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'''''Der Hund Bohumil''''' (translated to English as Bohumil the Dog) is a German Animated Children's TV Series that was created and directed by the Czech Book-Illustartor and Animation-Designer Hana Štěpánová (known in Germany as Hana Stepan)[https://50watts.com/Florentina], and the music was composed by Heinz Funk, using a synthesizer, simulating a zither on many occasions. The series aired on the West German version of the German Children's Bedtime TV Program "Sandmännchen" on NDR Fernsehen and HR Fernsehen from 1975-1976, and was produced by Studio Hamburg. The series used a Stop-Motion Cut-Out animation technique, with the hand-drawn characters being layed to the backgrounds and moved frame by frame. The series revolved around an anthropomorphic dog called Bohumil, that had a group other anthropomorphic animal friends, such as a pig, a bunny, a cow, owls, a bird, and roosters. Bohumil's best friends are a chicken, who has five baby chicks, and a white goose. In each episode, Bohumil and his best friends go on adventures and learn basic lessons, like watching insects through a binocular and learning how to make the laundry. The series was simple: it had an approximately 3 minute run time in each episode, the series had no intro or credits, and all the characters in the series remain mute, with the animals communitaing by doing sounds. 22 episodes of Der Hund Bohumil are said to have been released and produced. As time passed, the series became extremely obscure.
'''''Der Hund Bohumil''''' (translated to English as Bohumil the Dog) is a German Animated Children's TV Series that was created and directed by the Czech book-illustrator and animation-designer Hana Štěpánová (known in Germany as Hana Stepan)<ref>[https://50watts.com/Florentina Hana Štěpánová's portfolio in arts] Retrieved 12 Feb '24</ref> and the music was composed by Heinz Funk, using a synthesizer, simulating a zither on many occasions<ref>[https://www.tvforen.de/read.php?5,1596871,1607702#msg-1607702 TVForen cartoon forum that mentions Heinz Funk as the composer.] Retrieved 12 Feb '24</ref>. The series aired on the West German version of the German children's bedtime TV program "Sandmännchen" on NDR Fernsehen and HR Fernsehen from 1975-1976, and was produced by Studio Hamburg. The series used a stop-motion cut-out animation technique, with the hand-drawn characters being layed to the backgrounds and moved frame by frame. It's unknown how many episodes were made, but it's probably more than 26 episodes. As time passed, the series became extremely obscure, with no Home Media release being made for the series.


=International Airings=
==Premise==
Despite the series originally airing on the West German Sandmännchen for one year, the series aired internacionally in Isreal and in Brazil in Children's TV Programs that featured European cartoons from around the world. In Isreal, the series aired in "רכבת ההפתעות" from the 80s to the '90s. In Brazil, the series aired on "Glub Glub" throughout the '90s. In Brazil, the series gained a small cult following in Lost Media culture. The series also gained another small cult following in Mexico, when the Mexican YouTube channel, "Rarezas", uploaded a video discussing the series.
The series revolved around an anthropomorphic dog called Bohumil, who had a group of other anthropomorphic animal friends, such as a pig, a bunny, a cow, owls, a bird, and roosters. Bohumil's best friends are a chicken, who has five baby chicks, and a white goose. In each episode, Bohumil and his best friends go on adventures and learn basic lessons, like watching insects through a binocular and learning how to make the laundry. The series was simple: it had an approximately 3-minute run time in each episode, the series had no intro or credits, and all the characters in the series remained mute, with the animals communicating by doing sounds.


=Reception=
==International Airings==
The series didn't have many good ratings. The bad ratings where because of the cheap animation and unsettling character designs. An example is in the episode "Ausflug in die Metzgerei". During a moment where Bohumil is eating a sausage, the camera angel cuts to a close-up to Bohumil, where he is eating the sausage with big unsetilling eyes and wide open mouth.  
Despite the series originally airing on the West German Sandmännchen for one year, the series aired internationally in Israel and in Brazil in children's TV programs that featured European cartoons from around the world. In Isreal, the series aired in "רכבת ההפתעות" (Translated to English as The Train of Surprises) from the '80s to the '90s. In Brazil, the series aired on "Glub Glub" throughout the '90s. In Brazil, the series gained a small cult following in Lost Media culture. The series also gained another small cult following in Mexico, when the Mexican YouTube channel, "Rarezas", uploaded a video discussing the series.


