Overview
- Schlager-Spaß, which aired Saturday, featured rock ’n’ roll veteran Peter Kraus and Austria’s Kronwildkrainer performing in Borg’s SWR ‘Weinstube’ studio.
- After Borg staged a chair fall as a gag, the 87-year-old Kraus sprinted over to help before the host revealed it was planned.
- A 73-year-old viewer, Babette Gillmeier, gained rare in-studio access after sending an application video, breaking the show’s usual no-audience approach.
- Borg highlighted his family on air as his in-laws, Alfred and Rosi Strobel, sat in the audience and a brass band struck up his father-in-law’s favorite song.
- SWR will not air a new May episode and will run a 2023 Best-of on May 23, and the broadcaster says the program itself remains secure going forward.