Hermann José von Krippahl or simply Herman José (born March 19, 1954 in Lisbon, Portugal) is the most successful comedian in Portugal, though virtually unknown abroad. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience primarily by making them laugh Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Lately, his career has focused on TV, where he hosts a weekly late night show with comic sketches in which he stars although he doesn't write all his material anymore as he used to.
His mother is Portuguese (of half-Spanish descent) and his late father was German. The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Herman José is a German citizen. He never acquired dual citizenship, first so he could avoid conscription, then because he said he was not interested. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority He went to Lisbon's German School for all his schooling and is fluent in Portuguese, German, English, French, and Spanish. He lives in the town of Azeitão, municipality of Setúbal, and keeps houses in Lisbon and Vilamoura, Algarve. Azeitão is a small town located in the municipality of Setúbal, Portugal. Setúbal (sɨˈtubaɫ or) is a city and a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 172 Vilamoura is in the municipality of Loulé, in the Algarve, Portugal. The Algarve ( pron aɫ'gaɾv(ɨ is the southernmost region of mainland Portugal.
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Career
His professional career started in 1973/1974 doing studio choruses (mostly on protest songs spun by the Carnation Revolution of April 1974) and acting in revues. A protest song is a Song which Protests against perceived problems in Society. The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos was an almost bloodless military-led pro-democratic Coup d'état, started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical Entertainment that combines Music, dance and sketches. His first leap to national fame was in 1976, invited by comedian Nicolau Breyner to his TV show Eu Show Nico, where he performed against the host on a weekly skit called "Sr. Feliz e Sr. Contente" (lit. Mr. Happy and Mr. Joyful). His first big success as an author and performer was with O Tal Canal (lit. That Channel) where he performed several characters of a fictitious TV channel. With this show, Herman José was responsible for shaping the sense of humor of Portuguese people after the Revolution that ended almost 50 years of totalitarianism.
Hermanias was the next show, with huge success, until the Portuguese government ordered public station RTP to cancel the show after a sketch based on the Last Supper originated a public petition against the show. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal SA, commonly known as RTP and Rádio e Televisão de Portugal ( Portuguese for "Radio and Television of Portugal" In the Christian Gospels the Last Supper (also called the Lord's Supper or Mystical Supper) was the last meal Jesus shared with his His career then turned mainly to daily gameshows like Wheel of Fortune and Com a Verdade m'Enganas (lit. The Wheel of Fortune has had a number of versions in different countries Australia Main articles Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show and With the Truth Y'Fool Me), and talk shows like Parabéns (lit. Happy Birthday). These shows, while originally not intended to be funny, soon became comic with Herman José hosting them. He returned with comic-oriented shows in the 1990s: Herman Enciclopédia and Herman 98 revealed that Herman José was still a top comedian, although for the first time his shows were mainly written by other people at a company called Produções Fictícias.
In 2000, Herman José moved from RTP to the private station SIC for a reported 1. SIC - Sociedade Independente de Comunicação is a Portuguese Television network and a media company which runs several television channels 5 million euros a year, to host a late-night show called HermanSic. While hosting the show, he went through a change of style that was criticised, using sexual innuendo, crude humor and R-rated acts, which resulted in low ratings. As of mid-2006 his show was changed to a family-safe show, with more comic sketches than before, but the ratings remained low, and the show was cancelled. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. On the other hand, Herman signed a new exclusivity contract with SIC to work on a new sketch show called Hora H (lit. H hour, although the it is also expression meaning "the eleventh hour")
Notable characters
Portugal's collective memory has adopted several of Herman's characters, with catchphrases that are still recognized by viewers after many years. Below is a partial list of these characters, with comments.
Nota bene: The headers indicate only the origin of these characters as many carried over to subsequent shows.
