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Maus is the star of German TV's longest-running show, ''Die Sendung mit der Maus'' (''The Show With the Mouse'', otherwise known internationally as ''Mouse TV''). Aimed at young children but beloved by all ages,<ref>WDR Lernzeit: Diktat der Jugend? Von „relevanten Zielgruppen“ und anderen Zuschauern; Informationen zur Sendung vom 19. April 2008 (in German)</ref> the show provides a mix of entertaining animated shorts and live-action films answering interesting questions about the real world.<ref>http://www.focus.de/panorama/reportage/reportage-von-maeusen-und-machern_aid_187446.html </ref>


Maus is a character from WDR's longest-running educational show "Die Sendung Mit Der Maus" (otherwise known as Mouse TV)
Despite Maus' 50-year run as the show's mascot, broadcaster WDR hasn't been particularly kind to her short interstitial animations, known as Mausspots, which showcase the silly and often surreal antics of the clever, imaginative orange Maus and her pals Elefant (a midget blue elephant prone to practical jokes) and Ente (an excitable yellow duck).


However, despite Maus's 40 year run, WDR hasn't been kind to his interstitial animations known as Mausspots, which consist of 1 minute of antics from Maus and his pals, Elefant (a midget blue elephant), Ente (a yellow duck) and Hase (a pink bunny) though the majority Center on Maus
==Status==
 
In recent years, WDR has been showing only the Mausspots from the 1980s and 1990s onward, on the original show as well as the international versions distributed under the Mouse TV banner. The majority from the early years remain lost, as WDR has yet to show them on Maus's website or make any plans to remaster them for future airings. However, there are a few of these early Mausspots floating about on YouTube, mainly as part of anniversary retrospectives.
In recent years, WDR has been showing only the Mausspots from recent to those from the 1980s and the 1990s on episodes of their show as well as international versions known under the Mouse TV banner
 
While the majority of those from Die Sendung Mit Der Maus's early years sadly remain lost as WDR refuse to show them on Maus's website as well as any plans to remaster them for future airings despite WDR's parent company [ARD]'s website only has 2 early animations of Maus one of which is the first intro from 1971
 
However, There are scraps of Mausspots that are abandoned from broadcast floating on YouTube


==Videos==
==Videos==
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==References==
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==External Links==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Sendung_mit_der_Maus
*http://www.wdrmaus.de/ (in German)


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Latest revision as of 21:05, 29 December 2023

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Screenshot from the first Mausspot.

Status: Partially Lost

Maus is the star of German TV's longest-running show, Die Sendung mit der Maus (The Show With the Mouse, otherwise known internationally as Mouse TV). Aimed at young children but beloved by all ages,[1] the show provides a mix of entertaining animated shorts and live-action films answering interesting questions about the real world.[2]

Despite Maus' 50-year run as the show's mascot, broadcaster WDR hasn't been particularly kind to her short interstitial animations, known as Mausspots, which showcase the silly and often surreal antics of the clever, imaginative orange Maus and her pals Elefant (a midget blue elephant prone to practical jokes) and Ente (an excitable yellow duck).

Status

In recent years, WDR has been showing only the Mausspots from the 1980s and 1990s onward, on the original show as well as the international versions distributed under the Mouse TV banner. The majority from the early years remain lost, as WDR has yet to show them on Maus's website or make any plans to remaster them for future airings. However, there are a few of these early Mausspots floating about on YouTube, mainly as part of anniversary retrospectives.

Videos

One of the first Mausspots, circa about 1973.

References

  1. ↑ WDR Lernzeit: Diktat der Jugend? Von „relevanten Zielgruppen“ und anderen Zuschauern; Informationen zur Sendung vom 19. April 2008 (in German)
  2. ↑ http://www.focus.de/panorama/reportage/reportage-von-maeusen-und-machern_aid_187446.html

External Links

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