Kurt Felix (27 March 1941 – 16 May 2012) was a Swiss television presenter and entertainer. In the 1970s, he developed and moderated Teleboy, the most watched TV-programme in the history of the Swiss television (DRS).[1] The show is considered to be a predecessor to Surprise, Surprise. He and his wife Paola Del Medico moderated Verstehen Sie Spaß?, also a Candid Camera-style show, for the German TV station ARD between 1981 and 1990. Each episode attracted around 30 million viewers in Central Europe.[2] He developed several TV-formats popular in Germany and Switzerland such as Stoeck, Wyss, Stich in 1968 (one of the first interactive programmes of the world) or That's TV (Chaplin-award, Rose d'Or award);[3][4]
Felix died in St. Gallen due to thymoma on 16 May 2012.[5]
References
- ^ "Kurt Felix ist tot". Der Spiegel. 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Kurt Felix. Die Legende der TV-Unterhaltung in den Tessiner Bergen".
- ^ "Bei Kurt Felix konnten auch die Opfer lachen". Berliner Morgenpost. 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Zum 70. Geburtstag von Kurt Felix". 29 March 2011.
- ^ "Kurt Felix ist tot". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 19 May 2012.
External links
- Kurt Felix at IMDb
- Walter Grieder: Kurt Felix und Paola. Zwei die Spass verstehen. Friedrich Reinhardt, Basel 1990, ISBN 3-7245-0707-0. (Biography)
- Felix & Felix – Durch den Herbst mit Kurt & Paola, Swiss television (DRS)
- «Hoi Hoi Teleboy»: Kurt Felix und sein Leben, Swiss television (DRS)
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