From O Tal Canal
- Felipa Vacondeus: A TV chef parody of real life cook Filipa Vasconcelos. She affects a high society accent and is notorious for the inordinate amounts of paprika she puts into her confections. Paprika is a spice made from the grinding of dried sweet red or green Bell peppers ( Capsicum annuum)
- José Estebes: Sports commentator from Porto and unwavering supporter of FC Porto. Futebol Clube do Porto ( pron futɨ'bɔɫ 'klub(ɨ du 'poɾtu - short FC Porto or FCP - is a Portuguese Sports club best known He has a penchant for Port and frequently appears inebriated, drinking it on camera. Port wine (also known as Vinho do Porto, Oporto, Porto, and often simply Port) is a Portuguese, Fortified His surname comes from the Portuguese surname Esteves, which sounds Estebes when pronounced with a thick northern accent like that of the character.
- Marilú: The poor maid with a heart of gold employed by a wicked countess in the show-within-a-show soap opera Diário de Marilú. A story within a story is a Literary device or Conceit in which one story is told during the action of another story A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio.
- Nelito: A child whose only pleasures in life seem to be breaking toys and torturing his kindergarten teacher, Miss Palmira.
- Tony Silva: South American émigré entertainer who claims to have invented "ro' music" (not to be mistaken with rock music). Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. According to Herman José, Tony Silva is the personification of tastelessness and kitsch.
From Hermanias
- Serafim Saudade: This lounge singer sports a gigantic afro and a repertoire of failed jokes. He was initially based on popular singer Dino Meira, with his later incarnations incorporating elements of parody to another Portuguese popular singer, Marco Paulo.
From Humor de Perdição
- Maximiana: A cleaning lady from the fictional small town of Merdaleja ("Shitsville"). She has a loud, high-pitched voice and is fond of repeating raunchy popular sayings which are apparently exclusive to her hometown.
From Casino Royale
- Adolf Hitler: The infamous dictator was usually portrayed as a fussy man prone to tantrums and fits of whining.
- Royale: Leader of the casino.
- Celeste Royale: Royale's wife, known for liking milk and coffee.
- Crispim: Drunken Royale twin brother.
- Zizi: French Spy
- Phillip: English spy
- Brambilla: Italian spy, who also works in the casino's bar.
- Alverca: The stupid German spy, who falls in love with Maricarmen.
- Natasha Seminova: Russian spy, who married Cachucho.
- Cachucho: Poor friend of Royale.
- Maricarmen: Maricarmen is Royale dressed as a Spanish lady, to get the Nazis' plans from Alverca.
From Parabéns
- Felisberto Desgraçado: A fado singer who, as his last name suggests, is very unlucky. FADO - False and Authentic Documents Online A computerised image-archiving system to help combat illegal immigration and organised crime ACT Council Joint Action 98/700/JHA
- Henrique Melga: Over-enthusiastic infomercial host and seller of many pointless and/or defective products. Infomercials (or informercials are Television commercials that run for one minute or for as long as a typical Television program He is frequently accompanied by Mike (played by José Pedro Gomes), who serves as the subject and victim of his product demos. José Pedro Gomes (born December 28 1951, in Lisbon is a Portuguese Actor, Author and Theatre director. Their most obvious quirk is that their voices do not sync with the movement of their lips, a parody of the poor quality dubbing found in most foreign infomercials that are aired in Portugal. In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a Motion picture. Melga (lit. "gnat") is a colloquial term for an annoying or persistent person. GNAT is a free-software Compiler for the Ada programming language which forms part of the GNU Compiler Collection.
From Herman Enciclopédia
- David Vaittenborough: A British naturalist and ethnographer based on David Attenborough. Natural history is the Scientific research of Plants or Animals leaning more towards the Observational than Experimental methods Ethnography ( Greek ethnos = people and graphein = writing is a genre of writing that uses Fieldwork to provide a descriptive Sir David Frederick Attenborough OM, CH, CVO, CBE, FRS (born 8 May 1926 in London, England Vaittenborough speaks only in English, but his voice is dubbed over in Brazilian Portuguese, mimicking the style of many wildlife documentaries found on cable television at the time. Brazilian Portuguese ( Language code pt-BR Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil) is a group of Portuguese The name references Attenborough and is also a pun on the words Vai-te embora! (Portuguese for "Go away!").
