I used to love watching
Shooting Stars in the 90s. It was so silly. Vic Reeves described himself and Bob as "music hall dadaists" (music hall = vaudeville). There's an interview with Vic and Bob
here. I think the 90s episodes were better than some of the later ones, although I'd have to watch them again to be sure.
Re: Wetten Dass, what a weird coincidence that the host is called Gottschalk, the same as the New Orleans composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk, whose music was the inspiration for
Litanie des Saints, the first track on Dr John's
Goin' Back to New Orleans.