posted April 13, 2005 12:35 PM               

Buzz Aldrin was on the show talking about the Moon with Cookie Monster. Cookie Monster was initially very sad to learn that the Moon is made of rocks and not cookies.

Fortuantely Cookie Monster reconciled his sadness with a nice song about how wonderful the Moon is up in the sky at night.

I thought it was great that Buzz chose to be on Sesame Street, it is becoming one of my favorite guilty pleasures to watch this show with my daughter.

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Kind Regards

Douglas Henry

posted April 13, 2005 01:33 PM               

Images and description provided courtesy Sesame Workshop:

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Show #4090 "Cookie Moon"

Cookie Monster thinks the moon is a giant cookie and sets off on a mission to figure out how he could get to the moon so that he could eat it. While Gordon tries to tell him that the moon is not a cookie, he decides to just let Cookie Monster find out and learn this on his own. Since Slimey has been to the moon before and Gabi is saying a nursery rhyme about the cow who jumped over the moon, Cookie Monster asks them if the moon is a cookie. They don't know since they've never tasted the moon before. Cookie Monster is still left wondering how he could get to the moon and find out if it is a cookie. Finally, Gordon enters with former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, who explains to Cookie Monster that the moon is made out of rock and while it is not a cookie, it is still a beautiful and exciting place that we can always look up at from the Earth. In the end, Cookie Monster realizes that the moon is not a cookie and that he wouldn't even want to eat the moon since then, it wouldn't be there to shine down on the Earth anymore.

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posted April 13, 2005 02:21 PM               

I won't be redundant and state what I did in the other post ( you can all read it yourself if you're just dying to know , but I will say on a personal note that the most enjoyable part for me was when my little girl yelled "Daddy!" When she saw the Saturn V, because her daddy lets her play with his models..sometimes.

posted April 13, 2005 03:28 PM               

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Originally posted by John K. Rochester:
..then the little blond kid asked "Did we really go to the Moon?" Buzz nailed Big Bird in the schnozz, and stormed off.. Thats how it aired here anyways.

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posted April 13, 2005 05:25 PM               

I tell you, seeing Cookie Monster flying around in his open cockpit rocket ship with a gold lame flight suit chowing down cookies was a sight to behold.

I wonder where you can get a crew signed litho of Buzz, Trash Gordon and Cookie Monster?

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Kind Regards

Douglas Henry

posted April 14, 2005 01:49 AM               

For those out there that want to try and catch a repeat aring of this episode, chances are if you live in an area w/ 2 pbs stations, it will repeat the next day on the other station, usually the one with the later time.

For example, if one station airs "The Street", as us dorky stay-at-home moms refer to it - at 8:00 on Tuesday, then the 2nd station will air the same episode 9:00 Wednesday.

Its not rocket science (ba-da-bum!), but it is my area of expertise. Also, "The Street" usually produces 10 new episodes per month, this way allowing for a lot of repetitive broadcasting throughout the month. Keep your eyes peeled all throughout April for that magical #4090...but chances are it will be on tomorrow (Thur) as well.

Oh, but this super mom recorded it, and you better believe my kids will be watching it when mom needs a break- to post on this website for instance!