- Diácono Remédios: a very religious and sexually repressed former censor (ostensibly from the days before the Carnation revolution), son of sexologist Rute Remédios (a parody of sexologist Ruth Westheimer, also played by Herman); most famous sentence: there was no need for that. The Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos was an almost bloodless military-led pro-democratic Coup d'état, started on April 25, 1974, in Lisbon Ruth Westheimer (born June 4, 1928) is a Sex therapist and Author.
- Lauro Dérmio: A film critic (after film critic and director Lauro António) who enjoys using English words despite his obvious ignorance of the language, frequently providing literal translations of Portuguese idioms. Lauro António (born 1942-08-18) is a Portuguese Film director born in Lisbon. An idiom is a Phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal Definition, but refers instead to a figurative meaning that is known only His mangled English-language catchphrases are Létes luque eta treila ("Let's look at a trailer") and Alueis uátche gude muves ("Always watch good movies"). A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance The name is a pun on Lauroderm, a brand of skin lotion.
- Passos de Ferreira: a Northern engineer whose big ambition is to open Expo'97 in Oporto before Expo'98 opens in Lisbon; most famous sentence: this man/woman is not a Northerner!!. Expo '98 (in full 1998 Lisbon World Exposition) was an official specialised World's Fair held in Lisbon, Portugal from May 22 to His name is a pun on Paços de Ferreira, a town in northern Portugal. History Paços de Ferreira was incorporated in 1993. Sports associations F
- O Presidente da Junta: This nameless politician, who wears very thick eyeglasses and appears to be constantly drunk or on drugs, insists in a slurred voice that he is the one and only "president of the parish. "Freguesia" ( pron fɾɛgɨ'ziɐ is the Portuguese term for Civil parish, a secondary Local administrative unit in Portugal " (Video)
- Supertia: Supertia is a character (super-hero), who represents the portuguese high-society. Supertia, helps, the others high-society ladies, giving them fancy clothes and jewels.
From Hora H
- Chica Pardoca: The stereotypical clueless socialite who nevertheless likes to flaunt her ignorance when discussing topics ranging from politics to automobiles.
- Julio Flores: The non-assumed gay camera-man.
- Americo Russo: The reporter from CNN (Canal Nacional de Notícias, which means National News Channel), who pretends to be an actor and says that has travelled all around the world.
- Yuri Tupolev: Yuri Tupolev is "the poor Ucranian emigrant in Portugal", who has invented a lot of chemical potions, won the Munich Olympic games and been the Ucranian president, he lives in a laboratory, where everybody who wants to visit him should pay him 20 euros.
Trivia
Herman José was a singer and a popular one-man-show in the late 1970s and early 1980s, travelling through Portugal and abroad, for Portuguese groups of emmigrants. "Saca o Saca-Rolhas" (lit. Screw the Corkscrew) (1977) and "Canção do Beijinho" (lit. The Kiss Song) (1980) were his biggest hits - both reached gold record status.
He owns Café Café and Bastidores, two popular back-to-back restaurants in Lisbon, where he performs stand-up comedy once a week. Lisbon (Lisboa liʒˈboɐ is the Capital and largest city of Portugal. Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " He's also a partner in sea-food restaurant Jardim do Marisco and the Tivoli Theater, both also in Lisbon.
Herman José has a penchant for expensive tastes, including high-end automobiles and motorbikes. He currently owns two Bentleys, a BMW Z4 and a BMW Z8. Bentley Motors Limited is an English manufacturer of luxury Automobiles and Grand Tourers Bentley Motors was founded in England The BMW Z4 is a Rear-wheel drive Sports car by the German Automaker BMW, known as the E85 in roadster form and E86 in coupe From concept to production The original Z07 had been designed with production in mind
He is known for destroying scenery and props. On the last broadcast of Wheel of Fortune, he fired a shotgun live on air against the scenery and a TV set. He later justified the act as wanting to "just see how it looks like in the inside".
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