Georg Schramm

Georg Schramm (born 11 March 1949) is a German Kabarett artist. He was a host of the Kabarett shows Scheibenwischer and Neues aus der Anstalt.

Biography Schramm was born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. His father was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) which influenced his later performances as a Kabarett artist. He then enlisted for the Bundeswehr as a short-term career soldier which he retired from as a reserve officer. Afterwards he studied psychology in Bochum and worked as a psychologist in a rehab clinic from 1976 to 1988.

Schramm is considered the most aggressive, outspoken and serious Kabarett artist of his time. In 2007, he published his first book, Lassen Sie es mich so sagen – Dombrowski deutet die Zeichen der Zeit, a compilation of texts from his shows from 1983–2007.

Television From 2000 to 2006 he was a regular guest in the Scheibenwischer which he co-hosted since 2003. He left the show on 24 April 2006 for reasons of conceptional and personal differences with fellow co-hosts Bruno Jonas and Mathias Richling. From 2007 to 2010 he co-hosted Neues aus der Anstalt with Urban Priol.

Solo programs Solche Männer hat das Land Dein Platz an der Sonne Schlachtenbummler Ans Eingemachte – Best Of Mephistos Faust Thomas Bernhard hätte geschossen Meister Yodas Ende

Awards Salzburger Stier (1990) Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis (1991) Leipziger Löwenzahn (1994) Deutscher Kabarettpreis (1999) Stern des Jahres from the Munich Abendzeitung in the category "Kabarett" (2005) Gaul von Niedersachsen (2001) Schweizer Kabarett-Preis Cornichon of the Oltner Kabarett-Tage (2005) Ehrenpreis Tegtmeiers Erben (2005) Deutscher Fernsehpreis for Beste Comedy (with Urban Priol) (2007) Bayerischer Kabarettpreis (2008) Erich Fromm Prize (2012)