''Ktsarim'' ( he, קצרים, ''Shorts'') was an Israeli
sketch comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. The form developed and became popular in vaudeville, and ...
series broadcast on
Channel 2.
History
''Ktzarim'' was based on the
British
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* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
** Britishness, the British identity and common culture
* British English ...
comedy show ''
The Sketch Show''. The show debuted in 2004 and is similar to Israeli
satirical
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of shaming o ...
sketch shows, like
Eretz Nehederet
''Eretz Nehederet'' ( he, ארץ נהדרת; ) is an Israeli prime-time television satirical sketch comedy show, that premiered on Keshet Media Group, Keshet's Channel 2 (Israel), Channel 2 in 2003. It features satirical references to current aff ...
and
Zehu Ze!
''Zehu Ze!'' ( he, זהו זה!, lit. ''This is it!'') is a long-running Israeli entertainment television program, originally produced by Israeli Educational Television (IETV), and broadcast on the Israeli Channel 1 (until 1994) and on Channel ...
. It is composed of a series of sketches, often with a
punch line
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at the end.
Cast
The show features:
*
Moni Moshonov
Shlomo "Moni" Moshonov ( he, שלמה "מוני" מושונוב; born 18 August 1951) is an Israeli actor, comedian, and theater director.
Early and personal life
Moshonov was born in Ramla, Israel, to a Sephardic Jewish family that immigrated ...
(מוני מושונוב)
*
Keren Mor (קרן מור)
*
Shmulik Levy (שמוליק לוי)
*
Riki Blich (ריקי בליך)
*
Yuval Segal (יובל סגל)
References
External links
Official website
*{{IMDb title, id=0439939, title=Ktzarim
Israeli television series
Television sketch shows
Channel 2 (Israeli TV channel) original programming
2004 Israeli television series debuts
2009 Israeli television series endings
2000s Israeli television series