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Helge Schneider
Helge Schneider
Born	30 August 1955 (age 69); Mülheim an der Ruhr, West Germany
Occupation(s)	comedian, jazz musician, actor, author, film and theatre director
Website	Official homepage (German)

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Helge Schneider (born 30 August 1955 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a German comedian, jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor.

He frequently appears on German TV, and is probably best known for his song Katzenklo (Kitty Litter Box): "Katzenklo, Katzenklo, ja das macht die Katze froh" ("Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that's what makes the kitty gay [happy]."), which spent 17 weeks on the German music charts in 1994, peaking at number 13.^[1]

Discography

1987: The Last Jazz
1989: Seine größten Erfolge (His greatest hits)
1990: New York, I'm Coming
1991: Hörspiele Vol.1 (1979–1984) (Radio dramas)
1992: Hörspiele Vol.2 (1985–1987)
1992: Guten Tach (Hello there)
1993: Es gibt Reis, Baby (We're gonna have some rice, baby)
1995: Es rappelt im Karton (Rumble in the cardboard box)
1997: Da Humm
1998: Helge 100% live – The Berlin Tapes (live album)
1999: Eiersalat in Rock (Egg salad in rock, released as Helge and the Firefuckers)
1999: Jazz (& Hardcore)
2000: Hefte raus – Klassenarbeit! (live album; Workbooks out – exam time!)
2003: Out of Kaktus!
2004: Füttern verboten (live album; Please don't feed)
2007: I Brake Together (a complex German-English wordplay: The German expression for I am collapsing (Ich breche zusammen) can be literally translated as I break (not: brake) together)
2007: Akopalüze Nau (live album; parody of "Apocalypse Now")
2013: Sommer, Sonne, Kaktus (Summer, sun, cactus)
2014: Live at the Grugahalle - 20 Jahre Katzeklo (Evolution!) (live album)
2017: Heart Attack No. 1 (feat. Pete York)
2019: Partypeople (beim Fleischer) (Partypeople (At the Butcher))
2020: Mama

Filmography

As director

1982: The Privatier (not published)
1987: Stangenfieber (Stick fever)
1993: Texas – Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem (Texas – Doc Snyder sets the world aghast)
1994: 00 Schneider – Jagd auf Nihil Baxter (00 Schneider – The hunt for Nihil Baxter)
1996: Praxis Dr. Hasenbein (Dr. Hareleg's Practice)
2004: Jazzclub – Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm (Jazzclub – the early bird catches the worm)
2013: 00 Schneider – Im Wendekreis der Eidechse (The Tropic of Gecko)

As actor

1986: Johnny Flash [de] as Johnny Flash
1994: Felidae as Jesaja (voice only)
2004: 7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood as "The White (or Wise) Helge"
2004: Traumschiff Surprise – Periode 1 (singing)
2007: Mein Führer – Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler as Adolf Hitler

References

^ "{{in lang|de}} Helge Schneider's singles at musicline.de". Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

Helge Schneider at laut.de (in German)

External links

[musicline1-1] "{{in lang|de}} Helge Schneider's singles at musicline.de". Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2013.

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 [[File:Helge Schneider (ZMF 2017) jm37921.jpg|thumb|Helge Schneider.   	[[Zelt-Musik-Festival]] 2017 in [[Freiburg]], [[Germany]]]]
-'''Helge Schneider''' (born 30 August 1955 in [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]]) is a German comedian, [[jazz]] musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor. Schneider's works are an unconventional mixture of [[low comedy|horseplay humor]], parody, and jazz-influenced music. They involve spontaneity and improvisation as important elements.
+'''Helge Schneider''' (born 30 August 1955 in [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]]) is a German comedian, [[jazz]] musician and multi-instrumentalist, author, film and theatre director, and actor.
+He frequently appears on German TV, and is probably best known for his song ''Katzenklo'' (Kitty Litter Box): ''"Katzenklo, Katzenklo, ja das macht die Katze froh"'' (''"Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that's what makes the kitty gay [happy]."''), which spent 17 weeks on the German music charts in 1994, peaking at number 13.<ref name="musicline1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Schneider,Helge/single |title={{in lang{{!}}de}} Helge Schneider's singles at ''musicline.de'' |access-date=17 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111144308/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Schneider,Helge/single |archive-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-== Biography ==
-After dropping out of high school, he started an apprenticeship as a construction draftsman. He soon changed plans and was admitted to the [[Duisburg]] conservatory to study piano, after passing an entrance exam for particularly gifted applicants (it later turned out that his diploma was invalid since he dropped out of high school too early). He then toured as a little-known jazz musician and as an entertainer, basically a stand-up comedian, in local clubs. Schneider is a multi-instrumentalist, playing various instruments such as the [[Hammond organ]], acoustic and electric guitar, [[ukulele]], drums, piano, accordion, trumpet, cello, saxophone, clarinet and others.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}
-He became a popular comedian in the 1990s and is still one of the best known German comedians.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}  He toured and still tours (alone and with his bands "Hardcore", "The Firefuckers" and others) through major concert halls with a mixture of music and comedy. He frequently appears on German TV, and is probably best known for his song ''Katzenklo'' (Kitty Litter Box): ''"Katzenklo, Katzenklo, ja das macht die Katze froh"'' (''"Kitty litter tray, kitty litter tray, that's what makes the kitty gay [happy]."''), which spent 17 weeks on the German music charts in 1994, peaking at number 13.<ref name="musicline1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Schneider,Helge/single |title={{in lang{{!}}de}} Helge Schneider's singles at ''musicline.de'' |access-date=17 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111144308/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Schneider,Helge/single |archive-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has written, directed and starred in four [[Low-budget film|Low-budget movies]]. He has also composed and performed music for numerous films, including some of his own films like ''[[Texas – Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem]]'' and ''[[Jazzclub – Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} In 2007 he appeared as [[Adolf Hitler]] in a satirical film: ''[[My Führer – The Really Truest Truth about Adolf Hitler]]''.
-Schneider has written nine books, including an autobiography (''"My whole life's in this book, up to right now. The second part will come in thirty or forty years"'') and a [[musical theater|musical]], ''"Mendy – das Wusical"'', which appeared at [[Bochum]] Theatre in 2004.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}
-His comic techniques are often referred to as highly unique, extremely anarchic (also by himself) and include [[parody]], use of the [[Ruhr|Ruhr Region]] local dialect [[Ruhrdeutsch]], the unexpected use of infantile language and other unexpected stylistic transitions, [[slapstick]]/physical humour, [[Dada]]-esque absurdity, sudden and unexpected use of crude/sexual humour, references to national and international highbrow and lowbrow culture, and phonetic and declamatory playfulness and exaggeration.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}  Vast parts of his material are deeply rooted in German language and do not translate well into other languages.
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