermarket food, however the supermarket's management decides to put a stop to the habit. Amir and Tali discover that she can't stand his friends nor he hers. They decide to find new couple friends that will belong only to them. Hefer decides to save a bit by disconnecting from the cable company. But the cable company refuses to disconnect from him. | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Lady Sense" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | October 13, 2009 | 630.3 |
| The erotic channel is airing movies for 48 hours free, and so Itsko will do anything to send Lilach to bed. Hefer meets a new girl and almost falls in love until Amir draws his attention to a small speech defect of hers. Amir wants Tali to start taking part in the expenses. He's sick of depositing so as Tali will withdraw. | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Raising Expectations" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | October 20, 2009 | 536.6 |
| Amir and Tali are visiting Oshik and Smadar. Oshik clears the table, washes the dishes, and serves cake before Tali envious eyes. Amir asks Oshik to stop raising the bar. Daniel returns home with a bight on her hand. Itsko and Hefer go to the school and threaten the kid, but to their misfortune they fall on the wrong kid to mess with. | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Nightlife" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | October 26, 2009 | 572.6 |
| Hefer realizes he is too old for night clubs and starts looking for love in his age group. Meanwhile Amir is tired of being Tali's driver, but is not willing to give up on his last bit of independence: his car. | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "How much to give?" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | November 9, 2009 | 571.7 |
| Amir and Tali's wedding day is coming and everything goes wrong: Amir accidentally swallows his tooth crown and has to use a 5 year old girl's crown as a quick replacement, Hefer is trying to get out of debt and starts dating a 50 year old millionaire woman, and Itsko is getting nervous from the gift cheque he needs to give for the wedding. | ||||||
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| # | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original Air Date | viewers[5] (thousands) |
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| 27 | 1 | "Dr. Shedma" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | May 26, 2011 | 514.8 |
| Hefer is getting richer because of his new girlfriend, and he wants to get married, but something happens that makes him unhappy. Tali and Amir are having a baby, and their doctor really hates Amir. | ||||||
| 28 | 2 | "Coleslaw" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | June 2, 2011 | 725.3 |
| Tali wants to move from the city to a village(moshav)so Amir and Tali are trying to be accepted to a kibutz. Hefer breaks up from Dalia his rich girlfriend. Itzko divorces from Lilah. | ||||||
| 29 | 3 | "Who saved you?" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | June 9, 2011 | 706.8 |
| Hefer's old friend comes to stay at Hefer's house because his wife threw him out from the house. Hefer can't refuse because he saved his life in the army in Lebanon.Tali is exaggerating with the shoping for the new baby while she is still pregnant and only in the second month. Danielle has a birthday and she decides that her parents should buy her two expensive gifts because they are divorced.of course Itzko is not OK with it. Hefer is trying to save his old friend's life to be compared with him. | ||||||
| 30 | 4 | "Flowers for Elisha" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | June 16, 2011 | 649.8 |
| Hefer takes care of his old neighbor because he is allowed to use medical marijuana. Itzko and Lilah are back together. Amir feels that he and Tali are acting like dudes. | ||||||
| 31 | 5 | "Genetic Counseling" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | June 23, 2011 | 718.9 |
| Amir and Tali are going to genetic counseling, and Amir wants to check if the baby will have the bad habits of Tali's family. Hefer has a new girlfriend, but he doesn't know she is arab. Itzko's daughter, Daniel, has a new boyfriend, and itzko doesn't like him. | ||||||
| 32 | 6 | "She doesn't let him rest" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | June 30, 2011 | 818.8 |
| Amir thinks that Tali can't watch him rest and therefor she gives him jobs to do in the house. Lilach tells Itsko she doesn't want Hefer to use their toilets. | ||||||
| 33 | 7 | "Hormone Tali" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | July 7, 2011 | 743.2 |
| Tali is under the influence of hormones and it makes Amir crazy. Lilach wants Itsko to buy her a very expensive couch. Itsko is going pays for a faker to build it. Hefer is faking deaf and asking people for money in the cafe. | ||||||
| 34 | 8 | "Handicapped's Tag" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | July 14, 2011 | 694.2 |
| 35 | 9 | "The Nutritionist" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | July 30, 2011 | 842.7 |
| Amir is getting fat and when Tali sends him to a strict nutritionist who constatly insult Amir in order to motivate him, Amir gets boring and depressed. Hefer is cant stand the new "Aroma" caf'e opened under his apartment and fights in order to change it's loud service routine. Itzko is trying to get a foregin passport following Ahmedinigad's threats for nuclear bomb on israel, and tries his luck at the Polish embassy. | ||||||
| 36 | 10 | "Test in Shlomi" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | August 13, 2011 | 804.7 |
| Hefer needs to complete a driving test after his driving licence got banned, and try his luck at a small town up north where he finds the residents extremenly annoying. Tali makes an accident with the family's car and when Amir get conned at the garage for being "Ashkenazi" he enters the though world of the garages. Lilach is donating to an African refugee but is more than furious when Itzko donates her Prada dress. | ||||||
| 37 | 11 | "Falafel Friend" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | August 20, 2011 | 772.6 |
| Amir is worried of the friendship tied between him and a Falafel store clerek and is anxious to set up lines. Hefer dates an obbsesed bloger who reveales all of his secrets online. Lilach forces Itzko to go to a cosmetic in honour for her annual reportes meeting but things are getting messy. | ||||||
| 38 | 12 | "Name for the baby" | Ohad Perach | Adir Miller & Ran Sarig | September 10, 2011 | 940.0 |
| Season finale. Tali is about to give birth and the couple are arguing about the name, an argue which soon all the family take part in. Hefer is hitting on a nurse in the hospital and gets hospitalized. Lilach and Itzko take care of Yardena, Tali's dog. | ||||||
After the success in Israel, the TV series got a various versions in the United States and Russia, where The Russian Version became very successful and now is running a third season in STS Channel.
The American version droped down from the screen after One Season and 13 episodes only.