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He is known to have a mother, a younger sister, and an identically-designed cousin, who all share his characteristic blue fur and "googly eyes". Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by Fur is a body hair of any non-human Mammal, also known as the Pelage. Googly eyes or wiggly eyes are large bulging or rolling craft findings used to imitate Eyes The eyes traditionally are composed of a clear hard-plastic shell He also has a father, who appeared in a Monsterpiece Theater sketch promoting energy conservation, water conservation and environmentalism. Monsterpiece Theater is a recurring segment on the American version of the internationally acclaimed children's educational program Sesame Street portrayed as Energy conservation is the practice of decreasing the quantity of energy used Water conservation refers to reducing the use of water The goals of water conservation efforts include Sustainability - To ensure availability for Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. Both Cookie Monster's mother and father have his enormous appetite. He and his Sesame Street friends are popular motifs on t-shirts, and he has also appeared as a guest star on the Martha Stewart show. Sesame Street is an American educational Children's television series and a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard combining Naturally, he was overjoyed at the fact they were making cookies.

Origin

The book Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles explains Cookie Monster's origin as follows: "In 1966, Henson drew three monsters that ate cookies and appeared in a General Foods commercial that featured three crunch snack foods: Wheels, Crowns and Flutes. Each snack was represented by a different monster. The Wheel-Stealer was a short, fuzzy monster with wonky eyes and sharply pointed teeth. The Flute-Snatcher was a speed demon with a long, sharp nose and windblown hair. The Crown-Grabber was a hulk of a monster with a Boris Karloff accent and teeth that resembled giant knitting needles.

"These monsters had big appetites for the snack foods they were named after. Each time the Muppet narrator, a human-looking fellow, fixes himself a tray of Wheels, Flutes and Crowns, they disappear before he can eat them. One by one, the monsters sneak in and zoom away with the snacks. Frustrated and peckish, the narrator warns viewers that these pesky monsters could be disguised as someone in your own home, at which point the monsters briefly turn into people and then dissolve back to monsters again. "

As it turns out, these commercials were never aired — but all three monsters had a future in the Muppet cast. The "Crown-Grabber" was used in a sketch on The Ed Sullivan Show, in which he ruins a girl's beautiful day. The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, Known from then on as the Beautiful Day Monster, he made a number of appearances on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. The Beautiful Day Monster is a Muppet that debuted on The Ed Sullivan Show. The Muppet Show is an American Television program featuring a cast of Muppets which was produced by Jim Henson and his team from The "Flute-Snatcher" turned into Snake Frackle, a background monster from The Great Santa Claus Switch and The Muppet Show. The Frackles is a classification of Muppet Monsters. They first appeared in a Television special called The Great Santa Claus Switch The Great Santa Claus Switch was a Jim Henson television special featuring his Muppets.

In 1967, Henson used the "Wheel-Stealer" puppet for an IBM training film called Coffee Break Machine. International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology In the sketch, the monster (with frightening eyes and fangs) devours a complex machine as the machine describes its purpose and construction. At the end of the sketch, the talking machine explains that its primary purpose is to produce the greatest explosion known to man. The monster promptly explodes. This sketch was also performed in October, 1967 on The Ed Sullivan Show. (It was also later performed on the George Burns episode of The Muppet Show using the Luncheon Counter Monster. George Burns ( January 20 1896 &ndash March 9 1996; born Nathan Birnbaum) was an American comedian, Actor )

Two years later, Henson pulled the puppet out of the box again for three commercials selling Munchos, a Frito-Lay potato chip. Munchos are a Frito-Lay brand Potato crisp snack Munchos are thinner than most potato chips to the point of being slightly transparent For the chips synonymous with the company see Fritos and Lay's. This time, the puppet was called Arnold, the Munching Monster. After the three ads were produced, Henson had the opportunity to renew the contract. He chose not to, because at that point he was working on Sesame Street — and that monster puppet was moving on to the next stage in his career.

Cookie Monster, still unnamed, made his Sesame Street debut in the first episode, interfering with Kermit the Frog's "famous W lecture" by eating a model "W" bit by bit (turning it into an "N", a "V", and finally an "I", to Kermit's frustration). Kermit the Frog is a Muppet, one of Puppeteer Jim Henson 's most famous and beloved creations first introduced in 1955

In his early appearances on the show, Cookie Monster seemed somewhat scary to younger viewers, as he personified the childhood fear of "being eaten by a monster". However, this fearsome image did not last long, and Cookie Monster quickly became one of the most popular and beloved characters on the show. Cookie Monster's theme song, "C is for Cookie", is one of the most famous songs from Sesame Street. C Is For Cookie, by Joe Raposo, is a song performed by Cookie Monster, a Muppet character from the television series Sesame Street

Evolution

In 2006, in response to growing concerns about record levels of childhood obesity in the U. Childhood Obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or wellbeing S. A. , Sesame Street began airing segments entitled Healthy Habits for Life. Healthy Habits for Life is a series of segments and storylines in Children's television series Sesame Street. In these segments, the Muppet characters of Sesame Street talk about healthy habits, such as eating properly and exercising. The Healthy Habits for Life segments spawned false Internet rumors that Cookie Monster's name had been changed to Veggie Monster or would be taken off the show entirely. ^[2][3]

