 However, it has emerged that each of the celebrities' contributions were normally prewritten by a team of ghostwriters and were rehearsed before the recording, as is common practice in many "comedy" shows.The regular staff consisted of Mike Krüger, Kalle Pohl, Gaby Köster, Bernd Stelter and Oliver Welke, who took the seat of Rudi Carrell in 2002.Carrell however still appeared on camera at special events and produced the show.