sentences:  Kerkeling started his career as a comedian in radio, working for various German broadcasting companies, such as WDR and BR.The real breakthrough came in 1984/85 when, still aged only 19, Kerkeling got a role in the "Känguru" [sic] television comedy show (the German word for "kangaroo" deliberately spelt without an "h" at the end although this broke the spelling rules at that time).The best-known character in this show was the little boy "Hannilein", played by Kerkeling, an irritating child with red hair in a pudding-basin style, dungarees and sitting on giant-sized chairs, who commented on the world of adults.