Sesamstrasse stickers with Spencer and Poldi
Hallo Spencer was a German puppet series created by Winfried Debertin (who designed Leonie Löwenzahn for Sesamstrasse). The series proved popular, running from 1979 to 2001, and spawned numerous spinoffs and a feature film. For US airing, the series was dubbed into English for syndication by Saban (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) as The Hallo Spencer Show.
In 1983, the title character Spencer hosted an installment of the ARD news magazine series Wir über uns celebrating the 10th anniversary of Sesamstrasse.
Spencer and other characters from the series also occasionally appeared on official NDR Sesamstrasse merchandise, such as a sticker set.
Muppet Mentions[]
- In the 2024 film Hallo Spencer - Der Film, the Sesam family's surname is a reference to Sesamstrasse. Jakob Sesam is once referred to as "Samson", a character from Sesamstrasse.
Connections[]
- Franz Auer was a puppet supervisor (1984-1987)
- Andrea Bongers played guest character Kugelgunde in 1988 and Mona (2000-2001)
- Christoph Busse composed songs
- Vince Chester was a cable and prop assistant and later assistant puppeteer for Karl-Gustav and puppet supervisor
- Winfried Debertin created the series, wrote most of the scripts and songs, and produced
- John Delbridge directed episodes
- Ingfried Hoffmann composed songs
- Barbara Goodson voiced Lulu and Galaktika in the Saban English dub
- Joachim Hall played Spencer and substituted as Lexi for two episodes
- Maria Happel played Casimir and Karl-Heinz (1984-1984)
- Wilhelm Helmrich played Elvis and sometimes Nero (1979-1991)
- Charlie Kaiser assistant puppeteered on various episodes
- Lothar Klose played Spencer in the 1978 pilot film
- Herbert Langemann played Kasimir and sometimes Karl-Gustav (1980-1986)
- Horst Lateika played Nepomuk and substituted as Karl-Gustav (3 episodes) and Karl-Otto (4 episodes)
- Günter Lüdke voiced Professor Schlotter and Saurius (1993)
- Angelika Paetow wrote for the series
- Karime Vakilzadeh played Mona and Karl-Heinz (1986-1994)
- Friedrich Wollweber played Poldi and Nero