Germans applaud 40th birthday of a really impertinent bee
The dear bee was introduced to German TV in 1976 by Josef Göhlen, former conduct of a children’s and girl dialect of German open broadcaster ZDF.
Maya has also recently had a 3D-revival underneath a helm of ZDF-editor Marcus Horn, a rights to that have been sole in over 150 countries.
“The many well-developed thing might be that Maya a bee explores a universe in this really witty way,” Horn explains.
“Maybe that’s what fascinates kids – that there’s someone who’s authorised to do things that they can’t do.”
Originally though, a uncover was desirous by a book impression that gained recognition during a First World War:
German soldiers were quite lustful of a bee, that initial seemed in Waldemar Bonsels’ book “Maya a bee and her adventures” in 1912, reports Die Welt.
A Biene Maya fan in costume. Photo: DPA
Years later, a array still revolved around a outspoken Maya and her confidant ventures yet this time she had a crony during her side – a anxious, nasal-voiced Willy a Bee. He customarily attempted to keep Maya from putting herself in risk usually to obediently route after her in a end.
Through a peculiar couple’s journeys, German children also had a possibility to tumble in adore with characters such as Kurt a Dung Beetle, Max a Worm, or Flip a Grasshopper.
ZDF brought out 104 episodes adult until 1980 alongside a Japanese prolongation association and American cartoonist Marty Murphy and his team.
Over a years, other broadcasters started display re-runs of a show, audio plays and comic books followed and in 2014 Maya was buzzing around on a large screen.
Now, a editor in assign Marcus Horn is formulation a second 3D-season with an additional 52 episodes after a success of a initial one, that came out in 2013.
The show’s ultimate success, though, is also due to a hugely famous thesis song. Once a intro kicks in, roughly any German will fervently sing along with a chorus:
“And this bee that I’m articulate about is called Maya; little, cheeky, sexy bee, Maya…”
While German cocktail idol Helene Fischer sings a stream thesis song, many Germans describe it to a strange one by Czech thespian Karel Gott, who has also achieved corresponding with German rapper Bushido.
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