NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Die Sendung mit der Maus

Die Sendung mit der Maus (The programme with the mouse) is a children's series on German television, airing uninterrupted since 1971. Its goals are comparable to those of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: To encourage children to actively participate in life, to ask questions and to shape their own lives through taking action. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (896x600, 81 KB) (Uploaded using CommonsHelper or PushForCommons. ... Childrens television series are television programmes designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... The Westdeutsche Rundfunk (WDR) is a public broadcaster in the German Bundesland North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office is in Köln. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... Map of the nine regional broadcasting members of Germanys ARD radio/TV network. ... The principal German public national TV channel. ... is the 69th day of the year (70th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Childrens television shows are television programs designed for and marketed to children, normally aired during the morning and afternoon hours, mainly before and after school. ... Mister Rogers Neighborhood or Mister Rogers is an American childrens television series that was created and hosted by Fred Rogers. ...

The show first aired in 1971, and is shown in a weekly Sunday morning slot, usually at 11:30 a.m. in the ARD and the ARDs / ZDFs children's channel KI.KA. Current logo The Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Ã¶ffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Cooperative association of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany), or simply ARD, is a joint organization of Germanys regional public broadcasting agencies. ... Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (Second German Television), ZDF, is a public service German television channel based in Mainz. ... KI.KA (Der Kinderkanal = The Childrens Channel)is a public television channel based in Erfurt, Germany. ...

Format

The format is aimed at younger children, and the language used in the show is a version of German that refrains from using "big words" and long sentences which might confuse children. More complicated concepts are broken down into smaller parts which then are explained in a way easily understandable and comprehensible to young children. However, due to the long running of the show, many of the show's early viewers are now in their twenties, thirties, or even forties, who fondly remember the show from their childhoods and encourage their own children to watch the programme, thus contributing to the show's lasting success and impact on German society.

Each show consists of a similar pattern of short featurettes, separated from each other by a short mouse cartoon.

Introduction

The show always starts with its iconic theme, unchanged since 1971 and recognised throughout the German population. After the first few bars of the theme, a voice-over starts to list the contents of the show in German, which is then repeated in a foreign language, which changes every week. After the music has ended, it is revealed after a short pause what foreign language that was, giving the children (and their parents) a chance to take their own guesses first. A voice-over is a narration that is played on top of a video segment, usually with the audio for that segment muted or lowered. ...

Mouse cartoons

Each part of the show is separated from the next by a short cartoon of about 30 to 60 seconds in length, featuring the eponymous orange mouse, the small blue elephant, and sometimes the yellow duck. None of the characters speak, but noises from walking or other doings are audible. At times, the blue elephant trumpets with his nose to get the mouse's attention. The cartoons show some small everyday adventure, but always displayed in a light-hearted manner. These cartoons serve to logically separate each segment from the next, relax the children and avoid sensory overload by a too-rapid succession of input.

Factual story

A large part of each show is used for factual stories, explaining how some everyday article or service works or is made. Sometimes, do-it-yourself instructions are given for things children can make on their own or together with their parents, like baking a cake or building a simple kite. Usually two of these stories are shown in every show. Examples include: Some examples of baked food. ... For other uses, see Cake (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Kite (disambiguation). ...

Care is taken to explain everything in a way that is understandable and comprehensible to young children. Therefore, all explanations are very tangible. Often everyday items already known to most children are used to explain things so as to enable them to concentrate on the process explained without confusing them with the tool used to explain it. In the case of industrially produced things, each step is shown in great detail, so one can actually see how, for example, a piece of metal is formed by a tool. If something happens too fast for the naked eye it is shown filmed in slow motion. After each step, usually the previous steps including the new one are recapped briefly to help children remember what they already saw. Concepts which are not visible at all are explained with some form of analogous portrayal. The internet, for example, was explained by showing "messengers" running through the hallways of a large building, delivering request and answer messages (in envelopes) from the user to servers and back, with the hallways being the data lines, and the offices being internet hosts. Household safety matches burning match A match is a simple and convenient means of producing fire under controlled circumstances and on demand. ... A hot air balloon is prepared for flight by inflation of the envelope with propane burners. ... A safety pin. ...

