| Robert Michel is a Political Science student at Cologne University but millions of Germans know him as Rob Vegas, one of the first of a new breed of Internet show host. His show 'The Mindtime Show' airs every week via the video portal sevenload. We invited him along to see what drives him to devote so much of his time to the project. It all began two years ago Robert Michel went on a trip to Las Vegas and lost all his money. When he came back to Germany his friends nicknamed him Rob Vegas. In search of a cure for bordom the twentyfour-year-old who grew up in a small town near Cologne started his own show. He now films himself every weekend at his apartment in front of a green sheet performing different gags. Using a computer he projects different backgrounds onto the sheet. His trademark is parodies of TV shows. Although the project has some perks, such as a free apartment and freedom to show whatever he likes, Rob isn't about to give up his studies just yet. |
