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'''Luis G. Santeiro''' is a Cuban-American playwright and television writer who has been a member of the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' writing staff since 1978. In this role he has shared a number of Emmys won for Best Writing in a Children's Series. His other work for [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]] includes penning ''[[The Sesame Street Special]]'', writing lyrics for a number of songs including "[[Dentist of Seville]]" and "[[Todos un Pueblo]]," and developing the [[Troubles the Cat]] segments on ''[[Big Bag]]''.
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'''Luis G. Santeiro''' (b. October 9) is a Cuban-American playwright and television writer who has been a member of the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' writing staff since 1978. In this role he has shared a number of Emmys won for Best Writing in a Children's Series.
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His other work for [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]] includes penning ''[[The Sesame Street Special]]'', writing lyrics for a number of songs including "[[Dentist of Seville]]" and "[[Todos un Pueblo]]," and developing the [[Troubles the Cat]] segments on ''[[Big Bag]]''.
   
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He also collaborated with [[Joe Raposo]] on numerous [[Sesame Street]] songs. Likewise, he collaborated songs with [[Stephen Lawrence]]
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Two of his common collaborators on ''Sesame Street'' songs include [[Joe Raposo]] and [[Stephen Lawrence]].
   
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Santeiro may be best known for creating the bilingual 1970s television sitcom ''Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?''
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Santeiro also created the bilingual 1970s television sitcom ''Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?'' and in August 2017 published his memoir ''Dancing with Dictators: A Family's Journey from Pre-Castro Cuba to Exile in the Turbulent Sixties''.
   
 
==Writing Credits==
  
==Writing Credits==
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* ''[[Sesame Street, Special]]'' (pledge-drive special)
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*''[[A is for Asthma]]'' (video)
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* ''[[The Alphabet Game]]'' (video)
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*''[[A New Baby in My House]]'' (video)
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* ''[[Sing-Along Earth Songs]]'' (video)
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*''[[The Alphabet Game]]'' (video)
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* ''[[Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years]]'' (video)
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*"[[Rosita's Block Party]]" (book)
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* ''[[A New Baby in My House]]'' (video)
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*''[[Sing-Along Earth Songs]]'' (video)
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* ''[[Rosita's Block Party]]'' (book)
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* ''[[Fiesta]]'' (video)
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*"[[Sesame Street, Special]]" (pledge-drive special)
  
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* ''[[A is for Asthma]]'' (video)
 
* ''[[Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out]]'' (stage show)
  
* ''[[Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out]]'' (stage show)
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''Sesame Street'' episodes written by Santeiro include:<ref>trusted source via [[User:Scarecroe]]</ref>
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* [[Episode 1316]]
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* [[Episode 1591]]
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* [[Episode 1604]]
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* [[Episode 1624]]
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* [[Episode 1626]]
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* [[Episode 1627]]
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* [[Episode 1665]]
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* [[Episode 1669]]
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* [[Episode 1711]]
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* [[Episode 1722]]
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* [[Episode 1743]]
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* [[Episode 1844]]
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* [[Episode 1872]]
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* [[Episode 1904]]
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* [[Episode 1914]]
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* [[Episode 1920]]
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* [[Episode 1934]]
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* [[Episode 1951]]
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* [[Episode 1970]]
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* [[Episode 1999]]
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* [[Episode 2001]]
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* [[Episode 2015]]
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* [[Episode 2024]]
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* [[Episode 2029]]
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* [[Episode 2054]]
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* [[Episode 2068]]
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* [[Episode 2128]]
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* [[Episode 2141]]
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* [[Episode 2144]]
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* [[Episode 2157]]
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* [[Episode 2159]]
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* [[Episode 2161]]
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* [[Episode 2167]]
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* [[Episode 2174]]
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* [[Episode 2214]]
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* [[Episode 2220]]
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* [[Episode 2224]]
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* [[Episode 2225]]
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* [[Episode 2243]]
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* [[Episode 2251]]
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* [[Episode 2276]]
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* [[Episode 2285]]
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* [[Episode 2292]]
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* [[Episode 2302]]
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* [[Episode 2310]]
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* [[Episode 2315]]
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* [[Episode 2325]]
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* [[Episode 2326]]
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* [[Episode 2332]]
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* [[Episode 2334]]
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* [[Episode 2344]]
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* [[Episode 2363]]
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* [[Episode 2368]]
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* [[Episode 2370]]
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* [[Episode 2381]]
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* [[Episode 2382]]
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* [[Episode 2392]]
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* [[Episode 2393]]
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* [[Episode 2400]]
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* [[Episode 2409]]
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* [[Episode 2416]]
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* [[Episode 2429]]
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* [[Episode 2434]]
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* [[Episode 2446]]
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* [[Episode 2456]]
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* [[Episode 2465]]
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* [[Episode 2468]]
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* [[Episode 2481]]
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* [[Episode 2488]]
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* [[Episode 2498]]
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* [[Episode 2513]]
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* [[Episode 2520]]
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* [[Episode 2531]]
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* [[Episode 2534]]
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* [[Episode 2535]]
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* [[Episode 2539]]
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* [[Episode 2574]]
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* [[Episode 2575]]
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* [[Episode 2584]]
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* [[Episode 2585]]
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* [[Episode 2610]]
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* [[Episode 2613]]
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* [[Episode 3222]]
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* [[Episode 3273]]
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* [[Episode 3408]]
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* [[Episode 3529]]
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* [[Episode 3535]]
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* [[Episode 3804]]
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* [[Episode 4016]]
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==Sesame Street Song Credits==
  
