Luis Santeiro

Luis Santeiro, left, with Nancy Sans and Sesame Street Live choreographer Patti Colombo

Luis G. Santeiro is a Cuban-American playwright and television writer who has been a member of the Sesame Street writing staff since 1978. In this role he has shared a number of Emmys won for Best Writing in a Children's Series. His other work for Children's Television Workshop includes penning The Sesame Street Special, writing lyrics for a number of songs including "Dentist of Seville" and "Todos un Pueblo," and developing the Troubles the Cat segments on Big Bag.

Santeiro may be best known for creating the bilingual 1970s television sitcom Qué Pasa, U.S.A.?

Writing Credits

• A is for Asthma (video)
• A New Baby in My House (video)
• The Alphabet Game (video)
• "Rosita's Block Party" (book)
• Sing-Along Earth Songs (video)
• "Sesame Street, Special" (pledge-drive special)
• Big Bird's Sunny Day Camp Out (stage show)

Sesame Street Song Credits

"All Over the World"

"Air"

"Amazingly Awesome Seven Song"

"Baby Say It Loud"

"Baile"

"Basura"

"Big Kids Cry"

"Bilingual Fruit Song"

"Birthday Emotions"

"Camouflage Carla"

"Car Mechanics Song"

"Cracking Nuts"

"Conga Counting Song"

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"D Duah Duah"

"Daddy Helps with the Dishes"

"Danny's Birthday"

"Dentist of Seville"

"Different"

"Different Yet the Same"

"Do the Jelly"

"Don't You Go Back In"

"Elbows and Knees"

"Elmo and the Lavender Moon"

"Elmo's Ducks"

"Fiesta"

"Five Sock Conga

"The Flapping Song"

"Floating on Air"

"Grouchelot"

"Grouchology"

"Grow High Grow Low"

"Heart of a Frog"

"Hace Frio!"

"Home to Me"

"Hurray-Hurrah for Broccoli"

"I Finally Saw a Rainbow"

"If Moon Was Cookie"

"I'm Flying"

"It's Alive"

"Little Plant"

"Look Through the Window" (Spanish lyrics)

"That's Music"

"The Mango Tango"

"Martian Family (Yip Yip Song)"

"Me and My Chair"

"My Outer Space Friend"

"My Polliwog Ways"

"Muevete"

"Musica"

"My Baby's Going to Have a Baby"

"Naughty Door Opera"

"New Baby"

"No Me Gusta"

"The Number Siete Rumba"

"Numero Comparsa"

"Pet at the Vet"

"Quiero Jugar"

"Recycling Blues"

"Seven Chickens Dance"

"Seven Things Song"

"Simple Clapping Song"

"Singing in the Shower"

"The Snuffle Shuffle"

"Songo's Song"

"South America Way"

"Taking a Picture"

"The Telephone Opera"

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"Telly's Lunch"

"Todos un Pueblo"

"The Tortellini Song"

"What is Friend?"

"Write Your Name"

"You Gotta Ask Some Questions"

"Zanahoria"

"Zunzun"

External links

• Que Pasa USA? Profile