Bösmenien (TV show)

Bösmenien
Genre	Animation Sketch comedy Political satire
Created by	Karl von Bettheim
Based on	Bösmenien (Comic strip) by Matthias Konziolek
Written by	Tom Simon Manfred Harnung
Voices of	Ulrich Benkel Erik Arnold Bettina Knecht Karsten Augen
Opening theme	Freizeit für Bösmenien
Country of origin	Besmenia
Original language(s)	Besmenian
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	40
Production
Running time	12-13 Minutes
Production company(s)	Supermotion AG Flingor Studios Tele Melmingen Gruppe
Distributor	Flingor Studios
Release
Original network	VEGA
Original release	20 June 1987 – 15 June 1990

Bösmenien is a Besmenian animated political satire sketch series, that was broadcast on VEGA from 1987 to 1990. The show is based of the comic strip of the same name by Matthias Konziolek. Bösmenien was best known for his caricatures of politicians and celebrities, commented on diffent and current events in short sketches.

The general main character of the show was then Premier Martin Beiter.

Characters

Much like in the comic strip the individual characters in Bösmenien have different characteristics, some of which are based on satirical public perceptions, for example Martin Beiter is portrayed as young, dynamic, self-confident, Robert Gleitzmann as a very conservative miserly with a secret predilection for right-wing populism and Frida Ochsenbein as a naive blonde.

Politicans (at the time)

• Martin Beiter
• Otto Schulz
• Kurt Stöger
• Doris Klammer
• Erik Tautenbach
• Alexander von Wiest
• Robert Gleitzmann
• Erwin Pohl
• Erich Walke
• Rainer Spindler

Historical politicans

• Karl Ochsenbein
• Heinz Dimmler
• Robert Falk
• Lars Schreim
• Frida Ochsenbein

Celebrities

• Egon von Möller
• Helmut Rommel
• Dieter Schuster
• Helga Gusenberg

Episodes

Bösmenien episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	10	20 June 1987	19 August 1987
	2	15	3 October 1988	23 January 1989
	3	15	9 March 1990	15 June 1990

Broadcast

First broadcasts and premieres of the series were always broadcasted on Fridays at 8:00 pm. After the cancellation in June 1990, reruns of Bösmenien continued on VEGA until February 1991. After the Assassination of Martin Beiter, VEGA stopped broadcasting the series. In May 1998 the series returned to Besmenian television and was on VEGA's night program until April 1999. Between January 2002 and June 2002 reruns ran in the night program of VEGAPlus. Most recently, Bösmenien ran on BRF Gold between July 2009 and December 2010.

Home Media

Between 1988 and 1989 several episodes were released on VHS. In October 2013 the complete series was released on DVD.

Video game

In 1988 the adventure video game Bösmenien was released for the Dream Entertainment.

Reception and legacy

Bösmenien is