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VIAF RECORD[edit]

This is wrong:

Schmidt, Harald, Dr. jur. VIAF ID: 40113817 (Personal) Permalink: http://viaf.org/viaf/40113817

this is correct:

Schmidt, Harald, 1957-.... VIAF ID: 261612129 (Personal) Permalink: http://viaf.org/viaf/261612129 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.228.50.119 (talk) 22:51, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

That guy on the photo is definitely not Harald Schmidt.

True. It is a photo of Joseph Schmidt (cf. also http://www.mdr.de/mdr-figaro/programm/1243050-hintergrund-129509.html ). I remember Harald Schmidt's photo next to his biography, but I'm afraid it's gone irrevocably—someone seems to have uploaded Schmidt.jpg with exactly the same title, which means the old one has been deleted.

The same sort of thing happened to me ages ago with a picture of Jacqueline Bisset. The only thing we can do now is get rid of that photo and decide if it can find a new home where it would belong, i e on the Joseph Schmidt page. <KF> 17:46, Oct 6, 2004 (UTC)

Internet meme[edit]

Should we add how Harald Schmidt has become an Internet meme started by 4chan? Here's the picture of the meme: http://omake.studio-zoe.com/fgsfds.jpg .The meme's explanation can be found at http://www.wikiworld.com/wiki/index.php/4chan : Use your browser's find function to find fgsfds. Casull 06:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't see why not. This meme is the only reason most non-German people know who he is.Peaceoutside (talk) 03:40, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

That source no longer supports information regarding 4chan, nor the fgsfds meme. Tar7arus (talk) 16:39, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

silly photograph[edit]

The photograph which was just added is silly. You can't see a bloody thing of what's important, can you? I still don't know how to add photographs to articles. Can anyone choose a better photograph than this one and add it?? Would be grand. --Fromgermany 17:44, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

stupid style[edit]

Whoever wrote this article (guess, he was German) has a bad style. My English isn't better either... Someone else should rewrite it a bit. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.52.158.5 (talk) 10:35, 7 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Plagiarism[edit]

I have removed the sentence claiming that he plagiarised from David Letterman. If anyone feels that it is true and can provide citations, then by all means add it again. Davedim (talk) 18:42, 17 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Objectivity?![edit]

Quoting (just as an example): "Yet sometimes the cameras caught sight of people in the audience who were laughing and shaking their heads at the same time, this being a typical reaction to Schmidt's jokes. People feel attracted and disgusted at the same time."

Pretty inappropriate... good luck trying to source that other than, say, from blogs and editorials.

Seigneur101 (talk) 02:01, 23 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

B-Class[edit]

How is this a B-class article? It doesn't even have any sources and quite some stile issues. Janfrie1988 (talk) 01:06, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Really? "Schmidt models himself after people like Johnny Carson and Conan O'Brien," With Johnny Carson, I could still believe it (where's the source), but Conan O'Brien is younger than Schmidt. Schmidt had his first successful show, MAZ Ab, in 1988, while O'Brien didn't get his own show until a few years later. I feel that the (possibly German) writer basically views the US late night shows as the source of all inspiration. (Again, with Johnny Carson or David Letterman, I'd buy into it...) User:davidswelt 2015