Winfried Debertin

Winfried Debertin is a German writer and editor best known for creating the puppet series Hallo Spencer (with Angelika Paetow). He worked on Sesamstrasse in various capacities over the years, beginning as an assistant director to Christoph Busse for film inserts. He subsequently became an NDR staff script editor and was assigned to Sesamstrasse beginning in 1978, his puppet workshop created Leonie Löwenzahn for the series, and he produced some of the opening credit films (making a cameo in one). Debertin adapted the American song lyrics to German, including for "Google Bugle," "Honker Duckie Dinger Jamboree," "Song of Forgetful Jones," and "D-U-C-K-I-E."
In 1978's Folge 453, from the first Sesamstrasse season with its own sets and human and Muppet cast, Debertin made a cameo appearance as a postal employee at the train station who delivers a long package to Henning.
In addition to writing for Hallo Spencer, Debertin created multiple spin-offs of the series, as well as Leonie Löwenherz (a spin-off for a renamed Leonie Löwenzahn). He later created the animated series Little Amadeus, providing a fictional childhood for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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