==Sesame Street Song Credits==
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File:BaaBamba.jpg|"[[Baa Baa Bamba]]"
  
File:BaaBamba.jpg|"[[Baa Baa Bamba]]"
 
File:ElmoTelly.sillyanimals.jpg|"[[Baby Say It Loud]]"
  
File:ElmoTelly.sillyanimals.jpg|"[[Baby Say It Loud]]"
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File:2125d.jpg|"[[A Baby's Life]]"
 
Image:Song-Baile.jpg|"[[Baile]]"
  
Image:Song-Baile.jpg|"[[Baile]]"
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File:Eight-Subtract.png|"[[Barnacle Subtraction]]"
 
Image:2475c.jpg|"[[Basura]]"
  
Image:2475c.jpg|"[[Basura]]"
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File:Noimage-landscape.png|"[[Bats (song)]]"
 
File:Bigbirdsong.jpg|"[[Big Bird's Song]]"
  
File:Bigbirdsong.jpg|"[[Big Bird's Song]]"
 
Image:Bigkidscry.JPG|"[[Big Kids Cry]]"
  
Image:Bigkidscry.JPG|"[[Big Kids Cry]]"
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Image:E&BMechanics01.jpg|"[[Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures#carmechanics|Car Mechanics Song]]"
  
Image:E&BMechanics01.jpg|"[[Bert and Ernie's Great Adventures#carmechanics|Car Mechanics Song]]"
 
File:Charmin.jpg|"[[Charmin' (song)]]"
  
File:Charmin.jpg|"[[Charmin' (song)]]"
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File:3246c.jpg|"[[Clucky Clucky Chicken]]"
 
Image:Congasong.JPG‎|"[[Conga Counting Song]]"
  
Image:Congasong.JPG‎|"[[Conga Counting Song]]"
 
Crackingnuts.jpg|"[[Cracking Nuts]]"-
  
Crackingnuts.jpg|"[[Cracking Nuts]]"-
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Image:FelicidadesDany.jpg|"[[Danny's Birthday]]"
  
Image:FelicidadesDany.jpg|"[[Danny's Birthday]]"
 
Image:DentistofSeville.jpg|"[[Dentist of Seville]]"
  
Image:DentistofSeville.jpg|"[[Dentist of Seville]]"
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3187x.jpg|"[[Different]]"
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3187x.jpg|"[[Different (Merkin/Santeiro)|Different]]"
 
Image:Differentyetthesame.jpg|"[[Different Yet the Same]]"
  
Image:Differentyetthesame.jpg|"[[Different Yet the Same]]"
 
Image:Celina.Jelly.jpg|"[[Do the Jelly]]"
  
