Cookie Monster

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Cookie Monster

Cookie Monster (right) and his mother in a season 33 Letter of the Day segment, 2002.

First appearance	1967: IBM training video December 2, 1969 Sesame Street
Gender	male

Voiced by	Frank Oz David Rudman

Also known as	Sid (previous name revealed in 2004).

Cookie Monster is a popular Muppet character on the children's television show Sesame Street. He is covered with blue fur and has "googly eyes", but he is most known for his voracious appetite (which is apparently hereditary, as both his father and mother share the same food choices as him) and his famous eating sound "Omm nom nom nom". He can (and often does) eat anything and everything (even eating the four letters in the word "food", salt and pepper shakers, a napkin, and even a telephone, as well as other foods like danishes, donuts, a painting of a cookie and even an attempt at eating Guy Smiley), but his favorite choice of food above everything else is cookies, hence his name; in a song in 2004, Cookie Monster revealed that, before he ate his first cookie, he says he believes his name was Sid. ^[1] (Chocolate-chip cookies are his favorite kind; oatmeal cookies are his second favorite.) The character has been performed by Frank Oz and David Rudman. He is known to have a mother, a younger sister, and an identically-designed cousin. He also has a father as well, who appeared in a Monsterpiece Theater sketch, that is a strong adherent for energy conservation, water conservation and environmentalism.

1 History and evolution
2 Casting history
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

The idea of Cookie setting a good example for children with respect hi \ service announcement]]s, various merchandise, and individual sketches. In fact, Sesame Workshop released a home video in 2000 called Happy Healthy Monsters. However, he is unfortunately not seen exercising on the video (some of his fellow Sesame monsters commented, however, that Cookie is looking rather svelte now and has lost weight, and his friend Grover has commented that he is also on a diet, though the Sesame Workshop executives have made it quite clear that Cookie would not be doing so, just adding more foods to his menu).

In 2006, in response to growing concerns about record levels of childhood obesity in the U.S.A., Sesame Street began airing segments entitled Healthy Habits for Life. In these segments, the Muppet characters of Sesame Street talk about healthy habits, such as eating right and exercise. The Healthy Habits for Life segments caused false Internet rumors that Cookie Monster's name had been changed to Veggie Monster or would be taken off the show entirely.

In a 2007 appearance on Martha Stewart's TV program, Cookie Monster explained his new philosophy that "Cookies are a sometime food." However, he promised that he was not going to change his name to "Brussels Sprouts Monster."

Main Performers

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

Alternate Performers

Jim Henson — in The Ed Sullivan Show
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. 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. Frank Oz still performs Cookie Monster and his other Sesame Street characters a couple of times per year.