{"id":29,"date":"2009-01-03T11:03:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-03T16:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=8"},"modified":"2017-11-13T13:37:45","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T13:37:45","slug":"die-mainzelmannchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/die-mainzelmannchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Die Mainzelm\u00e4nnchen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Hallo! und &#8220;Gud&#8217;n Aaamd!&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Kennen Sie die Mainzelm\u00e4nnchen?<\/em><\/strong> Those of you who&#8217;ve watched the <strong><em>ZDF<\/em><\/strong> channel probably know who I&#8217;m talking about. Those of you who haven&#8217;t, well, let me introduce you to some cute little TV characters. There are six of them. The one in the picture<strong><em> hei\u00dft Det;<\/em><\/strong> <strong><em>Ist er nicht s\u00fc\u00df?<\/em><\/strong> I just love this little guy! <strong><em>Als Kind, <\/em><\/strong>out of all of them,<strong><em> liebte ich ihn am allerbesten. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Das Mainzelm\u00e4nnchen in dem bild <\/em><\/strong>on the right is my very own! Back when I lived <strong><em>in Deutschland, eine sehr nette Dame <\/em><\/strong>and a good friend of mine gave him to me<strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>Bin ich froh das ich ihn<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>behalten habe<\/em><em>! <\/em><\/strong>Now I can share him with you.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a little background information on how these cartoon characters came to be. The little goblins, <em><strong>Kobolde<\/strong><\/em>, were created for the <em><strong>ZDF<\/strong><\/em> channel in 1963, by Wolf Gerlach<strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong> He essentially created and designed them as a <em><strong>Werbe-Pausenf\u00fcller<\/strong><\/em>. <strong><em>Diese kleine Knaben<\/em><\/strong> were his claim to fame. Their little antics are fun and entertaining &#8211; a favorite with children, and some grown-ups!<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Herr Gerlach<\/strong><\/em> retired before the<strong><em> Mainzelm\u00e4nnchen<\/em><\/strong> went through a major makeover. In 2003, they not only received a more modernized look, the new designers also switched from the drawing board to a computerized program. Although, there was some protest about the Mainzelm\u00e4nnchen&#8217;s new look, Mrs. Gerlach had this to say about them &#8220;<em><strong>Ich finde die jetzt sehr in Ordnung, meine waren schon sehr nostalgisch<\/strong><\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/hallodeutschland.zdf.de\/ZDFde\/inhalt\/20\/0,1872,7225172,00.html?dr=1<\/p>\n<p>This clip will introduce you to the little goblins in action. It will also show you <em><strong>die<\/strong><\/em> <strong><em>Mainzelm\u00e4nnchen<\/em><\/strong> before the makeover.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Viel Spa\u03b2 und bis bald,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nathalie<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mainzelm\u00e4nnchen Compilation\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iotEroE6OE0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ufffd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2008\/12\/winter-2008-0062.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>Hallo! und &#8220;Gud&#8217;n Aaamd!&#8221; Kennen Sie die Mainzelm\u00e4nnchen? Those of you who&#8217;ve watched the ZDF channel probably know who I&#8217;m talking about. Those of you who haven&#8217;t, well, let me introduce you to some cute little TV characters. There are six of them. The one in the picture hei\u00dft Det; Ist er nicht s\u00fc\u00df? 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