Image:Celina.Jelly.jpg|"[[Do the Jelly]]"
 
Image:FireWolf.jpg|"[[Don't You Go Back In]]"
  
Image:FireWolf.jpg|"[[Don't You Go Back In]]"
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File:Captain-Eight.png|"[[Eight is Great (Elmo the Musical)]]"
 
Image:3136j.jpg|"[[Elbows and Knees]]"
  
Image:3136j.jpg|"[[Elbows and Knees]]"
 
Image:Moon.elmo-lavender.jpg|"[[Elmo and the Lavender Moon]]"
  
Image:Moon.elmo-lavender.jpg|"[[Elmo and the Lavender Moon]]"
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Image:4195f.jpg|"[[The Flapping Song]]"
  
Image:4195f.jpg|"[[The Flapping Song]]"
 
Image:4222d.jpg|"[[Floating on Air]]"
  
Image:4222d.jpg|"[[Floating on Air]]"
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File:4403a.png|"[[Flower Show Song]]"
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File:TalkLikeNatasha.jpg|"[[The Gaga Father]]"
 
File:3268d.jpg|"[[Girl of La Mancha]]"
  
File:3268d.jpg|"[[Girl of La Mancha]]"
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Image:Cdoscar.jpg|"[[Grouchelot]]"
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File:2159f.jpg|"[[Grouch Melody]]"
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Image:2776 05 Grouchelot.jpg|"[[Grouchelot]]"
 
Image:Song-Grouchology.jpg|"[[Grouchology]]"
  
Image:Song-Grouchology.jpg|"[[Grouchology]]"
 
Image:Vegetables.jpg|"[[Grow High Grow Low]]"
  
Image:Vegetables.jpg|"[[Grow High Grow Low]]"
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File:2776_03a.jpg|"[[Grumble Grumble]]"
 
Image:TheHeartofaFrog.jpg|"[[Heart of a Frog]]"
  
Image:TheHeartofaFrog.jpg|"[[Heart of a Frog]]"
 
Image:HaceFrio.jpg|"[[Hace Frio!]]"
  
Image:HaceFrio.jpg|"[[Hace Frio!]]"
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File:3524i.jpg|"[[Have I Told You]]"
 
Captain-Heave.png|"[[Heave Ho]]"
  
Captain-Heave.png|"[[Heave Ho]]"
 
Image:Split_screen_home.jpg|"[[Home to Me]]"
  
Image:Split_screen_home.jpg|"[[Home to Me]]"
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File:Ullman1.jpg|"[[Honk Ding Quack Quack Game]]"
 
Image:AbbyBroccoliSong.jpg|"[[Hurray-Hurrah for Broccoli]]"
  
Image:AbbyBroccoliSong.jpg|"[[Hurray-Hurrah for Broccoli]]"
 
Image:4200f.jpg|"[[I Finally Saw a Rainbow]]"
  
Image:4200f.jpg|"[[I Finally Saw a Rainbow]]"
 
File:I-Say-Banana.jpg|"[[I Say Banana]]"
  
File:I-Say-Banana.jpg|"[[I Say Banana]]"
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File:4515f.png|"[[I Will Always Come Back]]"
 
Image:Moon.cookie.jpg|"[[If Moon Was Cookie]]"
  
Image:Moon.cookie.jpg|"[[If Moon Was Cookie]]"
 
File:4615c.png|"[[I'm a Beast]]"
  
File:4615c.png|"[[I'm a Beast]]"
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Image:Wereflying.jpg‎|"[[I'm Flying]]"
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File:1459-ImFlying.jpg‎|"[[I'm Flying]]"
 
Image:Kermitsongit'salive.jpg|"[[It's Alive]]"
  
Image:Kermitsongit'salive.jpg|"[[It's Alive]]"
 
File:Folge2533-9.jpg|"[[King Sneer]]"
  
File:Folge2533-9.jpg|"[[King Sneer]]"
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File:3529c.jpg|"[[Kuku's Song]]"
 
File:SamRamey.LToreador.jpg|"[[L is for Low]]"
  
File:SamRamey.LToreador.jpg|"[[L is for Low]]"
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File:3990p.jpg|"[[Library Song]]"
 
