Kummeli

Overview

Kummeli is the name of a Finnish comedy crew formed by Heikki Silvennoinen, Timo Kahilainen and Heikki Hela from Tampere. They are also the heads of Porkkana Ryhmä, the crew's production company. Other famous members have included Olli Keskinen, better known for his on-screen persona Eero Kakko, and Heikki Vihinen who replaced Keskinen in the mid-90s. Kummeli appeared on television between 1991 and 1995. After a successful three-part pilot aired they were given their own show on YLE's channel 2 with a completely new look. The Kummeli TV show was primarily composed of skits with insane characters, but would also feature musical guests as the core crew of the team were actually musicians rather than professional actors. Some episodes would also have a running set of skits that would reach a conclusion at the end of the episode. In the mid-90s, after the end of the show, the Kummeli crew would make random appearances on TV and at different events. During this time Keskinen left the crew and was replaced by Heikki Vihinen.

Details

Status

Ended

First aired

June 7, 1991

Last aired

January 4, 2004

Episodes

49

Network

Yle TV2

Original language

Finnish

Spoken languages

Finnish

Countries

Finland

Production

Porkkana Ryhmä

Creators

Matti Grönberg, Timo Kahilainen, Heikki Silvennoinen, Olli Keskinen

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt0174404