Still Life With Cookie
Season 44
| Category | Details |
| Title | Still Life With Cookie |
| Season & Episode | Season 44, Episode 4407 |
| Main Muppets | Cookie Monster, Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird |
| Human Guest(s) | Alan, Chris, Gina |
| Special Guest(s) | Josh Gad, Ricky Gervais, Usher, Joe Mangrum |
| Letter of the Day | N |
| Number of the Day | 8 |
| Theme | Art appreciation, self-control, and color mixing. |
| Air Date | October 3, 2013 |
Parent's Guide
Alan shows Cookie Monster how it's done when it comes to technical skills. Art requires a keen eye for detail. Cookie realizes he's missing something from the palette of Cookie Brown. Alan shows how to mix colors. They mix primary and secondary colors to get the perfect shade. They explore the concept of texture. The brushstrokes look like fuzzy blue fur. Art is a creative outlet. It's a deliberate process of observation.
After Cookie eats his realistic paintings, Alan encourages an abstract style. Cookie paints shapes and colors. These don't look like real food. The goal is to prevent hunger. Cookie says his final piece is an expression of joy. Art doesn't always have to look like something specific. It's a way to express a feeling or emotion. The process of creation is more important than the final product.
The emotional high point comes when Cookie Monster decides not to eat his painting. Eating gives you a moment of tasty satisfaction. Keeping the art makes you feel happy for a long time. This teaches kids to wait for things. Chris brings out real cookies from Hoopers Store. Cookie learns that some things are just too good to eat. He's more into long-term achievements than short-term fixes. I remember painting a wooden birdhouse with my dad on a sunny afternoon.
A giant Macaronisaurus comes to life in Abby's Flying Fairy School. The creature is causing chaos. Fairies use their knowledge of scale. They find a humongous solution. They make a huge meatball to distract the pasta dino. Some problems require thinking on a big scale. It brings measurement and size concepts into their magical adventure.
Murray and Ovejita stop by to see Joe Mangrum, an artist. They're learning about sand painting. This is a great example of the beauty of ephemeral art. This art isn't meant to last forever. Kids see that you need to be patient and keep your cool to do this job. They pour colored sand into designs. Focus and calmness are essential tools for any artist.
Ricky Gervais stops by to sing Elmo a lullaby. The song's all about the letter N, and the story takes a pretty funny turn. The song gets way too noisy. This reinforces phonics. Kids learn to tell the difference between noisy and nice and quiet. It's time for bed.
What’s the Word on the Street?: Texture
Still Life With Cookie, Street Story: Cookie Monster walks through the Streets when he sees a delicious bowl of fruit and tries to eat it, but Alan stops him, explaining he needs the fruit for his painting.
Cookie Monster then wants to eat the painting, but Alan stops him again and explains to Cookie, that paintings aren’t there to be eaten, they’re there to look at. When he looks at the painting, he feels happy. Cookie doesn’t understand the concept of art and Alan thinks he will understand it better when he paints something himself.
Alan provides Cookie Monster with a canvas, brush, and paint pallet. Cookie is ready now but doesn’t really know what he should paint and Alan suggests that he should paint a cookie.
No one knows cookies better than Cookie Monster, so he doesn’t even need a base for it, Cookie Monster can just use his memory. When he needs some cookie brown, Alan shows him how to mix colors.
Cookie Monster’s painting is finished and Chris marvels at it, claiming that it’s good enough to eat.
Cookie Monster agrees and sings a song (It Good Enough to Eat) which leads to him eating the painting.
They think of a way that he can control himself. They suggest that he should paint a self-portrait because he looks nothing like a cookie. Cookie Monster likes the idea and starts painting.
Cookie’s self-portrait is finished and Gina compliments it. She says that the eyes are exactly how they look when he sees a cookie. Cookie Monster is now reminded of cookies and sings his song again, before devouring the whole painting again.
Cookie Monster has now painted an abstract painting and Big Bird stops by to look at it. Cookie Monster states that it’s an expression of his joy of having cookies and his love for them. He sings his song again, but this time he doesn’t eat the painting because he thinks it’s too good to eat.
Chris announces a fresh batch of cookies and after a short moment with his painting, Cookie Monster eats away the whole batch. Sesame Street Episode 4407's street story "Still Life With Cookie" ends.
Muppets / Celebrity: Abby performs a magical fashion show, poofing up outfits of different textures on Josh Gad.
Film: A man teaches kids how to make a large paper sculpture.
Cartoon: A boy wanders through a letter N museum.
Muppets: Murray and the girls introduce Abby’s Flying Fairy School.
Muppets: Super Grover 2.0 is coming up, but first, Murray asks Joe about why he chose his profession and the colors he uses.
Muppets: Murray and his friends introduce Super Grover 2.0
Muppets: Before Elmo the Musical is coming up Joe and Murray create a sand painting of him and Overjita.
Muppets / Celebrity: Usher and friends sing “The ABCs of Moving You”
Muppets: Murray and the kids introduce Elmo the Musical
Muppets: Sesame Street sponsors are the number 8 and the letter N. Murray announces the sponsors. Sesame Street Episode 4407 ends.