Image:Ernieplant.jpg|"[[Little Plant]]"
  
Image:Ernieplant.jpg|"[[Little Plant]]"
 
File:LookNFlap.png|"[[Look 'n Flap]]"
  
File:LookNFlap.png|"[[Look 'n Flap]]"
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File:4602b.png|"[[Look for the Slime]]"
 
File:4142d.jpg|"[[Look, There's Zero Bananas]]"
  
File:4142d.jpg|"[[Look, There's Zero Bananas]]"
 
Image:Lookthroughthewindow.jpg|"[[Look Through the Window]]" (Spanish lyrics)
  
Image:Lookthroughthewindow.jpg|"[[Look Through the Window]]" (Spanish lyrics)
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File:Drawingthingsmelove.jpg|"[[Me Draw Cookie]]"
  
File:Drawingthingsmelove.jpg|"[[Me Draw Cookie]]"
 
Image:2096m.jpg|"[[Me and My Chair]]"
  
Image:2096m.jpg|"[[Me and My Chair]]"
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File:4909g.png|"[[The Monster Wash]]"
 
File:3357c.jpg|"[[Moon 'Round the Earth]]
  
File:3357c.jpg|"[[Moon 'Round the Earth]]
 
Image:Muevete.jpg|"[[Muevete]]"
  
Image:Muevete.jpg|"[[Muevete]]"
 
Image:Song-Musica.jpg|"[[Musica]]"
  
Image:Song-Musica.jpg|"[[Musica]]"
 
2574-D2.jpg|"[[My Baby's Going to Have a Baby]]"
  
2574-D2.jpg|"[[My Baby's Going to Have a Baby]]"
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File:4802f.png|"[[My Favorite Sneakers]]"
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Tellyspacefriend.jpg--[[My Outer Space Friend]]-
  
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Khome.polliwog.jpg--[[My Polliwog Ways]]-
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Tellyspacefriend.jpg|[[My Outer Space Friend]]"
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Khome.polliwog.jpg|[[My Polliwog Ways]]"
 
Image:2292b.jpg|"[[Naughty Door Opera]]"
  
Image:2292b.jpg|"[[Naughty Door Opera]]"
 
Image:Frieda.jpg|"[[New Baby]]"
  
Image:Frieda.jpg|"[[New Baby]]"
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Image:4209e.jpg|"[[The Number Siete Rumba]]"
  
Image:4209e.jpg|"[[The Number Siete Rumba]]"
 
Image:Congacountingsong.jpg|"[[Numero Comparsa]]"
  
Image:Congacountingsong.jpg|"[[Numero Comparsa]]"
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File:Denycegraves.jpg|"[[Operatic Lullaby]]"
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File:4724f.png|"[[Papí's Song]]"
 
File:Lookatapaperclip.jpg|"[[The Paperclip]]"
  
File:Lookatapaperclip.jpg|"[[The Paperclip]]"
 
File:Song.Tothevet.jpg|"[[Pet at the Vet]]"
  
File:Song.Tothevet.jpg|"[[Pet at the Vet]]"
 
File:QuieroJugar.jpg|"[[Quiero Jugar]]"
  
File:QuieroJugar.jpg|"[[Quiero Jugar]]"
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File:4506d.png|"[[Quince]]"
 
Image:Recyclesongcartoon.jpg|"[[Recycling Blues]]"
  
Image:Recyclesongcartoon.jpg|"[[Recycling Blues]]"
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File:RhymeOut.jpg|"[[Rhyme Out]]
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File:RhymeOut.jpg|"[[Rhyme Out]]"
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File:RhymesForMando.png|"[[Rhymes with Mando]]"
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File:4322c.png|"[[Rocco's Friendship Song]]"
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File:SSMuppetGroup.jpg|"[[The Sesame Street Alphabet]]"
 
Image:4209c.jpg|"[[Seven Chickens Dance]]"
  
Image:4209c.jpg|"[[Seven Chickens Dance]]"
 
Image:4209f.jpg|"[[Seven S Things Song]]"
  
