Wigald Boning in Jena

Wigald Boning is a German comedian, musician, actor, author and television presenter, born in Wildeshausen in 1967. He became widely known through the comedy series RTL Samstag Nacht and his partnership with Olli Dittrich in the duo Die Doofen, whose best-known releases include “Mief!” and the album Lieder, die die Welt nicht braucht. In the 1990s, he performed the songs of Die Doofen onstage with Olli Dittrich after the duo’s television success. He later toured German theatres with Gute Frage!, an improvised comedy show built around questions from the audience and performed with Bernhard Hoëcker.