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1983 Filipino children's television program
Sesame!
was the
Filipino
co-production of the American children's television program,
Sesame Street
. It ran for a single season in 1983, after which it was replaced by
Batibot
.
Production
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Sesame Street
first aired in the Philippines in 1970.
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Negotiations for a localized production began in 1983, and the series was jointly created by
Children's Television Workshop
and the Philippine Sesane Street Project (PSSP), which was funded by the Philippine government.
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The English segments were filmed in the United States, while the Tagalog segments were filmed in the Philippines.
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The choice was made to have turtle and monkey muppets due to those animals' frequent appearances in Philippine folk tales.
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Cancellation
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Government support for the show was pulled in 1984 after the
Philippine economy collapsed
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The Philippine producers were unable to afford their half of the co-production, and the arrangement dissolved.
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Much of the show's crew and cast created the Philippine Children's Television Foundation, Inc. (PCTVF).
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This foundation went on to create
Batibot
, which maintained much of the Sesame Street formula while being produced solely by a Filipino team. The show was able to retain use of the Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing puppets due to a license agreement with Children's Television Workshop.
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Content
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The show ran for an hour, with one half in English and one half in
Tagalog
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Messaging focused in part on teaching children a "sense of nationhood".
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Characters
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Muppets
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Humans
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References
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External links
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