Comments on: Sesame Street’s Asian Muppets http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maria http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-127574 maria Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:07:20 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=4048#comment-127574 one other unknown character is Tingo! It's a character conceived between Sesame Street and the international language school I work for. The kids classes are called Sesame and Tingo and we use Sesame street puppets (including a large Tingo puppet) to play with and to introduce new vocabulary with. I love that part of my job is to mess around with Sesame Street toys ! one other unknown character is Tingo! It’s a character conceived between Sesame Street and the international language school I work for. The kids classes are called Sesame and Tingo and we use Sesame street puppets (including a large Tingo puppet) to play with and to introduce new vocabulary with.

I love that part of my job is to mess around with Sesame Street toys !

]]> By: maria http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-141603 maria Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:07:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=4048#comment-141603 one other unknown character is Tingo! It's a character conceived between Sesame Street and the international language school I work for. The kids classes are called Sesame and Tingo and we use Sesame street puppets (including a large Tingo puppet) to play with and to introduce new vocabulary with. I love that part of my job is to mess around with Sesame Street toys ! one other unknown character is Tingo! It’s a character conceived between Sesame Street and the international language school I work for. The kids classes are called Sesame and Tingo and we use Sesame street puppets (including a large Tingo puppet) to play with and to introduce new vocabulary with.

I love that part of my job is to mess around with Sesame Street toys !

]]> By: JC http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-127528 JC Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:06:40 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=4048#comment-127528 @Tim: you're welcome. Since you have family in Taiwan, one of the easiest way to get your kids (and yourself) to watch more Chinese language TV is to install a Slingbox in your relative's home. ADSL or fiber connection is pretty cheap in Taiwan, and Taiwan cable is easy to split into the Slingbox. You now have 24x7 access to all Taiwan TV channels. This is what I do and now my wife and I watch Taiwan TV all the time, even in the car with my iPhone (there's an Slingplayer app). In the States just get a SlingCatcher and hook it up to your TV. For the modeI would recommend an older Pro model you can get from e-bay, being that all you really need is a cable tuner. Now your kid can be addicted to YoYo TV AND Dora the Explorer. http://www.slingmedia.com/ (how do you do HTML links in these reply boxes?) Any of you with family in Japan/Korea/PI/etc, you all can do the same. Get your kids watching local Asian TV and they may become more fluent than you are in a few months. Plus they'll see all those beautiful Asian man, woman, and child on TV and stop believing that White is Right myth blasting on White TV everyday. Damn I just missed WTO Sisterhood. We just love that show... (it's about foreign wives in Taiwan talking about their life there). @Tim: you’re welcome. Since you have family in Taiwan, one of the easiest way to get your kids (and yourself) to watch more Chinese language TV is to install a Slingbox in your relative’s home. ADSL or fiber connection is pretty cheap in Taiwan, and Taiwan cable is easy to split into the Slingbox. You now have 24×7 access to all Taiwan TV channels. This is what I do and now my wife and I watch Taiwan TV all the time, even in the car with my iPhone (there’s an Slingplayer app). In the States just get a SlingCatcher and hook it up to your TV. For the modeI would recommend an older Pro model you can get from e-bay, being that all you really need is a cable tuner. Now your kid can be addicted to YoYo TV AND Dora the Explorer.

http://www.slingmedia.com/ (how do you do HTML links in these reply boxes?)

Any of you with family in Japan/Korea/PI/etc, you all can do the same. Get your kids watching local Asian TV and they may become more fluent than you are in a few months. Plus they’ll see all those beautiful Asian man, woman, and child on TV and stop believing that White is Right myth blasting on White TV everyday.

Damn I just missed WTO Sisterhood. We just love that show… (it’s about foreign wives in Taiwan talking about their life there).

