This takes me back to a great point in my life. I was a kid most of my childhood idols were still living, tv was great, music was great, a lot of family members were still living and people in the wrold were less sensitive and more caring. Man I need a time machine.
@leomartin5965
4 жыл бұрын
Facts. The truth.
@tnawcwvictoria
4 жыл бұрын
Not only that, but back in my youth, we didn't have lots of cable and less airings of college football on Saturdays
@MrCJ-qz9dl
3 жыл бұрын
What l wouldn't give for a time machine!
@gilldouglas2099
6 ай бұрын
The violins, guitar, sax and bass on this theme is everything!
@jonathan401
12 жыл бұрын
Rolling saxophone arpeggios, harmonized electric guitars, and a background string arrangement. Yes, folks, we have an 80's TV show theme song.
@carrirobertson5108
5 жыл бұрын
You can’t have Spenser without Robert Urich period
@kendallrivers1119
Жыл бұрын
Or without Avery Brooks.
@trezlorenz
10 жыл бұрын
One of the truly special Television shows of all-time!
@albertknotts2335
5 жыл бұрын
Who told you babe
@thomashardcastle5912
5 жыл бұрын
@@albertknotts2335 😘
@kazihafizurrahman854
3 жыл бұрын
I never forget that Television Shows@
@94Bulletproof
Жыл бұрын
Quite possibly one of the best TV themes ever...
@psalms27sneadspd46
6 жыл бұрын
Rest in Peace Robert Urich.
@kevinmcleish1722
5 жыл бұрын
Should lasted longer than 3 seasons
@steveb6290
9 ай бұрын
Boston was/is too expensive to film in
@cynthiataylor259
4 ай бұрын
I Agree❤❤❤
@tnawcwvictoria
2 ай бұрын
Yes @@steveb6290Should've stayed in L.A. also, the show got bounced around different time slots Season 1 was up against Friday Night MTV Cops Miami Vice before moving to Tuesday Night, Season 2 was given the Saturday Night 10/9 Central Time Slot against HUNTER with Fred Dryer and Stepfanie Kramer and Season 3 was given the Sunday Night 8/7 Central Time Slot against TV's #1 Mystery Drama Murder She Wrote before getting moved once again
@megamanj2004X
14 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Robert Urich and Richard Jaeckel
@tnawcwvictoria
4 ай бұрын
and R.I.P. to Ron McLarty Avery Brooks, Barbara Stock and Carolyn McCormick are the only surviving cast members of Spenser for Hire also, R.I.P. to the Executive Producer of Season 2 of Spenser for Hire in Juanita Bartlett who also had a hand in The Rockford Files, Tenspeed and Brown show, The Greatest American Hero and the Television Version of In the Heat of the Night
@johnjustice8976
3 жыл бұрын
This show is a classic !!!!!
@hotraw69
9 жыл бұрын
The best of the 80s
@thematt5738
12 жыл бұрын
This is the first and only known time that Larry Bird appeared in a video and wasn't the biggest badass in that video.
@trezlorenz
10 жыл бұрын
Hawk and Spenser friendship was complicated and yet true!
@Cavillier1970
10 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it. I just finished reading Promised Land- the first RBP novel where Hawk appears. But you know the man has a code of honor after Spenser explains as best as he could to Suze & Pam/Harvey (Harry in the pilot)
@thomashardcastle5912
5 жыл бұрын
Never did care FOR hawk 👅 spenser was yummy though 👍
@thomashardcastle5912
5 жыл бұрын
@John Smith robert urich had enough chemistry for both of them💘
@whiskeyjack6751
5 жыл бұрын
One of the best shows in the 80's! I do prefer season 2's mellow intro theme vs. season 1& 3. BTW, very few men can rock a popped collar with jacket like Spenser and Hawk!
@thomashardcastle5912
4 жыл бұрын
Liked carolyn mccormick but missed. Barbra stock for the 2nd SEASON glad she came backed the next year ☝😘
@Urich05
12 жыл бұрын
He was my role model too, not only for the show but because Robert was my cousin.
@qwemiami
6 жыл бұрын
Urich05 I was a huge fan of his
@nickm5419
4 жыл бұрын
he was a good man, you were lucky to know him Mr. Urich
@rikerdonegal
14 жыл бұрын
Wow! I have not seen this version since the show first aired! Thank you so much for posting this, I really love this slow take on the wonderful theme and it's so great to see Carolyn McCormick in the credits (one of my all-time fave actresses). Althought I obviously prefer Susan to Rita. Anyway, thank you you made my week by posting this.
