This re-write of C is for Cookie was rejected by Sesame Street producers as being "not understandable" by children. It
was written on the back of a napkin, in a bar, by a computer programmer who had too much to drink, and who had lost a bar
bet.
"C" Is For Coding
as sung by Coding Monster written by Joe Raposo*
spoken parts in brackets
[Now what starts with the letter C? Coding starts with C Let's think of other things That
starts with C Oh, who cares about the other things?]
C is for coding, that's good enough for me C is for coding, that's good enough for me C is
for coding, that's good enough for me Oh, coding, coding, coding's best with C
C is for coding, that's good enough for me C is for coding, that's good enough for me C is
for coding, that's good enough for me Oh, coding, coding, coding's best with C
[Hey you know what? A round C-D with one bite out of it Looks like a C A round D-V-D
with one bite out of it Also looks like a C But it is not as good as me coding Oh and the moon sometimes looks like
a C But you can't code there, so ... ]
C is for coding, that's good enough for me, yeah! C is for coding, that's good enough for me C
is for coding, that's good enough for me Oh, coding, coding, coding's best with C, yeah! Coding, coding, coding's best
with C, oh boy! Coding, coding, coding's best with C!
(Coding Monster codes the routine) Umm-umm-umm-umm-umm
*From Wikipedia
Joseph Guilherme Raposo Jr., OIH (February 8, 1937 – February 5, 1989) was a Portuguese-American
composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist, best known for his work on the children's television series
Sesame Street, for which he wrote the theme song, as well as classic songs such as "Bein' Green" and "C is for Cookie". He
also wrote music for television shows such as The Electric Company, Shining Time Station and the sitcom Three's Company, including
its theme song. In addition to these works, Raposo also composed extensively for the Dr. Seuss productions Halloween Is Grinch
Night, Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat.
Early life and career
Raposo was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, the only child of Portuguese immigrant parents Joseph
Soares Raposo and Maria da Ascen��o Vitorino Raposo. He was a graduate of Harvard College, class of 1958, where he was well
known for writing the scores for several Hasty Pudding shows.
Raposo worked in musical theater both before and after his work for The Children's Television Workshop
and Sesame Street; musical theater was where he first encountered future collaborator Jim Henson. According to Jonathan Schwartz,
during the mid-1960s, before Sesame Street, Raposo performed side music in piano bars in Boston to make ends meet, and also
served as pianist and music director for a jazz trio working at WNAC Channel 7, Boston. Upon hearing Raposo's musical skill,
Schwartz claims in his autobiography he urged Raposo to give up piano bar playing in Boston and "take his [self] to New York".
Raposo's decision to take Schwartz's suggestion and move to New York in 1965 eventually led him to his fated meeting with
Henson, to Sesame Street, and towards international fame.
He was the musical supervisor and arranger for the original Broadway run of You're a Good Man, Charlie
Brown, and contributed additional music to that play. He was also responsible for the memorable theme music for New York City
television station WABC-TV's The 4:30 Movie; the piece, called "Moving Pictures," was also used for the station's other movie
shows, and subsequently by ABC's other owned-and-operated stations.
Sesame Street
Raposo is best known for the songs he wrote for Sesame Street from its beginning in 1969 through
the mid-1970s, and also for a time in the 1980s. He wrote the "Sesame Street Theme" various versions of which have opened
every episode as well as many of its most popular songs, such as "Bein' Green," "Sing," "C is for Cookie" and "ABC-DEF-GHI."
Most of the music used in Sesame Street's film segments was also written and often sung by Raposo.
Joe Raposo was very fond of highly caloric sweets according to many who knew him. One favorite food
of his, according to one of his children, was cookies. It has been rumored the Wheel-Eating Monster created for commercial
advertisers in the Sixties by Jim Henson may have been altered by Henson specifically into a "cookie" monster after Henson
observed Raposo's unusual propensity for cookies; this has never been substantiated. Raposo was actually the first puppeteer
to operate the Cookie Monster on television for Sesame Street. Characteristically, his widow Pat Collins-Sarnoff celebrated
his life with a milk and cookies reception
