Pizza gang
Die Pizza-Gange is a German book and radio play series by various authors that was published between 1984 and 1995. It is about four young people who experience all kinds of detective adventures.
Content and characters
The four main characters Tommi , Milli , Schräubchen and TH live in the fictional Upper Bavarian town of Sommerberg and attend the sixth grade of a secondary school. The two boys go to one class together, as do the two girls.
- Tommi's real name is Tommaso Carotti. His parents Gina and Francesco Carotti owned the Mamma Gina pizzeria in downtown Sommerberg.
- Milli's real name is Anna Obermaier. It owes its nickname to its love of milk. She lives with her parents on a farm outside the city and occasionally has to help them there.
- Little screw is actually called Stephanie Wagner. Her father has a car repair shop where she always played with screws as a small child.
- TH is actually called Walther Roland. He always emphasizes the "TH" in his name, which is how he got his nickname. He lives with his divorced father.
A back room of Tommi's parents' pizzeria is the regular meeting place for the quartet. Due to their thirst for adventure as well as their unwavering helpfulness and sincerity, the four friends are regularly involved in all kinds of criminal cases. In doing so, they always succeed in making a decisive contribution to the just punishment of the perpetrators, even if Inspector Mauser (in some editions Commissioner Mauser ) from the Sommerberg police, who is constantly annoyed by the constant interference of the pizza gang in his work, often annoys them who has to help.
The book series
The books were written by Ursel Scheffler , Tina Caspari , Matthias Martin , Elvira Hoffmann , Max Kruse , Margot Potthoff , Evelyne Kolnberger , Rainer M. Schröder , Wolfgang Hohlbein and Manfred Böckl, among others . The cover illustrations are by Gisela Könemund . The books were published by Franz Schneider Verlag . In an interview with Ursel Scheffler, she stated: "The series" Pizzabande "was created on behalf of the publisher. That means that two or three authors developed the protagonists and scenery together with the editors of the then very large publisher a "Bible" developed for the characters and locations, drawings etc. as information for everyone. I wrote the volumes that play in the Pizzeria Mama Gina and also developed the ideas and crime scene sketches for them. As far as I know, Tina Caspari wrote mainly the volumes, playing on Milli's farm. "
This concerted action enabled the first volumes to appear very quickly. When the Schneider Verlag was then sold and downsized and finally moved to the Egmont Group in Cologne , all programs of the Schneiderbuch Verlag were radically cut and rows were removed.
| No. | title | author | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cockroaches in the Salad or The Whispering Voice | Ursel Scheffler | 1984 |
| 2 | The priest with the red shoes or holidays in the tent | Tina Caspari | 1984 |
| 3 | The Dented Inheritance or The Haunted House | Matthias Martin | 1984 |
| 4th | Do foxes wear training pants? or the garbage auction | Elvira Hoffmann | 1984 |
| 5 | The paradise of the frogs or the gang war | Max Kruse | 1984 |
| 6th | Spaghetti in the petrol tank or the blackmail hunt | Margot Potthoff | 1984 |
| 7th | Ghosts don't eat herring or The Cat Lair | Tina Caspari | 1984 |
| 8th | Hands off teddy bears or the smugglers | Evelyne Kolnberger | 1984 |
| 9 | Tomato soup for the vampire or help in need | Margot Potthoff | 1984 |
| 10 | A wet-footed ghost or a computer thief | Ursel Scheffler | 1985 |
| 11 | A shark sits on the dry line or The Trick | Tina Caspari | 1986 |
| 12 | Pepper for pistachio paule or the extra tour | Rainer M. Schröder | 1986 |
| 13 | Potato salad and cold feet or Die Knatterbande | Matthias Martin | 1987 |
| 14th | The ghost in the rocking chair or the relief campaign | Margot Potthoff | 1987 |
| 15th | The green fox or goose bumps for dessert | Ursel Scheffler | 1988 |
| 16 | Saber tigers and vampires or the missing banknote | Matthias Martin | 1988 |
| 17th | Zucker im Tank or Die Hehlerbande | Wolfgang Hohlbein | 1989 |
| 18th | Pizza bella Napoli or The Man in the Black Coat | Ursel Scheffler | 1989 |
| 19th | A hat can't fly or The hunt for the fire devil | Helmut Walbert | 1990 |
| 20th | The balloon pirates or the angel without an index finger | Matthias Martin | 1990 |
| 21st | Breakfast eggs don't grow on trees or The Secret of Stuntman | Günter Huth | 1991 |
| 22nd | The bait with the gentle paws or the suspicion | Rainer M. Schröder | 1991 |
