March 04, 2004
things I miss in the UK
It's an institution. When I was a kid, I knew what 10:45 on a Sunday meant (well, occasionally delayed by a live broadcast of the Ski Worldcup).
"Die Sendung mit der Maus"
"The programme with the mouse"
And it was just divine - a true programme for the whole family. I sometimes even wonder if it's not the grown-ups who have kept it alive and kicking for so long now.
For those who have never heard about "Die Sendung mit der Maus before": it's a children's TV programme with a cartoon mouse (well), an elephant and a duck. Viewers witness the adventures of this tremendous trio and also see some clips with other cartoons or real-world issues and things. memorable episodes for me will be the one where they explained how holes get into the cheese or what a chain reaction is.
How do you explain a chain reaction to a kid? Simple, put a room full of mouse traps fitted with ping-pong balls on top. Then throw one ping-pong ball into the room so it hits another on a mous trap - eh basta! There is your kid-friendly chain reaction.
Such a shame there is no real british equivalent for this...
Posted by Michael at March 4, 2004 01:25 AMyou are right the principe of this show is simple but its eefect is huge. i mean i once saw a statistic that said that 50% of the viewers of this show are older than the watcher group. there is no episode where you cant learn anything new and especially when you havent seen the show for some time its always fun to watch it again because you remember yourself some years ago standing up early at a sunday only for watching it.
Posted by: Sebastian at March 4, 2004 09:24 AM