=Status=
==Reception==
For 39 years, the series wasn't available anywhere online. There was absolutely no information of the series on the Internet. In the 2000s and early 2010s, there were many people from Brazil that commented in several forums about watching the series on "Glub Glub". Despite some people from Brazil that remembered watching the series, the series wasn't watchable anywhere online. However, from 2014-2019, YouTube user "Nostalgic Dreamers (ND CHANNEL)" uploaded 14 episodes from the series that were taken from VHS Tapes of the "Glub Glub" broadcastes of the series. On October 5th, 2019, a Lost Media Wiki Forum user "Strekoza" discovered a website documenting German TV channel schedules from April 15th, 1976, including a NDR Fernsehen airdate for a Der Hund Bohumil episode on Sandmännchen. On December 7th, 2019, YouTube user "Canal 8" uploaded the episode "Ein Tag an der Lagune" that was also taken from a "Glub Glub" broadcast from the episode. From 2022-2023, YouTube user "נוסטה לגיה" uploaded 8 episodes of the series, that were also taken from the "רכבת ההפתעות" broadcastes from the series. In 2023, YouTube user "Retro_Cartoons_1990" uploaded 9 episodes that were originally uploaded by "נוסטה לגיה", and restorted the videos with an AI Video Quality Upscaler. On February 5th, 2024, LMW user "PTV for Old TV Times" discovered another website documenting German TV channel schedules from March 1st, 1976, including a HR Fernsehen airdate for a Der Hund Bohumil on Sandmännchen. This episode of Der Hund Bohumil on the schedule airdate is called "Das Kostümfest" (Translated to English as The Costume Party), but this episode isn't anywhere online, as no footage is available, and there's no episode in the Der Hund Bohumil Wikipedia article called "Das Kostümfest", so it's very likely that the episode doesn't exsist. Maybe it's a Sandmännchen episode, but that's yet to be confirmed. No Home Media release was ever made of the series.
The series didn't have many good ratings. The bad ratings were due to the cheap animation and unsettling character designs.


=Book Adaptations=
==Status==
From 2015-2018, Hana Štěpánová, the creator of the series, wrote two books telling all the stories told in the episodes in stories. The illustrations that accompanied the stories and the book, looked similar in style to the moments in the cartoon.
For 39 years, the series wasn't available anywhere online. There was absolutely no information of the series on the Internet. In the 2000s and early 2010s, there were many people from Brazil that commented in several forums about watching the series on "Glub Glub". Despite some people from Brazil who remembered watching the series, the series wasn't watchable anywhere online. However, from 2014-2019, YouTube user "Nostalgic Dreamers (ND CHANNEL)" uploaded 14 episodes from the series that were taken from VHS Tapes of the "Glub Glub" broadcasts of the series. Nostalgic Dreamers (ND CHANNEL) was terminated in the early 2020s, so the videos aren't watchable, with the only surviving footage from the videos being from short clips from some of the videos that were shown in the YouTube video "Desenhos Perdidos da Tv Cultura 01 - Nicolau e a Turma do Quintal" that was uploaded by the YouTube channel "Nostal_Gi", which currently owns all the videos that were uploaded on Nostalgic Dreamers (ND CHANNEL).  


=List of Episodes=
On October 5th, 2019, a Lost Media Wiki Forum user "Strekoza" discovered a website documenting German TV channel schedules from April 15th, 1976, including an NDR Fernsehen airdate for a Der Hund Bohumil episode on Sandmännchen. On December 7th, 2019, YouTube user "Canal 8" uploaded episode 2 that was also taken from a "Glub Glub" broadcast from the episode. From 2022-2023, YouTube user "נוסטה לגיה" uploaded 10 full episodes of the series, that were also taken from the "רכבת ההפתעות" broadcastes from the series. In 2023, YouTube user "Retro_Cartoons_1990" uploaded 9 episodes that were originally uploaded by "נוסטה לגיה", and restorted the videos with an AI Video Quality Upscaler. On February 5th, 2024, LMW user "PTV for Old TV Times" discovered another website documenting German TV channel schedules from March 1st, 1976, including an HR Fernsehen airdate for a Der Hund Bohumil on Sandmännchen. This episode of Der Hund Bohumil on the scheduled airdate is "Das Kostümfest". It's unknown what episode number the episodes belongs to.
 
