money Different Countries Have Different "Sesame Street" Characters — Here Are 16 That Piqued My Interest
From school lunches to squirrels, I love seeing different countries' take on the same thing. Enter Sesame Street. I had no idea there were different characters in international versions of the show! Here are characters from 16 different countries:
1.Samson the Bear lives on Sesamstraße, the German version of Sesame Street. He's a brown bear, and according to his wiki, he lives in his cave and lays on his hammock. I love him.
2.Plaza Sésamo, the version of Sesame Street in Mexico, has Abelardo Montoya, Big Bird's cousin. Abelardo is a parrot, whereas Big Bird is a canary.
3.Sesame Park, Canada's version of Sesame Street, debuted with a polar bear character named Basil.
4.The Netherlands' Sesamstraat has a character named Ieniemienie, and it's a mouse. I would 100% buy a stuffed animal of Ieniemienie.
5.Iftah Ya Simsim, the UAE's version of Sesame Street, has a camel named No'man. He's the UAE's version of Big Bird.
6.Moishe Oofnik is a brown grouch that lives in a recycling can in the Israeli version of Sesame Street. A cousin to Oscar the Grouch, Moishe also enjoys off-key music, being grumpy, and sour, rotten things.
7.Sesam Stasjon, the Norwegian version of Sesame Street, is set at a train station. Bjarne Betjent here is the ticket taker.
8.Alam Simsim is Egypt's Sesame Street, and it has the only Muppet I can recall having facial hair, a monster named Filfil.
9.Great Britain's Sesame Street, Play with Me Sesame, has two characters named Kit and Domby. They apparently live in a castle.
10.The Bangladesh version of Sesame Street has a bengal tiger named Halum. His wiki page says he can be a bit soft and sentimental, which makes sense because he's perfectly hug-shaped.
11.Georges the Penguin lives on 5, Rue Sesame, the French production of the show. He arrived to France in an ice cube, and, I have to say, I love his enthusiasm and his propellor hat.
12.Boombah, a lion who's on the Indian production of the show, Galli Galli Sim Sim, was descended from maharajahs.
13.Sesame Tree, the production in Northern Ireland, is set in, you guessed it, a tree, and has a rabbit named Hilda.
14.South Africa's version, Takalani Sesame, has a giant meerkat named Moshe. Moshe is bilingual, speaking both Zulu and English.
15.Finally, Jalan Sesama, the Indonesian production, has a wise orangutan named Tantan. My jealousy doesn't end there. They also have a baby rhino named Jabrik.
