Russian "Sesame Street"

[George Fowler]

Greetings!

>I was listening to NPR this morning and they had a story on a truly =
>"Russian" version of "Sesame Street" being produced in Russia.  Although =
>the producers are apparently free to borrow from the archives of the =
>American program, it's more than just a translation of the American =
>program into Russian.  The producers are Russian and they're actually =
>recreating the program for Russian children and focusing on their =
>culture and their lives.

This has already been done in other countries. I've seen Hungarian
broadcasts of Sesame Street. They retain some animations (especially those
dealing with numbers--obviously, the language-based ones can't be
retained), some live character scenes with dubbed dialogue, and create some
of their own scenes. I didn't notice specifically Hungarian animations, but
I only watched a portion of one broadcast, and wouldn't be surprised if
they did their own animations as well. Friends with young children praised
that adaptation of Sesame Street, and I'm sure there are equally or more
successful adaptations in Western Europe.

George Fowler

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