First Filipino muppet in 'Sesame Street' introduced | ABS-CBN Entertainment

Sesame Sesame was the Filipino co-production of Sesame Street. It was broadcast in the Philippines, in the Tagalog language, for one season in 1983.The local Muppets were Pong Pagong, a giant turtle and Kiko Matsing, a monkey. The show proved to be unpopular. Barely a year and a half after Sesame! went on the air, lack of finances on the part of the Philippine government which was shelling out half the budget on a 50/50 arrangement with Children's Television Workshop, caused its closure. The Phi

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