Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster

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Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster were two characters in the children's program on German television .

Content

The hallmarks of the series were the constant squabbling between the two characters, reminiscent of a married couple, who always sifted, didn't live together and quickly got along after a quarrel. Mr. Fuchs always lived in his building with a door that creaked with every movement and “little magpies” in their nest. In contrast to the lovely and lovely inhabitants of the fairy tale land, the two brawlers appeared a bit more anarchist, which explains their popularity with the children. Some of the fox's sayings and exclamations such as "Hassassassassassass", "Cross spider and crossbill", "Cuckoo egg and hoopoe" or, commenting on the essence of Mrs. Elster: "This person!" He also occasionally sang the song “ The fox goes through the forest”, which follows the melody of the song Das Lied von der Post . Often, however, he changed it to match his current job, for example: Mr. Fuchs is waxing his skis or: Mr. Fuchs has plans for today .

Emergence

The first broadcast was on March 9, 1961. The concept and the hand puppets were developed by Hans Schroeder . Originally, both were only intended as marginal figures when they were introduced to the world of the fairy tale forest in the late 1950s. Their appearance and demeanor were also different from what most people remember today. Especially with Mrs. Elster there was a great external development. At first it looked like a scruffy crow. In a second phase she was a sparrow-like being. It was not until the third version of the doll that the final appearance was found. In the beginning, both characters had a cunning, even downright criminal character. Over time, they became friendlier and more popular, until they became the stars of the evening greeting of the show Our Sandman alongside Pittiplatsch and Schnatterinchen . The approximately 1350 episodes were filmed between 1961 and 1991. In addition to the films, there were also several books, radio plays and slide series with and about Fox and Elster.

More figures

Other characters from the fairytale forest were:

  • the two friends Mauz and Hoppel (initially only referred to as the cat and the bunny)
  • Mrs. Igel and her son Borstel
  • the wise uncle eagle owl
  • Master Schwarzrock, the raven
  • Putzi, the squirrel
  • Hugo the badger
  • Weißohr, the nephew of Mr. Fuchs
  • Redfur, uncle of Mr. Fuchs
  • Mr. Bibermann
  • Master silk fur
  • Nimble, the mole
  • Gertrud the mouse
  • Pieps & Schnuffel; Detective agency

In addition to the fairytale forest, there was also the so-called fairytale land. Here lived Pittiplatsch , Schnatterinchen , the bear Bummi (it peels off later the bear Mischka), the dog Moppi, but also master bottleneck and his successor Fabian . Master stamp delivered the post. And in winter the snowman visited fairy tale land.

Speakers and Authors

Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster were initially played and spoken by their creator Hans Schroeder. After his departure, Heinz Schröder took over the role of Mr. Fuchs, Heinz Fülfe lent his voice to Ms. Elster. The films were directed by Erich Hammer , who also played and spoke master black rock . The authors included Ingeburg Fülfe (who also conducted and spoke Mauz), Barbara Augustin-Gorn (Hoppel), Ursula Sturm , Gerdamarie Preuße , Marianne Feix , Jörn Kalkbrenner and Walter Krumbach , who also wrote the text for the theme song of the evening greeting.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Volker Petzold: Mr. Fuchs and Mrs. Elster . In: The great east-west sandman lexicon . Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86650-475-2 .
  2. ↑ Wonderland characters. (No longer available online.) In: glathera.de. Archived from the original on May 28, 2013 ; accessed on November 23, 2019 .