MA2412 - AUSTRIA'S FAVOURITE SITCOM

 MA 2412 - Austria's favourite sitcom?

Reportage: Ein Tag im Impfgremium 2412

MA 2412 is an Austrian Sitcom produced by Austrian company MR Film in Vienna. The show ran from 1998 to 2002 and deals with the everyday problems that come with life in Austria and portrays the difficulties in a sarcastic and humorous way. The show is named MA24 after the municipal departments of the City of Vienna, which are recognised by the letters MA followed by a two digit number. The producers decided to call it MA2412 because, the characters in the show work in the department responsible for Christmas decorations. Therefore 2412 means Christmas Eve. MA 2412 is a parody of the Austrian-Viennese administration and is full of clichés about the departments, civil servants and general humanitarian issues. 

:HERE IS A VIDEO OF SOME OF THE FUNNIEST MOMENTS FROM THE SHOW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlPY1TJQnoI  

MAIN CHARACTERS.

The four main characters are Herr Weber played by Alfred Dorfer (right),  Frau Knackel played by Monica Weinzettl (middle) and Ing. Breitfuß played by Romand Düringer. (left)

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ING. BREITFUß - Engineer Breitfuß is the official head of the MA 2412. He is a rude and snobby man who always insists on being called by his title. He has a passion for eating chocolate kisses specifically from the Dickmanns brand, staring at his modal cars which he built himself and keeping his desk tidy. He loves accusing Weber of being untidy.

HERR WEBER- Mr. Weber is a casual and young man. He likes to think of himself as the macho man and comes across as a snob. He pins up an adult calendar on his wall with the sole purpose of annoying his narrow minded colleague, Engineer Breitfuß. He is also a car loves and will only read the Russian magazine Car Review. 

FRAU KNACKAL - Ms Knackal is always busy and spends her working day on private phone calls.. Every episode starts with Ms Knackal on the phone to one of her friends, usually talking introducing the topic of the episode in question.



SOURCES:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/MA_2412 






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