Momo and Uzeir was a Yugoslav comedy duo made up of Bosniak Rejhan Demirdà ¾ià(2 January 1927 â 22 August 1988) and Serbian-born Rudolf "Rudi" Alvaà(17 July 1929 â 21 September 1988). The characters of Momo and Uzeir were created by Nikola à  krba (1922âÂÂ1995). Their radio comedy show Cik Cak aired on Radio Sarajevo and was popular all over Yugoslavia.
Demirdà ¾iàfirst began acting in 1943, aged 16, in the play The Mistress of the Inn at the Sarajevo National Theatre. From 1945 to 1955 he was a member of theater ensembles in à  abac, Nià ¡ and Uà ¾ice, before returning to the Sarajevo National Theatre. In 1969 Demirdà ¾iàstarred in KaraÃÂoz (Black-eyed), a sketch comedy television show that he co-wrote with Jurislav Korenià(1915âÂÂ1974). It aired on Televizija Sarajevo until 1971.
Alvaàwas born in Petrovac na Mlavi, then a part of the Morava Banovina of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was a theatre actor that worked in Pula and Varaà ¾din before moving to Sarajevo.
The twin skyscrapers of the Sarajevo United Investment and Trading Company, built in 1986, were unofficially named after the duo.