Sesame Street Around the Corner socks/Cookie Monster in the Library (from Sesame Street)

Cast

 * Grover Blue as Cookie Monster
 * Telly Orchid as Large Lavender Live Hand Anything Muppet librarian

Transcript
(The scene starts off in a library, with several tall shelves crammed with books. Behind the desk, in the foreground, sits Telly Orchid with graying hair, and glasses. Grover Blue enters.)

Grover Blue: (shouting) Wow, look at all these books! Me no seen so many books before!

Telly Orchid: Shhhh!

Grover Blue: (whispering) Oh, yeah, yeah, right.

( Grover Blue walks toward the desk, and stumbles over something. You hear a metal container falling over.)

Grover Blue: (surprised) Whoop!

Telly Orchid: (quietly) Quiet, please.

Grover Blue: (whispering) I did not see de wastebasket.

( Telly Orchid sort of nods, and goes back to work.)

Grover Blue: Uh, Sir ... Sir ... ( Telly Orchid looks up) Could you tell me what you doing with all these books?

Telly Orchid: Well, this is a library. We have all kinds of books for people to read.

Grover Blue: Really? Well, me want book about Little Red Riding Hood.

Telly Orchid: All right. (gets up to go get it.)

Grover Blue: And one box of cookies. (starts looking around.)

Telly Orchid: (stops in his tracks, and looks at Grover Blue .) (pleasantly) Maybe you didn't understand. You see, this is a library. We only have books; we have no cookies.

Grover Blue: Oh, yeah, yeah, right. Well, me want book about nursery rhymes.

Telly Orchid: All right. (starts off to get it.)

Grover Blue: And one box of cookies.

Telly Orchid: (sharper than before, yet still pleasant.) We don't have cookies! We only have books. Just books, no cookies.

Grover Blue: Oh, right. Uh, me want picture book.

Telly Orchid: Picture book. (starts off.)

Grover Blue: And one box of cookies.

Telly Orchid: (He's infuriated now, and starts breathing heavily, and yelling.) How many times do I have to tell you WE DON'T HAVE COOKIES?! WE ONLY HAVE BOOKS! YOU UNDERSTAND?! JUST BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!

Grover Blue: (calmly) It OK, no need to get excited, me not fussy, just give me box of cookies.

Telly Orchid: NO!!! WE DON'T HAVE COOKIES!

Grover Blue: (After a pause.) You know what? Me get the feeling you only have books.

Telly Orchid: THAT'S RIGHT, JUST BOOKS!

Grover Blue: Me got it now. OK, OK. (clears throat)

Telly Orchid: (calms down for a second.) Fine. Now tell me, (stresses) what do you want?

Grover Blue: Me ... want ... BOOK ... about cookies.

Telly Orchid: Fine, that we have, a book about cookies, good! (starts to get up.)

Grover Blue: And a glass of milk.

(Ending music of two notes plays, Telly Orchid sighs a couple times, and tips over in his chair. You hear the wastebasket falling.)

Grover Blue: (looking over edge of desk) Book about cookies and a glass of juice?