Career
In 1956, together with Dieter Hildebrandt, he created the "Münchner Lachund Schießgesellschaft", one of Germany"s most successful and influential sites of political cabaret, for which he was producer and director up to his death. From 1950 to his death he also worked as a sports reporter for the Bavarian "Bayrischer Rundfunk". From 1962 to 1986, Drechsel was married to Irene Koss.