The initial idea came from a chat Warkop Geronimo Geronimo dedengkot radio, Temmy Lesanpura. Radio Geronimo asked Hariman Siregar, dedengkot UI students to complete the event in Geronimo. Hariman also pointed Casino and Nanu, the comedian in the UI campus to complete this event. This idea was immediately supported by the Casino, Nanu, and Rudy Badil, followed by Dono and Indro.
Rudy Warkop originally joined while still broadcast radio, not daring to take part in making jokes Warkop stage, because the fever stage (stage fright). For that matter, Rudy confessed "Once I tried on stage TIM, I realized that I was not able to. After that ya do not need it, "
Dono was initially the first few minutes during a gig mojok first, because it is still shy and afraid. After a few minutes, then Dono start participating and start at home, until the craze continues until the end of the duration of the joke. Indro is the youngest member, while the other members have occupied Warkop college, Indro still high school students.
Warkop first appeared in a farewell party (if present prom nite) IX Junior High School held at the Hotel Indonesia. All personnel shaking, aka stage fright, and the result is arguably just passable, not too successful. But the events in 1976 was the first time Warkop receive an honorarium in the form of cash transport of Rp 20,000. The money was perceived by personnel Warkop immense, but finally discharged to menraktir eat their friends.
Their next gig at the Tropicana. Before the stage, the entire personnel mumble and chills, but the result was again passable.
Musical at the New Terminal (Mus Mualim care), group Warkop new Geronimo was actually born as a new star in the world of comedy Indonesia. Musical Events terminal itself not only gave birth to Warkop but also help introduce the PSP group (Arc Light torches), which neighbors Warkop. Since then they started skyrocketing salaries, about $ 1,000,000 per show or shared four people, each personnel got no pitch go ceng (USD 250,000).
They also became known by the name of Dono-Kasino-Indro or administration (which is a pun of the abbreviation Raya). This is because their names before Warkop Geronimo has its own consequences. As long as they used the name Geronimo Warkop, then they should send royalties to Radio Geronimo as the owner of the name Geronimo. So then they changed their name to Warkop administration, to stop the practice of tributes that.Of all the personnel Warkop, Dono is probably the most intelligent, though it is rather the opposite of the profile face of the 'rustic' it. Dono even after graduation became an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology Faculty of Social UI exactly. Dono also often hosted at the campus or campus events marriage partner. Casinos also graduated from the Faculty of Social. In addition to comedy, they also had been in the world of nature lovers. Until the end of his life Nanu, Dono, Kasino and recorded as a member of nature lovers Mapala UI.
After being on stage and talk in the air, Warkop started making comedy films are always in demand seen by the public. From filmlah Warkop personnel begin to reap the abundant wealth. With a salary of Rp 15 million per movie for a group, they were flooded with money, because almost every year they starred in a movie in the decade of the 1980s. In fact a few years Warkop two movies at once.
Excess Warkop than another comedy group, is the level of intellectual awareness of its members. Since most are students (who later became some degree), so they are well aware of the need for professional and personal development of their group.
It is seen from the seriousness they form the staff whose job it helps them in finding materials joke. One staff Warkop then fronted a comedy group, which Tubagus Dedi Gumelar Miing Bagito alias.
At that Miing admitted that he wanted to be a comedian, and he happened to be accepted into the staff Warkop. It acts in addition to collecting material and comedian, perform site surveys (in the city or the area around where Warkop going to a gig), if you need to do the job even as iron maid costume Warkop personnel. This is done Miing seriously, because he knew where the learning professionalism a comedy group. Miing had participated in Warkop tapes and films Warkop, before eventually forming their own group buffoonery with Didi (sister) and Hadi Prabowo alias named Unang Bagito (aka For Roto).
In an era of declining number of private television and film production, administration was then launch its own television series. The series is still maintained for some time despite Casinos died in 1997. After Dono also died in 2001, Indro be the only personnel Warkop. Nanu had died while longer due to liver disease and is buried in the cemetery Jakarta Land coachman.
