Comedian Vlatko \u0160tampar, from \u010cakovec, started his career in the late 80s by putting a smile on his mother\u2019s face after the unimaginable pains of childbirth. Following that first and \"bloodiest\" gig, young Vlatko realized early on that he loved making people laugh.\n\nJust 20-some years later, rumors began spreading through Zagreb\u2019s stand-up underground about a gentle giant with a sharp wit. Starting at the now-legendary open-mic nights at Purgeraj, this \"misfit\" from the Me\u0111imurje region quickly became a crowd favorite.\n\nBy helping build the Zagreb stand-up scene from the ground up, Vlatko \u0160tampar has become an essential name in comedy across the region\u2014except, perhaps, in Hungary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He performs at stand-up nights and comedy festivals in cities across the former Yugoslavia. Despite the language barrier\u2014his mother tongue being the specific Me\u0111imurje dialect\u2014he manages to make thousands laugh with an unusual physical ease.\n\nFor years, Vlatko has been a staple at Zagreb\u2019s Studio Smijeha, where he relentlessly exposes his own warped worldview and a rich imagination populated by animals that talk (nonsense) and forbidden perversions that might\u2014out of context\u2014be considered a criminal offense.\n\nFor those who haven\u2019t \"tried\" him yet, Vlatko remains the personification of all those insane thoughts we all have in that part of the mind we choose to ignore. For those who have experienced him, he is a release valve for wild associations that, combined with his unique style, inevitably trigger laughter. He is truly one of the best comedians in the region.\n\nExcept, of course, in Hungary. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u010cakove\u010dki komi\u010dar Vlatko \u0160tampar karijeru zapo\u010dinje krajem 80-ih, izmamiv\u0161i vlastitoj majci osmjeh na lice nakon nezamislivih porodiljnih muka. Nakon te prve i najkrvavije ga\u017ee u \u017eivotu, mladi je Vlatko na samom po\u010detku zavolio nasmijavati ljude oko sebe. Samo 20-kusur godina kasnije, stand-up podzemljem…<\/p>","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10618","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n