[[Image:06_1_b.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Don Pimpón]] (monster), [[Espinete]] (hedgehog) and [[Chema]] (the baker) infront of Espinete's house]]
[[Image:06_1_b.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Don Pimpón]] (monster), [[Espinete]] (hedgehog) and [[Chema]] (the baker) infront of Espinete's house]]
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'''''Barrio Sésamo''''' is the Spanish ''[[Sesame Street]]'' co-production (literally ''Sesame Neighborhood''). There have been three different versions of the show, beginning in the late 70s and running on and off through [[2000]]. All of the shows aired on TV España.
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'''''Barrio Sésamo''''' is the Spanish ''[[Sesame Street]]'' co-production (literally ''Sesame Neighborhood''). There have been three different versions of the show, beginning in the late 70s and running on and off through [[2000]].
Muppet characters created for the shows include pink full-body bird [[Caponata]] and green snail [[Perezgil]] from the late 70s, brown full-body monster [[Don Pimpón]] and full-body pink hedgehog [[Espinete]] from the mid 80s, and blue full-body catlike Muppet [[Bluki]], yellow monster [[Vera]], owl [[Bubo]] and humanoid Muppet [[Gaspar]] from the late 90s.
Muppet characters created for the shows include pink full-body bird [[Caponata]] and green snail [[Perezgil]] from the late 70s, brown full-body monster [[Don Pimpón]] and full-body pink hedgehog [[Espinete]] from the mid 80s, and blue full-body catlike Muppet [[Bluki]], yellow monster [[Vera]], owl [[Bubo]] and humanoid Muppet [[Gaspar]] from the late 90s.
In [[1996]], the show returned with more new characters: [[Bluki]] (a blue full-body catlike Muppet), [[Vera]] (a yellow monster), [[Bubo]] (an owl) and [[Gaspar]] (a human Muppet). Additional characters that made occasional appearances included a wild monster with red fur and a healthy appetite - portraying a role similar to Cookie Monster's - and a tan [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] that could be turned into various different characters (such as a baby, a girl friend of Vera's, a clumsy man with a moustache, or a pig).
In [[1996]], the show returned with more new characters: [[Bluki]] (a blue full-body catlike Muppet), [[Vera]] (a yellow monster), [[Bubo]] (an owl) and [[Gaspar]] (a human Muppet). Additional characters that made occasional appearances included a wild monster with red fur and a healthy appetite - portraying a role similar to Cookie Monster's - and a tan [[Anything Muppets|Anything Muppet]] that could be turned into various different characters (such as a baby, a girl friend of Vera's, a clumsy man with a moustache, or a pig).
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Television Espanola S. A. commissioned 130 episodes in 1996. Each was filmed in Catalan during the morning, then in Castillian in the afternoon. The Catalan episodes were aired as ''Barri Sesam''.<ref>"[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54418728/leisure-time-sesame-street-has-new/ Leisure time: Sesame Street has new international addresses]", ''The Courier-News'' (Bridgewater, New Jersey), 2 September 1996, page 10.</ref>
American Muppets were renamed for Spanish scenes, being their names in Spanish (including notes in parenthesis if needed):
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Since [[2017]], the show is part of the HBO programming in Spain under its original title, ''Sesame Street'', with dubbed episodes of the [[HBO]] seasons.
***[[Fred the Wonder Horse]]: La Jaca Paca ("Paca, the small horse" - Paca is female for Paco, which is in turn familiar for Francisco, Spanish version of name Frank), later changed to his original name, Fred, in the Third Series
***[[Fred the Wonder Horse]]: La Jaca Paca ("Paca, the small horse" - Paca is female for Paco, which is in turn familiar for Francisco, Spanish version of name Frank), later changed to his original name, Fred, in the Third Series
*[[Cookie Monster]]: Triqui, el monstruo de las galletas ("Triqui, the Cookie Monster")
*[[Cookie Monster]]: Triqui, el monstruo de las galletas ("Triqui, the Cookie Monster")
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*[[Oscar the Grouch]]: Óscar el Gruñón ("Oscar the Grumpy")
*[[Oscar the Grouch]]: Óscar el Gruñón ("Oscar the Grumpy")
*[[Big Bird]]: Paco Pico ("Fred Beak")
*[[Big Bird]]: Paco Pico ("Fred Beak")
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**In some books and other media, he is wrongly called "[[Caponata]]", a different character from him from the First Series
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*[[Prairie Dawn]]: Belinda (initially); Aurora (Third Series onwards)
*[[Guy Smiley]]: Pepe Sonrisas ("Joe Smiles")
*[[Guy Smiley]]: Pepe Sonrisas ("Joe Smiles")
*[[Twiddlebugs]]: Los Nabucodonosorcitos ("The Little Nabucodonosor's", for king [[wikipedia:Nebuchadrezzar II|Nebuchadrezzar II the Great]] of Babylon, called Nabucodonosor in Spanish)
*[[Twiddlebugs]]: Los Nabucodonosorcitos ("The Little Nabucodonosor's", for king [[wikipedia:Nebuchadrezzar II|Nebuchadrezzar II the Great]] of Babylon, called Nabucodonosor in Spanish)
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===Muppets===
===Muppets===
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*[[Joan Bentallé]] as [[Bluki]], a big blue monster
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*[[Joan Bentallé]] as [[Bluki]], a big blue cat-like character
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*Rosa Pou as [[Vera]], a young yellow monster
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*Rosa Pou as [[Vera]], a young yellow monster[[File:70671157_2999224186969607_254476212731629675_n.jpg|thumb]]
*[[Vicent Ortolà]] as [[Gaspar]], employee at Suleiman's greengrocer
*[[Vicent Ortolà]] as [[Gaspar]], employee at Suleiman's greengrocer
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*ArdiArus as [[Bubo]], an old owl who lives in the park
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*Jordi Arús as [[Bubo]], an old owl who lives in the park
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===Humans===
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===Market workers===
*Miquel Àngel Ripeu as Suleiman, the vegetable salesman
*Miquel Àngel Ripeu as Suleiman, the vegetable salesman
Barrio Sésamo is the Spanish Sesame Street co-production (literally Sesame Neighborhood). There have been three different versions of the show, beginning in the late 70s and running on and off through 2000.
