Editing Harald Schmidt (section)

== Concept and personalities ==
[[file:Harald-schmidt-2007-ffm002.jpg|thumb|upright|Schmidt in 2007]]
The self-proclaimed [[hypochondria]]c became popular for his cynical jokes, cruel remarks and wry intellectual wit. (Even though he is obsessed with health he was able to lampoon this weak spot in a self ironic TV commercial for a medicine curing colds.) Schmidt models himself after people like [[Johnny Carson]] and [[Conan O'Brien]], but adds factors and qualities to his show himself.

He engaged in long, seemingly boring conversations with his "supervising producer" [[Manuel Andrack]] (known as "chief dramatic adviser"), who sat at a desk next to Schmidt's until 2005, and, like [[David Letterman]], also included his staff in the show, for instance, his [[cue card]] girl Suzana Novinscak and his band leader Helmut Zerlett. Schmidt celebrated the return of French woman [[Nathalie Licard]] in his [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] era (like Zerlett she is still part of Schmidt's team). In Schmidt's original ''Harald Schmidt Show'' (1995–2003), Licard was involved in the goings-on in front of the audience too.