Świat według Kiepskich

The Lousy World (pl. Świat Według Kiepskich, in literal translation The World According to Kiepskis) is a Polish television sitcom that premiered on 16 March 1999 on Polsat. The show follows the life of a dysfunctional Polish family from Wrocław. Most episodes are centered on Ferdynand Kiepski, the family's patriarch, who schemes to improve his financial or life situation, but in most cases ultimately fails. The series is a parody of stereotypical lives of Polish families in a style similar to the US series Married... with Children. In June 2022, Polsat announced the end of production of the show. Main characters The Kiepski family Ferdynand Kiepski (Andrzej Grabowski), also called "Ferdek": Head of the family, almost continuously unemployed (since 13 December 1981, the day when martial law was declared in Poland) father of two, who has a penchant for canned beer and trying to prove that he is an unappreciated genius. His character is similar to that of Homer Simpson, as well as Peggy Bundy, who enjoys the finer things in life yet refuses to work for them. Ferdynand comes up with ridiculous get-rich-quick schemes that, due to his own faults and comic coincidences, usually fail (when they succeed they are usually a part of a spin-off episode, which is never referenced again). Addicted to alcohol and cigarettes. His favorite pastimes are drinking "Mocny Full" ("Strong Full") beer and watching television. He inherited his name after his German grandfather, Ferdinand Urlich Doppeldeke. Ferdynand is shown in later seasons as a hypocritical zealous Roman Catholic, eager to act as a respectable patriarch of his family and to criticize any sins committed by others, but blind to his own alcoholism, laziness, xenophobia, and toxic personality. He made his debut in the first episode. Halina Kiepska (Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka): Ferdek's wife, who works at a nearby hospital as a nurse. In early episodes she was a cleaning lady at a hospital, but one day Ferdek had his wish granted through a miracle, and his wife got a better job. Every day she has to solve problems created by other members of the family. Addicted to cigarettes. She's the one strong-arming Ferdynand to look for a job, usually using a line "A w pośredniaku byłeś?" ("Did you go to the job centre today?"). In a self-contained episode #151 she turned out to be intersex.