Die Doofen was a German comedy music group, consisting of the two comedians Wigald Boning and Olli Dittrich.

History

The band was formed in 1992 under the name Wigald Boning & Die Doofen, but split up after their debut album. Boning and Dittrich joined the German television show RTL Samstag Nacht

RTL Samstag Nacht

RTL Samstag Nacht was a comedy show, which ran from 6 November 1993 to 23 May 1998 on the German TV network RTL. RTL Samstag Nacht was the first major comedy show in German television, created after the example of the long-running American show Saturday Night Live and broadcast late on Saturday night...

(“RTL Saturday Night”) in 1993 on which they worked as comedians until 1998. They also reunited as a band (under the name Die Doofen) on this show. They are best known for their two albums in this period. Their number one album Lieder, die die Welt nicht braucht (“Songs that the world does not need”) sold more than 1.000.000 copies in Germany. Their single “Mief” (“Stink”) was also a number one hit in their native country. They have won the German music awards Echo, Bambi

Bambi (prize)

The Bambi - Deutschlands Wichtigster Medienpreis, often simply called Bambi Awards and stylized as BAMBI, are presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year",...

, Goldene Stimmgabel

Goldene Stimmgabel

The Goldene Stimmgabel is an annual prize awarded within the German music scene.The prizes are awarded according to the number of records sold from October of the previous year to June of the year of the award, as determined by Media Control...

 and Goldene Europa

Goldene Europa

The Goldene Europa award is the oldest German Television award for artists and entertainers. It was awarded from 1968 to 2003. In the years 1989 and 2001, there were no ceremonies...

. Boning and Dittrich split up again in 1998 in the last episode of RTL Samstag Nacht with a parody of the song "Time to Say Goodbye”.

Fans started a petition called "Wir wollen die Doofen" in 2010 aiming to reunite the band.

Discography

Wigald Boning & die Doofen

• 1992: Album Langspielplatte
• 1992: Single Fiep, Fiep, Fiep
• 1992: Single Ich bin ganz aus Lakritz gemacht

Die Doofen

• 1995: Album Lieder, die die Welt nicht braucht
• 1995: Single Mief
• 1995: Single Jesus
• 1996: Album Melodien für Melonen
• 1996: Single Prinzessin de Bahia Tropical
• 1996: Single Zicke Zack Tsatsiki
• 1996: Single Lach doch mal

Awards

• 1995: Goldene Stimmgabel
  Goldene Stimmgabel
  The Goldene Stimmgabel is an annual prize awarded within the German music scene.The prizes are awarded according to the number of records sold from October of the previous year to June of the year of the award, as determined by Media Control...
  
  
• 1995: Bambi
• 1995: Echo
• 1995: Goldene Europa
  Goldene Europa
  The Goldene Europa award is the oldest German Television award for artists and entertainers. It was awarded from 1968 to 2003. In the years 1989 and 2001, there were no ceremonies...
  
  

External links

• Die Doofen at a Olli Dittrich fanpage (German)
• [ Die Doofen at allmusic.com]
• Die Doofen at last.fm