@tellyhennessey5422
7 жыл бұрын
CITY BOROUGH boy... represent Boss-town Chinatown born Hyde park raised
@tellyhennessey5422
7 жыл бұрын
Boston all day.. everyday
@BetheasByteReloaded
11 жыл бұрын
I just love a good Sax in a theme. This one had it. That's the reason why I loved the season 2 theme for Spenser.
@tellyhennessey5422
5 жыл бұрын
I am from BOSTON!!! BORN & Raised
@kevinmcleish1722
5 жыл бұрын
Great theme n great show
@zubaidahabdullah6434
3 жыл бұрын
Feel like to go back to 80s again. Spencer for hire remind me very much of my ex.
@vintagebrew1057
5 жыл бұрын
Me and my mum had a thing for Robert Urich. We used to call him "Mr Plaid" cos his furniture coverings were of the plaid style. And the Hawk, very cool character. This show ran for years in the UK. Quality show.
@jims974
2 жыл бұрын
Forces TV are doing a rerun starting from 15th January. Swooning is optional 😉😅
@vintagebrew1057
2 жыл бұрын
@@jims974 Yus ma dear, I will be watching. Thanks for tip off and drooling will be essential!
@Hibbs4Prez
6 жыл бұрын
Smooth Jazz 80s.
@StukInBuf
11 жыл бұрын
Hawk is badass!
@edpolk1262
6 жыл бұрын
Alto, soprano, then back to alto sax. Strings, brass (hear the French horns) guitar. Who could ask for more, in a TV show theme?
@albertknotts2335
4 жыл бұрын
No doubt
@tnawcwvictoria
4 жыл бұрын
Steve Dorff who did music for Spenser for Hire also did music for 2 other abc shows for Warner Bros. Television in Growing Pains and the spin-off Just the Ten of Us
@MRJ680
4 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Hawk: SPENCAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
@georgesenda1952
6 жыл бұрын
I was walking to feed my cats yesterday and the theme kept rummaging around in my head. I really I really like it.
@teddymski9668
5 жыл бұрын
So you're a cat man.
@BrotherDerrick3X
3 жыл бұрын
Avery Brooks is the only surviving male cast member of Spenser for Hire. Ron Mclarty aka Sgt Frank Belson passed away earlier this year.
@seancollins6524
2 жыл бұрын
I totally forgot about this show, for sure great actor. Looking in from Ireland 🇮🇪
@Amobb481
12 жыл бұрын
All I can remember is Avery Brooks as Hawk...Spensaaar!
@davidpar2
3 жыл бұрын
This was my favorite theme tune of the show because of the ending
@Dajjer
7 жыл бұрын
A long time ago during the VCR days I had a bunch of Spencer for Hire Openings. All in one place. Where that tape is now is anyone's guess, but I sure the quality had deteriorated over the years. With KZitem I can now watch good quality versions. I was always intrigued that Spencer was continually fine tuning their opening theme song. This version is my fave. Thanks for downloading it.
@1986SSMONTECARLO
6 жыл бұрын
SPENSAH!!!
@summerseasongs
14 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks for posting the season 2 intro. Been waiting for this to come on youtube for years. Had given up. Love Robert Urich, total class act. Was outraged when they replaced Susan but Rita did grow on me and I came to really like her. Then I had to get used to Susan all over again.
@jamesdunn9714
8 жыл бұрын
Great music over the titles!
@tetrisotto
4 жыл бұрын
Rip Robert Urich
@thomashardcastle5912
5 жыл бұрын
Susan & SPENSER💥👍💘
@cynthiataylor259
6 ай бұрын
Loved this Show!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ And the Music
@family-ross6272
10 жыл бұрын
Nathan Fillon has spoken of recreating "spenser" after Castle is over, but you cant have Castle without Hawk, and noone can replace Avery
@thomashardcastle5912
5 жыл бұрын
We want spenser but only robert urich in the role any body COULD play hawk. Maybey in the new version michelle rodriquez she would make a better hawk than AVERY😑 did. ITS ALL ABOUT 👉SPENSER 👈ANY HOW 💘😘😋😋😋😏
@db4a
4 жыл бұрын
The actor who stars in Power, Omari Hardwick, could probably play Hawk.
