Monsterpiece Theater is a recurring segment on the American version of the popular children's tv series Sesame Street portrayed as a children's educational parody of Masterpiece Theatre. While using Muppet characters to act out educational principles, Monsterpiece Theater is also a parody of the similarly acclaimed PBS show Masterpiece Theatre, now known simply as Masterpiece. The theme song is also a modified version of the Masterpiece theme song, only with trumpets and a much more upbeat tempo. Monsterpiece Theater is hosted by Alistair Cookie, who is Cookie Monster trying his best to look... like Alistair Cooke. He wears a smoking jacket and holds a pipe which he usually ends up eating. Similar segments, titled Mysterious Theater and parodying fellow PBS anthology Mystery!, are hosted by "Vincent Twice Vincent Twice", a parody of Vincent Price. When Monsterpiece Theater started in 1978, the logo was white with a blue background. That logo lasted until September 1992.
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