Jump to content

Thomas Spitzer (author)

Edit links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thomas Spitzer
Spitzer in 2019
Born
Thomas Eduard Spitzer

(1988-09-29) 29 September 1988 (age 36)
Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
NationalityGerman
Occupations
  • Author
  • Comedian
  • Online producer
SpouseHazel Brugger
Children1[1]
FatherManfred Spitzer
Websitehttps://www.thomas-spitzer.de/

Thomas Eduard Spitzer (born 29 September 1988, in Freiburg im Breisgau) is a German author, comedian and online producer.

Early life

[edit]

Spitzer is the son of the German professor and publicist Manfred Spitzer. He grew up in Hofsgrund in Oberried, Baden-Württemberg, Boston, Massachusetts, Eugene, Oregon, and Ulm. He studied math, economics and philosophy at the University of Regensburg from 2008 to 2012 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science. He has six siblings. In October 2020, he and Swiss comedian Hazel Brugger announced that they are expecting a child.[2] They have been married since 2020.[3]

Career

[edit]
Thomas Spitzer at the poetry slam Raus mit der Sprache in Bonn 2013

In 2009 Spitzer had his first gig at a poetry slam. By now[when?] he has won over 200 poetry slams in Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. In 2012 he reached the semi-finals of the German championships in Heidelberg. In 2015 he scored third in the Bavarian championships in Ingolstadt.

He has also starred in the NDR Comedy Contest.[4] In the fall of 2016 he won the Nightwash Talent Award, which is an important award for young comedians in Germany.[5] After that he appeared in comedy formats more often than poetry slams.

In the summer of 2014 he published his first book, Wir sind glücklich, unsere Mundwinkel zeigen in die Sternennacht wie bei Angela Merkel, wenn sie einen Handstand macht which translates to "We are happy, the corners of our mouths point to the starry night like Angela Merkel‘s when she performs a handstand".[6] In 2014, the online community Was liest Du? ("What are you reading?") awarded the book "Most unusual book title" at the Leipzig Book Fair.[7]

In fall 2018 Spitzer started writing for the ZDF heute-show.[citation needed]

Projects

[edit]

In 2013 Spitzer started organizing the German poetry slam championships for people below the age of 20, together with event organizer Ko Bylanzky.[8] This led to the competition "Master of the Uni-Vers" which has been held ever since in Regensburg which attracted 1500 visitors.[9] It is now held semi-annually, so far it was always sold out and it has seen many famous participants and guests such as Hazel Brugger, Felix Lobrecht and Vincent Pfäfflin. [10]

In the summer of 2017, Thomas launched the comedy podcast "Comedy Gold" together with comedian Thomas Schmidt and it quickly advanced to one of the most popular humorous podcasts in Germany. It is broadcast every Monday and hasn't seen a single interruption since its launch. The podcast inspired Felix Lobrecht and Tommi Schmitt to start their now highly successful podcast "Gemischtes Hack" and they recorded their first episode with Spitzer's equipment.

Spitzer has been managing the YouTube channel Hazel and Thomas since 2019 together with Hazel Brugger. Together they produce a series called Deutschland was geht? ("What's up Germany?") in which they visit interesting and weird places in Germany often with famous friends and guests.[11]

Published work

[edit]
  • Wir sind glücklich, unsere Mundwinkel zeigen in die Sternennacht wie bei Angela Merkel, wenn sie einen Handstand macht. Includes a CD. Periplaneta, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-943876-78-9.
  • Die Omadialoge. Unsichtbar-Verlag, Diedorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-95791-006-6.
  • (together with Kaleb Erdmann and David Friedrich) Bunt und kühl. ConBrio, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-940768-40-7.
  • Goethe, Schiller, Chinakohl – Als Humorbotschafter im Land des Lächelns. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2016, ISBN 978-3-404-60911-6.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Thomas Spitzer on Instagram: "Dieser kleine Frosch hat uns in den letzten Wochen unendliche Freude bereitet 🐸 so ein süßes, nettes und witziges Baby 👶🏼🍼 wir sind jeden Tag gespannt, was als Nächstes kommt 🦶🏻 Ps es war ja eigentlich eh klar, aber nur, um es hier nochmal schwarz auf weiß gesagt zu haben: Hazel ist eine fantastische Mutter. Ich weiß, es ist kein Wettbewerb usw aber gäbe es einen Comedypreis in der Kategorie "Beste Windelfrau" oder sowas, Hazel würde euch vernichten. PPS Windeln wechseln ist das chilligste auf der Welt und wirklich die leichteste Art, dem Baby (Und allen anderen im Haus) eine Freude zu machen. 📸 @hallomarvin"".
  2. ^ "Good Vibes Only".
  3. ^ ""Wir wollten nicht ironisch heiraten"". Zeit Campus. Retrieved on 11 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Thomas Spitzer beim NDR Comedy Contest" (in German). Archived from the original on 27 April 2015.
  5. ^ Thomas Spitzer gewinnt den Nightwash Talent Award 2016
  6. ^ Wir sind glücklich at the German National Library. Edition MundWerk. Periplaneta. September 2014. ISBN 9783943876789.
  7. ^ "Ungewöhnlichster Buchtitel mit Merkel-Mundwinkeln". Bild (in German). 14 March 2015.
  8. ^ "U20Slam2015".
  9. ^ Pfeifer, Daniel (19 November 2014). "Eine Flasche Scotch für ein Traum-ABC". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German).
  10. ^ Lintner, Veronika (21 November 2017). "Zymny kann sein Glück kaum fassen". Mittelbayerische Zeitung (in German).
  11. ^ "Youtube channel of Thomas Spitzer". YouTube.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Spitzer_(author)&oldid=1187534444"