First aired with a title that translates roughly as 'Barbed Wire and Heels', it was soon renamed, somewhat more whimsically in German, to Ein Käfig voller Helden ("A Cage Full of Heroes"), to make it more relatable to the German viewer. Klink and Schultz's characters were given broad Saxon and Bavarian dialects, playing on regional stereotypes to underline the notion that they are comic figures. An unseen original character – "Frau Kalinke" – was introduced in dialogue only as Klink's cleaning lady and perennial mistress whom he described as performing most of her cleaning duties in the nude.
First aired with a title that translates roughly as 'Barbed Wire and Heels', it was soon renamed somewhat more whimsically in German, to Ein Käfig voller Helden ("A Cage Full of Heroes"), to make it more relatable to the German viewer. Klink and Schultz's characters were given broad Saxon and Bavarian dialects, playing on regional stereotypes to underline the notion that they are comic figures. An unseen original character – "Frau Kalinke" – was introduced in dialogue only as Klink's cleaning lady and perennial mistress whom he described as performing most of her cleaning duties in the nude.