According to the Muppet Central article on the "Songs from the Street" boxed set, "In 1971,
Jim Henson and his performers teamed with
Jerry Juhl, Joe Raposo and
Jeff Moss to write a
sketch on each letter of the
alphabet".
C Is For Cookie derives from this project. Actress
Candice Bergen lip-syncs the song when she visited
Sesame Street. A version was included on
Sesame Street Fever. A
12" promo single included disco remixes by
Larry Levan and Roy Thode. In 1993, a new operatic version was taped, featuring opera singer
Marilyn Horne as
Cleopatra, in an Egyptian setting with a pyramid made entirely out of cookies in the background. At the end of the song once "Cleopatra" is carried away out of sight, Cookie Monster appears in Egyptian attire and pulls a cookie off the pyramid, causing it to collapse with a huge crash while he eats it. Since then, several authorized and unauthorized versions of the song have been produced, including "funky" and "sweet" versions released on the 2003 record
Cookie Monster & the Girls. A short reprise of the song is also performed by Cookie Monster and the cast of
Sesame Street on the 1975 album
Bert & Ernie Sing-Along. In addition, since the advent of YouTube, there have also been recordings of the song, regular and operatic, in reverse, under such titles as "C Is For Cookie Reversed" or "Cheese Good For Fleas" (which is what the phrase "C is for Cookie" sounds like dubbed backwards). Sheet music of the song has been published by the
Hal Leonard Corporation,
Sheet Music Plus, and others. The toy "Letter of the Day Cookie Jar" features Cookie Monster saying a short phrase about each letter. For "C", he says "C is for Cookie". He also adds that a donut is a 'C' if you eat part of it. ==References==