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Thread #5854   Message #34222
Posted By: Cuilionn
06-Aug-98 - 02:20 AM
Thread Name: Muppet Music
Subject: RE: Muppet Music
The "C is for cookie" song... hmmm. I read a story somewhere a few years back that the song was originally created by a woman who worked with the Children's Television Workshop and had a developmentally delayed son. She was trying to come up with a way to teach him letter-recognition and reading, something the "EXPERTS" said couldn't be done. She made up the song, sang it to her son, and he not only understood the concepts, he consequently learned to read. Further proof of the cosmic whimsy and gracious genious that underlies all muppet work... I strongly suggest seeking out the recording that was made as a tribute to Jim Henson. Can't remember title, but it is filled with songs that Jim Henson's special characters would sing. Ernie, Kermit, and Captain Vegetable are my personal favorites...oh, wait: Did he do Grover too, or was that somebody else? Sigh. Anyway, I miss him.

--Cuilionn