Samson und das Krümelmonster



Samson und das Krümelmonster are a 40 minute long German Sesamstrasse documentary from 1993, by Jens Tilman.

The documentary takes a closer look at the history and the popularity of Sesamstrasse.

Hundreds of fans replied to 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 was interviewd 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 are 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 critic that Sesamstrasse reccived 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.