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| PERFORMER | Jerry Nelson |
| DEBUT | 1992 |
| PATTERN | Green |
Cyranose de Bergerac is a poet with a foot-long nose (but a short temper), inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.
He made his debut in a "Monsterpiece Theater" segment in season 23 of Sesame Street, where he tries to help the Queen of France finish her poem. Unfortunately, the word used to finish it is the word "nose." Cyranose is very sensitive about his long nose and will go into a frenzy, swishing it back and forth like a sword, if anyone so much as says (or writes) the word "Nose" in his presence.
After this segment aired, Cyranose appeared in a few episodes throughout the 1990s, including Episodes 3010, 3233, and 3382, the first of which involves the residents of Sesame Street trying to help him overcome his insecurity about his nose, without upsetting him. He also made a brief cameo in an Elmo's World episode about noses (performed by Joey Mazzarino and with a pink nose instead).