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Mainzelmännchen
  The Mainzelmännchen are six comedic cartoon characters used as mascots for the German public service television broadcaster ZDF. They first appear on television in 1963 to accommodate a government regulation prohibiting confusion between broadcast advertising and content. The cartoon characters served as a transition between the two.[1] They appear in between ads during broadcasts, in roughly three to five-second clips, and often during the satirical news program Heute-show. The name is a portmanteau of Mainz, home to the ZDF headquarters, and Heinzelmännchen, a type of gnome common in folklore in the region surrounding the city of Cologne. Wolf Gerlach created the characters.[2][3] The Mainzelmännchen have become popular across Germany. Apart from children's books and numerous other kinds of merchandise, radio dramas having been created surrounding them.[citation needed] Appearance and actionsThe Mainzelmännchen are either wights or dwarves, and display similarities to Heinzelmännchen. They often wear a Phrygian cap similar to garden gnomes without beard. Their appearances often last three to five seconds, during which they perform a single short gag. They usually speak in only a few short words, in a grumbly tone. Many of the gags are presented only visually and pantomimically. Their most famous saying is the traditional greeting "Gud'n Aamd", a dialect-accented "Guten Abend" ("good evening"). Their given names are Anton, Berti, Conni, Det, Edi, and Fritzchen.[4] External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mainzelmännchen.
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