Ulica Sezamkowa | |
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Genre | Children's television series |
Created by | Joan Ganz Cooney (concept) Jim Henson (concept) |
Starring | Andrzej Buszewicz |
Country of origin | Poland |
Original language | Polish |
No. of episodes | 52 |
Original release | |
Network | TVP2 |
Release | October 27, 1996 2001 | –
Ulica Sezamkowa is the Polish co-production of the children's television series Sesame Street.[1] It first aired in late 1996.[2]
Production
[edit]Sesame Street had previously been aired in Poland, with a Polish voiceover.[2]
The Muppets seen in the series were designed in the United States by Jim Henson Productions, using Polish children's sketches as references.[2]
Characters
[edit]Characters exclusive to Ulica Sezamkowa include:
- Smok Bazyli (Bazyli the Dragon), a jovial, furry dragon.[3]
- Owieczka Beata (Beata the Lamb), a lamb who thinks she knows everything.[3]
- Pędzipotwór (Speedmonster), a turquoise monster who is similar to Cookie Monster, has a big appetite.
Sezamkowy Zakątek
[edit]Beginning in 2006, the Polish kids' channel MiniMini began airing a one-hour Sesame programming block, Sezamkowy Zakątek. The original Polish co-production of Sesame Street, Ulica Sezamkowa, is no longer in production.
Other languages (Sezamkowy Zakątek)
[edit]- Croatian: Ulica Sezam
- Czech: Sezamová Ulice
- Hungarian: Szezám Utca
- Italian: Gioca con Sesamo
- Romanian: Stradă Sesame
- Russian: Улица Сезам
- Slovenian: Ulica Sesame
- Ukrainian: Вулиця Сезам
- Uzbek: Sezam Ko'Chasi
References
[edit]- ^ "Polish version of Sesame Street". The Gadsden Times. December 20, 1996. p. A6. Retrieved April 25, 2016.
- ^ a b c Shalom M. Fisch; Rosemarie T. Truglio, eds. (8 April 2014). "G" is for growing : thirty years of research on children and Sesame Street. New York: Taylor & Francis. pp. 154, 161–162. ISBN 978-1-135-66495-4. OCLC 910845333.
- ^ a b "Sesame Street expands in four countries". United Press International. 30 August 1996.
External links
[edit]- Sa ne jucam pe Stradă Sesame on Muppet Wiki