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On rare occasions, Cookie Monster himself stars in the sketches, as in " Twin Beaks," invariably winning rave critical reviews from Alistair Cookie.Īlistair Cookie was first introduced in 1978 ( Season 9 of Sesame Street). Occasionally, however, the participants take their grievances directly to Alistair Cookie (" Twelve Angry Men", " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"), crash into his sanctum (" The 39 Stairs"), or otherwise disrupt his hosting duties. It's a whole 'nother side of Cookie, where he's just kinda, you know, laidback and intellectual, but he still has that 'Me Alistair Cookie,' and it's just such a funny contrast."Īlistair Cookie is generally a detached party who simply serves as a frame for the "Monsterpiece Theater" spoofs. In a 2004 Chicago Public Radio interview, David Rudman referred to Cookie Monster's occasional use of more advanced phrases, such as "It a bit esoteric," as his Alistair Cookie side: "He throws out these words like, you know, 'Me digress.' It's his whole Alistair Cookie side.
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Subsequently, the Alistair Cookie scenes in earlier skits were re-taped (without the accessory), with the puppet being lip-synched to the original voice track performed by Frank Oz. By the late 1980s, the pipe was gone - so as not to reinforce smoking as a positive attribute. These skits with Alistair Cookie's pipe could be identified by their "Union Jack" opening titles. To match his smoking jacket (and the stereotype of the urbane British host), Alistair Cookie used to appear holding a pipe, which he would consume by the end of each piece. Though seemingly more sedate and urbane, Alistair Cookie is still a Cookie Monster, devouring baked goods, props - and in the revamped opening in the 1990s, noisily consuming cookies over the theme, while offering judicious comments on the texture. Created as a spoof of the original Masterpiece Theater host Alistair Cooke, Alistair Cookie is basically Cookie Monster in an English smoking jacket and ascot, introducing viewers to a spot of culture while relaxing in a well-stuffed armchair.
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Alistair Cookie appearing in various Sesame Street computer games.Īlistair Cookie is Cookie Monster's alter ego when hosting " Monsterpiece Theater" on Sesame Street.