Ludwig Cartoon - The Arrival

[@nicolepowell5470]

I was born in 72 and loved watching this, i thought it was stock motion with models and not a cartoon but then we did have alot of great things to watch, bagpuss, ivor the engine, the clangers what a fab time.

[@kateoc8]

Stop motion.

[@mandaroza]

"Ah, Ludwig! " We used to say that a lot, for about 20 years. I love KZbin. Thankyou!

[@antoniowashington6148]

I remember this cartoon when it was on the Captain Kangaroo show. Great classic find. We need educated shows like this in our modern world when there's no extremely social media. Just pure clean cartoon fun.

[@SvenTviking]

Weird cartoon fun. I mean, a hand grenade on wheels that plays Beethoven?

[@eleanorhogan8643]

@@SvenTviking Well...yes, but that is what makes it good right?

[@1969paulpetty]

So many of these classic shows needs to be shown again. Still lots of things to teach our kids.

[@yodenman]

Remember seeing this when I was about 16. A few of us at school would talk about it the next day. Most of my classmates didn't understand what the hell was going on. It was certainly unique and not to everyone's taste. Needless to say, I loved it.

[@eleanorhogan8643]

A nice way to indrouduce children to classical music (I have always liked it anyway due to fantasia and my grandma playing tapes and records of it.

[@chrisf7189]

Wow thanks for this. I had vague memories of this series as it was on when I was a child. I must have been 6 years old.

[@jamieproctor8691]

For you Brits the bloke who narrated this was Jon Glover, aka Mr Cholmondley Warner from Harry Enfield and friends.

[@pyglett]

I was 21 when this went on air, and tried never to miss an episode. This combined good musical education with kids entertainment that adults couldn't resist. Time Ludwig was reborn?

[@johnstaf]

I remember this well. I used to drive my brothers mad following them around going "Ah, Ludwig!"

[@geraldfrankel538]

Flashback to my childhood, thank you 😁 ☮️❤️

[@user-mr3ps6ol2f]

Of course the real debate was always concerned with what Ludwig actually is / was. A diamond? A Faberge egg? Maybe. But the real clue is in the opening credits. As surreal and difficult to comprehend as it is, Ludwig is actually a musical note. A European semi breve, or American whole note. He is the personification of an extended musical tone. As such he exists; but ipso facto he cannot exist. He is at best a superlative paradox; and at worst a metaphysical anomaly.

[@VANHELSING433]

I AIN'T SEEN THIS IN YEARS!!!!! RESPECT FOR UPLOADING!!

[@christopherharper9932]

Wow! I was five when this came out! I used to watch this and Simon in the land of chalk drawings! Time flies!!

[@greigmartin9148]

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings, bloody hell, I'd forgotten all about that! As soon as I read that, though, I instantly remembered the song. 😄

[@Vicki-stfc]

I also watched Simon & the land of chalk drawings. The dinosaur episode is my favourite.

[@Zinwaq]

I LOVE Simon in the land of chalk drawings! I now watch it here on YT lol.

[@Chasmanp]

Fanbloomingtastic, Oh how I miss the simplicity of this cartoon and the introduction that it provided to classical music. And to iterate Fluttermoth thank you so much for uploading this!

[@crazycat6132]

Ah Jesus, just as crazy as Michael Bentines Potty Time. It’s our parents having LSD flashbacks.

[@autumnmatthews3179]

I've been watching the BBC crime series called Ludwig and it got me thinking that I was sure I used to watch a show when I was little about an egg called Ludwig, and here he is! I love it

[@thriddoctor]

Long over due for a multi-million dollar Hollywood remake.

[@davidmillins]

I've never forgotten Ludwig - every bit as charming now as then.

[@gwynhughes3426]

Oh bliss and rapture! I've been hunting for this for years! This is my first TV memory! As a child of the 70s. In 1977 I would have been 4 years old. It was the first time I heard classical music. It started a life long passion with classical music. As well as a life long love affair with Beethoven!

