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The first of Kafka’s three great novels, The Man Who Disappeared (America) follows the picaresque adventures of Karl Rossman, who is banished to America following a family scandal. Upon his arrival, Karl immediately happens upon his uncle, and from there follows a pattern of wandering, adoption and expulsion as Karl marches inexorably on towards the interior of the continent. With its blitheness and comical moments, The Man Who Disappeared is perhaps the most charming of Kafka’s works.

In this satirical alternative history, Professor Jeronimo Herodotease and his team of documentary filmmakers and reenactors revivify the dark days of the Grim Depression and Amerika's descent into dictatorship. In the chaos and strife that followed the assassination of President-elect Frankie van Rosenvelt, General Jackson and a cadre of Forcist-minded cockroaches swarmed the stage, gnawed away at democratic norms, and declared martial law under the guise of restoring "Law and Order."

Herbert Hisel war in den 1960er und 1970er Jahren der bekannteste fränkische Humorist. Der Nürnberger startete seine Karriere als Büttenredner und führte viele Jahre durch die Karnevalssitzungen. 1963 veröffentlichte Hisel seine erste Single "Jahrgang 22 / Der Camper", die sofort ein großer Erfolg wurde. Weitere LPs folgten in den 60er Jahren, die seine große Popularität steigerten.