Herman José
| Herman José | |
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| Birth name | Hermann Joseph von Krippahl |
| Born |
March 19, 1954 Lisbon, Portugal |
| Medium | Talk show host, television, actor, musician, comedian |
| Nationality | German |
| Years active | 1973-present |
| Notable works and roles |
Sr. Feliz e Sr. Contente O Tal Canal Hermanias Com a Verdade m'Enganas Parabéns Herman Enciclopédia Herman 98 HermanSic Hora H Chamar a Música Nasci p'ra Cantar Herman 2010 |
Hermann Joseph von Krippahl, known as Herman José (born 19 March 1954 in Lisbon, Portugal), is a well-known Portuguese comedian, though virtually unknown abroad. His career has focused on television.
His mother is Portuguese and his father was German. He is in fact a German citizen: he never acquired dual citizenship, first so he could avoid conscription and the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–74) and secondly because he said he was not interested. He went to Lisbon's German school Deutsche Schule Lissabon for all his schooling and is fluent in Portuguese, German, English, French, and Spanish. He lives in Azeitão, Setúbal, and keeps houses in Lisbon and Vilamoura, Algarve.
Herman José's professional career started in 1973–4 doing studio choruses (mostly on protest songs spun by the Carnation Revolution of April 1974) and acting in revues. His first leap to national fame was in 1975, invited by comedian Nicolau Breyner on to his TV show "Nicolau no País das Maravilhas", where he performed opposite the host in a weekly skit called "Sr. Feliz e Sr. Contente" ("Mr. Happy and Mr. Content"). His first big success as an author and performer was with O Tal Canal ("That Channel"), where he played several characters appearing on a fictitious TV channel. With this show, Herman José was attempting to shape the sense of humour of the Portuguese in the wake of the revolution that had ended almost fifty years of totalitarianism under the Estado Novo regime.
Hermanias continued his huge success, but the state channel RTP cancelled Humor de Perdição, the next show, after a sketch based on Saint Elizabeth of Portugal caused public outrage. He then turned mainly to daily gameshows like Wheel of Fortune and Com a Verdade m'Enganas ("You Fool Me With the Truth"), and the talk/game show Parabéns ("Happy Birthday"). These shows had straight formats that he used for comedy. He returned with comedy in the 1990s: with Herman Enciclopédia and Herman 98, he was still a top comedian, although for the first time the shows were mainly written by other people, from the company Produções Fictícias.
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