Oliver Pocher at Stefan Büsser’s was a surprisingly good late night

The feeling afterwards

Joy, satisfaction and also a bit of malice (not against Büssi) arise after the sixth episode of the second season. After we criticized “Late Night Switzerland” several times – and of course quite rightly – as boring and humorless, Büssi now proves that he can do things differently and that all niceties have their limits.

Yes, Büssi gave it to us! Finally a show that stands out. And that is primarily not due to the controversial guest Oliver Pocher. But… let’s start with the guest first.

The guest

Never before has a guest attracted as much attention as he did, said Büssi. The SRF program “Faces & Stories” had already reported on this guest days before. Stefan Büsser had a good catch in the net. Oliver Pocher is “probably the most polarizing comedian in German-speaking countries”. That’s a nice thing to say. On his Wikipedia entry there are nine points listed under “Controversies”. And that doesn’t even address the publicly fought War of the Roses with his ex Amira Aly, which is what Pocher has mainly been talking about in recent months.

Who is this guest? Pocher has perfected the genre of “public bullying,” analyzes Spiegel columnist Sascha Lobo in a podcast: finishing people off at random in public. Because they sit in the front row of his show and are particularly suitable for it – for example, they are women. Pocher invented the hate speech principle of social media back in the heyday of private television. So he is a trendsetter. And at the same time it seems yesterday with its insulting gags that seek a quick effect.

But enough theory… Pocher enters the stage. The familiar high five and pat on the back. First impression: He is relaxed. Has survived a thousand times worse. There’s not much to worry about anyway, since you’re among friends. On Monday evening Büssi will be a guest at his show at Kaufleuten. The conversation begins.

Bus: Was there never the option that I would now discuss this with a psychologist and not with the Bild newspaper?

Poach: No, I discussed it (on the podcast) with Sandy (his ex-ex-wife), that was much funnier.

I now imagine it would be extremely difficult to get to know a woman other than Oliver Pocher.

Nothing easier than that.

Getting to know each other already. But the problem is, in three years I’ll be on the “Bild” front and he’ll finish me off.

Yes, yes. But before that you become a millionaire and that’s not so bad.

That’s just the price, says Pocher. Then it goes on like this for a bit. Until the topic turns to alcohol. Pocher doesn’t drink. He is there when things get tough, Muslim. Büssi has the presence of mind to make the punch line:

Bus: “You don’t have to take off your pants. We don’t want to control it.”

Pocher wouldn’t be Pocher if that left him speechless.

Real? That’s a certain form of racism. I now understand that the media in Switzerland doesn’t like your show. Can you tell a Jew from a Muslim if their pants are down?

Did it go too far? In any case, Büssi doesn’t want to poke any further below the belt. And change the subject.

What remains of this conversation: Büssi can do it after all, he thinks quickly and parries. It’s just a matter of timing. While Pocher slows down before a punchline and then strikes more precisely, Büssi masters the tempo and goes overboard. While Pocher lets the punch take effect after the punch line, Büssi doesn’t really trust the effect and continues babbling all the more quickly.

Relax, trust in yourself, they want to tell him. But the best is yet to come…

Die Fails

Of course there were a lot of things. But let’s leave it out for now. We already had enough.

That was something to talk about

Pochers, Jews, Muslims and above all… now let’s talk about it…

The best saying

Drumroll! Now the actual Büssi show begins. His side-kick, Michale Schweizer, spreads out a newspaper with an interview with Büssi and asks: “Why does Blick actually think you’re an expert on a comedy show?” Legitimate question. The “Blick” – like other media outlets including us – harshly criticizes “Late Night Switzerland”. “The punch lines don’t really catch the eye, the concept is old-fashioned, the studio design is listless,” was the conclusion of the “Blick” review.

Now the tabloid wants to know what Büssi thinks of Stefan Raab’s comeback show and is interviewing him about it. He answers like this: “The punch lines don’t really catch the eye, the concept is old-fashioned, the studio design is listless.” The Blick journalist does not notice that he is being paraded.

But there is more: Blick wrote: “The values ​​of Giacobbo/Müller are still secretly haunting people’s minds. But that’s yesterday’s TV news.”

Büssi dictated to the “Blick”: “The values ​​of the old TV Total are still secretly floating around in people’s minds. But that’s yesterday’s TV news.”

That’s not enough. Büssi smuggled further quotes into the interview.

Dear Büssi, that worked. We in the media – certainly also the “Blick” – can handle your punchlines well. It’s a give and take. We believe in you. Keep it up. And remember timing.