Heikki Silvennoinen called his ex-wife’s wedding – The party guests fell silent, then the bride burst into laughter

A long-time photographer who followed Kummel especially in the early days of the group Mika Kanerva tells Heikki Silvennoinen that the death on Wednesday came as a surprise to him.

Silvennoinen, who had a rare blood disease, was 70 years old when he died.

– Yes, it was quite a blast. Didn’t know how it would have turned out, Kanerva describes to IL.

In the 2020s, Silvennoin had other health problems. His heart was operated on more than four years ago.

The issues came to light in the biography published in April, but according to Kanerva, they never came up in conversations with Silvennoinen.

– He didn’t talk about any illnesses. I think he hasn’t spoken to many people, Kanerva, who also has merit as a sports photographer, guesses.

– I recognize “Hessu” from that. I don’t remember him ever complaining about anything.

Incredible trick

Silvennoinen was a professional musician and actor, but the man also took to sports surprisingly well.

The artist enjoyed himself, among other things, as a hockey goalie.

– Keskinen’s “Guide” said that he is damn good at skiing. It’s somehow hard to imagine, Kanerva laughs at the story of another Kummeli man.

In addition to his verbal abilities, the guitarist was skilled with his hands.

Kanerva still remembers an interview in which Silvennoinen revealed his special skills when the reporter had incited the man to do some kind of trick behind him.

He responded to the challenge by writing his name simultaneously with both hands.

– I have never seen anyone do such a thing, Kanerva is amazed, laughing.

– It was completely incomprehensible.

Lynx

Silvennoinen’s choice in the puck battle in Tampere was definitely Ilves. The connection was also brought up in the Kummeli sketches.

Although a club legend From Raimo Helmin The reporter who asked about the idiots in the middle of the game was not Silvennoinen but a co-worker Timo Kahilainen. However, Silvennoinen also appeared in sketches as Ilves’ goalkeeper.

One of Silvennoinen’s most loved hake characters is Mauno Ahonen. In this role, Silvennoinen collaborated with Ilves and did commercials nine years ago.

Ilves’s opponents, played by Mauno Ahonen with Silvennoinen, twisted the humor Heikki Vihisen played by Jukka Emil Vanaja.

Ilves has promised to remember Silventos in Friday’s home match.

Master of timing

Kanerva closely records Kummel’s adventures, when the drug of the group, which started in 1991, was taking off.

– It immediately got dark somehow, and I started hanging out with them a little more, Kanerva recalls.

He already knew Silvennoinen from music patterns, but the actual acquaintance took place in connection with work patterns.

The “sharp guy” knew the art of timing. The comedian, who was going crazy in front of the camera, could observe the situation for a long time in his own peace, until he opened his mouth.

– Hessu was an entertainer, but he was quite calm. He was no Mouhu. Then when there was a place, he would come up with something funny, says Kanerva.

– It was quite clever. Not everyone always understood what he meant there.

You knew how to flirt

A cameraman who followed Kummel’s actions closely says that Silvennoinen played a role in the dynamics of the group as an open-minded idea-sampling. Throws from outside the box were refined into the collective’s success sketches.

They sank into the Finns surprisingly well.

Kanerva noted that the overwhelming popularity of the craziest years became a burden for Silvennoinen. The group that played festival gigs was always surrounded by interested people who sought to hear about familiar characters.

– I think he suffered a little from that popularity. He didn’t really like crowds and withdrew. It was pretty quiet, Kanerva remembers.

Listening to “Yes, it’s going” and “now it hurts Juhaa leukaan” sometimes got an irritated reception when the measure was full.

It was characteristic of Silvennoinen that he couldn’t smooth his words.

Even the circle of friends got used to the fact that the man’s release was always brutally honest.

– If he didn’t like something, he showed it. You could have said it quite badly.

Silvennoin’s unpolished style was also an advantage. Kanerva says that the Tampere man kept his cool when it came to money.

– I got the impression that he was a strict negotiator. Even though he was relaxed and stuff, he wasn’t terribly funny on that side.

Calling ex-wife’s wedding

Above all, Kanerva remembers Silvennoinen, who screwed the cap in 1995, for his good humor and stories.

There must be something special in a good way about a man whose presence makes his friend’s alcoholism go away. Once upon a time, Silvennoinen wanted a musician as a friend for his vacation in Thailand Joe Vestich, who, according to Kanerva, was hesitant to leave because he “didn’t know what he would do there when Goofy wasn’t drinking”.

However, the trip was worth it.

– Joe hasn’t taken a drop since then either. It was a merciless drunk, Kanerva smiles.

Silvennoinen, a man of flying turns, was married three times.

The middle of the wives was a Kummeli colleague Olli Keskinen Tiina-sister, who found a Kummeli director after leaving Silvennoinen Matti Grönbergin.

Silvennoinen called his ex-wife and Grönberg’s daughter’s wedding party.

– He brought a mobile phone for the bride. The party guests were all very quiet, Kanerva begins.

With the phone to his ear, Keskinen laughed and thanked him. Then he reported the content of Silvennoinen’s humorous congratulatory call to the guests who were following the situation:

“Just ask him if our getting married means that I will never go back to him again.”