tell me something
“Tell me what” was a series of audio books for children on audio cassettes that were produced by the German publishing house Marshall. The cassettes were each published with an illustrated booklet. Each cassette had a playing time of about 60 minutes.
history
It was published every two weeks from 1985 to 1988. The total of 52 cassettes were available in magazine stores and by subscription and contained five to eight short stories, fairy tales from all over the world and poems per episode, some of which were performed by well-known actors such as Hans Paetsch , Maria Schell and Thomas Fritsch . In addition to the audio cassettes, there was a bound A4 booklet in which the stories told were illustrated with color illustrations and in which one could read the exact wording of each individual story in the correct order. A low, single stroke of a glockenspiel sounded on the cassettes when it was necessary to turn the pages while reading.
The cover of each cassette and the title page of the accompanying booklet showed three image excerpts from the stories contained, the title "Tell me something", the subtitle "The most beautiful children's stories in the world to collect" and the addition "Every two weeks" in the lower right margin. The design of the two media only differed in terms of the consecutive numbering. On the booklet, the number was in a drawn balloon next to the title. The cassette cover listed the respective number above the Tell me what lettering.
Episodes (selection)
In total, the series consisted of 52 episodes and a Christmas special. Each title contained several children's stories. Many stories, such as Gobbolino the witch's cat or Groger, the ogre, were continuous and stretched over several notebooks and cassettes.
Overview of all episodes:
| episode 1 | Gobbolino, the witch hangover | The hare and the turtle | Stormwind finds a new friend | Hansel and Gretel | The parasol | Aldo in Arcadia (1) | Come in! | |
| Episode 2 | The elves | The lord of the jungle | Aldo in Acardia (2) | The last piece of the rainbow | The voracious fox | Gobbolino, the hangover | Sindbad in the valley of the diamonds | |
| Episode 3 | The valiant dressmaker | Aldo in Arcadia (3) | The child of the sun | Gobbolino, the tower cat | The lion and the mouse | Peter's Canal | The nasty Moormann | |
| Episode 4 | The creation of man | Gobbolino, the house cat | Little Karl Kasper | the princess and the Pea | The cricket and the ant | Christmas in summer | Rhubarb Knut | |
| Episode 5 | Root branch | The shoe tree | Rapunzel | The fox and the crow | Sudi and the tiger | Karlchen Kasper (2) | ||
| Episode 6 | the beauty and the Beast | Dodo and the pot of gold | Root branch goes to market | The flying piggy bank | The dog and its bone | In the land of Schnabbel-di-last | The moon in the mill pond | |
| Episode 7 | The three billy goats | the snow Queen | Manfred's magnet | Schnuppe spook from the haunted house | The stupid turtle | Root branch's new hat | ||
| Episode 8 | Dotty and the Kangaroo: Dotty gets lost | who am I | The goose that laid golden eggs | The garden of the giants | Karlchen Kasper and the missing castle (1) | The mango seller | Buffi and the teacher eater | |
| Episode 9 | Abdullah and the genie in a bottle | Dotty and the Kangaroo: In great danger | Karlchen Kasper and the missing castle | The shepherd boy and the wolf | The rat catcher from Hameln | Noisy neighbors | The owl and the cat | |
| Episode 10 | Gulliver's Travels (1) | Dotty and the kangaroo: Dotty finds his way home | Toni's wheel | The three wishes | David and Goliath | The enchanted horse | ||
| Episode 11 | Gulliver's Travels (2) | Pinocchio (1) | As fast as the wind | Toni's bike (2) | The friendly bear | sleeping Beauty | ||
| Episode 12 | The mighty prince | Andi's stolen cars (1) | Stormwind gallops for his life | The first flight | The city mouse and the field mouse | Pinocchio (2) | Who is stronger? | I saw a boat sailing |
| Episode 13 | The lighter | Andi's stolen cars (2) | The ruse of women | Pinocchio (3) | Three bald spots | The ugly Duckling | ||
| Episode 14 | Cinderella | Pinocchio: Dangerous Search | Leo's big mistake | An old man from Kiel | Nicki's great deed | The red suspenders | Groger, the ogre | |
| Episode 15 | The three Little Pigs | Pinocchio (The Promise) | Groger, the ogre | Ali's dreams | Pandora's Box | The flying jacket | ||
| Episode 16 | Narana's strange journey | The whale by the fire | Puss in Boots | Groger, the ogre | Why the giraffe can't talk | Pinocchio: The Journey to Toy Land | Chicken Reaver Hannibal | |
| Episode 17 | The Prince's Secret | Pinocchio: a dream comes true | Egon goes to the costume party | The lion and the peacock | Nina's puzzle | William Tell | ||
| Episode 18 | Heidi | The young grandpa | Georg defeats the dragon | The Frog Prince | Pip and Pop | The gingerbread man | ||
| Episode 19 | The Book of Animals (1) | Hans and the magic beans | No access for mules | Resolute grandma | Heidi in the mountains | Sindbad and the strange islands | ||
| Episode 20 | Rumpelstiltskin | The Book of Animals (2) | The tree and the hedge | Heidi in town | The green mermaid | Heribert Krumm | ||
| Episode 21 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Smarter than the tsar | Petra's enchanted go-kart | The red night caps | A wolf in sheep's clothing | Heidi: the homecoming | ||