NDR and HR Fernsehen can't release or share or any episodes, not even private copies, do to NDR's recording service being completely discontinued on December 31st, 2019. HR Fernsehen confirmed that they are not involved in the production of the series, despite broadcasting it on their channel. The only way the remaining episodes will resurface is through VHS recordings when they were airing on TV.
 
===Book Adaptations===
In 2015 and 2018, Hana Štěpánová, the creator of the series, wrote two books telling all the stories told in the episodes in stories. The illustrations that accompanied the stories and the book, looked similar in style to the moments in the cartoon.
 
==List of Episodes (Incomplete)==
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|1
|1
|''Bohumil, der Schläfer''
|''Unknown''
|''Bohumil, the Sleeper''  
|''Unknown''  
|??/??/1975
|??/??/1975
|Bohumil goes to sleep too late and doesn't want to wake up the next day.
|Bohumil goes to sleep too late and doesn't want to wake up the next day.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKGHQj87wWA&t=8<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKGHQj87wWA&t=8<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|2
|2
|''Ausflug in die Metzgerei''
|''Unknown''
|''A Trip to the Butcher''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1975
|??/??/1975
|Bohumil's owner asks Bohumil to go to a butcher shop to buy a sausage.
|Bohumil's owner asks Bohumil to go to a butcher shop to buy a sausage.
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|-
|-
|3
|3
|''Bohumil und die Küken''
|''Unknown''
|''Bohumil and the Chicks''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1975
|??/??/1975
|The chicken presents her chicks to Bohumil.
|The chicken presents her chicks to Bohumil.
He plays with them and pretends to be a car, a plane and other vehicles.
He plays with them and pretends to be a car, a plane and other vehicles.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sydD1eFd6r4=840s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sydD1eFd6r4=840s<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
|-
|-
|4
|4
|''Ein Tag an der Lagune''
|''Unknown''
|''A Day at the Lagoon''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1975
|??/??/1975
|Bohumil and his friends go swimming in a lagoon.
|Bohumil and his friends go swimming in a lagoon.
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|-
|5
|5
|''Im Schnee Spielen''
|''Unknown''
|''Playing in the Snow''
|''Unknown''
|12/??/1975
|12/??/1975
|Bohumil and his friends play in the snow.
|Bohumil and his friends play in the snow.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sydD1eFd6r4=696s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sydD1eFd6r4=696s<span style="color:orange;">'''Partially Found''']
|Screenshots exist.
|Screenshot exist.
|-
|-
|6
|6
|''Das Fischen''
|''Unknown''
|''Fishing''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil and his friends goes to the lagoon to fish.
|Bohumil and his friends goes to the lagoon to fish.
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|-
|-
|7
|7
|''Haare Schneiden''
|''Unknown''
|''Hair Cut''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil goes to the barber to get his hair cut.
|Bohumil goes to the barber to get his hair cut.
When he goes outside, the wind chills him and he buys a coat to warm himself up.
When he goes outside, the wind chills him and he buys a coat to warm himself up.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx-ZVz3wMGY=8s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx-ZVz3wMGY=8s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|8
|8
|''Eine Gefallene Vogel''
|''Unknown''
|''A Fallen Bird''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|After a heavy snowfall, the chicken finds a bird buried in the snow.
|After a heavy snowfall, the chicken finds a bird buried in the snow.
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|-
|-
|9
|9
|''Der Neue Fernseher''
|''Unknown''
|''The New Television''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil's owner buys a new television and invites him, the goose, and the chicken to watch the television together.
|Bohumil's owner buys a new television and invites him, the goose, and the chicken to watch the television together.
In it, they watch a talent show, watch the news, and finally watch an episode of Sandmännchen. Later, when they go to sleep, Sandmännchen himself visits them and brings the three sweet dreams.
In it, they watch a talent show, watch the news, and finally watch an episode of Sandmännchen. Later, when they go to sleep, Sandmännchen himself visits them and brings the three sweet dreams.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdnWYWj4kk&t=337s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdnWYWj4kk&t=337s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|10
|10
|''Gartenarbeit''
|''Unknown''
|''Gardening''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil and a bunny compete to see who can plant the biggest bush.
|Bohumil and a bunny compete to see who can plant the biggest bush.
He waters his bush with his own urine, but somehow the bush grows unusually and blooms quickly.
He waters his bush with his own urine, but somehow the bush grows unusually and blooms quickly.
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''
|Screenshots exist.
|Screenshot exist.
|-
|-
|11
|11
|''Bohumils Zirkus''
|''Unknown''
|''Bohumil's Circus''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil and his friends go to the circus.
|Bohumil and his friends go to the circus.
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|-
|-
|12
|12
|''Das Fernglas''
|''Unknown''
|''Binoculars''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil and his friends go up to a mountain to use binoculars.
|Bohumil and his friends go up to a mountain to use binoculars.
Meanwhile, the black cat takes advantage of Bohumil, who leaves his house to sleep in his bed and eat his food. The goose uses the binoculars to discover the cat in Bohumil's dog house. The three soon scare off the intruder and everything ends well.
Meanwhile, the black cat takes advantage of Bohumil, who leaves his house to sleep in his bed and eat his food. The goose uses the binoculars to discover the cat in Bohumil's dog house. The three soon scare off the intruder and everything ends well.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfO4cQRIDHk=8s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfO4cQRIDHk=8s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|13
