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Die Sendung mit dem Elefanten | |
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Genre | Comedy |
Created by | Dieter Saldecki Armin Maiwald |
Starring | Armin Maiwald |
Country of origin | Germany |
Original language | German |
No. of seasons | 9 |
No. of episodes | 250 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 min. |
Release | |
Original network | Das Erste |
Original release | September 10, 2007 – present |
Related | |
Die Sendung mit der Maus |
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