Super Healthy Monsters

Super Healthy Monsters is a Sesame Street mini-series that debuted in June 2012. The 5 to 7-minute series focuses on activities and foods that keep one healthy. Sesame Workshop produced 26 episodes in English, which initially aired dubbed in Spain on Antena 3 as a Barrio Sésamo mini-series called "Monstruos Supersanos."
Each episode featured framing scenes starring Elmo, followed by newly produced Muppet sketches and on-location film pieces (used only in the airings in Spain). The series features main Sesame Street characters Elmo, Grover, Cookie Monster, Rosita, Ernie, Bert, Abby Cadabby and new Muppet characters Dr. Ruster and Pilar.
Excerpts from each episode were available on the Antena 3 webpage, as well as a series of videos with Elmo and Spanish celebrities, such as singer David Bustamante, host Susanna Griso, chef Ferran Adrià, and soccer player Gerard Piqué.
==International airings==
Select segments have since been incorporated into Sesamstrasse, Plaza Sésamo, Sesamstraat, and Sezamkowy Zakątek as stand-alone Muppet pieces. The episodes also began airing in Dutch as Super Gezonde Monsters, featuring additional material to extend the shows to a 10-minute running time. The episodes of the show has also been dubbed for the Catalan dub Barrí Sésam. The episodes were also used in each episode of the first season of the 2015 revival of Iftah Ya Simsim. Full episodes, in English and Chinese, were available on the IQIYI streaming platform.
Some segments were released in their original English on the 2013 C is for Cooking DVD, and a program using the segments was tested in New York City. In 2014, Sesame Workshop announced they would expand the program domestically.Marilynn Marchione, "Muppets mini-makeover aims to boost kids' health", The Associated Press, January 23, 2014. Fifteen of the 26 episodes were since made available on the Hopster TV app.
==Episode Guide==
Episode numbers and air dates are based on their initial, dubbed airings on Antena 3.
Picture	Description
 	Episode 1: I Love My Heart
Air date: June 30, 2012
Elmo shows off his own paper heart. Ernie takes pictures of Bert's body parts that receive help from his heart. Grover assists Dr. Ruster in a lecture on the heart.
 	Episode 2: Wave Hands Like Clouds
Air date: July 1, 2012
Elmo likes to move his hands like clouds. In the park, Ernie wants Bert to jump with him and finds a way for him to. Grover and Cookie Monster dance until it's "sometime" for a cookie. A film, Celia has outgrown her clothes.
 	Episode 3: Listen to This
Air date: July 4, 2012
Elmo teaches the viewer about sounds your body makes and the parts of the face. Ernie listens to his body's needs. Super Grover comes to the "rescue" of a yawning Pilar. In a film, Hugo and his family visit a farm.
 	Episode 4: Ernie Explores His Senses
Air date: July 4, 2012
Elmo and the viewer use their senses. Ernie bothers Bert while using his senses. Cookie Monster uses his senses to identify foods on Dr. Ruster's game show.
 	Episode 5: Eat Your Colors
Air date: July 5, 2012
Elmo paints a rainbow and talks about eating colors. Ernie learns what a balanced meal is. Dr. Ruster hosts a game show about eating colors with contestant Cookie Monster. In a film, Oscar and his grandmother exercise in the park.
 	Episode 6: Bert Finds His Rhythm
Air date: July 8, 2012
Elmo likes to move and has a move he calls "The Elmo." Ernie gets Bert moving with dance moves from around the world. Professor Grover tries to teach Rosita about breathing. In a film, Adriana takes a walk with her horse.
 	Episode 7: Sometimes Foods
Air date: July 11, 2012
Elmo demonstrates what foods are all the time and sometimes foods. Ernie and Bert make a veggie pizza. Dr. Ruster hosts a game show about deciding on which food to eat all the time and which food to eat sometimes with contestant Cookie Monster. In a film, a very special snack is prepared for Conchita's birthday.
 	Episode 8: Amazing Arms
Air date: July 11, 2012
Elmo shows off how amazing arms can be. Ernie tries to convince Bert to play imaginary tennis with him because moving is very good for health. Rosita invites her friend Henrietta to play basketball with her and Grover, but Grover is not convinced that a chicken can play basketball. In a film, a superhero save the environment and puts away the trash in a trash can.
 	Episode 9: Breakfast
Air date: July 12, 2012
Elmo says he will go to the zoo to see animals, but his dad said that before he goes, he has to eat a healthy breakfast. Ernie and Bert go on a breakfast picnic. Dr. Ruster hosts a game show about eating a healthy breakfast with Cookie Monster.
 	Episode 10: Persistence
Air date: July 12, 2012
Elmo makes a paper airplane with some help from Pilar who taught him how to fold the paper to make it fly. Cookie Monster wants to play the guitar, but Rosita tells him that it takes practice and time. Ernie shows Bert how to ride on a pogo stick. In a film, Martina goes to the park with her cousin Carmen.
