Anecdotes

German comedian, jazz musician, movie and theater director, being popular for his absurd humor.

His song "Katzeklo" (kitty litter box) reached the German single charts and became legendary (1993).

After leaving high school without graduation, he started a not very successful professional career with many jobs, until he finally toured as stand-up-comedian in local clubs.

He is a multi-instrumentalist and plays the piano, electric organ, acoustic and electric guitar, ukulele, saxophone, vibraphone, drums, accordion and others.

Wrote several crime novels. Due to its explicit description of violence, German literary critic Marcel Reich-Ranicki once refused to read one of his books.

Has four children from three women.

He disowned Le cabinet du docteur Hasenbein (1997), because he felt that so many compromises have been made during production that it affected the quality of the film. When he recorded an audio commentary, he openly criticized the film and broke up after only 28 minutes.