- Plaza Sésamo
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show_name = Plaza Sésamo
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genre = Children's Television Series
theme music composer = Walterio Pesqueira
opening theme = Vamos todos a Plaza Sésamo
runtime = 22 minutes (without ads)
30 minutes (with ads)
"(actual length may vary in the US)"
country =Mexico
network = Televisa
first_aired = November 1972
imdb_id = http://imdb.com/title/tt0174418/
last_aired = present
executive producers =Rosy Ocampo
Javier Williams
Andrea Salas
creator = Joan Ganz Cooney and her Sesame Workshop staff
writers = Cuauhtémoc Blanco (head writer), Martha Carrillo, Susana Romero, Odín Dupeyrón, Rocío Lara, Axel Herreman, Larissa Andrade, David Mascareño, José Mercader, Israel Hernández, Germán Rosas López, María del Carmen Ramírez
starring = Odín Dupeyrón
Rocío Lara
Eugenio Bartilotti
Edgar Vivar
Sergio Corona
Beatriz Aguirre
Mariana Garza
Jorge Arvizu "El Tata"
num_episodes = 65 per season
no. of seasons = 11
tv_com_id ="Plaza Sésamo" is a Mexican educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a co-pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, along with its predecessor "
Sesame Street ", combining both education and entertainment.It is produced jointly bySesame Workshop and Mexican television networkTelevisa . Hip TV Inc., a division of Los Angeles-basedHip Entertainment Group , were production supervisors for seasons 9, 10, and 11. The program first went on the air in 1972."Plaza Sésamo" can be seen in Mexico on Televisa's
XHGC-TV . In theUnited States , it can be seen onV-me andTeleFutura (and had previously aired on TeleFutura's parent networkUnivision ), as well as selectedPBS stations.Season 9 launched 2005, and seasons 10 and 11 debuted in 2006 and 2008. New seasons of the show are produced intermittently.
The show shares a lot of sketch footage with Sesame Street, dubbed in Spanish, but there is also a great deal of unique footage in the show, especially sketches featuring the live actors.
It is estimated that "Plaza Sesamo" reaches 84 percent of Spanish-speaking households in the United States. Within Mexico, 72% of mothers watched the series as a child, and 98% of them want to expose their children to the series. [Sesame Workshop: [http://www.sesameworkshop.org/aboutus/inside_press.php?contentId=16074019 Children's TV series "Plaza Sésamo" heads back in studio for a milestone new season focused on health] ; fact sourced to Gemark Research, "Plaza Sesamo Market Research Study", September 2005.]
It is the longest running children's series in Mexico. Note that there is also another Spanish-language version of this series known as
Barrio Sésamo inSpain that went on the air in 1976 although new episodes have not aired sinceApril 3 ,1995 (as of November, 2006).Characters
Recurring characters unique to Plaza Sésamo include:
* Abelardo Montoya, the equivalent ofBig Bird from Sesame Street, with green and red feathers (Mexico 'snational colours ) and a short, orange beak shaped like that of a parrot. Played by Héctor Loeza. Abelardo's original name was Serapio Montoya, but it was later changed to Abelardo Montoya in honor of his orange dragon equivalent of early seasons.
* Lola, a joyful young Muppet who loves to play the harmonica, and make silly sounds with her voice. Lola is the equivalent ofElmo , often referring to herself in third-person. She is related to Pancho, and is Abelardo's best friend. Played byRocío Lara .
* Pancho, Pancho Contreras, blue-coloredmonster , an equivalent of America'sOscar the Grouch on Sesame Street: a grouch who doesn't like to be bothered. Played by Odín Dupeyrón.
* Elefancio, Pancho's pet elephant. Only his trunk is ever seen. Played by Marcia Coutiño.
* Cuernos (Horns), a red monster with a characteristic couple of horns and vicious teeth.
* Multimonstruos, Red Anything Monsters that appear as babies, pirates, etc.
* Multimuppets, Brown Anything Muppets.
* Rosita, Female Purple Puppet (would later also be seen on the English-language "Sesame Street ".
* El Barón Púrpura (The Purple Baron), a Muppet portraying a lackluster air pilot. A satire ofThe Red Baron .
* Paco, aparrot .
* Abelardo, a reddragon .
* Bodoque, a grouch that lives in boxes.
* Four recurring birds.
* A macaw.
* Poco Loco.
* A penguin.
* A chicken.
* Stuckweed.
* A watermelon.Additionally, characters from the English-language
Sesame Street occasionally appear in some segments:
* Beto y Enrique: same asBert and Ernie .
* "René" (Rene the Frog): same asKermit the Frog .
* Archibaldo: same asGrover .
* Greñaldo: same asHerry Monster .
* Lucas, el monstruo comegalletas (Lucas, the Cookie-Eating Monster): same asCookie Monster .
* El Conde Contar, same asCount von Count .Featured adults
*
Beatriz Aguirre
*Sergio Corona
*Edgar Vivar
*Mariana Garza
*Benjamin Rivero
*M¨Balia
*Pedro Romo
*Mariana Sánchez
*Jorge Arvizu "El Tata" Notable guest stars
*
Jorge Campos , footballer, season 9
*Edith Gonzalez , actress, season 9
* Sebastián González "Chamagol", footballer, season 10
*Andrea Legarreta , TV personality, season 10
*Fernando Platas , athlete, season 12, in a "Plaza Olimpiadas" segment
*Adal Ramones , comedian, season 9; season 10, Ramones hosts an "American Idol " parody ("Cantando por una fruta") with fruit Muppets.
*Marco Antonio Regil , TV personality, season 9
*Carlos Loret de Mola , TV personality, season 10
*Adela Micha , TV personality, season 10
*Antonio de Valdés , TV personality, season 10
*Leticia Calderón , actress, season 10
*Ernesto Laguardia , actor, season 10
*Omar Chaparro , TV personality, season 10
*Marco Antonio Regil , TV personality, season 10
*RBD , Mexican Pop Group, season 11
*Eiza Gonzalez , Actress, Singer, season 11
*Benny Ibarra , singer, season 11
*Aleks Syntek , musician, season 10
*Alessandra Rosaldo , singer, season 10
*Enrique Burak , TV personality, season 10
*Héctor Sandarti , TV personality, season 10
*Mauricio Barcelata , actor, season 11
*Cecilia Galliano , actress, model, season 11
*Polo Ortín , actor, season 10
*Evita Muñoz "Chachita" , actress, season 11
*Eugenio Derbez , comedian, season 9
*Julio Bracho , actor, season 11easons
Theme Park
A theme park named Parque Plaza Sésamo, based on the television series, opened in
Monterrey, Mexico . [Parque Plaza Sésamo: [http://www.parqueplazasesamo.com Main Web Site] .] The park is open year round and offers summer educational camps for childrenages 5 to 13. Park venues can be rented for special events.Other media and merchandise
DVD releases
References
External links
* [http://www.plazasesamo.com]
* [http://sesameworkshop.org/international/mx/eng/home.php Sesame Workshop: Plaza Sésamo] (English Web site)
* [http://sesameworkshop.org/international/mx/spa/home.php Sesame Workshop: Plaza Sésamo] (Spanish Web site)
* [http://www.hipentertainmentgroup.com: Hip TV Inc.]
* [http://www.parqueplazasesamo.com: Parque Plaza Sésamo]
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