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{{song|image=HandfulOCrumbs.jpg|composer=[[Christopher Cerf]]|lyricist=Christopher Cerf and [[Norman Stiles]]|date=[[1981]]|source=|publisher=Splotched Animal Music}}
 
{{song|image=HandfulOCrumbs.jpg|composer=[[Christopher Cerf]]|lyricist=Christopher Cerf and [[Norman Stiles]]|date=[[1981]]|source=|publisher=Splotched Animal Music}}
   
"'''Handful of Crumbs'''" is an original song performed by [[Cookie Monster]] on ''[[Sesame Street]]''.
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"'''Handful of Crumbs'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song performed by [[Cookie Monster]], accompanied by a [[AM Monsters|monster]] country band.
   
 
In this sad country ballad, Cookie Monster mourns over the loss of his cookie, which crumbled in his hand, leaving behind nothing but a handful of crumbs.
 
In this sad country ballad, Cookie Monster mourns over the loss of his cookie, which crumbled in his hand, leaving behind nothing but a handful of crumbs.
   
The song was taped as an insert for ''Sesame Street'' in the early 1980s, which featured an early [[Elmo]] (performed here by [[Jerry Nelson]]) as a country band member who introduces Cookie Monster.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egv1UvUzVL0 Norman Stiles interview], video interview for [[the Archive of American Television]], conducted on December 12, 2014.</ref>
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One of the band members who introduces Cookie Monster would later become [[Elmo]] (performed here by [[Jerry Nelson]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egv1UvUzVL0 Norman Stiles interview], video interview for [[the Archive of American Television]], conducted on December 12, 2014.</ref>
   
 
==Releases==
 
==Releases==

Revision as of 23:45, 20 June 2017

HandfulOCrumbs
Music by Christopher Cerf
Lyrics by Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles
Date 1981
Publisher Splotched Animal Music

"Handful of Crumbs" is a Sesame Street song performed by Cookie Monster, accompanied by a monster country band.

In this sad country ballad, Cookie Monster mourns over the loss of his cookie, which crumbled in his hand, leaving behind nothing but a handful of crumbs.

One of the band members who introduces Cookie Monster would later become Elmo (performed here by Jerry Nelson).[1]

Releases

Audio

Sources

  1. Norman Stiles interview, video interview for the Archive of American Television, conducted on December 12, 2014.