The Letter of the Day

The Letter of the Day is a Sesame Street segment introduced in 2002, hosted by Cookie Monster. In 2004, Prairie Dawn appeared with Cookie Monster in the segments.

The original segments from 2002 all involved the letter written in icing on a cookie, which Cookie Monster constantly tried not to eat, but in the end he gave in and ate the cookie. Frank Oz performed Cookie Monster in some of these segments, and occasionally another character would help him, usually Grover or Prairie Dawn.

Starting in 2004, when he was teamed up with Prairie Dawn, the letter presented was just a foam letter which Cookie Monster often wanted to eat. Prairie Dawn kept trying to get Cookie not to eat the letter, but Cookie Monster always managed to find a way to eat it anyway.

Some segments produced in 2005 involved "The Letter of the Day Games", a game show introduced by a very energetic off-camera announcer (voiced by Matt Vogel).

"The Letter of the Day" was a daily segment on the show until 2007. In 2007, it still appeared in some (but not all) episodes, though each episode does still have a letter sponsor. Usually when they are shown, they are the 2004 segments with Cookie and Prairie Dawn.

New segments were made about the street scene for that episode in season 39, featuring other characters instead of Cookie Monster. In season 40, Murray Monster began hosting the Letter of the Day, in addiiton to introducing various other show elements.

Sketches
Segments are listed in alphabetical order. To view chronologically, select the appropriate arrow to re-sort.

Also

 * See The Letter of the Day Games.