@BrotherDerrick3X
3 жыл бұрын
@@thomashardcastle5912 aw shut up
@kendallrivers1119
Жыл бұрын
@@db4a Not like Avery. Neither Robert or Avery could be replaced in those roles.
@Etombayambo
9 жыл бұрын
Omg! I remember this show
@lennybaseball
13 жыл бұрын
@mofotax belson was a super thin guy with a five o'clock shadow at 9 in the morning and would stand and quietly absorb a crime scene and be able to recall it in detail months later. martin quirk was tall and built like spenser and hawk with precisely cut hair, neat suits that never showed a wrinkle and a desk that was usually clean except for a photo cube of his family.
@Drpluv187
11 жыл бұрын
Wow, I wonder is this why I luv Mustangs and wanted to be a private gumshoe?! SG1 we should pitch a show to the network executives: Hawk for Hire!:)
@openmind1966
12 жыл бұрын
Actually I started watching this show when this theme came out. I thought it was the best fit of them all. I base this as it was more in tune with the setting of Boston, as being somewhat laid back. If it were LA or NYC setting it wouldn't have fit the place perfectly. For Boston, this was the right theme at the right time!
@AlphanPeter
Ай бұрын
Classic Theme when tv shows had themes
@jims974
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the upload. Forces TV in the UK are doing a rerun. Can't wait! Not seen the show since first run 😀 *drools*
@handgman
11 жыл бұрын
Yes by all means put spenser on. I have tried many places to get spenser back on in reruns. And a man called hawk. Both are great please bring back spenser!
@spenserforhire1970
12 жыл бұрын
Was für ein toller Soundtrack, ich bin nur froh, das ich damals alle Folgen aufgenommen habe.
@leomartin5965
4 жыл бұрын
I didnt know Rob was gone. But SPENCER FEATURED SOME VERY BIG NAME BLACK PEOPLE NOW WAY BACK THEN AVERY BROOKS KADEEM HARDISON, DELROY LINDO, KEITH DAVID, SAMUEL L JACKSON, ANGELA BASSET,AND SUZANNE DOUGLASS..THATS JUST THE ONES I SEEN. AND IT WAS A QUALITY SHOW TO WATCH....AND WITH HAWK ON THE SHOW...RATINGS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF.
@chevy29od
12 жыл бұрын
Thanks from Germany
@tnawcwvictoria
2 жыл бұрын
Spenser for Hire was a great show and season 2 changed its theme to a more slower version and also, the late Juanita Bartlett Former Co-Executive Producer of The Rockford Files, Tenspeed and Brownshoe, The Greatest American Hero, Scarecrow and Mrs. King and later In the Heat of the Night took over as the Executive Producer of Season 2 and Barbara Stock was replaced by Carloyn McCormick later of Law & Order as Rita Fiori also, Spenser for Hire was up against another NBC Crime Drama, this time, on Saturday Night 10/9 Central against TV's Supercop HUNTER and everyone knows this: Spenser & Hawk were no match for Hunter & McCall and Sgt. Belson and Lt. Quirk were certainly no match for the likes of Lt. Ambrose Finn and Captain Charlie Devane
@jmjfanss
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine a crossover
@SG1Mitchell
10 жыл бұрын
It's on DVD! Season 1 anyway! shop.warnerarchive.com/product/code/1000517513.do?ref=GGLHMOD&gclid=COb1tKnV3sACFYk7Mgod2EoAfw
@daves856
11 жыл бұрын
Man, I hated they let go of Susan Silverman (Barbara Stock) from the first season, and when they gave him a new Mustang. That's why season one will always be my favorite. And although I luv the show, they can't compare to the books. RIP Robert B. Parker and Robert Urich.
@BarryDynasty1
11 жыл бұрын
Spenser for Hire was one of my favorite shows if any one has episodes from seasons 1,2,3 can you post them on you tube. or give info on how to get them on dvd
@chevy29od
11 жыл бұрын
Die Musik ist einfach toll............das waren noch zeiten
@musikfanat
3 жыл бұрын
A great show!
