Echt fett is an Austrian hidden camera television series. Like in e.g. Just for Laughs: Gags and Trigger Happy TV, it exclusively shows clips of how unsuspecting subjects are brought into unusual situations by actors while being filmed with a hidden camera. A typical clip is filmed on the streets, or in a shopping mall. The comedic situations produced by the actors and the reactions of the unknowinlgy fooled are to entertain viewers. It was broadcast between 2003 and 2007.
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