Spain

Spain is a country in southern Europe, which borders France, Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar, and Morocco (Africa). Castilian Spanish is the official language, with three co-official languages in other portions of the country, notably Catalan in the Catalonia region. The country is famous for its many dance styles, bullfighting, and its key historical role in the colonization and exploration of North and South America (sponsoring Christopher Columbus and colonizing Mexico, amongst other deeds).

References

• The Muppet Show featured such songs as "Lady of Spain" and "In a Little Spanish Town"

• In The Muppet Show episode 317, Spanish morse code flamenco dancer Luis Greco gets into an altercation with the Swedish Chef, causing Spain and Sweden to declare war.

• On Bear in the Big Blue House, Bear's friend Ursa hails from Spain.

Co-Productions and Merchandising

Sesame Street was dubbed into Spanish as Ábrete Sésamo circa 1976. A comic book, Epi / Blas ...y los demás, was published from 1976 to 1979.

Barrio Sésamo, the Spanish Sesame Street co-production, debuted in 1979 and ran until 2000.

PortAventura features the SésamoAventura area, which first opened in 2011. Sesame Street characters have been appearing at the park since 2008.

In 2012, the mini-series Monstruos Supersanos aired dubbed on Antena 3.

In Spain, the Muppets are known as Los Teleñecos, and have featured in considerable merchandise. Kermit the Frog has been re-christened Gustavo la Rana. However, like in all other Spanish-speaking countries, in 2011 with the release of The Muppets movie imminent, they have been renamed Los Muppets. Their Spanish character names though, remain.

James Bobin, Gustavo (Kermit the Frog) and Peggy (Miss Piggy) visited Spain for the premiere of Los Muppets on January 23, 2012:

Dubs

Castilian

TV shows

• El Show de los Teleñecos (The Muppet Show)
• Los Fraguel (Fraggle Rock)
• Los Pequeñecos (Muppet Babies)
• El Cuentacuentos (The StoryTeller)
• Dinosaurios (Dinosaurs)
• Los Teleñecos (Muppets Tonight)
• El Oso de la Casa Azul (Bear in the Big Blue House)
• Farscape (Farscape)
• Los Hoobs (The Hoobs)
• Muppet Babies (Muppet Babies)
• Más Muppets que nunca (Muppets Now)
• Los Fraguel: la diversión continua (Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock)
• Juega conmigo , Sésamo (Play with Me Sesame)

Movies

• La Película de los Teleñecos (The Muppet Movie)
• El Gran Golpe de Los Teleñecos (The Great Muppet Caper)
• El Cristal Oscuro (The Dark Crystal)
• Los Teleñecos Conquistan Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan)
• Dentro Del Laberinto (Labyrinth)
• Los Teleñecos en Cuentos de Navidad (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
• Los Teleñecos en la Isla del Tesoro (Muppet Treasure Island)
• Los Teleñecos en el Espacio (Muppets from Space)
• Elmo en El País de los Gruñones (The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland)
• Las Primeras Aventuras de Gustavo (Kermit's Swamp Years)
• Los Teleñecos en Navidad (It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie)
• Los Teleñecos y el Mago de Oz (The Muppets' Wizard of Oz)
• Los Muppets (The Muppets)
• El Tour de Los Muppets (Muppets Most Wanted)