Ricardo

Ricardo is Rosita's father. While Rosita has been a major character on Sesame Street since 1991, her father made his first on-screen appearance in a 2004 Spanish Word of the Day sketch about the word "familia" (performed here by David Rudman).
In 2008, he took on a much more prominent role in the outreach video Talk, Listen, Connect: Changes, performed now by Tyler Bunch. In the video, Rosita's father is revealed to be a member of the military who was deployed far away. When he returns home in a wheelchair, Rosita has a hard time coping with the change. He is friends with Elmo's dad Louie, a fellow Sesame Street servicemonster.
He has since appeared in Coming Home, Episode 4724, and several resource videos for Sesame Street in Communities.
Tyler Bunch's last performance as Ricardo was in a July 12, 2021 social media video on self-care. The same year, the character was recast to Andrew A. Cano,Sesame Workshop - Andrew Cano Bio who made his public debut performing Ricardo in Sesame Street’s "Fathers" video which was released in 2022.@andrewacano on Instagram June 15, 2022
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==Book appearances==
* Murray's First Book of Words (2010)
* Rock and Roll with Elmo (2010)
* Elmo's Christmas Picture Puzzles & Songs (2011)
* E is for Elmo (2017)
* Elmo's Lift and Slide ABC (2019)
* Joy to the World (2021)
* What If...? (2021)
==See also==
* Rosita's family
* Sesame Street monsters
==Sources==
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