[@catherineh.832]

Me too! First TV memory aged 4.

[@jamiegoddard200]

Its available on dvd used to watch this when i was about seven bizarre unique and brilliant

[@mikipiediaelburro7588]

My introduction to Beethoven was the film A Clockwork Orange...I too fell in love with his music.

[@stubmandrel]

Ah .... Ludwig! For some reason I remembered him as more 'eggy'.

[@frankperdue6585]

I’m 59 years old, and I discovered Ludwig cartoons in ninth grade and it was the most wonderful thing ever

[@Cool2BCeltic]

A clever and original cartoon.

[@akroatis]

It's so wonderful to recall childhood cartoon series!

[@Nyctophora]

I knew I had not imagined this.

[@eleanorhogan8643]

My mother used to watch this but I had never seen it until now.

[@paddyeejit1954]

Your mother must be my age 😂

[@eleanorhogan8643]

@@paddyeejit1954 Probably, my mother was born in 1967.

[@eagledove9]

I found this mentioned in an article about kids' shows in the 1980s that were really scary or bizarre, when I was looking for a show, something like either 'That's Incredible' or 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not,' which had a story about a crystal skull that gave people nightmares if they slept in the same room with it. I haven't been able to find out what that show was, but it terrified me for a lifetime. Now, in that article, I saw this 'Ludwig' thing, and when I went to watch it, it seemed totally familiar, as though I had completely memorized every single second, of every single event that occurred, and I wasn't consciously aware of this AT ALL. I was born in 1974, so if this was 1977, I had to be only three years old if I saw it. If it was on at the same time as Simon and the chalk drawings, as another commenter said, I do remember that show, but had no conscious memory of this until now. It was so completely and permanently burned into my brain, every single detail.

[@ooEVILGOAToo]

Doctor who, image of the Fhendal perhaps?

[@sparrowbirdy]

I'd forgotten all about this cartoon! Remember it now. Good grief - there's so much useless stuff hidden away in human brains. I'll be talking about Ludwig all day now.

[@cathyrigby9438]

I remember watching "Ludwig" on "Captain Kangaroo" back in the late 70's. LOVE the music - SO VERY VERY BRITISH!!!!

[@emilywhitfield2780]

"Just like That?" Is Tommy Cooper spying on Ludwig? Lol

[@dna9838]

There's something I've always found creepy and unsettling about Ludwig, as though soviet intelligence was broadcasting messages for their agents through it like one of those 'numbers stations'.

[@BeakerInShortShorts]

Beautiful description in the doobely-doo. Thank you so much for posting.

[@mazzmo77]

This brings back memories! :)

[@MrThecarebear]

As a 9 year old in 1977, Ludwig was a mysterious fascination for me. A gemstone like egg with a penchant for Beethoven?

[@utubescooby1]

Thanks for this I've been looking for this for years I can only just remember this as a kid. All I can remember was I used to watch something called 'ludvick' and it was about an egg! now I know for sure after seing this. FANTASTIC!!

[@wilson68uk]

1977, god I feel old.

[@shalawndillon2260]

I remember that cartoon along with The toothbrush family on Kaption Kangaroo in the late 70s and early 80s.

[@tinasheppard6269]

i have a memory like an elephant,sadly none of my mates know what the hell im on about when i say about this little guy, told them to google and now im weird for watching it,my nana didnt think so,we loved him lol :o)

[@jamiegoddard200]

Loved ludwig but told my mates about a cartoon egg that played violin in the park they said what are you on lol 😄

[@SarahTrettMylittleeden]

used to be my favourite as a kid

[@Fluttermoth]

Thank you so much for uploading this! I remember it from when I was a kid and now I can show it to my kids as well :)

[@eggybrain2896]

i don't think there has ever been anything like this. either before, or since. i have the annual somewhere. the only book with an 'intermission'.

