In terms of television, the Eberhard Cohrs formula did not transfer easily from east to west. His first appearance on mainstream television in the west on Rudi Carrell's "" show was a "fiasco" according to television chief Peter Gerlach. It was not merely the Saxon's humour that baffled western audiences. Three decades of separation had given westerners little opportunity to familiarize themselves with the dialects of Saxony, and the show was produced in Bremen which, even by West German standards, was a long way from Dresden. The rich Saxon dialect that delighted East German audiences encountered blank incomprehension from studio audiences in Bremen. Nevertheless, during his time in the west Cohrs made further television appearances, for instance in the sketch series Ein verrücktes Paar where he and Harald Juhnke appeared as guests. He also continued to work for Rudi Carrell, providing gags and sketches for Carrell's television shows. Away from the television studios he appeared beside Dieter Hallervorden in a stage version of at Berlin's and at the Karl May Festival in Bad Segeberg. His brand of humour never caught on in West Germany to the same extent as it had in the east, however.