Today is: Cookie Monster Day

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"Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!" features "Sesame Street" pals including Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Rosita and more.
"Sesame Street Live! Let’s Party!" features "Sesame Street" pals including Elmo, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird, Rosita and more.

Cookie Monster Day celebrates the popular "Sesame Street" character, Cookie Monster, and takes place on his birthday. Cookie Monster was created by Muppet creator Jim Henson. Before debuting on Sesame Street in 1969, the monster that would become Cookie Monster got his start in 1966 as a "Wheel-Stealer" on an unaired General Mills commercial for a snack food. The following year the monster was featured in an IBM training film that included a self-destructing "coffee break machine." On October 8, 1967, this skit appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show." The Cookie Monster prototype next appeared as Arnold in three commercials for Munchos, a potato snack from Frito-Lay. Henson could have kept making more commercials with the monster, but brought him to "Sesame Street" instead.

Source: Checkiday.com

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