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> Arthur is the longest-running kids animated series in history No it isn't. Sandmännchen has been on the air for over 60 years.

by dc3k 5y ago

echelon 5y ago
> said the show's executive producer, Carol Greenwald, in a statement. That might have something to do with it. Or perhaps there was a missing ellipsis or other context that was lost. But good call. There's a broad world outside of America that we oftentimes forget to include.
happytoexplain 5y ago
This seems so obvious and easily researched - I'm surprised the author didn't correct it. I can't find any extenuating context. E.g. they don't mention anything about "in the US".
- sparrish 5y ago
  It's NPR (National Public Radio), it assumes 'in the US'.
  - thaumasiotes 5y ago
    That's not what's going on. It just never occurs to most people that something might have happened outside their home. There's a popular game, Timeline ( https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline ), involving placing events (represented on cards) in the proper chronological sequence. Due to modern sensitivities, many of the cards have titles of the form "The discovery of America (by Europeans)". But mostly they don't. "Invention of the printing press", explicitly lacking the "(by Europeans)" rider, is located in the 15th century, several hundred years after the invention of the printing press. None of this stuff is hard to look up.
    - lambdaphagy 5y ago
      My understanding is that "invention of the printing press" generally refers to movable type, the thing that caused a revolution in the mass production of written material. Other techniques like block printing or indeed any other method of applying ink in a fixed pattern, came earlier but were not as generally useful.
      - tdeck 5y ago
        Porcelain movable type had been used hundreds of years prior in China, but it never quite caught on because of the number of distinct characters needed.
    - ImprobableTruth 5y ago
      Printing and movable type was first invented in China (though it failed to catch on there and as far as we know was separately reinvented in Europe). However the printing press, which is a mechanical device using movable type, was first invented by Gutenberg.
      - thaumasiotes 5y ago
        > However the printing press, which is a mechanical device using movable type, was first invented by Gutenberg. The printing press is a mechanical device which mass-produces books by pressing inked plates against paper. Movable type is just a way to construct printing plates. It makes no difference to the press. I'm intrigued that you believe China invented movable type without inventing a press that could use it. But suffice it to say that while movable type did not catch on in China, printing and printing presses were huge.
  - chrisseaton 5y ago
    Says 'in history' in the article.
    - midasuni 5y ago
      The US has a very americentric culture.
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- canadianfella 5y ago
  Stop motion animation is just different.
nuodag 5y ago
But its not really animated. The outer / framing parts are with puppets, the inner parts can be in different styles
booleandilemma 5y ago
It’s probably because the average American wasn’t watching Sandmännchen while they were growing up. And I’m sure there are radio shows in Germany not paying attention to American media.
- feikname 5y ago
  It's ok for a radio to focus on its own country, but to make a claim for something "in all history" looking for information in at least a few other countries is the bare minimum. Here where I live I commonly see "touristic museums" and touristic places make claims that can be easily disproven by a google search and that is just not OK. Imagine in a few decades some museum in US about media goes on to claim Arthur was the longest running kids show in the world and even link to npr as a source? npr should have known better and put "In US" in their title.
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> Arthur is the longest-running kids animated series in history No it isn't. Sandmännchen has been on the air for over 60 years.

by dc3k 5y ago

> Arthur is the longest-running kids animated series in history No it isn't. Sandmännchen has been on the air for over 60 years.

echelon 5y ago

> said the show's executive producer, Carol Greenwald, in a statement. That might have something to do with it. Or perhaps there was a missing ellipsis or other context that was lost. But good call. There's a broad world outside of America that we oftentimes forget to include.

happytoexplain 5y ago

This seems so obvious and easily researched - I'm surprised the author didn't correct it. I can't find any extenuating context. E.g. they don't mention anything about "in the US".

sparrish 5y ago
It's NPR (National Public Radio), it assumes 'in the US'.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago
  That's not what's going on. It just never occurs to most people that something might have happened outside their home. There's a popular game, Timeline ( https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/128664/timeline ), involving placing events (represented on cards) in the proper chronological sequence. Due to modern sensitivities, many of the cards have titles of the form "The discovery of America (by Europeans)". But mostly they don't. "Invention of the printing press", explicitly lacking the "(by Europeans)" rider, is located in the 15th century, several hundred years after the invention of the printing press. None of this stuff is hard to look up.
  - lambdaphagy 5y ago
    My understanding is that "invention of the printing press" generally refers to movable type, the thing that caused a revolution in the mass production of written material. Other techniques like block printing or indeed any other method of applying ink in a fixed pattern, came earlier but were not as generally useful.
    - tdeck 5y ago
      Porcelain movable type had been used hundreds of years prior in China, but it never quite caught on because of the number of distinct characters needed.
  - ImprobableTruth 5y ago
    Printing and movable type was first invented in China (though it failed to catch on there and as far as we know was separately reinvented in Europe). However the printing press, which is a mechanical device using movable type, was first invented by Gutenberg.
    - thaumasiotes 5y ago
      > However the printing press, which is a mechanical device using movable type, was first invented by Gutenberg. The printing press is a mechanical device which mass-produces books by pressing inked plates against paper. Movable type is just a way to construct printing plates. It makes no difference to the press. I'm intrigued that you believe China invented movable type without inventing a press that could use it. But suffice it to say that while movable type did not catch on in China, printing and printing presses were huge.
- chrisseaton 5y ago
  Says 'in history' in the article.
  - midasuni 5y ago
    The US has a very americentric culture.
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canadianfella 5y ago
Stop motion animation is just different.

nuodag 5y ago

But its not really animated. The outer / framing parts are with puppets, the inner parts can be in different styles

booleandilemma 5y ago

It’s probably because the average American wasn’t watching Sandmännchen while they were growing up. And I’m sure there are radio shows in Germany not paying attention to American media.

feikname 5y ago
It's ok for a radio to focus on its own country, but to make a claim for something "in all history" looking for information in at least a few other countries is the bare minimum. Here where I live I commonly see "touristic museums" and touristic places make claims that can be easily disproven by a google search and that is just not OK. Imagine in a few decades some museum in US about media goes on to claim Arthur was the longest running kids show in the world and even link to npr as a source? npr should have known better and put "In US" in their title.

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