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Samson und das Krümelmonster ("Samson and the Cookie Monster") is a 40 minute long German Sesamstrasse documentary directed and scipted by Tilman Jens. It was originally broadcast over the NDR channel N3 in 1993 and subsequently re-aired with new updated footage on January 3, 1998.[1]
The documentary takes a closer look at the history and the popularity of Sesamstrasse.
Hundreds of fans replied to a newspaper ad in Hamburg. The oldest was 82 and the youngest was 3. A handful of fans was selected to come in and talk about why they love the show so much. Besides the fans, the following people were interviewed about Sesamstrasse: Kermit Love, who talks about how Samson was created; Thomas Caric from Playskool talks about merchandising; Jürgen Weitzel, from NDR, talks about how the show is planned and the idea behind it; Gregory Gettas, from Children's Television Workshop, talks about how Sesame Street began; Harald Hohenacker from BR (Bayerischer Rundfunk) talks about the criticism that Sesamstrasse received in Germany; Michael Charlton talks about how to select what American Sesame Street segments to use and what segments should be produced locally; Ingfried Hoffmann, who wrote the Sesamstrasse theme, talks about some of his favorite songs on Sesamstrasse. Cast members and puppeteers interviewed include Gernot Endemann, Klaus Esch, Marita Stolze, and Karin Kaiser.
Credits[]
- A report by Tilman Jens
- Camera: Frank Arnold, Peter Gonscherowski, George Paris
- Film cutting: Sybille Lehmbrock, Isabelle Kreysler
- Production manager: Wulf Biber
- Speakers: Rolf Becker (Narrator), Dénes Törzs (translation voice-over for Kermit Love and Gregory Gettas)
- Editing assistants: Joachim von Mengden, Susanne Reese
- Editing: Volker Zielke
- "With thanks Samson, Ernie and Bert, your supervisors and friends for technical planning, cooperation, and friendly support"