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The Comedy Shop (Komedi Dükkanı)

The Comedy Shop (Komedi Dükkanı) (translated)

TV Series · 2007–2015 · 6 people

Tolga Çevik put together the Turkish comedy program Komedi Dükkanı ("The Comedy Shop") with Fırat Doğu Parlak, and it stayed on air from 2007 to 2011. Each episode starts from a topic chosen in advance, and the performers play fully improvised sketches with no written script. It won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Comedy Series and ran for three seasons on three different channels, reaching 101 episodes.

The first season aired on TV8, with Salih Kalyon alongside Çevik. In the second season the show moved to TRT 1 and Kalyon left the cast. The third season, which began in 2010, was on Star TV. Ebru Yalçın directed and Sinan Çetin produced. Its best-remembered figures are Çevik's Arkadaşım, Fırat Parlak's Director persona and the musician Minik, played by Özer Atik.

The last episode, titled "Komedi Dükkanı: Yolun Sonu", aired on June 15, 2011. Çevik then toured Turkey with Arkadaşım Hoşgeldin, returned to television under the same name in early 2014, and that show ended on January 24, 2015. Later came Müdür Ne'aptın? on Star TV from March 13, 2016, TOLGSHOW in 2017-2018 and the twenty-episode Tolgshow Filtresiz on Exxen in 2021.

DirectorEbru Yalçın
NetworkTV8, TRT 1, Star TV
The Comedy Shop (Komedi Dükkanı) The Comedy Shop (Komedi Dükkanı) The Comedy Shop (Komedi Dükkanı)

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Tolga Çevik Tolga Çevik Actor · 52 years old Şevket Çoruh Şevket Çoruh Actor · 53 years old Asuman Krause Asuman Krause Actor · 50 years old Ebru Cündübeyoğlu Ebru Cündübeyoğlu Actor · 52 years old Salih Kalyon Salih Kalyon Actor · 80 years old Hande Soral Hande Soral Actor · 39 years old

Also in the cast: Fırat Parlak, Özer Atik

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Komedi Dükkanı isn't a series in the classic sense; instead of character arcs, you get improvised sketches that start from scratch every episode. What really gets you hooked is the cast chemistry. Recurring figures such as Tolga Çevik's Arkadaşım, Fırat Parlak's Director and Minik build inside jokes with the audience over time. Moving across three channels in three seasons, with cast changes along the way, can strain consistency from season to season. By the very nature of improv, some episodes shine and others fall flat. Better for dipping into now and then than bingeing all 101 episodes in a row.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

Watching sketches made up on the spot, with no written script, is great fun; even seeing the performers try to crack each other up is a treat. Since the topic changes every episode, everyone at home can find something they like. But with improv you never know what's coming, and some jokes may not suit small children. Easy to put on for teens and adults; with little ones, it's worth keeping an eye on it.

Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

Improvisation is a legacy of our theater's deep-rooted traditions, ortaoyunu and tuluat, which is why Komedi Dükkanı bringing that vein to television is close to my heart. In Tolga Çevik's Arkadaşım there is a trace of the warm bond the old touring companies built with their audiences. Yet improv isn't always equally refined; in some sketches noise and exaggeration outweigh wit. In the masters' tuluat, wordplay and timing always came first; those moments are here too, but not in every episode. Work that earned its Golden Butterfly, though best enjoyed in moderation.

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