ICYMI: A Filipino muppet has made his debut on 'Sesame Street!'
TJ the muppet appears along with Grover,star Kal Penn, and Korean-American muppet Ji-Young in a segment where they are discussing the word of the day: confidence.“I’m learning Tagalog. It’s a language my Filipino family speaks.
“I was blessed to collaborate with master puppeteer Louis Mitchell, the loveliest human on earth,” he added. He also thanked Sesame Workshop’s director of Talent Outreach, Inclusion, and Content Development Rosemary Espina Palacios, puppeteer and voice actor Yinan Shintu “for bringing TJ to life,” and the Sesame Street team.
In her own post, Rosemary welcomed TJ to Sesame Street, saying “I’m so proud to help bring some Filipino representation to the neighborhood, and just in time for API Heritage Month to show the range in our diaspora.”
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