Schmidt & Pocher
Encyclopedia
Schmidt & Pocher is a German
late night talk show hosted on Das Erste
by comedians Harald Schmidt
and Oliver Pocher
in the Thursday 10.45 pm time slot from October 25, 2007 to April 16, 2009. It was the successor of Harald Schmidt on the same network.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
late night talk show hosted on Das Erste
Das Erste
Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen , marketed as Das Erste , is the principal publicly owned television channel in Germany...
by comedians Harald Schmidt
Harald Schmidt
Harald Franz Schmidt is a German actor, writer, comedian and television entertainer best known as host of two popular German late-night shows.- Early life :...
and Oliver Pocher
Oliver Pocher
Oliver Pocher is a German actor, stand-up comedian and television host.- Early life and professional training :...
in the Thursday 10.45 pm time slot from October 25, 2007 to April 16, 2009. It was the successor of Harald Schmidt on the same network.
Music
The house band is led by Helmut Zerlett- Helmut Zerlett – keyboards
- Axel Heilhecker - guitars
- Rosko GeeRosko GeeRosko Gee is a Jamaican bassist who has played with the English band Traffic on their albums When the Eagle Flies and The Last Great Traffic Jam , with the supergroup Go conceived by Stomu Yamashta, which also included Steve Winwood, Al Di Meola, Klaus Schulze and Michael Shrieve, and with the...
- bass - Antoine Fillon - drums
- Jürgen Dahmen - piano
- Thomas Heberer - trumpets
- Mel CollinsMel CollinsMel Collins is a British saxophonist and flautist and session musician.He has worked in a wide variety of contexts ranging from R&B and blues rock to jazz, but is perhaps known for his work in progressive rock, as with King Crimson, Camel and the Alan Parsons Project.-Career:Collins has worked...
- saxophone