The Letter of the Day
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The Letter of the Day sketch was introduced in 2002. It has always been hosted by Cookie Monster. In 2004, Prairie Dawn started to regularly host it with him.
The original segments from 2002 all involved the letter written in icing on a cookie, which Cookie Monster constantly tried not to eat, but in the end he gave in and ate the cookie. Frank Oz performed Cookie Monster in some of these segments, and occasionally another character would help him, usually Grover or Prairie Dawn.
Starting in 2004, when he was teamed up with Prairie Dawn, the letter presented was just a foam letter which Cookie Monster often wanted to eat. Prairie Dawn kept trying to get Cookie not to eat the letter, but Cookie Monster always managed to find a way to eat it anyway.
Some segments produced in 2005 involved The Letter of the Day Games, a game show introduced by a very energetic off-camera announcer (voiced by Matt Vogel).
"The Letter of the Day" was a daily segment on the show until 2007. It still appears in some episodes, but does not appear in every episode, though each episode does still have a letter sponsor. Usually when they are shown, they are the 2004 segments with Cookie and Prairie Dawn.
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Individual Segments
Segments are listed in alphabetical order. To view chronologically, select the appropriate arrow to re-sort.
Season 33
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 | A - Ernie Protects the Cookie | Cookie Monster enlists the help of Ernie to protect the letter "A" cookie. Cookie warns him that he will be very tempted, and beg and cry for the cookie (even resorting to telling Ernie's mommy), but no matter what, Ernie should not give it to him. However, Ernie does give in and give him the cookie simply because Cookie politely asks for it.
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 | A - Safe | Episode 3985 | Cookie Monster locks the letter of the day cookie in a small safe and puts the key into the safe's top slot. It turns out that even a steel safe can't protect the cookie from a monster's hunger.
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 | B - Cookie's Mother | Episode 4025 | Cookie Monster and his mother talk about the letter B. Cookie's mother tries to get her son not to eat it, but gives into temptation. ("What the hey? KOWABUNGA!")
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 | C - Mumford's Trick | Episode 4004 | Cookie Monster asks The Amazing Mumford to make the cookie with the letter of the day disappear so that he can't eat it. Mumford tries and fails to make the cookie disappear, but Cookie Monster figures out a way to do it...
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  | D - DON'T Sign | Episode 3990 | Part 1: Cookie Monster makes a "DON'T" sign to help stop him from eating the Letter D Cookie.
Part 2: Cookie Monster eats the sign so it says DO, and eats the cookie.
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 | E - Wild Animals | Episode 4000 | Cookie Monster brought out several wild animals for them to "eat" the letter E cookie until he realized that his plan did not work out and decided to eat the cookie.
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 | F - Drawing | Episode 3997 | Cookie Monster plans to draw a picture of the letter cookie so that he can eat it yet still teach the letter thereof. He ends up eating both the cookie and the drawing, though!
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 | G - Giant Cookie | Episode 4038 | Part 1: Cookie Monster discovers there is no cookie for him ("That funny--propman here usually hand it to me") until a giant one lands into his paws. Trying to sustain himself, he eats the giant cookie.
Part 2: After eating the giant cookie, Cookie Monster grows larger and starts naming G words like "gassy".
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 | H - Hide | Episode 4001 | Cookie Monster decides to hide the letter H cookie. He then finds a place to hide it: In his tummy!
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 | I - Icing | Episode 4029 | Rather than eating the cookie, Cookie Monster decides to eat the icing instead. Doing so obliterates the letter, however, justifying the rest of the cookie to be consumed.
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 | J - Jumpin' J | Episode 3993 | Cookie Monster jumps along with a jumping cookie with the letter J on it. Upon "tiring" the cookie out, CM chows down on it.
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 | K - Train | Episode 3989 | Cookie Monster sends his K cookie away on the letter K train so he won't eat it. Unfortunately, it returns a few moments later.
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 | L - Singing | Episode 3981 | Cookie Monster thinks that singing can stop him from eating the "Letter of the Day" cookie.
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 | M - Disguise | Episode 3984 | Cookie decides to disguise his cookie so he can't eat it. |
  | N - Letter Cookie Eating Prevention | Episode 4005 | Part 1: Cookie Monster tries to figure out how to not eat the cookie with an N on it.
Part 2: Super Grover tries to help keep Cookie Monster from eating it, but proves himself unsuccessful.
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  | O - Package | Episode 3983 | Part 1: Cookie decides to send his cookie away so he can't eat it.
Part 2: Grover (from Federal Impress) takes Cookie's package to deliver it. The mailing address ends up being Cookie's. (Grover: I don't think he gets the concept of the postal service.)
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 | P - Blindfold | Episode 4003 | Since P begins the word "Prairie", Prairie Dawn does not want Cookie Monster to eat the letter of the day, so she puts a blindfold on him. She should have plugged his nose, too, since he still finds it.
