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American TV series or program
Monsterpiece Theater
First title card
Genre
Children's Educational Parody segment
Created by
Jon Stone Tony Geiss
Developed by
Sesame Workshop
Written by
Norman Stiles Tony Geiss David Korr Sara Compton Emily Perl Kingsley Belinda Ward Cathi Rosenberg-Turow Luis Santeiro Lou Berger Mark Saltzman Jon Stone
Directed by
Jon Stone Robert Myhrum Emily Squires Lisa Simon Ted May
Presented by
Cookie Monster as "Alistair Cookie"
Starring
Cookie Monster as "Alistair Cookie" (Muppet performed by Frank Oz)
Voices of
Frank Oz Jerry Nelson Richard Hunt Dave Goelz Louise Gold Kevin Clash Fran Brill Martin P. Robinson Camille Bonora David Rudman Joey Mazzarino Jim Henson
Theme music composer
Sam Pottle
Composers
Sam Pottle Dave Conner Joe Raposo Dick Lieb Robby Merkin
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
No. of episodes
38
Production
Executive producers
Jon Stone Al Hyslop Dulcy Singer Michael Loman
Producers
Dulcy Singer Lisa Simon David Freyss
Running time
Varies
Original release
Network
PBS
Release
April 25, 1978 (1978-04-25) – May 5, 1999 (1999-05-05)
Related
Dinner Theater Masterpiece (TV series)
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