Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut
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Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut is a 1969 Finnish comedy by Spede Pasanen
. It features one of the most famous appearances by Vesa-Matti Loiri
outside his Uuno Turhapuro
persona also created by Pasanen. The film also features a famous cameo of the Finnish pop-star Danny
.
The film is often considered as one of Spede's greatest, due to its human-story. It also features plenty of his zany comedy most of which takes place in Pasanen's character's fantasies (reflected off the sets at which he is working).
Mikko on the other hand is also an urging writer who tries his luck comprising a comedy-show and even a police-drama. After catching Vasa breaking in to a store in the middle of the night (in the hopes of covering the actions of the local police) he decides to help Vasa with his reports eventually getting him back on the show where started out.
Mikko also tries to impress a girl at the cafeteria and is even offered to stay at her (all girl) dormitory.
At the latter half of the movie Vasa turns Mikko's bumbling in to a hit comedy-act which comprises him of injuring himself on various types of doors. The fame naturally gets to him in the end and ruins his relationship with the cafeteria girl. He also sabotages his own success by going on stage with a new gag which is met with a chilling silence as the audience leaves. Mikko then goes back to being just an assistant but seems content with the outcome by the end of the film.
This is one of many examples of bizarre naming conventions practiced with most of Spede's films.
Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags....
. It features one of the most famous appearances by Vesa-Matti Loiri
Vesa-Matti Loiri
Vesa-Matti "Vesku" Loiri is a Finnish actor, musician and comedian, best known for his role as Uuno Turhapuro, whom he portrayed in a total of 20 movies between the years 1973 and 2004....
outside his Uuno Turhapuro
Uuno Turhapuro
Uuno Turhapuro is a Finnish comedy character created by Spede Pasanen and played by Vesa-Matti Loiri. Originally appeared in Spede Show during 1971–1973, the character gained popularity through the Uuno Turhapuro films....
persona also created by Pasanen. The film also features a famous cameo of the Finnish pop-star Danny
Ilkka Lipsanen
Ilkka Johannes Lipsanen , also known as Danny, is a Finnish singer and guitarist. He started his career with the band Islanders who released a couple of singles, among them Danny's first recording which was in English: East Virginia by Joan Baez in 1964...
.
The film is often considered as one of Spede's greatest, due to its human-story. It also features plenty of his zany comedy most of which takes place in Pasanen's character's fantasies (reflected off the sets at which he is working).
Plot
The plot concerns the character of Mikko Syvärivi (Pasanen) who works as a night-watchman and also becomes an assistant at a Finnish Television Company. His first day at work starts out quite humorously as he is mistaken as a minister in the Finnish parliament by an urging reporter Antti Vasa (Loiri) who takes him to a live TV-interview. Unfortunately due to the incident Vasa is demoted in to reporting on indifferent news-items with a minimal news-crew and often allowed to ask one question.Mikko on the other hand is also an urging writer who tries his luck comprising a comedy-show and even a police-drama. After catching Vasa breaking in to a store in the middle of the night (in the hopes of covering the actions of the local police) he decides to help Vasa with his reports eventually getting him back on the show where started out.
Mikko also tries to impress a girl at the cafeteria and is even offered to stay at her (all girl) dormitory.
At the latter half of the movie Vasa turns Mikko's bumbling in to a hit comedy-act which comprises him of injuring himself on various types of doors. The fame naturally gets to him in the end and ruins his relationship with the cafeteria girl. He also sabotages his own success by going on stage with a new gag which is met with a chilling silence as the audience leaves. Mikko then goes back to being just an assistant but seems content with the outcome by the end of the film.
The name
Correctly translated the title of the film should be The Amazing Hesitations of the TV-man. Näköradio (vision radio) is an outdated expression for television. Siekailut comes from siekailla, an old word meaning to hesitate and which sounds a lot like seikkailu, meaning adventure.This is one of many examples of bizarre naming conventions practiced with most of Spede's films.
Trivia
- Danny is the second actor credited in the film, despite the fact that he only appears in a few scenes.
- Simo Salminen plays himself in the role of a popular TV-comedian, parodying Spede. He has his own comedy-show called Simovisio, a reference to Spede's own show Spedevisio.
- Jukka Virtanen wrote the lyrics for the soundtrack. He also appears in the film's fictional live-broadcast play Rohkea Roomalainen (The Brave Roman - actually, a fragment of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar) as BrutusBrutusBrutus is the cognomen of the Roman gens Junia, a prominent family of the Roman Republic. The plural of Brutus is Bruti, and the vocative form is Brute, as immortalized in the quotation "Et tu, Brute?", from Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar....
. - A poster for Pähkähullu SuomiPähkähullu SuomiPähkähullu Suomi is a 1967 comedy by Spede Pasanen. It is occasionally cited as one of the best sources for his abstract sense of humour since the film has very little in the sense of plot and is more of a montage of various events...
, another Spede-film which Virtanen directed, is visible in Päreistöniemi's office. - The announcer mentions that the live-broadcast play, Rohkea Roomalainen, is directed by Ere KokkonenEre KokkonenErkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen , born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director.He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director and also a writer....
, who actually directed the entire film. Kokkonen also appears as a TV-director in the middle of the film alongside Danny. - In Mikko's casino-fantasy all the dialogue is in English with the sole-exception of the line "Der Fussboden". The parody in the scene is obviously lifted from James BondJames BondJames Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
movies. The dialogue, consisting largely of non-sequiturs, seems to be lifted from language-education tapes as hinted by the lines "Lesson One" and "Repeat after me".