Elmar Brandt is a German

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, best known for his imitations of politicians. He was born in

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. His most famous series is ''

The Gerd Show ''Die Gerd-Show'' was a German satirical radio show broadcast by Eins Live ( WDR). Reaching over nine million listeners at its peak, it generated several Top 20 hits in the music charts in Germany, thanks to the impressionist talents of its creat ...

'', in which actual events are lampooned using an imitation of former German chancellor

Gerhard Schröder Gerhard Fritz Kurt Schröder (; born 7 April 1944) is a German former politician and Lobbying, lobbyist who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1998 to 2005. From 1999 to 2004, he was also the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (S ...

. ''The Gerd Show'' was broadcast between 1999 and 2005 as a short daily comedy on various radio programmes. Other politicians and celebrities Brandt has imitated include former Minister-President of

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Edmund Stoiber Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber (born 28 September 1941) is a German politician who served as the 16th minister-president of the state of Bavaria between 1993 and 2007 and chairman of the Christian Social Union (CSU) between 1999 and 2007. In 2002, he ...

, Reiner Calmund, the late

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Johannes Rau Johannes Rau (; 16 January 193127 January 2006) was a German politician who served as President of Germany from 1999 to 2004. A member of the Social Democratic Party, he previously served as the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia fro ...

Dieter Bohlen Dieter Bohlen (; born Dieter Günter Bohlen on 7 February 1954) is a German songwriter, producer, singer and television personality. He first achieved fame as a member of the pop duo Modern Talking in the 1980s, and has since produced numerous G ...

, Marcel Reich-Ranicki and ex-

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Joschka Fischer Joseph Martin "Joschka" Fischer (born 12 April 1948) is a German former politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens party. He served as the foreign minister and as the vice chancellor of Germany in the cabinet of Gerhard Schröder from 1998 to 200 ...

; he also provided voices for the remake of German satirical puppet show Hurra Deutschland (the puppets of which were also used in the Gerd Show music videos). Together with Peter Burtz, he also recorded various satirical songs, including "Steuersong" (2002).

Awards

* 1998 -

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* *''This article is based on a translation of the corresponding German-language Wikipedia article, retrieved on July 6, 2006.'' Living people German male comedians Year of birth missing (living people) Comedians from Düsseldorf Impressionists (entertainers) Celebrity impersonators German satirists German comedy musicians German satirical musicians Radio show creators Satirical radio show creators {{germany-comedian-stub