Season 34 • Episode 143
LatestSesamstraße is the German-language version of Sesame Street, a children's television series. It airs primarily in Germany and the surrounding German-speaking countries. The show premièred on 8 January 1973, Sesamstraße has been running on Norddeutscher Rundfunk since 1973; it's now in its 40th season. Sesamstraße is also broadcast on Das Erste and KiKa.
Practical Effects
Puppetry that somehow survived five decades of daily abuse.
Production
Norddeutscher Rundfunk kept this weird American import alive since 1973.
Creator
Lloyd Morrisett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sesamstraße is one of the longest-running American TV adaptations in German broadcasting history, outlasting most actual German children's programming.
Unlike the American original, early German episodes were fully dubbed rather than produced locally—creating the surreal experience of watching American street culture with German voices emerging from puppets' mouths.
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