1968: Heiße Viertelstunde Television Series
A groundbreaking comedy show is cancelled prematurely
Die Heiße Viertelstunde was a cabaret series of 22 episodes broadcast on state television between the spring and autumn of 1968. Created by couple Georg Kreisler (1922–2011) and Topsy Küppers (1931), the series, with its direct language and satirical tone, was groundbreaking for the development of a critical consciousness – also in regard to the continuities of the Nazi elites – and helped to break rigid media structures. Many of the songs performed in the series are today a part of Austria’s cultural assets.
The Georg Kreisler Archive in Berlin has the remaining scripts for episodes 23 and 24, which were never realised: Küppers and Kreisler – following initial enthusiasm – lost favour with the television directorship. The two were not even allowed to take leave of their audience.
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