Iltalehti readers could vote for their favorite Kummeli characters played by Heikki Silvennoinen.
Heikki Silvennoinen had time to perform as many beloved sketch characters. AOP
Actor and musician Heikki Silvennoinen known Cuckold-characters will live on even after his death. Silvennoinen died on December 18 at the age of 70. Iltalehti readers could vote for who is their favorite Silvennoinen Cuckold-characters.
There were a total of 7,541 votes in the voting conducted by Iltalehti. The number one vote is news reporter Mauno Ahonen with 20 percent of the vote.
In the sketches, the character known for his potty hair and big glasses read sports news and walked around the sidelines of the fields. More often than not, Mauno also ended up at the well-known restaurant Ohranjyvä located on Näsilinnankatu.
– Mauno Ahonen here, began his many sketches.
Many Iltalehti readers’ favorite Kummeli character is Mauno Ahonen. Yle Kuvapalvelu
In the voting, metal man Matti Näsä got silver with 17 percent of the votes. The left-wing figure spoke a strong Tampere dialect with a nasal voice and talked about various problems. Often at the end of his furious outburst, he uttered the words “I don’t care about anything anymore”.
From here you could also hear music from time to time, one of the most famous of which is a song God bless these days.
Matti Näsä is known for his fierce opinions. YLE Picture Service
The third place is shared by two figures, as they both received 10 percent of the vote. Another of the characters is the manager of the concrete company Kalervo Jankko, who is known in the Kummeli sketches as an employee of the Jankon Betoni company. He acknowledged the angry feedback of a dissatisfied customer with his iconic phrase “It’s fine.”
Eventually, however, the character lost his nerve, causing him to destroy his office. The sketch of destroying the office has become an international meme, and for example many sports clubs share the sketch on social media when the game has gone badly.
You can also look at a picture of the character from here.
The bronze place is shared with Janko by heavy guitarist Pertti “Speedy” Keinonen, who was often seen Timo Kahilainenplayed by Sakari “Saku” in the company of Östermalm. In the sketches, the best friends dreamed of starting their own band and managed to get a recording contract.
The duo’s most famous songs are Keinonen is a witch and Doomsday. Italicized passages are excerpts Doomsday– about the lyrics of the song.
Doomsday, doomsday
It’s Pert’s Name Day
Among the best-known jokes of friends are “Speedy is sickly fast”, “The artist pays” and “Jee jee”.
You can also look at this picture from here.
Kummel was shown from 1991 to 2004. In addition to Silvennoinen and Kahilainen, the main actors of the series were seen Heikki Hela, Olli Keskinen and Heikki Vihinen.
Silvennoinen died at the age of 70 from long-term illnesses on Wednesday, December 18.
You can see the results of Iltalehti’s entire vote below.