Rua Sésamo

thumb|300px|The street sign from the title.
thumb|300px|The street from the show's last season.
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Rua Sésamo is the Portuguese co-production of Sesame Street.
It initially aired on RTP from 1989 until 1994, but re-runs and home media releases continued for years afterwards. It was the successor to the earlier dub package Abre-te Sésamo.
Poupas was a full-body character who was nearly identical to Big Bird, except for his orange feathers, his blue and purple feathers on his tail and head and black-and-pink eyelids. Ferrão was a brown Grouch who lived in crates on Rua Sésamo. Tita was a female cat.
Tita also appeared on the US Sesame Street special Sesame Street Stays Up Late.
The main important locations in the street were André's carpentry workshop (later run by António), Carolina's stationery shop, Sr. Almiro's fruit store, and Avó Chica's kitchen.
==Episodes==
* Episode 1: "As Limpezas Do Poupas"
* Episode 2: "As Brincadeiras do Ferrão"
* Episode 3: "O Egas e o Patinho a Festejar"
* Episode 4: "Contar com o Cocas e o Gualter"
* Episode 5: "O Amor do João Esquecido"
* Episode 6: "Poupas e os Bichos da Seda"
* Episode 7: "Gualter o Detective"
* Episode 8: "Egas e Becas No Cinema"
* Episode 9: "Os Birros e o Lobo Mau"
* Episode 10: "O Conde de Kontarr
* Episode 11: "A Pastorinha Perdeu os Carneirinhos"
* Episode 12: "O Aniversário do Poupas"
* Episode 13: "A Rosinha e o Gualter no Jardim"
* Episode 14: "O Poupas e a Caixinha de Música"
* Episode 15: "Egas o Baterista"
* Episode 16: "O Super Gualter"
* Episode 17: "O Teatro do Egas e do Becas"
* Episode 18: "O Pesadelo do Ferrão"
* Episode 19: "O Gualter e as Borboletas"
* Episode 20: "O Ferrão e o Espelho Partido"
* Episode 21: "O Poupas vai ao Circo"
* Episode 22: "As Caricas do Ferrão"
* Episode 23: "O Egas e o Becas vão acampar"
* Episode 24: "O Monstro das Bolachas e a Orquestra das Migalhas"
* Episode 25: "O Poupas recebe uma carta"
* Episode 26: "O Monstro das Bolachas vai à Lua"
* Episode 27: "O Professor Gualter"
* Episode 28: "O Egas e o Becas no Egipto"
* Episode 29: "O João Esquecido vai viajar"
* Episode 30: "O Poupas e as Formigas"
==Cast==
===Puppeteers===
*Luís Velez as Poupas
*Jorge David as Ferrão 
*António Pinto as Ferrão's right hand
*Filipa Melo as Tita
*Paula Velez as Tita's right hand
===Actors===
*Alexandra Lencastre as Guiomar (season 1-3)
*António Anjos as Sr. Almiro
*Fernanda Montemor as Avó Chica
*Fernando Gomes as Zé Maria
*Lúcia Maria as Carolina (seasons 1-3)
*Pedro Wilson as Gil (seasons 1-3)
*Vítor Norte as André (seasons 1-3)
*Ana Luís Martins as Carolina (season 4)
*Rita Loureiro as Ana (season 4)
*Ricardo Monteiro as António (season 4)
===Voices===
For the fourth and final season, a dubbing studio in a different location was used. The entire voice cast was replaced, with specific recasts noted when known.
English Character Name	Portuguese Character Name	Portuguese Voice Actor
Ernie 	Egas 	Rui de Sá(seasons 1-3)João Paulo Seara Cardoso(season 4)
Bert 	Becas 	Rui Paulo
Grover 	Gualter 	José Jorge Duarte(seasons 1-3)Jorge Paupério(season 4)
Forgetful Jones 	João Esquecido 	José Jorge Duarte(seasons 1-3)Mário Moutinho(season 4)
Kermit the Frog 	Cocas 	Adriano Luz
Cookie Monster 	Monstro das Bolachas 	Manuel Cavaco
Telly Monster 	Telmo 	Manuel Cavaco
Count von Count 	Conde de Kontarr 	Fernando Gomes
Herry Monster 	Crespo 	Fernando Gomes
Gladys the Cow 	Vaca Glória 	Cláudia Cadima
Clementine 	Clementina 	Claudia Cadima(seasons 1-3)Zélia Santos(season 4)
Guy Smiley 	Carlos Luz 	Carlos Cruz(Portuguese TV host; character named after him)
Prairie Dawn 	Rosinha 	?
Oscar the Grouch 	Óscar 	?
Two-Headed Monster 	Monstro das Duas Cabeças 	José Pedro Gomes and Miguel Guilherme
Polly Darton 	Polly Darton 	Isabel Ribas
Mona Monster 	Lisa 	Margarida Rosa Rodrigues
Additional Voices (seasons 1-3)
*António Feio, Carlos Freixo, João Perry, Jorge David, Luís Velez, Paulo B., Pedro Alpiarça, Pedro Pinheiro, Vítor Soares, and many others
==See also==
*Rua Sésamo Merchandise
==External links==
*Brinco Brincando - Show history, trivia, voice identifications from magazine article
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