With, among others, “Peter Rapp – As if it were yesterday”, “Spotlight”, “Who A Says” and “Peter Rapp – The Eternal Showman” from February 10th on ORF 2 and ORF III
Vienna (OTS) – Peter Rapp celebrates his 80th birthday on February 14th – ORF congratulates the great entertainer on Saturday, February 10th at 10:20 p.m. on ORF 2 with a special edition of his TV nostalgia program “Peter Rapp – As if it were yesterday” , in which the focus is on himself and the milestones of his extraordinary career. Afterwards there will be a reunion with an edition of two of the most iconic formats that the showmaster moderated: At 11.55 p.m. an episode of the legendary “Spotlight” from 1974 with, among others, ABBA will be on the ORF 2 program, followed by a reunion with a 1990 edition of the game show “Who Says A” at 12:45 a.m. “Studio 2” shows the most important stages of his successful career on Monday, February 12th at 5:30 p.m.
ORF III will honor the anniversary on February 17th with three programs: In the new production “Peter Rapp – The Eternal Showman” (8:15 p.m.) by Georg Schütz, long-time companions from the TV and music industry have their say, with whom two of them What they have in common: the love of music and the passion for television. From 10.45 p.m. the Dacapo of “Peter Rapp – As if it were yesterday” as well as a 2018 edition of the musical late-night talk “DENK mit KULTUR” with Peter Rapp and Rebecca Horner are on the program.
Peter Rapp on his long career: “I never bothered to keep a ‘logbook’ of my broadcasts because I had no idea that I would be active for so many years. That’s why I’m very grateful to two colleagues who took the trouble to recount something. Andy Knoll did this for my 50th TV anniversary and came to the conclusion: If you took all my broadcast minutes together, it would be almost a year. When Dieter Chmelar counted, he came to almost 7,000 shipments. I should have kept records.”
For his 80th birthday – the long night of Peter Rapp on February 10th on ORF 2:
“Peter Rapp – As if it were yesterday” celebrates “80 years of Peter Rapp” on February 10th at 10:20 p.m
For his birthday, Peter Rapp himself is the focus of the new edition of his TV nostalgia show. Johannes Hoppe has therefore selected excerpts from more than 100 programs that show Austria’s long-serving showmaster in his entire range and remind us of milestones in his career.
This includes the legendary “Spotlight,” where Peter Rapp was always good for spontaneous performances, such as the kung fu fight with Carl Douglas, a Spike Jones parody or the “Disco Polka” with Frank Zander. The highlight for rock ‘n’ roll fan Rapp was the appearance of his idols Bill Haley and Fats Domino. Other milestones in Peter Rapp’s career included “Hoppala”, Tele-As”, “Who A Says”, “Champion”, “Starlight” and “The Briefless Show”, but also the encounters with the great show masters Rudi Carrell, Hans Rosenthal, Thomas Gottschalk and Peter Alexander.
In the 90-minute special edition of “As If It Was Yesterday,” numerous friends, musicians and companions of the TV favorite also have their say: Chris Lohner remembers performing together at the circus at “Artists-Animals-Attractions,” and Andy Borg remembers his discovery in “The Big Chance”, Felix Dvorak in the musical “Ali Baba” in the Wiener Stadthalle, where Peter Rapp played his servant, and Hans Krankl in the beard shave in the FC Barcelona stadium after a lost bet.
Musical birthday greetings come from, among others, Wolfgang Ambros, Carl Peyer, Boris Bukowski, Pizzera & Jaus, song contest double winner Johnny Logan and boogie pianist Axel Zwingenberger, and the birthday child himself also shows off his singing qualities together with Mandy from the Bambis, Viktor Gernot, Mortimer Shuman, the Ridin’ Dudes and Monti Beton. A special rarity: What Peter Rapp experienced in his youth, what shaped him and what he wishes for the youth of today can be found out in a “speech for the national holiday” that he was once able to give on Ö3.
“Spotlight” on February 10th at 11:55 p.m
The ORF cult program to see you again! As part of his popular show series from the late sixties and seventies, Peter Rapp presented national and international bands, musicians and singers, many of whom have become stars – in this episode from 1974, ABBA, Wilfried, Georg Danzer, among others , Stanley & the VIPs and Adi Stassler.
“Who Says A” on February 10th at 12:45 a.m
Dacapo for the popular 1990s TV show! In each episode, candidates from two communities in different federal states, whose place names begin with the same first letter, competed against each other in entertaining knowledge and action game rounds – there was a chance to win vacation days for the children of their own community, which they could then use in the opposing community were allowed to spend time there. This edition features fun and games with Austria and candidates from Freistadt (Upper Austria) and Friesach (K). There will also be a reunion with Felix Dvorak and many other audience favorites.