One by one, the monsters sneak in and zoom away with the snacks. 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. 'These monsters had insatiable appetites for the snack foods they were named after. The Crown-Grabber was a hulk of a monster with a Boris Karloff accent and teeth that resembled giant knitting needles.' The Flute-Snatcher was a speed demon with a long, sharp nose and windblown hair. The Wheel-Stealer was a short, fuzzy monster with wonky eyes and sharply pointed teeth.

Each snack was represented by a different monster. 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 crunchy snack foods: Wheels, Crowns and Flutes. Cookie Monster's mother and father both share his enormous appetite and craving for cookies. He also has a father, who appeared in a Monsterpiece Theater sketch promoting energy conservation, water conservation and environmentalism. All three share his characteristic blue fur and ' googly eyes'. He is known to have a mother, a younger sister, and a cousin, identical in design, who does not like cookies. Despite his voracious appetite for cookies, Cookie Monster shows awareness of healthy eating habits for young children and also enjoys fruits and vegetables. His speech is often grammatically incorrect he always uses 'Me' to refer to himself in place of 'I','My', and 'Mine'. Chocolate chip cookies are his favorite kind. He is best known for his voracious appetite and his famous eating catchphrases, such as 'Me want cookie!' As his name suggests, his preferred food is cookies though he eats almost anything, including inedible objects.

In a song in 2004, and later in an interview in 2017, Cookie Monster revealed his real name as 'Sid'. Sidney Monster, Alistair Cookie, Arnold, Wheel-StealerĬookie Monster is a blue Muppet character on the long-running PBS/ HBO children's television show Sesame Street. Cookie Monster singing his signature songġ966: unaired Wheels, Crowns and Flutes commercials (as the Wheels-stealer)

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