|13
|''Wäsche Waschen''
|''Unknown''
|''Making the Laundry''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil's owner goes to wash her clothes and the duo decide to help her.
|Bohumil's owner goes to wash her clothes and the duo decide to help her.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdnWYWj4kk&t=289s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdnWYWj4kk&t=289s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|Screenshot exist.
|-
|-
|14
|14
|''Pilze Sammeln''
|''Unknown''
|''Picking Up Mushrooms''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil sees his owner collecting mushrooms and decides to collect mushrooms too.
|Bohumil sees his owner collecting mushrooms and decides to collect mushrooms too.
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|-
|-
|15
|15
|''Eine Gescheiterte Entführung''
|''Unknown''
|''A Failed Kidnapp''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|The black cat and the fox decide to kidnap the chicken to fry her.
|The black cat and the fox decide to kidnap the chicken to fry her.
However, a bird hears their conversation and manages to warn the duo in time to prevent disaster.
However, a bird overhears their conversation and manages to warn the duo in time to prevent disaster.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZ7LzYnQjU=8s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CZ7LzYnQjU=8s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|16
|16
|''Bohumil Maler''
|''Unknown''
|''Bohumil, the Painter''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil decides to paint pictures of his friends and other animals.
|Bohumil decides to paint pictures of his friends and other animals.
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|Bohumil receives two Easter eggs from his friends. He gets so excited that he trips and breaks the eggs.
|Bohumil receives two Easter eggs from his friends. He gets so excited that he trips and breaks the eggs.
The Easter Bunny, seeing Bohumil's predicament, gives him two new Easter eggs.
The Easter Bunny, seeing Bohumil's predicament, gives him two new Easter eggs.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbWz925nriI&t=7s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbWz925nriI&t=7s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|18
|18
|''Im Blumenfeld''
|''Unknown''
|''In the Flower Field''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil and his friends visit a cow in a flower field.
|Bohumil and his friends visit a cow in a flower field.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22GJH4wL2_w=5s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22GJH4wL2_w=5s<span style="color:orange;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|19
|19
|''Fotografieren''
|''Unknown''
|''Taking Photos''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil's owner brings a camera to take photos with Bohumil and his friends.
|Bohumil's owner brings a camera to take photos with Bohumil and his friends.
Together they take lots of photos and invite other animals like the cow and a pig to join them.
Together they take lots of photos and invite other animals like the cow and a pig to join them.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSVt3nIozzU&t=8s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSVt3nIozzU&t=8s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|20
|20
|''Der Freche Staubsauger''
|''Unknown''
|''The Cheeky Vacuum Cleaner''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil uses his owner's vacuum cleaner without her permission.
|Bohumil uses his owner's vacuum cleaner without her permission.
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|-
|21
|21
|''Der Mittagessen''
|''Unknown''
|''Lunch''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil cooks lunch for his friends.
|Bohumil cooks lunch for his friends.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UmUv07GdKU=6s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UmUv07GdKU=6s<span style="color:green;">'''Found''']
|-
|-
|22
|22
|''Eine Verlorene Handschuh''
|''Unknown''
|''A Lost Glove''
|''Unknown''
|??/??/1976
|??/??/1976
|Bohumil uses his nose to find a lost glove in a bush.
|Bohumil uses his nose to find a lost glove in a bush.
He later discovers that the glove belongs to his owner and returns it to her.
He later discovers that the glove belongs to his owner and returns it to her.
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdnWYWj4kk&t=53s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLdnWYWj4kk&t=53s<span style="color:orange;">''' Partially Found''']
|Screenshots exist.
|}
|}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
===Videos===
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  |description1 =Rarezas' video on the subject that features short clips from some episodes.
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  |description2 =Nostal_Gi's video on the subject that
features short clips from some episodes.
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  |description3=A short clip from episode 13 that is featured in the end credits for "רכבת ההפתעות" (skip to 8:39).
}}
==Episode Screenshots==
==Episode Screenshots==
<gallery mode="slideshow" widths="500px">
<gallery mode=packed heights=180px>
DerNo2.PNG
DerNo2.PNG|A screenshot from episode 22.
DerNo3.PNG
DerNo3.PNG|A screenshot from episode 10.
DerNo4.PNG
DerNo4.PNG|A screenshot from episode 14.
DerNo5.PNG
DerNo5.PNG|A screenshot from episode 5.
DerNo6.PNG
DerNo6.PNG|A screenshot from episode 13.
DerNo7.PNG
DerNo7.PNG|Another screenshot from episode 22.
DerNo8.PNG
DerNo8.PNG|Another screenshot episode 22.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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*[[Peb & Pebber: Helden Privat (partially found German children's animated TV show; 2006-2012)]]
*[[Peb & Pebber: Helden Privat (partially found German children's animated TV show; 2006-2012)]]
*[[Alfred J. Kwak (partially lost Japanese dub of Dutch-German-Japanese animated series; 1989-1990)]]
*[[Alfred J. Kwak (partially lost Japanese dub of Dutch-German-Japanese animated series; 1989-1990)]]
*[[Aus Tausend und Ein Tag (partially found Germany stop-motion TV series based on The Thousand and One Days; 1976-1977)]]


