Kummola remembers Silvennoinen especially as a skilled guitarist.
Kalervo Kummola. Pasi Liesimaa
Mayor of Tampere and hockey influencer Kalervo Kummola remembers the one who died on Tuesday Heikki Silvennoinen especially for his guitar skills.
– He was a top guitarist first and foremost. Hundreds of thousands of followers Hawthorn there was, but I wasn’t a regular follower, says Kummola.
Among the characters played by Silvennoinen, Kummola mentions Mauno Ahonen by name.
– Nice man. I personally didn’t have much to do with him, but it’s a bummer, a bummer.
Joint appearance
Kummola made a short appearance Kummel In the 30th anniversary episode, a hockey legend together Timo Jutilan with Godfatherin a sketch parodying the movie. The episode was shown on Ylen TV2 in 2021, and it can be seen Yle Arena.
In the sketch, Kummola and Jutila show up to the Kummeli actors playing mafia brothers in a car, and Silvennoinen hands Kummola a bundle of money.
– Every city has its boss, but also every boss has its boss, Silvennoinen’s character says, referring to Kummola.
The story continues after the picture.
Kummola and Silvennoinen’s character, mafia boss Alfredo Baritone. Screenshot / Yle Areena
Kummola recalls that the request for the sketch came from someone else Kummel from the original member From Olli Keski.
– It was quite fast, we sat in it in the waffle bar. Yes, all kinds of insults were thrown, but I didn’t remember any particular sentence.
– I’ve usually been quite sensitive to joining in all kinds of play.
Heikki Silvennoinen was known not only for Kummeli sketches but also as a skilled guitarist. Mikko Lieri / AOP
Kummola remembers the members of the sketch group more generally. A surprising feature of them was revealed during the day.
– Really cool boys. Sometimes they even appeared a little real, like many people in the entertainment world. Speed too [Pasanen] was quite a real boy as a person.