Mathias Richling (born 24 March 1953 in

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) is a German

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and

Kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artistique''. It was named Le Chat Noir and was centered on political events and satire. I ...

artist. Richling studied literature, music and theatre. From 1989 to 1996 he had a program called ''Jetzt schlägt's Richling'' on the German TV channel ARD. Since 1999 he produced the program ''Zwerch trifft Fell'' on the German TV channel

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. Together with

Bruno Jonas Bruno Jonas (born in Passau, Germany, on 3 December 1952) is a German Kabarett artist and actor. Education Many people predicted he would become a priest, but he prefers to pray from the Kabarett stage. Between 1975 and 1982, he studied German, ...

he was part of the popular German cabaret show Scheibenwischer. He often presents in cabaret high-ranked German politicians.

Works by Richling

* 1974 ''Köpfe u. v. a.'' * 1976 ''Riesenblödsinn?'' * 1977 ''Ich bin’s gar nicht'' * 1979 ''Zuerst mal die Zugaben'' * 1980 ''Zu uns gesagt mit Günter Verdin'' * 1981 ''Ich habe nie gesagt'' * 1982 ''Ich wiederhol’s gerade mal'' * 1983 ''Daß Fernseh bled macht?'' * 1985 ''Reden Sie! Jetzt red’ich!'' * 1987 ''Wieviel Demokratie ist es bitte?'' * 1989 ''Was ich noch vergessen wollte...'' * 1990 ''Jetzt schlägt’s Richling'' * 1996 ''Ich muß noch was beRICHLINGen'' * 1999 ''RICHLING- Das @ntWort'' * 2004 ''Richling WAAS?!'' * 2006 ''E=m·Richling²'' * 2010 ''Der Richling-Code''

Awards

* 1978: Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis, City

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* 1987: Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis * 1988: Österreichischer Kleinkunstpreis * 2000: Schweizer Kabarettpreis (Cornichon) * 2007: Bayerischer Kabarettpreis

Literature about Richling

* Doris Rosenstein: ''Fernseh(schwäbisches) Kabarett Mathias Richling'. in: Suevica 7 (1993). Stuttgart 1994 995 Pages 153-192

External links

Official website (in German)

Literature by and over Mathias Richling
in catalog of

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