[@mpdalyful1]

of all the programs I saw as a child. this one made the least sense

[@doctordootch]

Used to be part of the Captain Kangaroo show along with Simon In The Land Of Chalk Drawings

[@awesomemom533]

I think you mean “drawer-ings” 😅

[@paddyeejit1954]

Ahhh Ludwig! Don’t get catchphrases like that anymore. The kids are all too busy stabbing each other

[@jamesdurnford1221]

I remember this was on a kids Sunday morning show with a puppet that looked like a boy

[@eleanorhogan8643]

What was the puppet called?

[@timdogdawg4099]

I think the puppet you might be thinking of is called POB!

[@eleanorhogan8643]

@@timdogdawg4099 Oh...that.

[@ArchStanton45]

I generally look back to the 1970's with nostalgia, but this is utter bollox

[@Bradonomous]

rofl

[@lostinmusik]

I can't believe this used to be prime time British kids' TV - just before the news started - how times have changed :-/

[@thestargeezer]

So happy I have found Ludwig, would watch hom on Captain Kangaroo....even when I was a gwn up.

[@abhard6]

I remember this TV series, never occured to me how bizarre it was though. I had the Ludwig annual once (Yes they did an annual on this tv series believe it or not) I think I chucked it out back in the 90's when buying my 1st house and having a clear out, wish I kept it.

[@dkizxpt-su3ze]

You were right to chuck out the annual. It would have brought evil into your new home.

[@mistofoles]

I remember reading a review of this programme which summed it up in three words: Creepy. European. Gone. :D

[@kingplayze914]

Omg! This was my show when I was about 7. I notice Owl is spanking his monkey at 2:27 🤣

[@Somerset-In-The-Blood]

Great program of my youth.

[@Jasonm25870]

I always thought this started in 76, I remember the last ever episode of Vision On, the Pat Keysell, Tony Hart thing with Sylvester McCoy and the Prof , Wilf Lunn having its last episode back then. Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me again.

[@Slazfreska]

It never scared me as a kid it was just so surreal and bizarre it fascinated me...you wonder now what is inside that egg/jewel shell whatever it is...its like a very early version of Inspector gadget in a way...i took magic mushrooms when i was 17 and still didnt get it......hahaha....great upload thanks a lot

[@keithandrewbounds967]

VERY happy, peaceful and SO BRITISH!!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Spongebob2900]

this cartoon taught me classical Beethoven.. and I never knew :)

[@m3anthony]

An introduction to classical music - for pot heads.

[@davidevans3227]

always thought it was eastern European thankyou for sharing this 🙂

[@petermansfield6453]

If you like this go to iludwig.co.uk, pay just £5 and download the whole series including the unbroadcast episodes. Peter Lang has done an amazing job of retrieving and restoring this wonderful piece of animation history. Give him your fiver!

[@NuUrbanMusic]

yep, all the music featured were Beethoven pieces and arranged and played by Paul Reade for the show.

[@davidhatred8938]

there is a segment in a charlie brooker show where he gets someone to describe non existent reccolections of a fictional show called orlock, he was the shape of a egg!

[@richardthered]

Im sure this was on a kids early morning TV programme called " Rub A dub dub" I remember watching it as a kid it had many other cartoon animation on it . My favourite was "Curious George" I named my son George after the little scamp :) I wish they would repeat these for kids. The only kids show worth a toss is Thomas The Tank Engine.. The Flumps was Epic in the 70s, Perkin rules.

[@Rathardican]

richardthered that was rub a dub tub.

[@antismokingleague3188]

It is not widely known that early exposure to Ludwig became a subconscious gateway to dogging in later life.

[@dkizxpt-su3ze]

🤣

[@scottfraser9615]

😂

[@MsPandaRosa]

@avalanchesuperstar there's one episode where Ludwig ends up in a wheelchair, after a mishap helping his friends. maybe he's just made of strong stuff.

[@MsPandaRosa]

It is by Beethoven, and both light-hearted and fun, and just right.

