Sesamstraße or Sesamstrasse is the German-language version of the Sesame Street, a children's television program. It airs primarily in Germany and the surrounding German-speaking nations. The show premiered in 1972. The main character is Samson, a large brown bear that replaced Big Bird. Like Big Bird, Samson is a full-body muppet and is the most important character on the show. For this reason, many children call the show Samson-Straße (Samson Street). Samson likes to dance the mambo.
"Feli Filu" is a reporter for the show, and has interviewed German people for the show, including president Horst Köhler.
Characters
- Rumpel, an Oscar the Grouch-like character that lives in a rainbarrel. He has Gustav, a pet caterpillar
- Buh, an owl
- Feli Filu, a blue monster reporter
- Finchen, a snail
- Lena, a pink monster baby
- Moni, a female photographer
- Pferd, a horse
- Samson
- Simson, Samson's friend and lookalike
- Tiffy, a pink bird
- Ulli von Bödefeld, a hedgehog (1980s episodes only)
- Wolle, a lamb