Piggeldy and Frederick
Piggeldy and Frederick is a cartoon series in the ARD children's program Unser Sandmännchen with the two pigs of the same namein the lead roles.
history
The series was created in the 1970s in the Federal Republic of Germany ; it was first broadcast in February 1973 as part of the sandman produced by the SFB for ARD . Even today, the series is repeated from time to time in Our Sandman and in the show with the mouse .
The stories were written by Elke Loewe , her husband Dietrich Loewe was responsible for the design and animation of the cartoons. The series was dubbed by Gottfried Kramer , he spoke both pigs and the narrator. From the first episode, which was broadcast on ARD-Sandmännchen in February 1973, to 1985 over 100 episodes were broadcast. In the early 1990s, the production of eight more episodes began again. However, with the death of Gottfried Kramer and Dietrich Loewe, the production of Piggeldy and Frederick was finally stopped. To this day, Piggeldy and Frederick is one of the most popular and well-known series by the then West Sandman.
content
Piggeldy embodies the eager little pig in the episodes who pester his big brother Frederick with questions. At the beginning of each episode, Piggeldy asks a very specific question. Frederick's answer is then each time: "Nothing easier than that, come with me." Then the two domestic pigs start moving, Frederick first puts Piggeldy's patience to the test by a long journey ("And they went and went and went") . Then Frederick tries, with more or less success, to answer Piggeldy's question and inquiries. The narrator ends each short story with the sentence: "And Piggeldy went home with Frederick".
Seasons and Episodes
season 1
- Episode 1.1: Journey to Schweinbrück
- Episode 1.2: Boredom
- Episode 1.3: Cleaning Up
- Episode 1.4: Patience
- Episode 1.5: shifting dune
- Episode 1.6: Weeds
- Episode 1.7: The Meadow
- Episode 1.8: Yellow
- Episode 1.9: Fire
- Episode 1.10: The Flower
- Episode 1.11: The Sheep
- Episode 1.12: The Fog
- Episode 1.13: The Apple
- Episode 1.14: Silence
- Episode 1.15: Arm
- Episode 1.16: The Letter
- Episode 1.17: The birthday
- Episode 1.18: The Wind
- Episode 1.19: The machine
- Episode 1.20: Singing
season 2
- Episode 2.1: While painting / roller coaster ride / at the soccer game / the moon / the dressage / the tightrope walking
- Episode 2.2: The Umbrella / The Chair / The Piano / The Stairs / The Stars / The Punting
- Episode 2.3: Reading / Walking / Driving / Learning to Fly / The Sky / Laughing
- Episode 2.4: The Elephant / The Bird / Bathtub / Fast / Cat / Meanness
- Episode 2.5: Cardboard / Laziness / Wig / Infinity / The Hole / Arguing
- Episode 2.6: Thunderstorm / House / Snow / Ice Skating / Tobogganing / The White Horse
- Episode 2.7: Animals in Winter / Nature / Spring / Summer / Proverbs / Easter
- Episode 2.8: Butterfly / Playing / Forgetting / The Rainbow / The Wanderlust / The Rain
- Episode 2.9: The Bee / The Sea / The Donkey / The Guitar / The Supersonic Airplane / Journey to Schweinbrück
- Episode 2.10: Boredom / clearing up / patience / shifting dune / weeds / meadow
- Episode 2.11: Yellow / Fire / Flower / The Sheep / The Fog / The Apple
- Episode 2.12: Silence / Poor / The Letter / The Birthday / The Wind / The Machine / Singing
media
The stories have been published in several books, audio books, and DVD.
- Elke Loewe: The most beautiful stories from Piggeldy and Frederick. Question and answer stories. Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-473-32371-5
Web links
- Piggeldy and Frederick on the website of Our Sandman
- Piggeldy and Frederick in the article The Sandman on fernsehlexikon.de