@yokiechilds3497
7 ай бұрын
I watch the show on Tubi now
@jammck1399
Ай бұрын
george howard did the theme song on his 1986 album "A Nice Place to Be"
@smoothbro9711
7 жыл бұрын
U know Avery brooks with those shades can easily b mistaken for Issac Hayes
@JorgeArroyojustiniano-wv8mt
9 ай бұрын
Vi esa en los 80 junto con heachclif creci con ellos ,si vistes rif raf eres de los mios ,vatos locos pa siempre.
@MillerArant
2 ай бұрын
Love Carolyn McCormick’s character in Law and Order!
@freeinallthings
3 жыл бұрын
Tom Scott sax if I am hearing right. Echos from Glenn Frey
@danielurbanoaguilar5078
5 жыл бұрын
Cuando demuestras todo lo que tienes en tu interior a los que quieres e importan no hay barrera y si un superblindaje de siguiente nivel que es lo que hace una unidad entre hombre y mujer irrompible
@arthurcrooks3371
Жыл бұрын
How in the world did show did not last longer than three seasons
@mv9787
2 жыл бұрын
Season 1 has the best intro music
@chevy29od
12 жыл бұрын
Spenser war einfach geil
@jamesramirez5276
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. Missing the Great days of Great shows! Nothing but crap shows and crappy music nowadays...SUKS !
@kendrickjohnsen-cx1oq
Жыл бұрын
Captain Sisko
@DOCTOROFMINDMD
14 жыл бұрын
i lived in boston (brookline) when this show was popular, wild
@jerseyshore2915
3 жыл бұрын
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
@syuenartist7704
6 жыл бұрын
OH GOD ! NOW SUDDENLY I'M STARTING TO REMEMBER AN OLD FORGOTTEN TIME. BUT WHEN DID IT START AND HOW DID IT END...
@2wingo
10 жыл бұрын
Wasn't Rita Fiori a character from the "Jesse Stone" novels?
@Cavillier1970
10 жыл бұрын
No, Rita first appeared in Pale Kings & Princes, w/ Spenser when she was a D.A. Since then she's tried to seduce Spenser who's remained faithful to Suze.
@tnawcwvictoria
10 жыл бұрын
Cavillier1970 Isn't that the same actress than co-starred in Seasons 3 & 4 of Law & Order and Dr. Elizabeth Olivet?
@Cavillier1970
10 жыл бұрын
Yup Carolyn McKormick. Total Babe.:) I'm also a MAJOR L&O junkie too.Actually she was on and off throughout the series run up to S20.
@tellyhennessey5422
7 жыл бұрын
love love love love the saxophone!!! and speaking as a jazz lover!!! It's great music but also..Im from Boston!!!! and very proud of it!yes, bostonians are tough and icy...but we are not fake people!!! Bostonians hate you to your face!! and are gruff and rough people with crazy drivers...Boston has the worst drivers in the country but!!! What else is new!!! u say that sarcastically..Boston is boston. if you can't take it..don't go up there!!!!
@davidbolker1583
3 ай бұрын
Cool!!!!!
@rikerdonegal
14 жыл бұрын
Wow. Never would have thought of that. never seen those, but a huge fan of RL from StandOff and Defying Gravity. Replacing RU on the show would be impossible, but I have to admit that RL would be a damn fine Spenser. Nice call.
@HoldenNY22
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't Carolyn CmCormakc on the Original Law and Order playing a Psychiatrist. Also, I think it wojld been grwat if Robert Urich guest Starrred on Str Trek: Deep Space Nine.
@WrongStanceProductions
9 жыл бұрын
Why did SFH get cancelled? It was popular
@simonsm45
6 жыл бұрын
Marc C. Too expensive to film in Boston. The ratings were good but it wasn't top 20
@SG1Mitchell
14 жыл бұрын
@rikerdonegal No problem. Hey if they were to do Spenser again what do you think of Ron Livingston of 'Office Space' and 'Band of Brothers'? Take a look at Urich at 1:21 and 1:23. I think he somewhat resembles Livingston.
@lennybaseball
14 жыл бұрын
i always wanted to ask robert parker what his thoughts were on a fat belson and a short quirk.
@danielurbanoaguilar5078
5 жыл бұрын
Al final cogió una buena naranja y no un limón xhuchurrio
@doroteamendoza1072
Жыл бұрын
Aloviu robert urich
@openmind1966
11 жыл бұрын
Dumb question, does anyone know if they will make packaged sets of this show?
