Fábry Sándor

Fabry Sandor came to comedy from the film industry. He studied at Eotvos Lorand University and at the Mafilm school for film writers, then worked for years as a dramaturg at Mafilm, writing screenplays together with Kardos Csaba. His humour first drew wide attention on radio, where he became a frequent contributor to Radiokabare, writing compere links and solo numbers.

Television made him a host. Esti Showder Fabry Sandorral followed the pattern of American late-night talk shows, with well-known Hungarian personalities as guests, and his later programme Fabry was broadcast on the public channels M1 and Duna. He also hosted the game show Legyen On is milliomos! In print he published books such as Dizajn Center and Showder a javabol and wrote for Playboy and Nepszabadsag. His honours include the Karinthy Ring and the Deri Janos Prize.