was the Filipino co-production of the American children's television program, Sesame Street.
[5] The choice was made to have turtle and monkey muppets due to those animals' frequent appearances in Philippine folk tales.
[2][3] The Philippine producers were unable to afford their half of the co-production, and the arrangement dissolved.
[3] This foundation went on to create Batibot, which maintained much of the Sesame Street formula while being produced solely by a Filipino team.
The show was able to retain use of the Pong Pagong and Kiko Matsing puppets due to a license agreement with Children's Television Workshop.