@stevencochran5301
Жыл бұрын
Saturday's man is back?
@doroteamendoza1072
Жыл бұрын
Aloviu úrich ammarian
@AldenRDavis
4 жыл бұрын
They should do a remake with Mark Wahlberg as Spenser and Michael Jai White as Hawk.
@SG1Mitchell
4 жыл бұрын
Well, you're 50 percent right. Go to Netflix
@kendallrivers1119
4 жыл бұрын
@@SG1Mitchell For me the casting choices were remarkably off. It could just be you can't replace Urich and Brooks but also Whalberg and Duke weren't convincing in the parts. Especially with Hawk I mean the Netflix movie didn't get him right at all. Its not Hawk without the "Spensaaa" either.
@SG1Mitchell
13 жыл бұрын
@SG1Mitchell Well what was his name? IMDB might have the record
@jamesrinaldi1856
11 ай бұрын
Agreed. Writers lost focus. Crazy
@thomashardcastle5912
5 жыл бұрын
SPENSER 😋 ROBERT URICH ALWAYS YUMMMMMMY
@judeannegossin3148
10 жыл бұрын
Who did the theme to Spenser for Hire
@LogoMan7777
10 жыл бұрын
Steve Dorff, who also wrote the themes to "Growing Pains" and "Murphy Brown". Must've had a deal with Warner Bros.
@williambabyak1094
3 жыл бұрын
Steve Dorff and Larry Herbstritt
@doroteamendoza1072
Жыл бұрын
Algo de el su remera tranpirada lo amó urich robert
@SG1Mitchell
13 жыл бұрын
@catlover11feb Was he a star or guest star or what?
@SG1Mitchell
14 жыл бұрын
@rikerdonegal Oh yeah I watched Standoff too. great show.
@bravevideos
11 жыл бұрын
my grandma is this.
@zt1053
6 жыл бұрын
Was Barbara Stock only on the show the first season?
@SG1Mitchell
6 жыл бұрын
zt1053 she returned in the 3rd I believe
@whiskeyjack6751
5 жыл бұрын
SG1Mitchell Barbara Stock aka 'Susan Silverman' was in S1 & S2. Carolyn Mccormick aka 'Rita Fiore' took over in S2 as Spenser's love interest.
@frankfowlkes7872
5 жыл бұрын
I actually liked Carolyn McCormick as Rita better than Barbara Stork as Susan in the TV show. In the books Rita was described as very different from the TV show and though Rita like Spenser he never would betray Susan in the books. I guess Barbara Stork wanted more money in season 2 so they replaced her for a year.
@williamdean4775
5 жыл бұрын
@@whiskeyjack6751 Carolyn McCormack was in season 2. But Barbara Stock was in S1 and S3.
@doroteamendoza1072
Жыл бұрын
Lo amó Robert urich me enamore una foto
@nadarajah2468
3 жыл бұрын
To me robert urich is better as Dan tanner in Vegas He looks are classic and the music theme is super classic In spencer for hire he have to share the series with hawk In Vegas he take the lead alone The fightning scene the script is wonderful and the vegas life is energetic Even in 2021 the series is watchable Again the music is super classic it's my ringtone
@jmjfanss
2 жыл бұрын
Wrong.
@johnmoraites6020
5 жыл бұрын
Rita was fine
@gilldouglas2099
6 ай бұрын
Just only one comment …..tune!
@danielurbanoaguilar7651
4 жыл бұрын
Adiestrado para casi todo
@LogoMan7777
12 жыл бұрын
@blacktheknife I think this theme is a lot more sensual than Seasons 1 or 3. Really doesn't seem to fit the action/detective genre that much. Of course, that's not precisely Dorff's fault. It might just be the network's.
@4EyedAnimation
12 жыл бұрын
...and also starring Larry Bird as Jesus
@SG1Mitchell
14 жыл бұрын
@rikerdonegal Also I think you can't REPLACE people when you do remakes. You have to find the right person who can bring something different to the role, like in the new Star Trek film. We got a Kirk who didn't think each. word. was. its. own. sentence.
@judeannegossin3148
10 жыл бұрын
i had a bunny named Spenser
@judeannegossin3148
10 жыл бұрын
I loved this show. How come all the good shows last only four years or less.
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