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Sesame Street
Rosita the translator
Air date March 30, 1993
Season Season 24 (1992-1993)
Written by Sonia Manzano
Production December 15 & 18, 1992
Sponsors I, P, 5

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StreetScenes
Picture Segment Description
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SCENE 1 Maria greets the viewer in Spanish, and Rosita does it in English. Rosita starts to feel proud of being a translator and wants to keep going, even while Maria works at the Fix-It Shop.
CongaCountingSong
Song "Conga Counting Song"
(First: Episode 2778)
DontbeaSnerd
Cartoon Don't be a Snerd when you sneeze.
Artist: Bruce Cayard
(First: Episode 1487)
1576k
Muppets The Twiddlebugs attempt to exit a roller skating rink.
(First: Episode 1468)
Planet
Cartoon P for Planet
(First: Episode 2008)
Film.Capoeira
Film Michael introduces his friend to the Afro-Brazilian martial art Capoeira.
(First: Episode 2752)
3978e
Animation "Five Waltzing Chairs"
Artist: Jane Aaron
(First: Episode 2983)
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SCENE 2 While Maria works, Rosita sees Big Bird approaching and reminds her to speak only in Spanish while Rosita translates. Maria speaks Spanish while Big Bird brings his unicycle over to be fixed, and Luis brings her flowers. Big Bird understands what she says to Luis when they embrace, pointing out that "You don't have to know Spanish to know love when you see it."
3986q
Cartoon A cartoon shows a few Spanish words - which are also English words.
Artist: Fred Garbers
(First: Episode 3011)
1993TakeaRest
Muppets On a tropical island, Bert, Cookie Monster, Grover, and a Caribbean Anything Muppet back-up band sing "Take a Rest."
SandP
Animation Sand P/p
(First: Episode 0634)
ProspectParkFieldTrip
Film A class goes on a field trip to Prospect Park, where Ranger Roseanne gives them a tour.
(First: Episode 2944)
BruceMoose
Cartoon Bruce the moose invites Toulouse LaGoose over for juice.
(First: Episode 2498)
FaceFacts
Song Lillian sings "Face Facts."
(First: Episode 2760)
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SCENE 3 Maria finishes fixing Big Bird's unicycle, and Big Bird comes back to pick it up. He tells Maria that her speaking Spanish has inspired him to relearn his first language, bird talk. He tweets three long messages, which, when translated, turn out to be "Thanks," "Good job," and "Bye." Just as he starts to ride on his unicycle, he crashes, and it needs to be fixed again.
3958x
Film Two girls count to 5 as they clap.
(First: Episode 3007)
Vegetables
Muppets Farmer Ernie sings "Grow High Grow Low" about how some plants grow high while some grow low.
(First: Episode 2448)
P.Penguin
Cartoon P for Penguin
Artist: Jeff Hale
(First: Episode 1190)
Song.DownBelowStreet
Song 14 Karat Soul sings about what's "Down Below the Street".
(First: Episode 2556)
Whatsprairiesproblem
Muppets Guy Smiley hosts "What's Prairie's Problem?" in which contestants try to figure out why Prairie Dawn can't use one of her senses (i.e., which part of her face is covered).
(First: Episode 2466)
AnimalDept.1-10
Cartoon "Animal Elevator": 1-10
(First: Episode 2530)
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SCENE 4 A customer (Martin P. Robinson) calls the Fix-it Shop, and Rosita insists that she do more translating for her. The customer is thrown off base when he hears all that Spanish and hangs up, thinking he dialed the wrong number. Maria tells Rosita that she doesn't need to translate her Spanish into English all the time, so Rosita decides instead to translate her English into Spanish.
Word.TELEPHONE
Animation The word TELEPHONE is displayed, followed by a ringing telephone.
(First: Episode 3048)
PlacidoTelephone
Muppets Phil Harmonic hosts another evening at the Nestropolitan Opera, featuring a performance by Placido Flamingo, "The Telephone of Brazil", to the tune of "Finiculi Finicula".
(First: Episode 2457)
I-candles
Animation I / i candles
Iamamanatee
Song Christopher Cerf sings "I'm a Manatee."
(First: Episode 3069)
3960zg
Muppets / Celebrity Tim Robbins and Elmo talk about surprise.
(First: Episode 2766)
Squeakyshoescartoon
Cartoon A man tries to figure out where a squeaky sound is coming from; it turns out to be a giant's squeaky shoes. "Surprise!"
(First: Episode 0770)
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SCENE 5 Having been pushed away by Maria, Rosita decides to be a translator for Oscar. It bothers Oscar so much that he goes back into his can, then Rosita asks him if she can stop (she's becoming tired of translating).
I-song
Animation Ornate I's swing through the air to a song.
(First: Episode 2921)
Rhymiescamping
Muppets The Rhymies go camping, but a bear disrupts their campsite.
(First: Episode 1389)
YourOldFriendToothbrush!
Cartoon A toothbrush talks to a mouth about what could happen if not taken care of.
(First: Episode 1476)
1736w
Film Saxophone factory.
(First: Episode 1446)
Grover-surf-nearfar
Muppets Grover, on a surfboard, demonstrates near and far.
(First: Episode 2859)
ArtistMike.Leannasaveworld
Cartoon Leanna Williams must save the world by cleaning it.
Artist: ArtistMike
(First: Episode 2839)
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SCENE 6 At night, while walking home from the Fix-it Shop, Luis and Maria sing a song about how it's "Twice as Nice" to speak more than one language.
Eljuegabeisbol
Animation "¡Él juega beisbol!"
(First: Episode 2101)
Rumplestiltskin
Muppets Sesame Street News Flash: RumplestiltskinKermit helps the miller's daughter guess Rumpelstiltskin's name.
(First: Episode 0724)
2293c
Film Fireworks Alphabet
(First: Episode 1104)
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SCENE 7 Rosita brings two kids over so they can announce the sponsors in Spanish.


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