Buchstabendetektive

"Buchstabendetektive" (translated to "Letter Detectives" in English) is a recurring series of Sesamstrasse inserts from the 1980s, directed and written by Christoph Busse (from a concept by Winfried Debertin). A talking animated letter of the alphabet goes on the loose in every installment. Summoned to find the culprit are detectives Humphrey Gocart Jr. (Horst Pinnow) and his assistant Ludwig Lupe (Tobias Meister). The formula is similar to the earlier Sesame Street spoof of Dragnet. 
The detectives, using a physical representation of the letter to aid identification, often run into a red herring (another letter who briefly resembles the suspect) and physical hijinks. The letter frequently hides in a sign or disguises itself as a common object or archway. Just when an arrest is imminent, the fugitive hides among other letters of the same kind (just different colors). Gocart is distressed by their continual failure until Ludwig reminds him of their motto: that what makes a detective famous is keeping their nose in the wind and their ears in the sand. The sleuths then regain their determination.
Only 12 letters of the alphabet were utilized. A voice-over announcer states the title of each episode. Music for the sketches was composed by Thomas Bauer. The segments were shot on location in Berlin.
==External links==
*YouTube playlist of inserts, from Christoph Busse's official channel 
*Sesamstrassen-Fanclub page
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