Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt

Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt is a popular German book for children by Boy Lornsen, first published in 1967.

It was adapted into a screen play for television as well as into a radio play and two audio dramas. An audio book exists as well.

Plot

The book themes around the adventures of a pupil called Tobias Findteisen (nicknamed Tobbi) who accompanied the robot ROB 344–66/IIIa (nicknamed Robbi) to help with the latter's exam at robot school. The team travels in an all-in-one vehicle, designed by Tobbi and built by Robbi, to find answers to the exam's riddles all over the world.

Tobbi calls this vehicle (which runs on juice from red raspberries, later substituted by cod liver oil) "Flie-wa-tüüt" because:

1. it can fly (in German: fliegen)
2. it can travel on water (in German Wasser)
3. it can be used as a car (and as such has a klaxon making the sound "tüüt")

During their adventures young inventor Tobbi and his pilot Robbi have to tackle many challenges.

Book

Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt was first published by de, Stuttgart, in 1967. It featured illustrations by de. The 256-pages sized book was listed in the Auswahlliste des Deutschen Jugendbuchpreises.

Television series

Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt
Created by	de
Opening theme	de
Composer	Ingfried Hoffmann
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Production company	WDR
Original release
Network	ARD
Release	September 3 (1972-09-03) – October 1, 1972 (1972-10-01)

Based on the novel, Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt was adapted as a German television series for children by WDR in 1972. It was animated by puppeteer Albrecht Roser and his team.

The series used early chroma key technology. Over the years, the series saw countless re-runs.

Plays

Known audio drama adaptions:

• WDR radio drama in 1968 with de as speaker (Regie: Heinz-Dieter Köhler).
• de audio play in 1972/1973 on three LPs or MCs with de as Tante Paula and de as Robbi.
• de audio play in 1991 on two CDs or MCs. This version also became available by de (DAV) in 2005, with the cover incorrectly stating made by WDR (which would indicate the 1968 play).
• Der Audio Verlag audio book on 3 times 2 CDs (total playing time 460 minutes), read by de in 2006.

See also

• List of German television series

External links

• Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt at IMDb