]]> By: JC http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-141602 JC Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:06:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=4048#comment-141602 @Tim: you're welcome. Since you have family in Taiwan, one of the easiest way to get your kids (and yourself) to watch more Chinese language TV is to install a Slingbox in your relative's home. ADSL or fiber connection is pretty cheap in Taiwan, and Taiwan cable is easy to split into the Slingbox. You now have 24x7 access to all Taiwan TV channels. This is what I do and now my wife and I watch Taiwan TV all the time, even in the car with my iPhone (there's an Slingplayer app). In the States just get a SlingCatcher and hook it up to your TV. For the modeI would recommend an older Pro model you can get from e-bay, being that all you really need is a cable tuner. Now your kid can be addicted to YoYo TV AND Dora the Explorer. http://www.slingmedia.com/ (how do you do HTML links in these reply boxes?) Any of you with family in Japan/Korea/PI/etc, you all can do the same. Get your kids watching local Asian TV and they may become more fluent than you are in a few months. Plus they'll see all those beautiful Asian man, woman, and child on TV and stop believing that White is Right myth blasting on White TV everyday. Damn I just missed WTO Sisterhood. We just love that show... (it's about foreign wives in Taiwan talking about their life there). @Tim: you’re welcome. Since you have family in Taiwan, one of the easiest way to get your kids (and yourself) to watch more Chinese language TV is to install a Slingbox in your relative’s home. ADSL or fiber connection is pretty cheap in Taiwan, and Taiwan cable is easy to split into the Slingbox. You now have 24×7 access to all Taiwan TV channels. This is what I do and now my wife and I watch Taiwan TV all the time, even in the car with my iPhone (there’s an Slingplayer app). In the States just get a SlingCatcher and hook it up to your TV. For the modeI would recommend an older Pro model you can get from e-bay, being that all you really need is a cable tuner. Now your kid can be addicted to YoYo TV AND Dora the Explorer.

http://www.slingmedia.com/ (how do you do HTML links in these reply boxes?)

Any of you with family in Japan/Korea/PI/etc, you all can do the same. Get your kids watching local Asian TV and they may become more fluent than you are in a few months. Plus they’ll see all those beautiful Asian man, woman, and child on TV and stop believing that White is Right myth blasting on White TV everyday.

Damn I just missed WTO Sisterhood. We just love that show… (it’s about foreign wives in Taiwan talking about their life there).

]]> By: Tim http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-127527 Tim Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:23:14 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=4048#comment-127527 Wow. @JC: Thanks for all the research. I guess, I'll stick to Chinese TV for her when we're in Taiwan. She already likes <a href="http://www.pts.org.tw/~web02/ptsenglish/p-fruit.html" rel="nofollow">"Fruity Pie"</a>, the Chinese kids show on KTSF here in the Bay Area (yes the show with the Chinese guy in drag as a Grandma). Wow. @JC: Thanks for all the research. I guess, I’ll stick to Chinese TV for her when we’re in Taiwan. She already likes “Fruity Pie”, the Chinese kids show on KTSF here in the Bay Area (yes the show with the Chinese guy in drag as a Grandma).

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-141601 Anonymous Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:23:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=4048#comment-141601 Wow. @JC: Thanks for all the research. I guess, I'll stick to Chinese TV for her when we're in Taiwan. She already likes <a href="http://www.pts.org.tw/~web02/ptsenglish/p-fruit.html" rel="nofollow">"Fruity Pie"</a>, the Chinese kids show on KTSF here in the Bay Area (yes the show with the Chinese guy in drag as a Grandma). Wow. @JC: Thanks for all the research. I guess, I’ll stick to Chinese TV for her when we’re in Taiwan. She already likes “Fruity Pie”, the Chinese kids show on KTSF here in the Bay Area (yes the show with the Chinese guy in drag as a Grandma).

]]> By: JC http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-127526 JC Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:47:40 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=4048#comment-127526 After further research for Tim's daughter's sake, I found that: 1. Chinese Sesame Street is a co-production produced in China. It ended in 2001. Not currently show anywhere (rating may have suffered due to the connotation between the word "Big Bird" and "Huge Penis") 2. Taiwan used to broadcast the American version of Sesame Street with dubbing on MOMO Kid's Channel (a weak competitor to the powerful YoYo Channel) up until 2008. It is no longer part of its programming line up. I don't believe Sesame Street in any incarnation is currently shown in Taiwan Sesame English, however, is one of the top English Cram schools for kids. Your kid can find at least the image of Elmo here: http://www.sesamestreet.com.tw/ MOMO Kid's TV: http://web1.momokids.com.tw/index.htm YOYO TV: http://yoyo.ettoday.com/ettv_yoyo/ 3. The English version of Sesame Street and SM Play with Me sans dubbing (meaning, the exact same shows on PBS) is broadcast on TVB's Pearl Channel. As I understood, this is their English Channel with foreign shows and subtitles in Chinese. I don't think Pearl TV is shown in Taiwan (TVB is HK local TV network). Pearl TV: http://pearl.tvb.com/ You can check out the kids shows if you can read Chinese. Oh Kirarin Revolution is on MOMO TV... that's what young girls in Asia are into. Give her a head start on IDing Morning Musumes too. After further research for Tim’s daughter’s sake, I found that:

