“Project 0.0 percent”
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Total boredom – How Joko and Klaas scare viewers away
Info This is how Joko and Klaas have used their 15 minutes of airtime so far
Photo: dpa/Willi Weber
Munich Entertainment without entertaining? Joko and Klaas took this to the extreme with their “Project 0.0 percent”. The two entertainers dared to do something that had never happened before on German television: they wanted to drive away the last viewer with anti-entertainment.
The two entertainers Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf tried to drive away their TV audience completely with their latest prank on Wednesday. After a brief introduction, the duo spent the remainder of the prime-time quarter of an hour queuing in front of a white background without speaking. To this end, the moderators played unsettling monotonous synthesizer music and used the treadmill to praise the program of the competition.
A thought came to them during the night, Joko said at the beginning: “With these 15 minutes we wanted to get on our employer ProSieben’s laces as much as possible.” Sending stupid ideas, exploring the limits of what can be expected, that was the idea behind it. Klaus: “What happened? At home, you regularly tuned in to the 15 minutes and this advertising-financed private television monster called ProSieben also thanked us.” The broadcaster often found it “really good”. “That’s a scandal.”
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The screenshot shows Joko Winterscheidt (2nd from left) and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf (left) in their latest prank.
Photo: dpa/-
It is “high time that we change that,” Klaas continued. “That’s why we’ve decided to lower ProSieben’s rating to zero with your help today. Maximum failure for all involved. Project 0.0 percent.” Joko added: “Today we will be anti-entertaining you by boring you so extremely that even the very last person has switched off.”
The treadmill at the bottom then advertised the competition: for example an environmental documentary on 3sat, an Oscar-nominated drama on Arte, the “Wilsberg” crime thriller on ZDFneo, the revived RTL show “Der Preis isthot” or the Netflix series “Ozark”.
In between, consumer tips could be read on how to make better use of the time: “Baking tray badly burned? Get up now, soak with baking soda or baking powder and just clean it.” Joko and Klaas insulted their own program in the running text as “quotaless cheek”.
The quarter of an hour ended when Joko and Klaas disappeared with the shrunken snake at the edge of the screen. One by one, the dark-clad crew members had worked their way from left to right in the line in front of them. The treadmill: “If you, dear viewers, suspect a punchline or resolution in the remaining broadcasting time, we will have to disappoint you.”
The two had earned 15 minutes of broadcasting time against the broadcaster in a show on Tuesday, which they could use freely on Wednesday from 8:15 p.m. – ProSieben says it has no influence on the program. The ratings will not be known until Thursday morning.
Here is the link to the information: So far, Joko and Klaas have used their 15 minutes of airtime