Eckart von Hirschhausen
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Eckart von Hirschhausen (born 25 August 1967) is a German doctor, talk show host and comedian.
Academic career
Born in
Journalism and television
In 1996, von Hirschhausen started writing, mainly for Focus and Der Tagesspiegel. His first appearance on television is believed to have been as a guest contestant performing magic tricks in Jürgen von der Lippe's show Geld oder Liebe ('Money or Love').[2] From 1998 to 2003, he hosted the weekly health advisory show Service: Gesundheit ('Service: Health') on Hessischer Rundfunk Television. Since 2004 he has been a weekly contributor to Stern: Sprechstunde ("Stern: Consultation Hour"): his column is called Die Etwas Andere Medizinkolumne ("The Somewhat Different Medicine Column").[3]
Since the mid-1990s, von Hirschhausen has performed as a stand-up comedian, show host and magician in variety. He is also a cabaret artist performing his own, and other, cabaret programmes. He was a guest artist in Berlin, in London and at the
Von Hirschhausen has developed a cabaret routine similar to that of Ludger Stratmann, also a PhD Medical Doctor and cabaret artist. They both focus on the doctor-patient relationship, while von Hirschhausen specifically points out the inability and unwillingness of professionals in his field to express themselves clearly. He also focuses on the typical routines and rituals which, when separated from the professional environment, appear comical and absurd.
Other activities
- Senckenberg Nature Research Society, Member of the Board of Trustees[7]
Awards
Von Hirschhausen's program Filetspitzen was awarded the '
Von Hirschhausen was a supporter of the 'Pro Reli-Kampagne', a campaign to preserve religious education in Berlin's public schools. Berlin's voters, however, decided in a referendum in April 2009 not to keep religious education in their schools.
The comedian and doctor Hirschhausen was awarded the title 'Krawattenmann des Jahres 2009' ('Tie-man of the year 2009') on 3 December 2009. He received this honor from the 'Deutsche Mode Institut (DMI/Köln)' ('German Institute for Fashion, Cologne') in Krefeld.[9]
In 2012, von Hirschhausen was honored with the IQ Award.
Personal life
Von Hirschhausen has been a lifelong resident of Berlin. His brother is the economist Christian von Hirschhausen (born 1964).[10]
References
- ^ Humorvoll präsentieren Archived 13 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Artikel der FU Berlin
- ^ Rüdiger Daniel, Winni Gahlen: Jürgen von der Lippe: Ein Porträt. Dokumentation, 2009, ausgestrahlt auf NDR-Fernsehen am 17. Februar 2009 um 21:45 Uhr (45 min).
- ^ Sprechstunde Archived 8 February 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Dr. med. Eckart von Hirschhausen in stern
- ^ Hirschhausens WissensBisse, Das Erste, W wie Wissen
- ^ Biografie: Eckart von Hirschhausen, ProSieben, Quatsch Comedy Club.
- ^ Bericht von quotenmeter.de über die neue Sendung
- ^ Board of Trustees Senckenberg Nature Research Society.
- St. Ingbert.
- ^ Eckart von Hirschhausen ist Krawattenmann des Jahres (Zugriff am 3. Dezember 2009)
- ^ "Porträt: Aus der Klinik auf die Bühne". Berliner Morgenpost (in German). 22 October 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2009.