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Gottschalk on “Wetten, dass ..?”: Doesn’t want to be “cringe”
Thomas Gottschalk moderated “Wetten, dass ..?” from 1987 to 1992 and from 1994 to 2011. Photo: Jens Kalaene / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa
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The “bet that ..?” -Special should actually have taken place in November 2020. On November 6th, the time has finally come – and Thomas Gottschalk wants to stay true to the retro show.
Thomas Gottschalk is planning a one-time reunion with “Wetten, dass ..?” deliberately as a retro show on November 6th.
“After the presenter struggles with the zeitgeist, you will also notice the show,” said the entertainer (71) of the German press agency about the live broadcast from Nuremberg. «Influencers have to stay outside. I have remained the one you “know from the past”, and that’s the only one I can present to the audience. And not a new version that makes you look cool. That would be awesome! ” So it is up to date: «cringe» was recently voted youth word of the year and means «embarrassing», «ashamed of others» in youth slang.
He promises the “Wetten, dass ..?” Audience a nostalgia party. ZDF has announced celebrities such as singer Helene Fischer, rocker Udo Lindenberg and ABBA stars Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The “Wetten, dass ..?” Special should have taken place in November 2020, but was postponed for a year due to the corona pandemic.
The first edition of the show was in 1981 with “Wetten, dass ..?” Inventor Frank Elstner on the stage. Gottschalk hosted the show from 1987 to 1992 and from 1994 to 2011.