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| Music by | Christopher Cerf |
| Lyrics by | Sarah Durkee |
| Date | 1986 |
| Publisher | Durkee/Jacobs Inc. Sesame Street Inc. Splotched Animal Music Co. |
| First | Episode 2351 |
"They Can't Take That Away From Me" is a Sesame Street song about subtraction sung by Cookie Monster.
Cookie initially sings about having six cookies before a couple of Anything Muppet kids (performed by Jerry Nelson and Fran Brill) take some of his cookies. Cookie becomes sad each time cookies are subtracted from his plate until Guy Smiley reminds him of how many cookies he has left. Eventually, Guy decides to take Cookie Monster's last two cookies, leaving Cookie sad over having no cookies. Guy points out that he technically has zero cookies and that zero is a number. Cookie then eats his zero cookies, saying that they "taste great, less filling," (the slogan of Miller Lite beer) before proceeding to eat the plate.
Notes[]
- Additional performers include Pam Arciero (assisting Jerry Nelson) and David Rudman (assisting Frank Oz). Ivy Austin additionally provides backing vocals.[1]
- A brief clip of the segment appears during the song "Count with Me" in the video 123 Count with Me.
- Outtakes of this sketch appear in the documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, as well as the home video bonus feature "When It Went Wrong: Muppet Outtakes."
Releases[]
- Video
- Learning to Add and Subtract (1987)
- Cookie Monster's Best Bites (1995, ending cut)
See also[]
Sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Documents provided by trusted source