Luis Santeiro

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

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 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.

He also collaborated with Joe Raposo on numerous Sesame Street songs. Likewise, he collaborated songs with Stephen Lawrence

Santeiro may be best known for creating the bilingual 1970s television sitcom Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?

Writing Credits

• A is for Asthma (video)
• A New Baby in My House (video)
• The Alphabet Game (video)
• "Rosita's Block Party" (book)
• Sing-Along Earth Songs (video)
• "Sesame Street, Special" (pledge-drive special)
• Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out (stage show)

Sesame Street Song Credits

"All Over the World"

"Air"

"Amazing Awesome Seven Song"

"Baa Baa Bamba"

"Baby Say It Loud"

"A Baby's Life"

"Baile"

"Barnacle Subtraction"

"Basura"

"Big Bird's Song"

"Big Kids Cry"

"Bilingual Fruit Song"

"Birthday Emotions"

"Camouflage Carla"

"Car Mechanics Song"

"Charmin' (song)"

"Clucky Clucky Chicken"

"Conga Counting Song"

"Cracking Nuts"-

"D Duah Duah"

"Da Don't Walk

"Daddy Helps with the Dishes"

"Danny's Birthday"

"Dentist of Seville"

"Different"

"Different Yet the Same"

"Do the Jelly"

"Don't You Go Back In"

"Eight is Great (Elmo the Musical)"

"Elbows and Knees"

"Elmo and the Lavender Moon"

"Elmo's Ducks"

"Elmo's Plant Song"

"Falling Leaves"

"Fiesta"

"Five Sock Conga

"The Flapping Song"

"Floating on Air"

"The Gaga Father"

"Girl of La Mancha"

"Grouchelot"

"Grouchology"

"Grow High Grow Low"

"Heart of a Frog"

"Hace Frio!"

"Heave Ho"

"Home to Me"

"Hurray-Hurrah for Broccoli"

"I Finally Saw a Rainbow"

"I Say Banana"

"If Moon Was Cookie"

"I'm a Beast"

"I'm Flying"

"It's Alive"

"King Sneer"

"L is for Low"

"Little Plant"

"Look 'n Flap"

"Look, There's Zero Bananas"

"Look Through the Window" (Spanish lyrics)

"The Mango Tango"

"Martian Family (Yip Yip Song)"

"Me Draw Cookie"

"Me and My Chair"

"Moon 'Round the Earth

"Muevete"

"Musica"

"My Baby's Going to Have a Baby"

"Naughty Door Opera"

"New Baby"

"No Me Gusta"

"The Number Siete Rumba"

"Numero Comparsa"

"The Paperclip"

"Pet at the Vet"

"Quiero Jugar"

"Recycling Blues"

"Rhyme Out

"Seven Chickens Dance"

"Seven S Things Song"

"Simple Clapping Song"

"Singing in the Shower"

"The Snuffle Shuffle"

"Songo's Song"

"South America Way"

"Taking a Picture"

"The Telephone Opera"

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"Telly's Lunch"

"Telly's Pagliacci"

"That's Music"

"Todos un Pueblo"

"The Tortellini Song"

"Unique Song"

"What is Friend?"

"When I Grow Up (song)"

"The Woodchuck Song"

"Words in Me"

"Write Your Name"

"X Train"

"You Gotta Ask Some Questions"

"Zanahoria"

"Zero Means You've Got Nothing"

"Zoo Zoom Zoom"

"Zunzun"

External links

• Que Pasa USA? Profile