The Hallo Spencer Show opening titles

[Windclaw]

I'll bet if you're on acid, this makes PERFECT sense!

[jigglejack100]

Rocco and Garret...

[KirbyCrossing]

@jigglejack100 lol also the reason why I'm here.

[nibelungvalesty]

lol thats actually what lead me here

[emithunderfan1]

ese yo lo veia en premium 14

[pianoman74]

This goes to the video uploader: "Why the hell are they worshipping a spinning office chair". That's easy to explain. This office chair was Spencer's FIRST EVER chair used in the very early German episodes starting from the first one back in 1979. Later, this chair was no longer placed that centrally and more of the studio deco was visible. But the design was very sparse in the very first episodes, I remember. Mainly only Spencer's chair, a little bit of junk and Spencer himself.

[pianoman74]

Urgh. I couldn't do this music better with my pal's professional sound card. ;-) Sounds so "home studio". And plus, it's painfully slow compared to the German original that went in a driving rock'n roll groove.

I think I know the reason: it's the ERA. If the US version had come out in the 1980s as well, they'd still have used real musicians. But since music studios can do the same much cheaper, this is done by them (and all the "human touch" wiped out). Too bad.

[zeldazipple]

I agree. Its hard to find english version of this show. I loved this as a kid.

[DarrenArrowNo5]

In Germany. Spencer ist not the surname, but First name. Hallo is German Word for Hello, not a first name.

Character names German/English ...Elmar/Elvis [Elmar is Elvis Twin Brother in german]. Grumpowsky/Nepomuk. The Screech Boys/Die <-(The) Quietschbeus.

Lulu, kasimir, poldi (Dragon/Drache), lexi (Bookworm/Bücherwurm). The Twins (Die Zwillinge). galaktika.

Spencerville is Spencerdorf.

To end a rap in the US Version is horrible ;-)

[1983parrothead]

@DarrenArrowNo5 I guess Saban had to call him "Hallo Spencer" because of the sign behind him in his office. Americans wouldn't understand why that sign was there. Same goes for some names.

Saban sure did mess up some foreign shows, including Thunderbirds (Fox Kids version). For one of the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider shows, Americans liked them because many have never seen tokusatsu before.

[bluerisk]

How did you call Nepumuck, the friendly guy from the castle. I've never found out hwat species he should be.

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

For those of you who live in Germany, be sure to also spread hatred over Saban's Fox Kids version of The Thunderbirds for being a messed-up version of the classic British "Supermarionation" show of the same name. Saban was like "the early '90s 4Kids".

[DarkSaintMaster]

Hallo Spencer sounds cool in latinamerican dub... I would like to see a clip in that dub. Oh! I so liked Spencer, Mr. Nepomuk, the singer and that nerd Lexi!!!

[ricachuftw]

No-one will ever know?

I used to watch Hallo Spencer and I loved it. It was always obvious to me that they were searching for Spencer (age 7?).

And now, being 20, I would assume they are to represent the audience. Small/fat kids, tall and skinny kids, Hallo Spencer is for everyone and everyone loves it.

Five seconds of thinking has answered all your questions and it wasn't very hard...

[KeybladeKorney]

Hello Cancer! Hello Canceeeeeeer!

[rodandroll]

I used to watch the show when kid, aw!

[Kampftrinkerveteran]

This show is original from Germany. But our version is 7 minutes longer and some names are differnt. The original version is named Hallo Spencer, you can find it on youtube

[fielmaso]

i love it

[1983parrothead]

Although I enjoyed watching Saban's version of the Thunderbirds back then, I later noticed that he messed it up.

[Ferulakaty]

you should hear the real GERMAN original, thats the best!!

[bigg3469]

AAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEE!!!!

Saban ruined this classic series By "overAmericanizing" & replacing the "Big Band style theme ( or Reggae if any one seen the "Mexican/Latin American version) & replaced it with that crappy "Hip Hop/Rap "style music!!!

[vfjdg]

geil

[Frank371292]

For reasons I'll never understand, our local station ran this on Tuesday through Saturday mornings.

I don't get why, if they had to cut things out of the show for it running too long on US TV, they made the intro LONGER than it originally was. Makes zero sense.

I enjoyed the show, anyway. Best remember the episode where uptight Lexi tried to kick Lulu out of her train, and they had to pretend to give Lexi an actual train ride to get him to back down.

[Gonnakillyou]

They're actually searching Spencer.

I didn't know this was an export hit. Good choice there!

[bigg3469]

Yes, Hallo Spencer was a international hit children series, Before Saban Productions RUINED the seiries!!!

[spacered]

I remember When i was a Kid i watch Hallo Spencer Arabic Version Late 80's. Then I was at Manchester I watch This on BBC One Saturday Morning.

