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Baden-Baden (dpa) - 40 years after the first "Wetten, dass ..?" Episode, entertainer Thomas Gottschalk celebrated the anniversary with companions and celebrities during a talk in the Clubhouse audio app.
During the conversation on Saturday evening, his former “Wetten, dass ..?” Co-presenter Michelle Hunziker and the long-time ZDF entertainment director Wolfgang Penk took part.
Moderator Gottschalk, who was the face of the ZDF show for decades, said about his television career: "If there is someone who can rightly claim that he invented me - it was Wolfgang Penk."
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His way of "Wetten, dass ..?"
was directed by Penk, added the 70-year-old.
“As far as I can remember, Wolfgang Penk gave me the flea for the first time with 'Wetten, dass ..?'
put in the ear. "
Penk confirmed this: Gottschalk had visited him in a hotel in Munich to talk about advertising contracts.
Then he asked Gottschalk whether he would like, "Wetten, dass ..?"
close.
Penk (82) added that he hesitated at first, but after a phone call with his wife, he said yes.
On February 14, 1981, the show by inventor Frank Elstner was broadcast for the first time on ZDF.
Elstner was not present at the clubhouse talk.
The conversation was followed at times by around 3000 people.
The talk began with the Eurovision anthem based on the start of the episodes of the ZDF classic.
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