Gary Cole revealed in a recent interview (2014) that this show was on his "wish-list" of shows to work on.
Jeff mentions the words "Macher" and "Nasch". Etwas machen means "to make(machen) something". So a "Macher" would be a "maker/doer". A "Nasch" isn't a proper German noun, but "naschen" is a verb to describe the act of snacking (sweet) things. So a "Nasch" can be interpreted as say going for ice cream, cake, etc.