[cadavre69exquis]

"What connection do the two plasticine guys have with the rest of the programme? Why do they keep doing the same things over and over again? Why the hell are they worshipping a spinning office chair?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! these silly questions really made my day! :D

[1983parrothead]

I remember when I first watched this on WFLI-TV 53. Back between the early and mid-90s, the station ran the show for a short time between Inspector Gadget and Mr. Bogus (after Mr. Bogus was AoStH and then Captain Planet & the Planeteers) right when I got off the school bus at a baby sitter's house in Fort Oglethorpe, GA. It aired around 2:30PM or 3PM.

[icetwo]

Gibts auch irgendwo einen Englisch redenden Spencer?

[JonasClark]

Still confusing. Spencer's chair or not, the spinning chair bit always confused me too.

[smoothyone123]

the original german intro is better! x)

[spiros81]

The german theme is so much better. They should have kept it, although it's shorter.

[PlatzDerFreundschaft]

funny, in US is "Hallo" the first name of Spencer ;) In german the show calls "Hallo Spencer" and means "Hello Spencer". our episodes are 7 minutes longer and the charekteres have different names. I love the Dallas Episode, where Spencer is J.R. Ewing

[1983parrothead]

I believe the main reason why the show is called "The Hallo Spencer Show" in the U.S. is that if Saban just officially call him "Spencer", then U.S. citizens wouldn't understand why he has a sign that reads "Hallo Spencer" in his office. Saban was crazy about localizing different shows from different regions back when this was dubbed.

[PlatzDerFreundschaft]

why? they know it is a german tv show, so the words in the backround ist german. while watching an american show, no german is wondering about english signs.

[1983parrothead]

Most Americans don't care where the shows they watch originate from, unless they like to research and study about them. Saban also localized some Japanese shows, most notably tokusatsu ("special effects" in Japanese) like the Super Sentei series (starting with Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger) and Kamen Rider Black RX. Saban also took some footage from some Metal Heroes shows and create some American versions like Big Bad Beetleborgs and VR Troopers.

[jularlmin313]

All of the repeated parts were to stretch it out to a full minute, the standard length of American opening credit sequences. Still, this theme song can breakdance on my cardboard anyday!

[zeldazipple]

I wish there was more english version of Hallo Spencer on you tube. I love this show. I didn't know till a year or so back that it was originally German. I knew he wasn't Amercian but I wasn't sure which country.

[tsskiller]

My mom used to tape this show all of the time back in the mid-90's (I think that I have about 30-40 episodes on tape). This used to come on WPIX at 5:30am, right before Blinky Bill at 6am and Sailor Moon at 6:30am.

[dorourke105]

Did you know in the english version Lexi the bookworm was done by the narrator of Grimms Fairy Tales,I think.BTW do you suppose muppet show or sesame street was the inspiration for this?

[Quietschquatsch]

I think so. Winfried Debertin, the producer of the original german version is also the producer of the german version of Sesame Street.

[kasi7777]

I think the length of the opening theme is to long and have unnecessary repeats. I prefer the length of the german version (about 30s).

[1983parrothead]

I remember seeing this on television. It was on WFLI TV 53 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It came on after Inspector Gadget and before Mr. Bogus, AoStH, and Captain Planet. The first episode I watched was about those twins that got their house torn down by a tornado or some other kind of storm.

[Brainsaw72]

Ouch, what was that!?

[javoman13]

The Hallo Spencer was cool. I always watched this tv show when I was 7 years, today I am 26 years old . this show was really special for me , because it was funny watching all puppets , thanks Spencer for everything, by the way I watched spencer in XHGC Mexico, OK. sayonara my friends.

[bigg3469]

I also saw Hallo Spencer on XHCJE TV CH 11 Cuidad Juarez Chih/El Paso Tx (XHDF TV 13 in Mexico City) Imevision(now TV Azteca) & it's fantastic "Reggae Style" theme song & it was WAY better than the garbage the called the Americanized version (Hip-Hop/Rap) that Saban tried to "pushed" upon the young American viewers. The KidS living on the "Frontier" (US-Mexico Border) were very lucky if thier city or town's TV station's broadcasteg Imevision/TV Azteca's (XHDF TV 13) signal & SEEN (CONT)

[bigg3469]

(cont) THE original UNCUT,PRISTINE HALLO SPENCER BEFORE SABAN PRODUCTIONS RUINED THE SERIES & BLEW IT TO PIECES!!!

[SunnyDayProductions]

my brother spencer used to watch this as a kid

[egenbert]

"...Damit die amerikanischen Zuschauer sich nicht über das Schild „Hallo Spencer" im Studio wundern, bekam Spencer den Vornamen Hallo verpasst...."

[wolfempress]

Those guys actually look for Spencer and call him: Hallo Spencer?

And the chair is Spencer's chair...

[LonghairedGerman]

Weird. The German version (=original version) of this is slightly different. The music is some kind of Jazz, instead of this 1980's kids show funk. And the editing makes more sense!

I never saw that version before. Thanks for putting this up.

[doobgruppe]

the editing makes more sense?