1996 was the year of couples: Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas got married, while Prince Charles and Lady Diana divorced. Tschibo swallowed Eduscho, the two old men from ‘Los del Rio’ fortunately only had one summer hit with ‘Macarena’, while Alice and Ellen Kessler published their first autobiography and Robin Williams and Nathan Lane shone as a dream couple in ‘The Birdcage’. But what else was special? Jörg Dilthey and Andreas Schmitz made their very first appearance as ‘Ham & Egg’ on New Year's Eve!

That was an incredibly long time ago and a lot has happened in that time. The two ladies have performed together well over 2,500 times and have now reached over 850,000 viewers. They have invested in more than 250 elaborate and imaginative special costumes and have more than 150 wigs to their name. At this point, we can only speculate about the number of worn tights, worn-out shoes and used make-up. The two thoroughbred artists have already presented over 200 show numbers in their career together. And the best and most beautiful numbers can now be seen in their anniversary programme:

‘All In’ - The big best of show

Lots of costume ideas have been realised with great attention to detail. Las Vegas, Broadway and the fashion metropolis of Paris turn pale with envy at the sight of the oversized feather collars, colourful boas, hats the size of wagon wheels, glittering sequins and lots of sparkling rhinestones.

The two travesty torpedoes take their audience on a journey through the international pop and pop hits of the past decades. Vocally powerful, voluminous and above all ‘LIVE’. A taxi equipped as a UFO with lighting effects, a fully laid table in Italian style, an entire casino complete with roulette table, two colourful bouquets of birds. All these ideas were lovingly customised by the artists and can now be admired once again.

The audience can look forward to the great Evita, the beautiful Miss Silicon and the singing Statue of Liberty, as well as Egg's usual entertaining chats. And who doesn't know her, the gossipy Riccarda Doetscher, who is on top form with her friend Annegret and later sings about her love for her typewriter. Other highlights will include, by popular demand, the unique interpretation of Caterina Valente and the resurrection of the unforgotten Trude Herr, who will bring a little piece of Cologne folk theatre history to the stage with her songs.

Sexy, shrill, weird - that's ‘Ham & Egg’ - the craziest and most successful travesty duo in Germany for over 25 years and, with a live weight of over 230 kg, probably the funniest calorie bombs in the show business.