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Funny and thoughtful, absurd and sometimes deadly serious. The artist and cabaret author Herbert Feuerstein shaped the German humor culture, for example on the program “Schmidtanders”. Now he died at the age of 83.
Herbert Feuerstein always saw things a little differently and let the audience participate. Now he died at the age of 83. WDR Director Tom Buhrow paid tribute to the comedian, author and animator:
“We would like to thank Herbert Feuerstein not only for ‘Schmidtanders’, a cult show that made television history and changed a lot. We also thank Herbert Feuerstein for his witty humor, wonderful nonsense, clever anarchism and many, many TV shows extremely entertaining – and radio lessons. Very often he made us laugh. Today we are sad. “
Humor in response to parents
Feuerstein was born in Zell am See. His father was an avowed Nazi, his mother was a hysterical and intense woman, he once said of his parents. Humor was his form of opposition, he said in the 1990s.
An interrupted music course was followed by a transfer to the United States. Feuerstein lived there in New York with his wife and worked as a journalist. After his return to Germany, he ran the publishing house “Pardon” and was editor-in-chief of the satirical magazine “MAD” until 1992. His motto: The world is stupid, but so are you.
Advance to Harald Schmidt’s side
Feuerstein’s breakthrough came as a partner with Harald Schmidt on the television show “Schmidtanders.” It turned into a love-hate relationship that produced absurdly comical humor.
Feuerstein always sat in the background, while Schmidt ran the show up front. Despite his permanent role as a scapegoat, Feuerstein became increasingly popular.
“Unbridled Courage for Chaos”
In the fall of 1994, Feuerstein received the television award “Bambi” for creativity, which, in the opinion of the jury, was “anarchist originality” and “unbridled courage for chaos.” Six months later, the WDR let “Schmidt each other” expire on the grounds that the concept of the program had been exhausted.
But he didn’t want to stop just yet. He remained creative on stage and on various television shows. Among other things, he was seen as the kidnapper of mother Beimer in “Lindenstrasse” and as an investigator and discoverer in “Feuersteins Reisen”. In addition to the Bambi, Feuerstein also received the Grimme Award and the Comedy Award.
The third married couple to Feuerstein lived for the last time near Cologne.
With information from Tobias Reckmann, WDR