1. Chinese Sesame Street is a co-production produced in China. It ended in 2001. Not currently show anywhere (rating may have suffered due to the connotation between the word “Big Bird” and “Huge Penis”)

2. Taiwan used to broadcast the American version of Sesame Street with dubbing on MOMO Kid’s Channel (a weak competitor to the powerful YoYo Channel) up until 2008. It is no longer part of its programming line up. I don’t believe Sesame Street in any incarnation is currently shown in Taiwan Sesame English, however, is one of the top English Cram schools for kids. Your kid can find at least the image of Elmo here: http://www.sesamestreet.com.tw/

MOMO Kid’s TV: http://web1.momokids.com.tw/index.htm
YOYO TV: http://yoyo.ettoday.com/ettv_yoyo/

3. The English version of Sesame Street and SM Play with Me sans dubbing (meaning, the exact same shows on PBS) is broadcast on TVB’s Pearl Channel. As I understood, this is their English Channel with foreign shows and subtitles in Chinese. I don’t think Pearl TV is shown in Taiwan (TVB is HK local TV network). Pearl TV: http://pearl.tvb.com/

You can check out the kids shows if you can read Chinese. Oh Kirarin Revolution is on MOMO TV… that’s what young girls in Asia are into. Give her a head start on IDing Morning Musumes too.

]]> By: JC http://www.8asians.com/2009/11/11/sesame-streets-asian-muppets/comment-page-1/#comment-141600 JC Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:47:00 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=4048#comment-141600 After further research for Tim's daughter's sake, I found that: 1. Chinese Sesame Street is a co-production produced in China. It ended in 2001. Not currently show anywhere (rating may have suffered due to the connotation between the word "Big Bird" and "Huge Penis") 2. Taiwan used to broadcast the American version of Sesame Street with dubbing on MOMO Kid's Channel (a weak competitor to the powerful YoYo Channel) up until 2008. It is no longer part of its programming line up. I don't believe Sesame Street in any incarnation is currently shown in Taiwan Sesame English, however, is one of the top English Cram schools for kids. Your kid can find at least the image of Elmo here: http://www.sesamestreet.com.tw/ MOMO Kid's TV: http://web1.momokids.com.tw/index.htm YOYO TV: http://yoyo.ettoday.com/ettv_yoyo/ 3. The English version of Sesame Street and SM Play with Me sans dubbing (meaning, the exact same shows on PBS) is broadcast on TVB's Pearl Channel. As I understood, this is their English Channel with foreign shows and subtitles in Chinese. I don't think Pearl TV is shown in Taiwan (TVB is HK local TV network). Pearl TV: http://pearl.tvb.com/ You can check out the kids shows if you can read Chinese. Oh Kirarin Revolution is on MOMO TV... that's what young girls in Asia are into. Give her a head start on IDing Morning Musumes too. After further research for Tim’s daughter’s sake, I found that:

1. Chinese Sesame Street is a co-production produced in China. It ended in 2001. Not currently show anywhere (rating may have suffered due to the connotation between the word “Big Bird” and “Huge Penis”)

2. Taiwan used to broadcast the American version of Sesame Street with dubbing on MOMO Kid’s Channel (a weak competitor to the powerful YoYo Channel) up until 2008. It is no longer part of its programming line up. I don’t believe Sesame Street in any incarnation is currently shown in Taiwan Sesame English, however, is one of the top English Cram schools for kids. Your kid can find at least the image of Elmo here: http://www.sesamestreet.com.tw/

MOMO Kid’s TV: http://web1.momokids.com.tw/index.htm
YOYO TV: http://yoyo.ettoday.com/ettv_yoyo/

3. The English version of Sesame Street and SM Play with Me sans dubbing (meaning, the exact same shows on PBS) is broadcast on TVB’s Pearl Channel. As I understood, this is their English Channel with foreign shows and subtitles in Chinese. I don’t think Pearl TV is shown in Taiwan (TVB is HK local TV network). Pearl TV: http://pearl.tvb.com/

You can check out the kids shows if you can read Chinese. Oh Kirarin Revolution is on MOMO TV… that’s what young girls in Asia are into. Give her a head start on IDing Morning Musumes too.

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