 	Episode 11: Body Language
Air date: July 16, 2012
Elmo takes care of his plant, Plantie. Ernie and Bert plan to jog. Dr. Ruster advises Grover to sit and eat a healthy meal. In a film, Thaddeus shows the activities he does in school.
 	Episode 12: Exercise in Groups and Families
Air date: July 17, 2012
Ernie and Bert has to fix the garden, but Ernie decides that jogging is a way to help clean up the garden and exercise. In a film, families has favorite things to do in the spring, such as going for walks and eating foods that came from the field.
 	Episode 13: Autonomy
Air date: July 17, 2012
Ernie convinces Bert that falling and hurting himself is okay when he's trying to ride a bike. In a film, Adriana loves to ride on her pet horse, Serrana.
 	Episode 14: Rubber Duckie's Boot Camp
Air date: July 19, 2012
Elmo and Pilar make a block tower. Ernie teaches Bert to jump on one foot while swinging his arms like a bird. Professor Grover and Rosita introduce the toothbrush. In a film, Oscar and his grandmother exercise in the park.
 	Episode 15: Apples and Papayas
Air date: July 19, 2012
Ms. Martinez prepares some paella for Elmo. Ernie returns from the market and shows Bert fruit he's never had before. Grover serves Cookie Monster some vegetarian cookies.
 	Episode 16: Sharing and Cooperation
Air date: July 22, 2012
Ernie recites a poem about the heart, playing his bongos to imitate the beating. Elmo feels a sneeze coming on and Abby tries to magically help him.
 	Episode 17: Organs and Their Relation To the Heart
Air date: July 23, 2012
Dr. Ruster explains to Grover about the importance of the brain, which makes him wear a helmet on his head for an idea of not falling. Ernie reads a book and breathes with his lungs at the same time and Bert tries to do the same.
 	Episode 18: A Beautiful Plate
Air date: July 24, 2012
Professor Grover tries to explains to Pilar why healthy foods are good for her, but she corrects him every time when he said what kind of foods they are. In a film, families goes shopping on a Saturday.
 	Episode 19: Hygiene
Air date: July 25, 2012
Elmo and Abby imagine what would happen if they did have teeth. In a film, Nico explains what he does in the morning before he gets ready for school.
 	Episode 20: Showing and Receiving Affection
Air date: July 26, 2012
While Bert tries to read, Ernie takes photos of his various body parts (whether they're on the inside of him or not). In a film, Martina takes her cousin to the park.
 	Episode 21: Look We Cook
Air date: July 29, 2012
Elmo and Pilar make their own fruit popsicles. Bert goes pigeon-watching with his binoculars while he has a picnic with Ernie. Dr. Ruster teaches Grover how to make gazpacho.
 	Episode 22: Expressing and Regulating Emotions
Air date: July 30, 2012
Bert tries to cheer up a sad-looking Ernie. Abby tries to conjure up a friend for Elmo to play with.
 	Episode 23: Importance of Sleep
Air date: July 31, 2012
Elmo tries to take a nap, but he couldn't because every time Abby says the magic words to sleep, she accidentally woke him up with the sound of her wand. At the beach, Ernie bothers Bert with facts about sleeping while he tries to do so.
 	Episode 24: We Grow
Air date: August 1, 2012
Ernie shows Bert the ducky shirt he wore when he was a young kid. Professor Grover talks about the bones in your body, with help from a cow.
 	Episode 25: Exercise is Fun
Air date: August 2, 2012
Elmo pretends to be a doctor with a stethoscope. Ernie sings and writes poems dedicated to his heart with the bongos. (repeat from ep. 16) Cookie Monster demonstrates his cookie-related exercise routine. In a film, a young girl prepares for the play at her college about the heart.
 	Episode 26: Respect Towards Others
Air date: August 5, 2012
Ernie returns from the market and shows Bert fruit he's never had before (repeat from ep. 15). In a film, a girl visits a city of vegetables.
==Antena 3 website video guests==
ferran adria and elmo.jpg|Ferran Adrià
david bustamante and elmo.jpg|David Bustamante
gerard pique and elmo.jpg|Gerard Piqué
susanna griso and elmo.jpg|Susanna Griso
==Credits==
*Director: Lisa Simon
*Associate Director: Frank Campagna
*Head Writer: Luis Santeiro
*Writers: Sarah Durkee, Annie Evans, Nancy Sans, Syndi Shumer
*Sesame Street Performers: Kevin Clash, Eric Jacobson, Steve Whitmire, David Rudman, Carmen Osbahr, Matt Vogel, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Ryan Dillon, John Kennedy, Peter Linz
*Jim Henson's Workshop: Jason Weber, Michelle Hickey, Lara MacLean, Jason Seck
*Senior Vice President of Content: Carol-Lynn Parente
==Sources==
==External links==
*"Monstruous Supersanos" on Antea3 (archive link)
*Press kit (archive link)
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