Accordingly, the language used in the narration is kept very simple. Sentences are short. The use of pronouns is very limited, instead the proper names of things are usually repeated each time, freeing children from the task of keeping track of what is meant by "He", "She", "It", "This" and "That". "Big words" are not used or explained, and difficult concepts are first verbally broken down in smaller parts and then explained part by part. Again, this is designed to free children from the more abstract concepts and devices of language, thus giving their minds space to comprehend the concepts explained rather than having to struggle comprehending the language of the explanation. In linguistics and grammar, a pronoun is a pro-form that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase with or without a determiner, such as you and they in English. ...

Factual stories are usually narrated by Armin Maiwald, Christoph Biemann, or Ralph Caspers.

Cartoon

At least once in every show a several minutes long cartoon is shown, often together with a song. There are no regular cartoons, but some are shown in a semi-regular manner, like the adventures of the small black mole. The Mole (called Krtek or KrteÄek (diminutive) in the original) is an animated character in a series of cartoons, created by Czech animator ZdenÄ›k Miler. ...

Käpt'n Blaubär

As the last part of every show, Käpt'n Blaubär ("Captain Bluebear") tells his red, green, and yellow grandchildren, and Hein Blöd ("Hein Stupid", his rather silly sailor rat) a cock-and-bull story, which his grandchildren always doubt to be true. The characters of Käpt'n Blaubär, his grandchildren, and Hein Blöd were created by Walter Moers, and made popular by Moers's book The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear and Blaubär's appearance on Die Sendung mit der Maus. Käpt'n Blaubär is voiced with deep timbre and a slight accent of the Plattdeutsch ("Low German") common in the seaside parts of Germany by veteran German actor Wolfgang Völz. The scenes on board Blaubär's ship are made with Muppets-style puppets, while his stories are short animated films. The Thirteen and a Half Lives of Captain Bluebear is a 1999 fantasy novel by Walter Moers. ... Walter Moers (born 1957, Mönchengladbach, Germany) is one of the best-known and most commercially successful comic creators and authors of childrens books in Germany. ... The Thirteen and a Half Lives of Captain Bluebear is a 1999 fantasy novel by Walter Moers. ... In music, timbre, or sometimes timber, (from Fr. ... Look up Accent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Subdivisions East Low German Low Franconian Low Saxon Low German (in Low German, Platt(düütsch) or Nedderdüütsch) is any of a variety of West Germanic languages spoken in northern Germany and the Netherlands. ... John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ...

Sometimes Käpt'n Blaubär gets replaced with or complemented by Shaun the Sheep produced by Aardman Animations (who made Wallace & Gromit). Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated childrens television series produced by Aardman Animations, first aired in the UK on CBBC in March 2007. ... Aardman Animations, Ltd. ... Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series of three British animated films by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. ...

Awards

Die Sendung mit der Maus and its creators continue to receive high praise from both television critics and pedagogic experts. The most notable of the about 75 awards won by the show and its creators are: Pedagogy is the art or science of teaching. ...

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Dubbed airings

In countries outside of Germany that carry the English-dubbed version of the show, Die Sendung mit der Maus airs under the title of Mouse TV. The program retains much of its original format, but the dialogue and narration have been dubbed into English. Currently it is known to be airing on the following networks: The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

It is also aired on the Franco-German channel arte on Sunday mornings. This is to encourage French children to learn German and vice versa. The show is thus dubbed into French for German viewers. In both countries subtitles in the respective mother tongue help to understand the show. The show is advertised as La souris souriante (The smiling mouse). Astro TVIQ is an Astro branded channel brought exclusively for Malaysians who own Astro. ... The Arte building in Strasbourg Arte (Association Relative Ã la TÃ©lÃ©vision EuropÃ©enne) is a Franco-German TV network, which aims to promote quality programming related to the world of arts and culture. ...

External links

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