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Character from the television series Sesame Street

This article is about the Muppets and Sesame Street character. For other uses, see .

"Om nom" redirects here. For the video game character, see Cut the Rope.

Fictional character

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First appearance	; 59&#;years ago&#;(): unaired Wheels, Crowns and Flutes commercials (as the Wheels-stealer)
Created by	Jim Henson
Performed by	Frank Oz (–) David Rudman (–present)
Birthday	November 2[1]
Full name	Sidney Monster
Alias	, Arnold, Wheel-Stealer
Species	Muppet Monster (Wheel-Stealer in )
Gender	Male

is a blue Muppet character on the PBS/HBO children's television show Sesame Street. are his favorite kind.

His speech is often grammatically nonstandard; for example, he always uses "Me" to refer to himself in place of "I", "My", and "Mine".^[2]healthy eating habits for young children and also enjoys fruits and vegetables.

^[3][4][6] though in the first season he was referred to as both "tiny" and "Harry."^[7]All three share his characteristic blue fur and "googly eyes".

He also has a father, who appeared in a Monsterpiece Theater sketch promoting energy conservation, water conservation and environmentalism.

He often eats just about anything, including ice cream, hot dogs, cake, pizza, doughnuts, lettuce, apples, bananas, watermelon, as well as normally inedible objects. He and his Sesame Street friends are popular motifs on T-shirts. Each snack was represented by a different monster. The Wheel-Stealer was a short, fuzzy monster with wonky eyes and sharply pointed teeth. The Flute-Snatcher was a speed demon with a long, sharp nose and windblown hair.

Origin

The book Jim Henson's Designs and DoodlesGeneral Foods commercial^[8] that featured three crunchy snack foods: Wheels, Crowns and Flutes. Each snack was represented by a different monster. The Wheel-Stealer was a short, fuzzy monster with wonky eyes and sharply pointed teeth. The Flute-Snatcher was a speed demon with a long, sharp nose and windblown hair.

The Crown-Grabber was a hulk of a monster with a Boris Karloff accent and teeth that resembled giant knitting needles."^[9]

"These monsters had insatiable appetites for the snack foods they were named after. 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.

One by one, the monsters sneak in and zoom away with the snacks. Frustrated and peckish, the narrator warns viewers that these pesky monsters could be disguised as someone in your own home, at which point the monsters briefly turn into people and then dissolve back to monsters again."^[9]

As it turns out, these commercials were never aired — but all three monsters had a future in the Muppet cast.

The "Crown-Grabber" was used in a sketch on The Ed Sullivan Show, in which he ruins a girl's beautiful day. Known from then on as the Beautiful Day Monster, he made a number of appearances on Sesame Street and The Muppet Show. The "Flute-Snatcher" turned into Snake Frackle, a background monster from The Great Santa Claus Switch and The Muppet Show.^{[citation needed]}

In , Henson used the "Wheel-Stealer" puppet for an IBM training film, Coffee Break Machine.

In the sketch, "The Computer Dinner", the monster (with frightening eyes and fangs) devours a complex coffee-making machine as it describes its different parts. When he is finished, the machine announces the monster has activated the machine's anti-vandalism system, which contains the most powerful explosives known to man.

His speech is often grammatically nonstandard; for example, he always uses "Me" to refer to himself in place of "I", "My", and "Mine". All three share his characteristic blue fur and " googly eyes ". He also has a father, who appeared in a Monsterpiece Theater sketch promoting energy conservation , water conservation and environmentalism. Each snack was represented by a different monster. The Wheel-Stealer was a short, fuzzy monster with wonky eyes and sharply pointed teeth.

The monster promptly explodes. This sketch was also performed in October on The Ed Sullivan Show. It was also later performed on the George Burns episode of The Muppet Show using the Luncheon Counter Monster.^{[citation needed]}

Two years later, Henson used a similarly-designed and equally hungry monster for three commercials selling Munchos, a Frito-Lay potato snack.

This time, the puppet was named Arnold, the Munching Monster. After the three ads were produced, Henson had the opportunity to renew the contract. He chose not to, because at that point he was working on Sesame Street — and that monster puppet was moving on to the next stage in his career.^{[citation needed][10]}

Sesame Street debut in the first episode, interfering with Kermit the Frog's "famous W lecture" by eating a model "W" bit by bit.

