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An entertaining show with very variable quality, yet still above average. After the departure of Luděk Sobota (most recently in the fourth episode, which is perhaps the best of them all, as it features a guest appearance by the excellent Petr Nárožný, who never got that much space in any Visiting Day), Miloslav Šimek could finally turn to the longed-for satire, to which even Jiří Krampol was willing, and thus some funny things were created. Yet some of them are funny today, especially to the memories of that time, which is simply the pitfall of satire. This applies to sketches and short stories. I consider only Josef Fousek's performances and the interview with Felix Holzmann, a shopper in Kotva, to be really good. Otherwise, however, it is a fact that Jiří Krampol was Šimek's least interesting partner, and although both of them and the audience had fun, they made much simpler humor than was the custom, and this period therefore, with a distance, reminds us only a sort of touch of Šimek before meeting Zuzana Bubílková. With her, unlike his collaboration with Krampol, he managed to find the right recipe and cook up a satire that is timeless and still entertaining. (21/01/2015)