Muppet characters created for the shows include pink full-body bird Caponata and green snail Perezgil from the late 70s, brown full-body monster Don Pimpón and full-body pink hedgehog Espinete from the mid 80s, and blue full-body catlike Muppet Bluki, yellow monster Vera, owl Bubo and humanoid Muppet Gaspar from the late 90s.
The original Barrio Sesamo characters during the first run: Caponata (colorful bird) and Perezgil (snail)
The show originally aired in Spain in the late 70s, as a dubbed version of the American Sesame Street. In 1979, they created their own characters -- Caponata, an orange, purple and yellow bird with curly pink hair (a full-body Muppet and counterpart to Big Bird), and Perezgil, a green snail with glasses (this character is permanently set on a wall) -- while retaining the American characters (Ernie and Bert, Kermit and Grover, etc.) for inserts.
American Muppets were renamed so that Spanish-speaking child audiences would not get confused with English writing norms. A list of Spanish names is provided below.
The original show wasn't successful, and it was cancelled in 1980.
Second run: 1983 - 1987
Left to right: Don Pimpón, Espinete, Chema and Ana. In the background, Chema's panadería
From 1981 to 1983, a different children's program on Spanish television, La Cometa Blanca, included some sketches from Sesame Street. This program was directed by Muppet fan Lolo Rico. It also featured some actors which would later appear in Barrio Sésamo, mainly Mari Luz Olier, Alfonso Vallejo and the child-actress Ruth Gabriel (then known as Ruth Abellán).
The Sesame Street sketches were successful with their young audience, so Sesame Street was given another chance in 1983 with Espinete (a hedgehog) and Don Pimpón (a friendly monster). Both characters were full-body Muppets. A human character who gained popularity in this version was Chema, an adult baker. Also Ana (a young student), Julían (a kiosk salesman), two children (Roberto and Ruth, with their parents Matilde and Antonio. Again, it retained American Muppet inserts. The show only aired until 1987, although it's still famous and loved by the generation that watched it.
It was replaced by a similar series, Los mundos de Yupi (Yupi's Worlds), which featured Spanish puppets. Actor Alfonso Vallejo, who performed Don Pimpón on Barrio Sésamo, was cast as Astrako -- a non-puppet character in a Buzz Lightyear-like spacesuit with a personality that was much like Don Pimpón. Yupi was a Muppet-like alien, and two Ernie and Bert-style astronauts were also featured.
Los Mundos de Yupi lasted from 1988 to 1990.
The series was cancelled after its third season, but was not replaced with Barrio Sésamo. The third run of Barrio Sésamo on Spanish TV would not take place until 1996.
There was a small reunion in 2006 on Gala Infantil, hosted by Miriam Díaz-Aroca.
Together with Espinete, Don Pimpón, Chema and Ana she looked back at the highlights of the show.
In 1996, the show returned with more new characters: Bluki (a blue full-body catlike Muppet), Vera (a yellow monster), Bubo (an owl) and Gaspar (a human Muppet). Additional characters that made occasional appearances included a wild monster with red fur and a healthy appetite - portraying a role similar to Cookie Monster's - and a tan Anything Muppet that could be turned into various different characters (such as a baby, a girl friend of Vera's, a clumsy man with a moustache, or a pig).
Television Espanola S. A. commissioned 130 episodes in 1996. Each was filmed in Catalan during the morning, then in Castillian in the afternoon. The Catalan episodes were aired as Barri Sesam.[1]
Fourth run: 2017 - Onward
Since 2017, the show is part of the HBO programming in Spain under its original title, Sesame Street, with dubbed episodes of the HBO seasons.
Spanish names for American Muppets
Some American Muppets were renamed for Spanish scenes, being their names in Spanish (including notes in parenthesis if needed):
Fred the Wonder Horse: La Jaca Paca ("Paca, the small horse" - Paca is female for Paco, which is in turn familiar for Francisco, Spanish version of name Frank), later changed to his original name, Fred, in the Third Series
Cookie Monster: Triqui, el monstruo de las galletas ("Triqui, the Cookie Monster")
Count von Count: El Conde Draco ("Count Draco", because of phonetic similitude with "Dracoo-la")
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