Luke Mockridge (30) won the most important category "Best Comedian / Best Comedian" on Wednesday evening at the presentation of the German Comedy Award in Cologne. In the spectator voting decided division, he prevailed, inter alia, against Carolin Kebekus, Chris Tall and Mario Barth.
Jan Böhmermann won in the category "Best Innovation". "Peoples of the world, look at this award ceremony," said the presenter of the satirical show "Neo Magazine Royale" in a recording. "We at ZDF, we love innovation." The special prize went to Bastian Pastewka, who shot the last season of his sitcom "Pastewka" this year.
The film "The boy must go to the fresh air" was awarded the German Comedy Award for the most successful cinema comedy. The film by Hape Kerkeling about his childhood in Recklinghausen had 3.8 million viewers.
The best comedy series was awarded "Jerks". The pro-seven series with Christian Ulmen and Fahri Yardim prevailed among other things against the ZDF series "Merz against Merz" with Annette Frier and Christoph Maria Herbst. The series is about two middle-aged men who stumble through their lives and demand a high tolerance for stranger shame from their viewers.