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[https://retro-media-tv.de/tvp/70/1976/19760415.htm]
*https://retro-media-tv.de/tvp/70/1976/19760415.htm
*[https://tvprogramme.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Mo,_1._M%C3%A4rz_1976]
*https://tvprogramme.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Mo,_1._M%C3%A4rz_1976
*[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Hund_Bohumil Wikipedia article on Der Hund Bohumil]
*https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Hund_Bohumil  


==References==
==References==
[https://50watts.com/Florentina]
{{reflist}}


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A screenshot from the series.

Status: Partially Found

Der Hund Bohumil (translated to English as Bohumil the Dog) is a German Animated Children's TV Series that was created and directed by the Czech book-illustrator and animation-designer Hana Štěpánová (known in Germany as Hana Stepan)[1] and the music was composed by Heinz Funk, using a synthesizer, simulating a zither on many occasions[2]. The series aired on the West German version of the German children's bedtime TV program "Sandmännchen" on NDR Fernsehen and HR Fernsehen from 1975-1976, and was produced by Studio Hamburg. The series used a stop-motion cut-out animation technique, with the hand-drawn characters being layed to the backgrounds and moved frame by frame. It's unknown how many episodes were made, but it's probably more than 26 episodes. As time passed, the series became extremely obscure, with no Home Media release being made for the series.

