Hour with Aunt Ragne end this time – Aftenposten

It is the family that says to NRK that the rod is gone.

Tangen was well known for having written the script and played all the roles in puppet film series “Pernille and Mr. Nelson.” Those who were kids in the 60s remembers kind Pernille who constantly was fooled by Mr.Nelson. He had difficulty to clean and help out, because he constantly had backache and also had Sunday gloves.

Kose hook

Already in 1961 she made the first few episodes with these two characters, and she both wrote the script and played all the roles with puppets.

The simple shapes were very popular in a country with only one TV channel and in a medium with tremendous growth, and the series is rebroadcast several times. The programs started at 1800 in the evening, and most Norwegian children sang “When the hour is over for this time” when the program was over.

Ragne Tangen was with Lauritz Johnson, Ada Haug and Rolf Riktor a pioneer of television entertainment for children in Norway in the 1960s.

As program secretary of Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) created Ragne Tangen and Helge Sverre Nesheim, then chief of child and adolescent department the same place, the first, Norwegian children’s television program in September 1960, just three weeks after television’s official opening of the country.

Postman

Since the “aunt Ragne” presenter for children program You and me and the two together with the “postman”, played by Ulf Wengård and “caretaker”, played by Svein Byhring . In 1968, the trio had a hit with Kåre Grøttum his “Brushing Display” from this program. Ragne Tangen continued as program officer in NRK and was involved in shaping children’s TV also in the 1970s and 1980s ..

Jon Skolmen: It was she who had the idea for blinds

It was in children’s television that artist and actor Jon Skolmen first became known to the Norwegian public.

– This was a period when there was a very educational, some seriously. The longest hello ladies stretched when they should advertise children’s TV was stroking a bit of a cat, says Skolmen Aftenposten.

– She wanted to fix up a bit, make it a little more fun, a little gøyalt, he says .

Many remember Skolmen as the man with curly hair who stood and pulled in some blinds, without ever make sense of them.

– It was Tangen who had the idea. She was a very pleasant lady, but also very creative, says Skolmen.

(© NTB) and Wikipedia.

Published: 09.mai. 2015 5:53 p.m.