 Nevertheless, he agreed to this guest appearance because of his paragon and fatherly friend Rudi Carrell, who was already so ill at this time that he only poured a glass of water over Harald Schmidt on his final appearance without saying a word.Over time, some things on the show evolved into running gags.For example, Rudi Carrell always made jokes about Mike Krüger's nose, who in turn made jokes about the Dutch and their caravans and about Carrell's age.