Premise

The series revolved around an anthropomorphic dog called Bohumil, who had a group of other anthropomorphic animal friends, such as a pig, a bunny, a cow, owls, a bird, and roosters. Bohumil's best friends are a chicken, who has five baby chicks, and a white goose. In each episode, Bohumil and his best friends go on adventures and learn basic lessons, like watching insects through a binocular and learning how to make the laundry. The series was simple: it had an approximately 3-minute run time in each episode, the series had no intro or credits, and all the characters in the series remained mute, with the animals communicating by doing sounds.

International Airings

Despite the series originally airing on the West German Sandmännchen for one year, the series aired internationally in Israel and in Brazil in children's TV programs that featured European cartoons from around the world. In Isreal, the series aired in "רכבת ההפתעות" (Translated to English as The Train of Surprises) from the '80s to the '90s. In Brazil, the series aired on "Glub Glub" throughout the '90s. In Brazil, the series gained a small cult following in Lost Media culture. The series also gained another small cult following in Mexico, when the Mexican YouTube channel, "Rarezas", uploaded a video discussing the series.

Reception

The series didn't have many good ratings. The bad ratings were due to the cheap animation and unsettling character designs.

Status

For 39 years, the series wasn't available anywhere online. There was absolutely no information of the series on the Internet. In the 2000s and early 2010s, there were many people from Brazil that commented in several forums about watching the series on "Glub Glub". Despite some people from Brazil who remembered watching the series, the series wasn't watchable anywhere online. However, from 2014-2019, YouTube user "Nostalgic Dreamers (ND CHANNEL)" uploaded 14 episodes from the series that were taken from VHS Tapes of the "Glub Glub" broadcasts of the series. Nostalgic Dreamers (ND CHANNEL) was terminated in the early 2020s, so the videos aren't watchable, with the only surviving footage from the videos being from short clips from some of the videos that were shown in the YouTube video "Desenhos Perdidos da Tv Cultura 01 - Nicolau e a Turma do Quintal" that was uploaded by the YouTube channel "Nostal_Gi", which currently owns all the videos that were uploaded on Nostalgic Dreamers (ND CHANNEL).

On October 5th, 2019, a Lost Media Wiki Forum user "Strekoza" discovered a website documenting German TV channel schedules from April 15th, 1976, including an NDR Fernsehen airdate for a Der Hund Bohumil episode on Sandmännchen. On December 7th, 2019, YouTube user "Canal 8" uploaded episode 2 that was also taken from a "Glub Glub" broadcast from the episode. From 2022-2023, YouTube user "נוסטה לגיה" uploaded 10 full episodes of the series, that were also taken from the "רכבת ההפתעות" broadcastes from the series. In 2023, YouTube user "Retro_Cartoons_1990" uploaded 9 episodes that were originally uploaded by "נוסטה לגיה", and restorted the videos with an AI Video Quality Upscaler. On February 5th, 2024, LMW user "PTV for Old TV Times" discovered another website documenting German TV channel schedules from March 1st, 1976, including an HR Fernsehen airdate for a Der Hund Bohumil on Sandmännchen. This episode of Der Hund Bohumil on the scheduled airdate is "Das Kostümfest". It's unknown what episode number the episodes belongs to.

NDR and HR Fernsehen can't release or share or any episodes, not even private copies, do to NDR's recording service being completely discontinued on December 31st, 2019. HR Fernsehen confirmed that they are not involved in the production of the series, despite broadcasting it on their channel. The only way the remaining episodes will resurface is through VHS recordings when they were airing on TV.

Book Adaptations

In 2015 and 2018, Hana Štěpánová, the creator of the series, wrote two books telling all the stories told in the episodes in stories. The illustrations that accompanied the stories and the book, looked similar in style to the moments in the cartoon.

List of Episodes (Incomplete)

# Episode Title (German) Episode Title (English) Airdate Synopsis Status Notes
1 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1975 Bohumil goes to sleep too late and doesn't want to wake up the next day. Found
2 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1975 Bohumil's owner asks Bohumil to go to a butcher shop to buy a sausage.

When Bohumil returns from the shop, a black cat tries to steal the sausage but fails.

Found
3 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1975 The chicken presents her chicks to Bohumil.

