Raimo Aas
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Raimo Aas (born 18 June 1953 in Tallinn) is an Estonian humorist.
Radio career[]
Raimo Aas performed together with Margus Lepa in the Sunday morning radio programme Meelejahutaja for several years.
Performance prohibition[]
Aas was subject to a six-month Soviet prohibition of public performance for singing, on the tune of Pust' vsegda budet solnce (Russian for "May there always be sunshine"; Estonian: Olgu jääv meile päike), lyrics that can be translated as "May there always be sunshine, may there always be smoked sausages". The performance was deemed as insulting to Soviet youth.[citation needed]
Awards[]
In 1999, Raimo Aas was awarded the Meie Mats award for lifelong work in humour.[citation needed]
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Recipients of Meie Mats
- Estonian humorists
- Estonian radio personalities
- Censorship in the Soviet Union
- People from Tallinn
- Living people
- Tallinn University alumni
- Estonian people stubs