He turns it into an "N", a "V", and finally an "I", to Kermit's frustration. He then tries to eat Kermit.^{[citation needed]}

g.") that would become part of his character. His signature song, "", was first aired during the –72 season, and it became one of the best-known songs from Sesame Street.^{[citation needed]}

^[11] They must also not make a mess on the expensive puppet.^[11] The ones made of rice crackers^[11][11]no added sugar.^[11] The main ingredients are dry pancake mix, puffed rice, Grape-Nuts cereal, and instant coffee (for color), mixed together with water and decorated with brown hot glue (to look like chocolate chips or raisins).^[11][11]

In , in response to growing concerns about record levels of childhood obesity in the United States, Sesame Street began airing segments titled Healthy Habits for Life.

In these segments, the Muppet characters of Sesame Street talk about healthy habits, such as eating properly and exercising. The Healthy Habits for Life^[12][13][11] There is a small hole in the puppet's mouth, so that something like an apple or banana can be "swallowed" by the puppet.^[11]

In a appearance on Martha Stewart"^[14]

On February 10, , NPRAll Things Considered segment In Character.

He answered the Proust Questionnaire, as well as revealing some of his favorite and non-favorite things.^[12][15]

In a June 19, , appearance on The Colbert Reportfruit to become the favorite snack of American children, according to a study Colbert had heard. lapel pin. Robert Downey y Award^[16][16]

Saturday Night Live.^[17] Though his bid to host Saturday Night Live failed, he was allowed to appear with Jeff Bridges when Jeff hosted the show and sang the Christmas song "Silver Bells".^[18]

Select Filmography

Casting history

Main performers

Sesame Street's season (taped ).

Cookie monster biography la Inside, a pair of red and black boxers hung from the grab handle. A toothbrush and tube of toothpaste were stashed in the glove box. But his prized possession was stuffed in a large plastic bag: the furry blue costume of the iconic Sesame Street character. Adam Sandler — his legal name, but no relation to the comic actor — slipped the outfit over a sweat-drenched blue T-shirt before putting on the head with the famously googly eyes. Then he got to work, playing Pied Piper for children going in and out of the Los Angeles Zoo and, hopefully, persuading their parents to slip a few dollars his way.

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Merchandise

The most obvious is a , of which numerous types have been available.

Cultural references

Familiar to generations of Sesame Street

Immoderation

In , U.S.

Budget Director Richard Darman wrote an introduction to the federal budget"

His manner is gruff. His clumsiness occasionally causes damage. He has a few bad habits. And he cannot quite control the way he spews forth crumbs. He is the quintessential consumer

—&#;U.S. Budget Director Richard Darman, unpublished version of the introduction to President Bush's federal budget^[21][22]

In the Food Network program Good Eats episode "Three Chips for Sister Marsha" (first aired December 13, ), a puppet named Maj.

Wilfred D. Asked about his well-known "brother", he responds, "I told you never to mention that ruffian. "^[23] In the Fox animated series Family Guy episode "Model Misbehaviorpsychiatric hospital, repeatedly foiling drug rehab^[24]

In the Sesame Street parody Avenue Q

So we used "Trekkie

—&#;Jeff Marx, Avenue Q composer and lyricist^[25]

Music

The guttural singing style in death metal^[26]

John Lennon's song "Hold On", recorded in (only a year after Sesame StreetRingo StarrEarly ", released in

Entertainment

In the Family Guy episode "Back to the PilotFacebook^[27] In The Empire Strikes Back spoof "Something, Something, Something, Dark SideWampa.^[28]

In another sci-fi related takeoff, the Star Wars spoof Hardware Wars features "Chewchilla the Wookiee Monster" in the role of Chewbacca.^[29]

Mad, first in "Mouse M.D", a parody of House M.D.Rookie Blue.^{[citation needed]}

Apple

When the Apple personal assistant Siri is asked the question, "what is zero divided by zeroSee?

It doesn’t make sense. "^[30][31]

On March 16, , AppleiPhone 6S^[32]

Other

A popular internet parody of The Great Wave off KanagawaAdobe Photoshop competition on Reddit. The piece features the wave with googly eyes^[33]

See also

References

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