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Monsterpiece Theater from Sesame Street

Parody is one of the sincerest forms of flattery and one of the funniest forms of comedy. Sesame Street took it to an "art" form on several levels with Monsterpiece Theater. Designed as a play on the PBS classic Masterpiece Theater, it was hosted by Alistair Cookie, his poor grammar and jiggling eyes belying the purported serious elegance. The sketches played off classic works of literature as well as more modern television and movie favorites. And, as always with Sesame Street, there was danger of learning something about numbers, spatial relations and social concepts all while laughing your head off. (Which can make it difficult to store your new knowledge!)

Monsterpiece Theater: My Pick 

This is probably my favorite Monsterpiece Theater sketch, not only because it has a fairly young sexy Mel Gibson, but also because it emphasizes the importance of reading. How much do I like it? Enough for it to be my favorite despite featuring Elmo!

Monsterpiece Theater - Hamlet

Words! Words! Words!

Runtime: 286
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Monsterpiece Theater: Classic Stories 

Sesame Street: Monsterpiece Thtr. "Little Red Riding Cookie" 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - The Old Man & The C 0 points

Classic Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Ali Baba" 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater: 1 Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest 0 points

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Room at the Top" 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater: Get your monsters here 

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Monsterpiece Theater: Musicals 

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater: The Sound of Music 0 points

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater - The king and I 0 points

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater - Guys and dolls 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - Anyone's Nose 0 points

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Inside/Outside Story" 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater: More monsters to own 

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Monsterpiece Theater: Classic Movies 

Monsterpiece Theater - The 39 Stairs 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater: The Postman Always Rings Twice 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - Monsters With Dirty Faces 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - Gone With The Wind 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater: "Modern" Movies 

Classic Sesame Street: Chariots of Fur 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - The Horse Whisperer 0 points

Sesame Street -Monsterpiece theater Dr. NO! (by request) 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - The 400 Blows 0 points

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater - Howard's end 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater: Plays 

Vintage Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theatre - 12 Angry Men 0 points

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Waiting for Elmo" 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - The Taming of the Shoe 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - Monsters of Venice 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - Cyranose de Bergerac 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater: Television 

Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Twin Beaks" 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - ABCD Blue 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater - Little House (on/under/in) Prairie 0 points

Monsterpiece Theater: The Cast 




Cookie Monster..........Alistair Cookie, host









Grover.............Various roles









Herry.............Various roles






Occasional Cast
Elmo - Hamlet
Telly - Waiting for Elmo
Merry Monster - The Sun Also Rises
Random other monsters

Non-monster "guest" stars



Prairie Dawn - Little House











Mel Gibson - Hamlet









Kermit - Gone With the Wind

Monsterpiece Theater: More on the cast members 

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Monsterpiece Theater: One Last Clip 

Monsterpiece Theater - Me Claudius

From 1981, many people claim that this was to be the first. Now I don't mean to sound political, but I would always disagree with that.

Runtime: 112
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Monsterpiece Theater: Other Sketches 

There are a few more sketches from Monsterpiece Theater that aired over the years, but unfortunately, I couldn't find them. Let me know in the guestbook if you ever run across one of these.

"Conservations with My Father"
"Dances with Wolves"
"Fiddler on the Roof"
"Lethal Weapon 3"
"Monster in a Box"
"Munch Ado About Nothing"
"The Sun Also Rises"
"Upstairs, Downstairs"

Monsterpiece Theater: Leave your growls here 

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