Raimo Aas

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Raimo Aas
Raimo Aas with Luule Komissarov and Ines Aru
Born	(1953-06-18) 18 June 1953 (age 72) Tallinn, Estonia
Known for	the Meie Mats award for lifelong work in humour

Raimo Aas (born 18 June 1953 in Tallinn) is an Estonian humorist.^[1]

Radio career
Performance prohibition
Awards
References

Radio career

Raimo Aas performed together with Margus Lepa in the Sunday morning radio programme Meelejahutaja for several years.

Performance prohibition

Aas was subject to a six-month Soviet prohibition of public performance for singing, on the tune of Pust' vsegda budet solnce (Russian for "May there always be sunshine"; Estonian : Olgu jääv meile päike), lyrics that can be translated as "May there always be sunshine, may there always be smoked sausages". The performance was deemed as insulting to Soviet youth.^{[ citation needed ]}

Awards

In 1999, Raimo Aas was awarded the Meie Mats award for lifelong work in humour.^[1]

References

1 2 "Tõsine naljamees". Postimees (in Estonian). 7 June 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

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Raimo Aas

Contents

Radio career

Performance prohibition

Awards

References