[@blueluny]

Ludwig. Mental and awesome

[@sickphil71]

Oh, what memories! Easily the most erudite cartoon, ever. Do you happen to have the cartoon with Simon and his magic chalk?

[@iverar]

This is fun!

[@KallistiUK]

[@StoneBoneAndFire]

Ludwig vs Orlov

[@bodiegod]

0:10s 1st symphony, 4th movement?

[@bpage4132]

Yes,you`re right in C Major,Op.21.

[@christosvoskresye]

Wasn't this incorporated into Captain Kangaroo?

[@Krankedupcoffeefan]

+christosvoskresye Yes it was !!!

[@GuanoLad]

Charlie Brooker did a parody of this that wasn't even a tenth as weird as the real thing

[@johnschiltz1685]

Remember this, but not which decade. Was it the seventies ? now, here's a question, does anybody - and this may sound weird, but not any odder than Ludwig - remember a cartoon series, in the late sixties or early seventies that featured, amongst other oddities, a walking house ?

[@florawatt9222]

We have an old VHS tape of this, but wondering if it was ever transferred to DVD? Anybody know.

[@eleanorhogan8643]

Ludwig came from outer space right?

[@Zoromes]

Not sure if it is actually a Beethoven piece or melody, could be just incidental music for the Cartoon........anyone else Know?

[@tomhas10]

I seriously laughed when you said "give me regular show." You think a show like that will help your kids more than a show like this? Regular show isn't a show that i'd consider offencive or 'bad' but this show is about things kids should be learning about. Regular show is about strange, unrealistic things that literaly came from the idea of drugs (search for 2 in the AM PM.) It just amuses me that you think something like that is better for teaching kids than this!

[@MrMrh1958]

Unfortunately they don’t make things like this and other gems anymore😂 It’s all computerised crap now!

[@stephenbmassey]

Its not so much the animation method as that the stories and characters have focussed down on a few attention grabbing archetypes, and there is not much room for this sort of whimsy any more.

[@Zoromes]

All 25 cartoons now available on the web at iLudwig.co.uk

[@AppleseedHumanityInc]

At 3.15 there's a short phrase by a French Horn. Can anyone tell me from which Beethoven work it was taken?

[@claireydotcom]

Are you kidding me?

[@firecriss1392]

Ah......Ludwig!

[@chrisf7189]

Does anyone remember a kids show with 2 giant spider glove puppet things? What was that called?

[@melblues3847]

Itsy and Bitsy I think.

[@jamiegoddard200]

Itsy and bitsy they were in a series called paper play with susan stranks of magpie i know as a dvd has been released called look back that covers pre school and teen shows from 70s and 80s its on there on hope this helps

[@wesmatron]

Ahhhhh, Ludwig

[@BenPN1000]

Although it was ten times more disturbing.

[@jackiedelvalle]

I used to hate Ludwig soooo much. It was a boring interlude till the good stuff came back on!

[@CelesteK]

I 3 this.

[@mrbeancounter90]

And they had two people credited as writing the story lines?

[@martinhsl68hw]

Someone to come up with the story, and a sitter

[@derekkearley2742]

wow heaven is here

[@elliotjordan2326]

Reminds me of monty Python

[@nickydarby]

How trippy?!!

[@mark747100]

Fascinating. I would like to meet the person who created this.

[@dkizxpt-su3ze]

He's dead

[@eddybaby83]

... wait. How the hell did I get HERE??

[@Stephen_Strange]

For the young engineers and creators of the 1970's.

[@MsPandaRosa]

No reason you can't enjoy both.

[@lepwis]

This....was freaky to a 6 year old me...

[@kingofpunk1977]

Very screwed up was Ludwig

[@capitancriterio]

2:25 self-pleasing owl

[@dkizxpt-su3ze]

What you mean to say is 'the owl is having a wank'

[@Zoromes]

All

[@andrewgibson5807]

get out of there ludwig. OUT!!

[@mistofoles]

Eh? I don't remember making the above comment!