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 | Q - Missing Part | Episode 3982 | Prairie Dawn is disappointed that Cookie Monster ate the "little stemmy" part of the Q, making it look like an O.
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 | R- Rap Song | Episode 3995 | Cookie Monster sings a rap song about the letter R, naming R words and singing about how he shouldn't eat the letter of the day while singing the song, but then he finishes the song (and after that, he finishes the cookie). Video: All-Star Alphabet.
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 | S - Super plan | Episode 4028 | Super Grover has a super plan to keep Cookie Monster from eating the letter of the day. He puts the cookie into a basket, and pulls it up with a rope. However, Cookie Monster pulls down on and eats the basket, sending Super Grover flying.
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 | T - Hat | Episode 4027 | Cookie Monster makes a hat from a letter T-shaped cookie. Unfortunately he's so hungry he could eat his hat.
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 | U - Rocket | Episode 3994 | Cookie Monster puts the letter of the day, U, on a rocket and sends it away, but it comes back.
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 | V - Bricks | Episode 3987 | Cookie Monster carries a heavy load of bricks in an effort to not eat the letter V cookie.
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 | W - Naming words | Episode 3992 | Cookie Monster decides to take his mind off eating the letter of the day cookie by naming words that begin with W. Prairie Dawn shows up but Cookie Monster is too deep in thought to notice her. When she finally gets his attention, he eats the cookie.
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 | X - X-Ray | Episode 4101 | Cookie Monster eats the cookie with the letter of the day before he can know what the letter of the day is ("Oh, me feel tremendous guilt."), so an Anything Muppet doctor puts an X-ray in front of Cookie Monster.
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 | Y - Suitcase | Episode 3988 | Cookie Monster locks the letter Y cookie in a suitcase so he won't eat it, but the suitcase has no bottom. "Me wonder how that happened."
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   | Z - Zoo | Episode 3986 | Part 1: Cookie Monster avoids eating the "Letter of the Day" cookie... For now.
Part 2: Cookie Monster builds the Great Wall of Cookie to separate him from the "Letter of the Day" cookie. Part 3: Cookie Monster breaks through the Great Wall of Cookie. |
Season 35
| Picture | Segment | Earliest Known Appearance | Description |
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 | A - Aggravating | Episode 4122 | Prairie Dawn encourages Cookie Monster to think of words that begin with "A." She can't keep him from eating the letter in question, though, much to her "a"ggravation. |
 | C - Cookie | Episode 4106 | Prairie Dawn and Cookie Monster introduce the letter of the day. While he doesn't intend to eat the letter, Cookie Monster does note that "C" stands for cookie... eventually leading him to do just that. |
 | E - Pretending Letter E is a Cookie | Episode 4087 | Prairie Dawn begins to introduce the Letter of the Day segment, when Cookie Monster comes in, saying the blue letter E is a cookie. Prairie tries to correct Cookie, and is relieved when Cookie says he pretending. He cites "Eat", "Egg", and "Elephant" as E-words. Prairie compliments him, saying that it's excellent. The cookie Cookie imagines has chocolate chips, raisins, and vanilla icing. Cookie's eats the letter E, stating "Me have good imagination". Frustrated Prairie Dawn says that "I'm going to pretend this never happened."
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 | H - Role Reversal | Episode 4097 | After Cookie Monster promises not to eat the letter H, Prairie Dawn retorts that he will eat it: she mimics his typical speech and behavior in these segments, even eating the H herself after losing control.
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 | K - Kowabunga | Episode 4067 | Cookie Monster teaches Prairie Dawn a new K word, "Kowabunga."
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 | M - The sound of mmmm | Episode 4069 | Prairie Dawn convinces Cookie Monster that the letter M is not a cookie, but is for "Mmm-Monster" and other M words. Cookie Monster says that "Mmmm" is the sound he makes after eating a cookie. He proceeds to demonstrate by eating the letter "M", which Prairie Dawn declares "Mmm-Messy". "And educational" Cookie Monster adds, as he "Mmm"'s off the stage.
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 | N - A horn of dilemma | Episode 4105 | Should Cookie Monster eat Prairie Dawn's letter N even though it's not a cookie? |
 | O - Oh | Episode 4114 | Prairie Dawn assures Cookie Monster that the letter O is not a cookie and does her best to intervene, but he eats it anyway as a means of "making sure." Oh! |
 | T - Tasty | Episode 4090 | Cookie Monster looks intently for cookies, although Prairie Dawn assures him that there are none in the vicinity. He eventually comes to the same conclusion, but only after eating the letter "T."
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 | Z - Cookie Distraction | Episode 4082 | Prairie Dawn decides to give Cookie Monster a plate of cookies so he doesn't eat the letter Z, but alas, as Prairie lectures, Cookie Monster eats all the cookies and then proceeds to eat the Z.
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