- Frau Wäber
Frau Wäber (Mrs Wäber) is a popular and long-running drag act on German television, who appears in a number of
light entertainment ,Schlager andVolksmusik programmes on the state channelSWR , and on SWR-produced programmes of the same type in ARD. The character is played by Hansy Vogt, who also presents programmes as himself, and sometimes appears both as himself and Frau Wäber in the same programme. Vogt is also lead singer of theSchlager party bandDie Feldberger , and in addition performs as aventriloquist .Frau Martha Wäber is a comic stereotype of a confused, elderly
Swabia n lady, and speaks in a strong, comical,Black Forest dialect. Typically, she appears in sketches and games, tells corny jokes, and performs scripted banter with minor German celebrities andSchlager singers. The programmes in which she appears are generally designed to appeal to the elderly (a large proportion of German viewers) and the humour is gentle. The character thus cannot be compared with more contemporary and risque drag queens such asLily Savage orRuPaul , and is more similar in tone to the cross-dressing exploits ofThe Two Ronnies orStanley Baxter in classic light entertainment programmes of the past.She has co-presented the SWR show "Fröhlicher Alltag" since 1998, and also frequently appears in other programmes such as "Fröhlicher Weinberg" (SWR) and "Immer Wieder Sonntags" (ARD).
External links
* [http://www.hansy-vogt.de Official website of Hansy Vogt with information on Frau Wäber (in German)]
* [http://www.swr.de/froehlicher-alltag/ueberuns/waeber.html Frau Wäber page on official "Fröhlicher Alltag" website (in German)]
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