he gained popularity on a national level with the tv show "kalkofes mattscheibe" on german pay tv network premiere, which he had adapted for television in 1994 from his "frühstyxradio" series of the same name. the show's title is a pun based upon the fact that the german word "mattscheibe" can mean "television screen" as well as a "mental blackout". in it, he shows clips from german tv and humorously comments on them or parodies them. in 1996 he was awarded the adolf-grimme-preis for the show. after changing channels several times over the years, the show's current incarnation (entitled "kalkofes mattscheibe rekalked") is broadcast on tele 5.