Do we only get the American versions? Or do the R2 versions of the first two seasons have the European openings and endings?Hitchcock appears again after the title sequence and drolly introduces the story from a mostly empty studio, or from the set of the current episode. At least two versions of the opening were shot for every episode:
* a version intended for the American audience, which would often spoof a recent popular commercial or poke fun at the sponsor
* an alternative version for European audiences, which would instead include jokes at the expense of Americans in general
Also:
I really, really hope that when Universal gets around to releasing the later seasons these French and German versions are included as extras!For later seasons the opening remarks were also filmed with Hitchcock speaking in French and German for the show's international presentations, reflecting his real life fluency in both languages