Classic witty German Animations/Songs for Brainy Kids?
Seeking brilliant, hilarious, witty, and/or beautiful animations, songs, and/or TV shows from your German childhood that helped you learn something cool. [Kindly read to end b/c I've already searched Reddit for previous threads and am not new to German or Germany.] Ideally for ages 7-14, but of course truly great stuff transcends age. Material that delights in / plays with the German language would be especially appreciated. Playful tongue-twisty songs, too. I have a hunch slightly older, pre-internet material (1970s-90s?) might be cooler.
Some examples of the kinds of kid-inspiring clips I'm hoping for (some, not all, from my own US upbringing): the Eames brothers' Powers of Ten, Tom Lehrer's "That's Mathematics" / "The Element Song" and various cartoon-accompanied songs, Monty Python's "Ministry of Funny Walks," the 1970s Italian wordless cartoon La Linea, the Bugs Bunny cartoon "What's Opera Doc?", and Weird Al Yankovic's "Word Crimes." All of these I consider to be miniature works of art -- ingeniously exposing kids to ideas without being "educational" per se.
Background: raising German-speaking kids outside DACH who love to read and puzzle out stuff. Parent #1 grew up in GDR but rarely watched TV as a kid. Parent #2 studied German as an adult and never got to experience German kids' TV. Parent #2's American childhood coincided with the golden age of public-television (PBS) programming for kids -- shows like Square One, Electric Company, and 3-2-1 Contact (broadcast in the GDR as 3-2-1 Kompass! -- anyone here remember it?) -- and this question is trying to capture some of those shows' flavor.
Some animated series we've already enjoyed are Die Sendung mit der Maus, Janoschs Traumstunde, Captain Future, Nils Holgersson, and Pumuckl -- but as I hope my examples above illustrate, we're looking for something different. [Edit: Löwenzahn and Was ist Was TV are also on our list.]
Contemporary offerings glimpsed in DE while channel-surfing on visits there haven't been compelling, but that's just an impression. 21st-century recommendations are warmly welcome, just no apps or Pixar-looking stuff please. In short: the more it's stuck with you over the years, the more I'd love to know about it.
Thank you!