Talk:From All of Us to All of You

Merger proposal

I don't see any reason why there should be a special article about the broadcasting of the same show in Sweden in particular. It should be possible to merge all the information to this article. E.G. (talk) 13:08, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

It is the same show, but with slightly different contents. Merge! -- Kildor (talk) 09:50, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Merge: I agree. One article is enough. But make sure the article is actually merged and not just re-directed, because the other page has more information about the program than this article does. /Jiiimbooh (talk) 20:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Merge, obviously. --Kvaks (talk) 14:16, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

I have completed the merge now. E.G. (talk) 02:14, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

Slate article on the Swedish broadcast

I noticed a guy in Slate has written a jaunty piece about the Swedish 'bizarre obsession' with From All Of Us.../Donald Duck and his Friends Wish You A mery Christmas: http://www.slate.com/id/2239252/pagenum/all. He encountered this Nordic cult habit through his viking girlfriend and her family. The piece has some good points, but you don't need a Master's degree in anthropology to see that he overstates it (and he doesn't even get the turn 'The show's cultural significance cannot be overstated' right, but writes understated). The Donald Duck hour is a cherished tradition in a million Swedish families and a definite cult thing, but the idea that we plan our christmas with Donald at the center, or that it's a grave breach of decorum everywhere to tape the show, is plainly ludicrous, or a way of heightening things to get a laugh. I think those cartoons are charming and brilliantly inventive but I feel no need to see the entire show year after year, nor do my friends or my parents.

Of course, this particular Donald Duck screening has acquired a conscious cult quality in almost the same sense as The Rocky Horror Picture Show. People don't dress up as Donald or the tropic bird, but lots of people know the twists and turns of their face cartoons and some spoken lines by heart. That's no stranger than football and boxing fans discussing classic goals and knockouts.

Besides, referring to Donald is a convenient way to get family and relatives to arrive before it gets dark. Sweden is a vast country and Christmas is still very much a time of family reunion, many people will travel many hours by car or rail for Christmas and you like to have the family gathered before it's really dark. By the end of the Donald Duck show, darkness has fallen over the entire country, pierced by thousands of lights; in the extreme north the sun barely rises at all at Christmas, or is actually under the horizon all day. So telling people that "you'll be here around 2 pm and then we can all watch Donald on the telly, okay?" is a convenient way to make sure people arrive before it's dark, which makes it both safer and merrier.

I would caution anyone against using that article as a blueprint source for the cultural importance of the show in Sweden.Strausszek (talk) 17:04, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

I on the other hand would recommend everyone to read the slate-article if one wants to understand the position this show has in Sweden. Opposite to Strausszek I would say that a LOT of people (including me) feel the NEED to see the entire show year after year. I can not for the life of me imagine a christmas without it in the same sense as I can't imagine a christmas without my parents (which will sadly eventually come for sure).80.169.179.210 (talk) 09:28, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

"The New From All of Us to All of You"

Norwegian television has, since sometime in the late eighties or early nineties, broadcasted an edited (and imho sloppy and much inferior) version called "The New From All of Us to All of You" (identical to the one sent on Swedish TV3 in the nineties). Anyone know which versions are aired in Sweden and Denmark? 62.113.159.156 (talk) 21:16, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

Tanabata

To whoever wrote this: "A Tanabata sequel is seen in July 5th, 2011." ... I'm sorry but what do you mean? That a sequel, focusing on the Japanese Tanabata, is scheduled for release on that date? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.44.0.4 (talk) 21:49, 21 June 2011 (UTC)

Still no explanation, so -- DELETED. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.113.25.252 (talk) 05:47, 13 January 2012 (UTC)

Broadcasting outside Scandinavia

The article claims that the program is broadcast every year in the UK. I have been unable to verify this anywhere. Can anyone confirm when and where this is regularily aired? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.75.165.88 (talk) 22:35, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

I'm from the UK and I've never seen it on any channels in my life, so I've removed it. BillyH 18:55, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Number of viewers

That table is not quite correct: I doubt anyone has numbers for either 2013 or 2014 yet... Mike (talk) 14:23, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

Danish broadcast

For many years, the Danish version included "Toy Tinkers". It is unknown to me which year it was changed but this page (in Danish) says that it was some time in the 80's. 5.103.249.162 (talk) 17:23, 24 December 2013 (UTC)