| Episode 22 | Axel flies to the moon (1) | King Midas | The secret of Miss Beck | The wild swans | Root branch catches a cucumber | |||
| Episode 23 | It is root branch's birthday | Axel flies to the moon (2) | Gold bells | The cat on the tree | Trumpel in danger | The chicken, the cat and the frog | The stolen hammer | |
| Episode 24 | The realm of the seals | The troll | Mr. horror | Aldo in Arcadia (4) | A hedgehog learns to fly | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | ||
| Episode 25 | The pie duel | The strong rabbit | Arthur Artig | The happy prince | Little Red Riding Hood | Aldo in Arcadia (5) | ||
| Episode 26 | The giant rat | Anima, the otter girl | Aldo in Arcadia (6) | A lion goes to school | The thread of Ariadne | Thumbelina | ||
| Episode 27 | High on the rock | The Wizard of Oz (1) | The monsters with the gentle eye | The animal strike | Yushkin the watchmaker | Hustle and bustle in the jungle | The dance of the elves | |
| Episode 28 | Sorcerer's apprentice Pinki | The snake and the rose | Hustle and bustle in the jungle | The Wizard of Oz (2) | The wind in the willows | |||
| Episode 29 | The Bremen Town Musicians | Johnny and the sea kite | The Lord of the River (1) | The Wizard of Oz (3) | The cloud party | Karlchen | ||
| Episode 30 | Shorty | The Wizard of Oz (4) | Anatoly | The garden | The lake giant | The Lord of the River (2) | ||
| Episode 31 | The snow bear | The donkey's hostel | Shorty the satellite and the general | The Nightingale | Hugo and the paint thief | The Wizard of Oz (5) | ||
| Episode 32 | Gobbolino and the wooden horse (1) | The Wizard of Oz (6) | The farmer, the tomt and the troll | Shorty | The fisherman's stone | |||
| Episode 33 | The humble Felix | Gobbolino and the wooden horse (2) | Little bear and the beaver | The medicine man | The dragon child | The wings of the elves | ||
| Episode 34 | The most beautiful house | Gobbolino and the wooden horse (3) | The silent orchestra | The stone soup | The man who could do everything better | The vain polar bear | ||
| Episode 35 | The dinosaurs | Molly Mop | Kathrin and the ghosts | Willi is upside down (1) | Gobbolino and the wooden horse (4) | |||
| Episode 36 | Croesus of Krötenburg (1) | Sextus, the sorcerer's son (1) | Anansi and the python | The stone drum | Willi is upside down (2) | Gobbolino and the wooden horse (5) | ||
| Episode 37 | Sextus, the sorcerer's son (2) | Anya's garden | Groger the Gold Ogre (1) | Croesus of Krötenburg (2) | Arthur the ant | The turtle picnic | The dreamer | |
| Episode 38 | The robber's chest | The stupid ox Ossi | A marten has worries | Croesus of Krötenburg (3) | Wanda, the water witch | Groger the Gold Ogre (2) | ||
| Episode 39 | Groger the Gold Ogre (3) | Wet party | Croesus from Toad Bug | Nino and the mermaid | The clever rabbit | The princess and the north wind | ||
| Episode 40 | Peter pan (1) | The mops and the bubblers (1) | Moritz and the butcher | Teddy clumsy | The unicorn flute | The king's sock tick | ||
| Episode 41 | Peter pan (2) | Mara's cradle | The mops and the bubblers (2) | The mandarin's daughter | Gustav is the greatest | Bodo, the cat | ||
| Episode 42 | The biggest cake in the world | Peter Pan (3) | The bored Ulla | King Arthur's sword | The greedy fish | Dany Danebrog | ||
| Episode 43 | Long Tooth, the Walrus (1) | Emmi's hat | Bad mountain (1) | The tree that sang | Fat Rosie | Peter Pan (4) | ||
| Episode 44 | Long Tooth the Walrus (2) | Gundula and the great forest | Bad mountain (2) | In the forge | The mouse in the snow | Peter pan (5) | ||
| Episode 45 | Alice in Wonderland (1) | The Mars rubber boots | Danger under water | King Arthur: The betrayal | Tinka's piano | Florian and the mountain creatures | ||
| Episode 46 | King Arthur: The end | Butterflies on the moon | Kalles secret weapons | Alice in Wonderland (2) | The great fire | The miller and his donkey | ||
| Episode 47 | Tanaka and the Tengu | The dinosaurs and the sunken planet | Bathing is nice | Alice in Wonderland (3) | The cozy kitchen | Benni's shadow | ||
| Episode 48 | The warrior's wages | Dicki, the horse | Alice in Wonderland (4) | The city of submarines (1) | Dany Danebrog and Dankwart the Bad | Ludwig cannot fly | ||
| Episode 49 | Stani, the artist tramp | Visiting Hexenhausen | Signs in the smoke | Alice in Wonderland (5) | The city of submarines (2) | The poor box-ass | ||
| Episode 50 | Harlequin and Columbine (1) | The city of submarines (3) | The nice scarecrow | Patrick and the devil | The candle that didn't go out | Super baby | ||
| Episode 51 | How a king learned something | Harlequin and Columbine (2) | Rowdy with the foxes | the donkey that brought the sea | Zico to the ball (1) | The electric bolde | ||
| Episode 52 | The mermaid who couldn't swim | Zico on the ball (2) | The saving robot | A bird in winter | Dany Danebrog and the money | Harlequin and Columbine (3) | ||
| Episode 53 | CHRISTMAS MAGAZINE "Tell me about Christmas" |
In other languages
- English "Story Teller"
- Dutch "Luister Sprookjes en Vertellingen"
- French "Raconte-moi des histoires"
- Italian "I Racconta Storie" and "C'era una volta" (with CDs instead of cassettes)
- Greek "Άμπρα Κατάμπρα" (with CDs instead of cassettes)
- Spanish "Cuenta Cuentos"
- Afrikaans "Storieman"