Štefan Skrúcaný was born in Trenčín, where he graduated in construction school in 1979. In the years 1979-80 he studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Slovak Technical College in Bratislava, later in 1980-84 he graduated from the Theater Faculty of the Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He became popular thanks to the entertaining music-word program Fujarová šou. Long years of collaboration with Miro Nogo, Jaroslav Filip, Stan Radič and Rasťo Pišek followed in the radio satiri