''Monstruos Supersanos'' is a ''
Sesame Street'' mini-series that debuted in June 2012. The 5 to 7-minute series focuses on activities and foods that keep one healthy.
Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop (SW), originally known as the Children's Television Workshop (CTW), is an American nonprofit organization that has been responsible for the production of several educational children's programs—including its first and best-know ...
produced 26 episodes in English, which initially aired dubbed in
Spain on Antena 3 as a ''
Barrio Sésamo
Barrio Sésamo (Sesame Neighborhood in English) was the Spanish co-production of the popular U.S. children's television series ''Sesame Street'' produced by Televisión Española and Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop) from ...
'' mini-series called ''Monstruos Supersanos''. Around 2011, the segments were also released in Latin America.
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Each episode featured framing scenes starring
Elmo, followed by newly produced Muppet sketches and on-location film pieces. The film segments aren't retained in airings outside of Spain.
Excerpts from each episode are also available in the Antena 3 webpage, as well as a series of videos with Elmo and Spanish celebrities, such as singer
David Bustamante
David Bustamante Hoyos (born 25 March 1982) is a Spanish pop singer and songwriter.
He gained his initial fame in 2001 as a third-place winner on '' Operación Triunfo'', the interactive musical reality television show that went on to achiev ...
, host
Susanna Griso, chef
Ferran Adrià and football player
Gerard Piqué.
The series features main ''
Sesame Street'' characters
Elmo,
Grover,
Cookie Monster,
Rosita,
Bert and Ernie,
Abby Cadabby and a new Muppet character,
Dr. Ruster.
International airings
Select segments have since been incorporated into ''
Sesamstrasse'', ''
Plaza Sésamo'', ''
Sesamstraat
''Sesamstraat'' () is a Dutch television series in the Netherlands, and a spin-off of the U.S. children's program ''Sesame Street''. In its early days the show was broadcast in Flanders (Belgium) as well. It is the second longest-running foreign ...
'', and ''
Sezamkowy Zakątek'' as stand-alone Muppet pieces. The episodes also began airing in Dutch as ''Super Gezonde Monsters'', featuring additional material to extend the shows to a 10-minute running time. The episodes of the show has also been dubbed for the Catalan dub ''Barrí Sésam''. The episodes have also been incorporated into the episodes of the 2015 revival of ''
Iftah Ya Simsim
''Iftah Ya Simsim'' ( ar, افتح يا سمسم; meaning " Open Sesame") is the first international co-production of the American children's television series ''Sesame Street'' created in the Arabian world. It premiered in Kuwait on Septembe ...
''.
References
External links
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{{Sesame Street international
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