He plays with them and pretends to be a car, a plane and other vehicles.

Partially Found
4 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1975 Bohumil and his friends go swimming in a lagoon.

There, one of the chicken's chicks falls into the lagoon, but Bohumil saves it before it drowns.

Found
5 Unknown Unknown 12/??/1975 Bohumil and his friends play in the snow. Partially Found Screenshot exist.
6 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil and his friends goes to the lagoon to fish.

The fish mock them and hang the garbage from the bottom of the lagoon on their hooks.

Lost
7 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil goes to the barber to get his hair cut.

When he goes outside, the wind chills him and he buys a coat to warm himself up.

Found
8 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 After a heavy snowfall, the chicken finds a bird buried in the snow.

She brings him to Bohumil and the goose, and the three of them look after him. Eventually, he recoveres and returns to fly.

Lost
9 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil's owner buys a new television and invites him, the goose, and the chicken to watch the television together.

In it, they watch a talent show, watch the news, and finally watch an episode of Sandmännchen. Later, when they go to sleep, Sandmännchen himself visits them and brings the three sweet dreams.

Found
10 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil and a bunny compete to see who can plant the biggest bush.

He waters his bush with his own urine, but somehow the bush grows unusually and blooms quickly.

Lost Screenshot exist.
11 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil and his friends go to the circus.

They later decide to create their own circus and attract the attention of the other animals.

Partially Found
12 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil and his friends go up to a mountain to use binoculars.

Meanwhile, the black cat takes advantage of Bohumil, who leaves his house to sleep in his bed and eat his food. The goose uses the binoculars to discover the cat in Bohumil's dog house. The three soon scare off the intruder and everything ends well.

Found
13 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil's owner goes to wash her clothes and the duo decide to help her. Partially Found Screenshot exist.
14 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil sees his owner collecting mushrooms and decides to collect mushrooms too.

He and his friends go to a forest to collect mushrooms and a rabbit helps them with the task.

Partially Found
15 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 The black cat and the fox decide to kidnap the chicken to fry her.

However, a bird overhears their conversation and manages to warn the duo in time to prevent disaster.

Found
16 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil decides to paint pictures of his friends and other animals.

However, he only paints certain parts of the animals, such as the head of a chicken, the tail of a cow and the legs of his owner.

Lost
17 Ostern Easter 4/15/1976 Bohumil receives two Easter eggs from his friends. He gets so excited that he trips and breaks the eggs.

The Easter Bunny, seeing Bohumil's predicament, gives him two new Easter eggs.

Found
18 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil and his friends visit a cow in a flower field. Found
19 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil's owner brings a camera to take photos with Bohumil and his friends.

Together they take lots of photos and invite other animals like the cow and a pig to join them.

Found
20 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil uses his owner's vacuum cleaner without her permission.

However, he ends up accidentally sucking the duck, the chicken, her chicks, and finally Bohumil himself.

Partially Found
21 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil cooks lunch for his friends. Found
22 Unknown Unknown ??/??/1976 Bohumil uses his nose to find a lost glove in a bush.

He later discovers that the glove belongs to his owner and returns it to her.

Partially Found Screenshots exist.

Gallery

Videos

Rarezas' video on the subject that features short clips from some episodes.

Nostal_Gi's video on the subject that features short clips from some episodes.

A short clip from episode 13 that is featured in the end credits for "רכבת ההפתעות" (skip to 8:39).

Episode Screenshots

  • A screenshot from episode 22.

    A screenshot from episode 22.

  • A screenshot from episode 10.

    A screenshot from episode 10.

  • A screenshot from episode 14.

    A screenshot from episode 14.

  • A screenshot from episode 5.

    A screenshot from episode 5.

  • A screenshot from episode 13.

    A screenshot from episode 13.

  • Another screenshot from episode 22.

    Another screenshot from episode 22.

  • Another screenshot episode 22.

    Another screenshot episode 22.

See Also

External Links

References

  1. ↑ Hana Štěpánová's portfolio in arts Retrieved 12 Feb '24
  2. ↑ TVForen cartoon forum that mentions Heinz Funk as the composer. Retrieved 12 Feb '24
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