Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday July 15 2002 v i SHERMANS LAGOON HIVcharactertodebuton South frica 'Sesame oHetMPorMtt r " J i i ' NEWYORK(AP)— The South Afrkti version of "Sesame Street" is introducing a character with a problem far morc aeriom dun scraped kneel or mining cookies She’i HIV ' i positive The Muppet character will join the cast of the children’s show in September to help cate children about AIDS at the urging of the South African government Some 47 million South Africans — one in nine — are HIV positive more people than in any other country in the world There are no plans to incorporate an HIV-positive Muppet in die American or other versions of the snow said representatives of Sesame Workshop its New production company Plans for the South African version were announced this week at the International AIDS Conference in Barcelona Spain “Tfekalani Sesame” in South Africa is one of several locally produced versions of the children’s program Egypt Russia Germany Mexico ana Spain among other countries ail have shows modeled after die American "Sesame Street" that premiered in 1969 The South African show uses Muppets simi- lar to the American characters of Big Bird Elmo and the Cookie Monster The South Cookie Monster for example is called '’ MO MM TUBETHWME IMStoCKt ‘nen! ffltsaaes MXU-MC- O sums! 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