In a 2007 appearance on Martha Stewart's TV program, Cookie Monster explained his new philosophy that "Cookies are a sometime food. Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra; August 3, 1941) is an American Business magnate, Television host, author "

On February 10, 2008, NPR host Elizabeth Blair interviewed Cookie Monster for the All Things Considered segment In Character. All Things Considered (ATC is a news radio program in the United States broadcast on the National Public Radio network He answered the Proust Questionnaire, as well as revealing some of his favorite and non-favorite things. The Proust Questionnaire is a Questionnaire about one's personality first popularized by the responses given by the French Writer Marcel Proust ^[2][4]

Casting history

Main Performers

• Frank Oz — From 1969 to present
• David Rudman — From 2001 to present

Alternate Performers

• Jim Henson — in The Ed Sullivan Show^[5]
• Joe Raposo — in "Everyone Likes Ice Cream"
• Eric Jacobson — occasionally in 2001 and 2005

David Rudman officially became Cookie Monster in Sesame Street's 2002 season (taped 2001), but the year before that, Rudman shared the part with Eric Jacobson. Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is a British-born American Film director, Actor and Puppeteer. David Rudman is the performer of many Sesame Street Muppet characters notably Baby Bear and Cookie Monster, for whom he is the replacement Muppeteer for For other uses of "Henson" see Henson. James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24 1936 &ndash May 16 1990 was one of The Ed Sullivan Show was an American television Variety show that ran from June 20, 1948 to June 6, Joseph Guilherme Raposo Jr, OIH ( February 8, 1937 – February 5, 1989) was a Portuguese - Eric Jacobson is a Puppeteer and Muppet performer who has been the primary replacement puppeteer for Frank Oz 's characters since 2001 Once Jacobson was cast as Grover and Bert, Sesame Workshop chose Rudman as Cookie Monster to allow for more interaction between Cookie Monster and Bert/Grover. Bert is a Fictional character, a Muppet on the Public Broadcasting Service 's long-running children's Television show Sesame Street Grover is a Muppet character on the television show Sesame Street. Frank Oz still performs Cookie Monster and his other Sesame Street characters a couple of times per year.

Merchandise

Numerous children's books featuring Cookie Monster have been published over the years:

Cultural references

• An article in The Wall Street Journal notes that the guttural singing style in death metal bands is called "Cookie Monster singing". Happy Birthday Cookie Monster (ISBN 0-394-88182-6 is a children's book by Felice Haus, with illustrations by Carol Nicklausm published 1986 cf Death rattle, a sound sometimes made by the dying A death growl, also known as death metal vocals, gutteral vocals Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs fast tempos heavily distorted guitars deep growling vocals morbid lyrics ^[6]
• In the Star Wars spoof Hardware Wars, Chewchilla the Wookie Monster (the spoof's version of Chewbacca) is an obvious takeoff on Cookie Monster. Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded Hardware Wars (1977 is a Short film spoof of the classic Science fiction film Star Wars. Chewbacca (or Chewie) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe.
• Trekkie Monster in Avenue Q is loosely based on Cookie Monster. Trekkie Monster is a character in the Broadway musical Avenue Q who lives in a second floor apartment in a building on Avenue Q which is a run-down street situated Avenue Q is a musical conceived by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who wrote the music and lyrics and directed by Jason Moore. ^[7]
• In 1990 U. S. Budget Director Richard Darman wrote an introduction to the federal budget with a section "Green Eyeshades and the Cookie Monster" in which he called enormous budget "the quintessential consumer. Richard Gordon Darman, known as Dick Darman ( May 10, 1943 - January 25, 2008) was an American Economist . . the Ultimate Cookie Monster". ^[8][9]
• In the Fox animated series Family Guy episode "Model Misbehavior", Cookie Monster is shown in rehab. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other “Model Misbehavior” is the tenth episode from the fourth season of the FOX Animated television series Family Guy. He is a patient in a psychiatric hospital, apparently trying to kick his cookie addiction. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is He is caught hiding a plate of cookies under his sheets, and denies having them by blaming it on a person who made his bed, named Derek. Later, Lois finds him in the women's bathroom, trying to cook a spoonful of cookie dough with a cigarette lighter in the same manner as a heroin addict. Lois Griffin (née Pewterschmidt) is a Fictional character from the animated series Family Guy. Cookie dough refers to a blend of Cookie ingredients which has been mixed into a solid yet malleable form but has not yet been hardened by Heat. A lighter is a portable device used to create a Flame. It consists of a metal or plastic container filled with lighter fluid (usually Naphtha or liquid Butane Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative
• In the Food Network program Good Eats episode "Three Chips for Sister Marsha" (first aired December 13, 2000), a puppet named Maj. Food Network is a cable network that airs specials and recurring (episodic programs about food and cooking Good Eats is a Television Cooking show created and hosted by Alton Brown that airs in North America on Food Network. Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Wilfred D. Cookie who looks like a green version of Cookie Monster appears. Asked about his well-known "brother", he responds, "I told you never to mention that ruffian. All he knows about cookies is how to shovel them into his face. "^[10]

See also

• Cookie Monster Munch
• C is for Cookie

References

External links

• Cookie Monster at the Internet Movie Database