 The programme began in 1999, and was broadcast as a short daily comedy on various radio programmes.The most famous segments of these programmes were Elmar Brandt's rewrites of well-known tunes with new, satirical lyrics, which he sang in an imitation of the voice of Gerhard Schröder, who at that time was Chancellor of Germany.These parodies generated six hits in the Top 20 in Germany, and were also popular in Switzerland and Austria.