Since childhood Peter Schlönzke dreams of a career as a TV presenter. His great role model is Heinz Wäscher, who is always looking for talented young entertainers for his popular show. Peters mother announces her shy boy for an audition, which, although mercilessly goes wrong, but brings him a job as a cable helper. He meets the popular entertainer from the unlikely side: as a bus scrapper who despises his audience. When Peter stumbles into the limelight by chance, he has a unique chance - as successor to scrubber.

Eduard von Bittermagen and his friend Professor Pfiff, indulge in an amusing hobby. They take every opportunity to bet on anything. Their latest bet: Bittermagen claims that his nephew Tommi, a young rascal and the Professor's young daughter Julia will become a couple although the two are actually not crazy about each other. Of course, Pfiff bets against it. But then Bittermagen uses a macabre trick. He acts as if his last hour had come and summons Tommi and Julia to his "deathbed". He offers his immense heritage to both of them-if they solve a problem.

Beate lives self-sacrificingly for endangered animal species. The director of a lignite-fired power station is determined to buy her house because he suspects it contains valuable mineral resources, but Beate must prevent this from happening in order to save the animals.

Building contractor Jochen Schuster takes out loans worth millions to finance a dubious building project and fulfill the extravagant wishes of his lover. When his mountain of debt is so high that no bank will grant him a loan, he comes up with an idea: he scrapes together the last of his funds and drives up to the banks in a borrowed limousine and wig and tries to borrow money under a false identity. The banks fall for the trick and grant him the loans to "protect German cultural assets". Schuster can hardly believe his luck and handles the unexpected windfall just as irresponsibly as before...

A comedy based on Molière's play "L'avare" directed by Wolfgang Kaus.

Lorenz Bohenberger, a well-off widower, is looking for a new wife who will also be a mother figure to his two children.

Werner, Andi and Eckat play dice to determine the next king of the trio. When Werner is crowned king, he decides for all of them to skip work and start for Korsika.

There is hardly a disease he does not have. At least, that is what he believes: Argan is a notorious hypochondriac and therefore follows everything his doctors—or rather, the quacks treating him—prescribe. However, they are less concerned with their patient's recovery than with increasing their own wealth and present the gullible family man with horrendous bills. To counteract this, the tyrannical patriarch Argan wants his daughter Angelique to marry a young doctor. She, however, is in love with Cléante, who is not a doctor. This leads to all sorts of complications...