Image:4209f.jpg|"[[Seven S Things Song]]"
 
File:SimpleClappingSong.jpg|"[[Simple Clapping Song]]"
  
File:SimpleClappingSong.jpg|"[[Simple Clapping Song]]"
 
File:2963-C10.jpg|"[[Singing in the Shower]]"
  
File:2963-C10.jpg|"[[Singing in the Shower]]"
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File:Vlcsnap-2018-03-08-17h18m11s930.png|"[[Snuffle Lullabye (Hardwick/Santiero)]]"
 
Image:SnuffleShuffle.jpg|"[[The Snuffle Shuffle]]"
  
Image:SnuffleShuffle.jpg|"[[The Snuffle Shuffle]]"
 
Image:SongoSong.jpg|"[[Songo's Song]]"
  
Image:SongoSong.jpg|"[[Songo's Song]]"
 
Image:Southamericanway.JPG|"[[South America Way]]"
  
Image:Southamericanway.JPG|"[[South America Way]]"
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File:SpanishMeEnglishMe.png|[[Spanish Me, English Me]]
 
Image:TakingAPicture.jpg|"[[Taking a Picture]]"
  
Image:TakingAPicture.jpg|"[[Taking a Picture]]"
 
Image:PlacidoTelephone.jpg‎|"[[The Telephone Opera]]"
  
Image:PlacidoTelephone.jpg‎|"[[The Telephone Opera]]"
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File:Vlcsnap-2018-03-08-16h54m57s948.png|"[[Telly's Greeting Song]]"
 
Image:4124zc.jpg|"[[Telly's Lunch]]"
  
Image:4124zc.jpg|"[[Telly's Lunch]]"
 
File:3529g.jpg|"[[Telly's Pagliacci]]"
  
File:3529g.jpg|"[[Telly's Pagliacci]]"
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Image:TortelliniSong.jpg|"[[The Tortellini Song]]"
  
Image:TortelliniSong.jpg|"[[The Tortellini Song]]"
 
File:4403g.png|"[[Unique Song]]"
  
File:4403g.png|"[[Unique Song]]"
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File:3524h.jpg|"[[Up and Down Song]]"
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File:4032d.jpg|"[[The Weird Animal Song]]"
 
Image:WhatIsFriendOriginalVersion.jpg|"[[What is Friend?]]"
  
Image:WhatIsFriendOriginalVersion.jpg|"[[What is Friend?]]"
 
File:3057g.jpg|"[[When I Grow Up (song)]]"
  
File:3057g.jpg|"[[When I Grow Up (song)]]"
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File:CeliaCruzZunzun.jpg|"[[Zunzun]]"
  
File:CeliaCruzZunzun.jpg|"[[Zunzun]]"
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
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==Sources==
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<references />
   
 
==External links==
  
==External links==
 
*[http://www.quepasausa.net/index.php?section=22 Que Pasa USA? Profile]
  
*[http://www.quepasausa.net/index.php?section=22 Que Pasa USA? Profile]
   
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Santeiro, Luis}}
 
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Revision as of 00:52, 24 October 2019

Luis Santeiro
Santeirosans

Luis Santeiro, left, with Nancy Sans and Sesame Street Live choreographer Patti Colombo

Luis G. Santeiro (b. October 9) is a Cuban-American playwright and television writer who has been a member of the Sesame Street writing staff since 1978. In this role he has shared a number of Emmys won for Best Writing in a Children's Series.

His other work for Children's Television Workshop includes penning The Sesame Street Special, writing lyrics for a number of songs including "Dentist of Seville" and "Todos un Pueblo," and developing the Troubles the Cat segments on Big Bag.

Two of his common collaborators on Sesame Street songs include Joe Raposo and Stephen Lawrence.

Santeiro also created the bilingual 1970s television sitcom Qué Pasa, U.S.A.? and in August 2017 published his memoir Dancing with Dictators: A Family's Journey from Pre-Castro Cuba to Exile in the Turbulent Sixties.

Writing Credits

Sesame Street episodes written by Santeiro include:[1]

Sesame Street Song Credits

Sources

  1. ↑ trusted source via User:Scarecroe

External links

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