Wetten, dass..?, ZDF’s big Saturday-night show, was famous for running over its airtime. Frank Elstner overran the very first show by 43 minutes, and overrunning became a hallmark of the program. Thomas Gottschalk set the record in December 1996 in Hanover, with 73 minutes. Up to the summer show of 2011, the overruns added up to 3,851 minutes. Gottschalk’s last show, on 25 November 2023, ran only five minutes over the planned end.