Thread:GonzosNoze/@comment-12385-20150502020640/@comment-12385-20150502025707

The way Blaubar worked, they originally dubbed all the characters, regardless of who puppeteered them (thus Volz etc.) Hancke was credited on horspiell and on an old Blaubar fansite (seems to be offline now) which identified voices and puppeteers (also folks like Peer Augustinski).

Also listed on her CV somewhere and on the fernsehserien database, although it lists via 2001 re the main show, so it's not impossible they transitioned somewhere (or Schleuss filled in with her own vocals).

Studio Hamburg's production schedule and magazine listed some new characters and performers. This listing, for March-April 2014, claims Heiko Wegemuth as Grobi (or at least the puppeteer). He seems to do stage work mostly and mentions it on his site, but doesn't clarify if it was beyond puppeteering or whether it was a brief experiment.

Adding to the confusion, my source for Mariechen is this March 2015 press release, which lists the puppeteers: Martin Reinl (Elmo + Grobi), Andreas Förster (Krümel), Susi Claus (Mariechen), Carsten Morar-Haffke (Pferd + Bert), Martin Paas (Wolle + Ernie), Andrea Bongers (Finchen) mit Charlie Kaiser und Vince Gladziejewski (Handspieler).

So the above suggests Martin Reinl is puppeteering as Grobi.

I also noticed the current website has the Karotte special *and* several episodes (including some reruns, since they still have the human co-stars) for viewing, which is very helpful.

I found ZDF voice lists for dubbing a handful of "Elmo das Musical" and German Abby's Flying Howevertranslated (I'm too tired to cut and paste). It's not clear to me if Abby has been used yet in the actual show or just her stand alone CG stuff.

Are they doing anything new with Samson? Hamburg lists him several places (I also saw the anniversary gallery of puppets included Tiffy and a Guy Smiley, being handled by Rollie Krewson and the German supervisor, but not sure if either were used beyond perhaps publicity or press stuff).