Julmahuvi

'''Julmahuvi''' (julma = cruel; huvi = fun) is the name of a group of comedic actors which created several comical TV-series and mockumentaries for the Finnish TV-channels Yle TV1 and MTV3. Julmahuvi collectively are Tommi Korpela, Jukka Rasila, Janne Reinikainen, Petteri Summanen and Jani Volanen.{{R|apu-1|mtv-1|iltal-1}}

The group first worked together on the sketch-show ''To(i)ni ja Heikki Haaman Show'' which ran from 1995 to 1996 on MTV3. After this they produced the mockumentary about a fictional boyband named ''The Joyboys Story'' in 1997.

The group's most famous show was the sketch show ''Studio Julmahuvi'' which ran for eight episodes on Yle in 1998. The show was a parody of YLE's own programming, squeezing an entire evening's worth of programming into a half-hour show which included everything from news and weather to a children's show and a German police drama, with commercials and TV-spots on the side. The show was created with an impressive budget of 67,000 € per episode which resulted in extremely high production-values (in comparison to Finnish low-budget sketch-shows like ''Pulttibois'' and ''Kummeli'').

Afterwards Julmahuvi made ''Jerico 2000'', a parody topic-show which also reused some of the smaller mockumentaries featured in ''Studio Julmahuvi''. It aired on MTV3 in 1999. The last big production was the mini-series ''Mennen tullen'' which featured several characters from ''Studio Julmahuvi''{{'}}s fictional cop-shows now in the present day.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-06-25 |title=Studio Julmahuvi: Mennen tullen eli mitä tapahtui Z-Salamapartiolle |url=https://yle.fi/a/20-133107 |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=Elävä arkisto |language=fi}}</ref> It aired on YLE between 2000 and 2001. Though produced in the fashion of a serious murder-mystery, it was essentially a dark comedy with occasional absurd elements.

''The Joyboys Story'' won the Bronze Rose of Montreux in 1997 and ''Studio Julmahuvi'' was awarded with the Venla (Finland's equivalent to an Emmy) prize for the best comedy show in 1999.

''Studio Julmahuvi'', ''The Joyboys Story'', ''Jerico 2000'' and ''Mennen tullen'' were all released as a box-set on DVD in 2005 with a bonus CD containing voice-clips and songs featured on ''Z-Salamapartio'', one of the fictional cop-shows set in the 1970s.

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="apu-1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.apu.fi/artikkelit/studio-julmahuvin-perintoa-jakamassa-pakamassa |title=Studio Julmahuvin perintöä jakamassa pakamassa |last=Pernu |first=Ilkka |date=29 October 2014 |website=Apu |language=fi |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="mtv-1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/studio-julmahuvi/2834016 |title=Studio Julmahuvi |last=Van der San |first=Toni |date=27 October 2005 |website=MTV Uutiset |language=fi |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>

<ref name="iltal-1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/viihdeuutiset/a/201804262200880538 |title=Legendaarinen Studio Julmahuvi tehtiin 20 vuotta sitten — kuvaukset olivat raakaa työtä myös Touko-Poukolle: "Niin puhki, etteivät silmät enää pysyneet kierossa" |last=Leinonen |first=Anne |date=1 May 2018 |website=Iltalehti |language=fi |access-date=18 July 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|qid=Q11897865|title=Toini ja Heikki Haaman show}} * {{IMDb title|qid=Q19703833|title=The Joyboys Story}} * {{IMDb title|qid=Q11894559|title=Studio Julmahuvi}} * {{IMDb title|qid=Q123785324|title=Jerico 2000}} * {{IMDb title|qid=Q17075136|title=Mennen tullen}}

Category:Performing groups established in 1995 Category:Comedy collectives Category:20th-century Finnish comedians Category:Finnish artist groups and collectives Category:Finnish male comedians Category:Finnish male television actors