| 23 | Hell is going on in Höllbach or The Secret of the Castle Ruins | Manfred Böckl | 1992 |
| 24 | When all pizzas are shining or the computer fever | Günter Huth | 1992 |
| 25th | Vampires don't chew cloves of garlic or The Hooded Man | Rainer M. Schröder | 1993 |
| 26th | Ketchup Pirates see red or The Diamond Raiders | Margit Kollmar | 1993 |
| 27 | Elephants don't wear spikes or last minute rescue | Max Kruse | 1994 |
| 28 | The beheaded goddess or robbery at midnight | Rainer M. Schröder | 1994 |
| 29 | You don't pick rabbit flowers or the gang of poachers | Günter Huth | 1995 |
The following anthologies have been published, each comprising three individual books:
- Adventure with the pizza gang . Anthology (episodes 1, 10 & 15). F. Schneider, Munich 1987, ISBN 978-3-505-09677-8
- The four of the pizza gang . Anthology (episodes 2, 7 & 11). F. Schneider, Munich 1989, ISBN 978-3-505-04167-9
- Witching hour at the pizza gang . Anthology (episodes 3, 14 & 19). F. Schneider, Munich 1992, ISBN 978-3-505-04786-2
- The pizza gang as environmentalists . Anthology (episodes 4, 5 & 12). F. Schneider, Munich 1991, ISBN 978-3-505-04482-3
Furthermore, a book safe with the name "Secret Tips from the Pizza Gang" came out in the same design as the book series.
The radio play series
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| Radio play from Germany | |
| Year of production | 1984-1985 |
| genre | Children's series |
| consequences | 7 of 30-42 min |
| Publisher / label | Europe |
| Contributors | |
| Machining | Marita Köster |
| Director | Heikedine Körting |
| music | Phil Moss |
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Europe
The first seven books were implemented as a radio play series by the Europa label . The eighth episode was announced in the inlay of the seventh episode, but never came out.
consequences
| No. (MC) |
No. (book) |
title | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Cockroaches in the Salad or The Whispering Voice | 1984 |
| 2 | 2 | The priest with the red shoes or holidays in the tent | 1984 |
| 3 | 3 | The Dented Inheritance or The Haunted House | 1984 |
| 4th | 4th | Wear Füchse training pants or the garbage auction | 1984 |
| 5 | 5 | The paradise of the frogs or the gang war | 1985 |
| 6th | 6th | Spaghetti in the petrol tank or the blackmail hunt | 1985 |
| 7th | 7th | Ghosts don't eat herring or The Cat Lair | 1985 |
| 8th | 8th | Hands off teddy bears or Die Schmuggler ∗ |
Tailor clay
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| Radio play from Germany | |
| genre | Children's series |
| consequences | 8 of 41-48 min |
| Publisher / label | Tailor clay |
| Contributors | |
| Machining | Marita Köster , Mirjam Pressler |
| Director | Marita Köster , Wolfgang Klein |
| music | Bernd Weber |
| speaker | |
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The radio play series was continued with new speakers from Schneider Ton , starting with the eleventh book. Confusingly, the numbering has been reset and started over from 1. The radio plays are an implementation of books 2 and 6 as well as 8 to 17, without adhering to the order of the book series. As with the Europa series, the ninth and tenth episodes were announced in the inlay of the eighth episode, but never appeared. All episodes produced by Schneider-Ton were digitally republished in 2018 by All Ears GmbH .
consequences
| No. (MC) |
No. (book) |
title | year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | A shark sits on dry land or The Trick | |
| 2 | 12 | Pepper for pistachio paule or the extra tour | |
| 3 | 10 | A wet-footed ghost or a computer thief | |
| 4th | 13 | Potato salad and cold feet or the crackling gang | |
| 5 | 15th | The green fox or goose bumps for dessert | |
| 6th | 8th | Hands off teddy bears or the smugglers | |
| 7th | 17th | Zucker im Tank or Die Hehlerbande | |
| 8th | 2 | The priest with the red shoes or holidays in the tent | |
| 9 | 18th | Pizza bella Napoli or The Man in the Black Coat ∗∗ | |
| 10 | 6th | Spaghetti in a petrol tank or The Blackmail Hunt ∗∗ |
Web links
- The pizza gang in the catalog of the German National Library
- The pizza gang radio plays at hoerspiele.de
- Contents and speakers of the Pizza Gang radio plays from Europe at hoerspiel-request.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pizzabande completely available again. Highscore Music on facebook.com, July 15, 2018, accessed September 20, 2018 .
- ↑ The "All Ears GmbH" brings more classics from the archive. Patrick Holtheuer at www.hoerspiel-freunde.de, August 26, 2018, accessed on September 20, 2018 .