(Monsterpiece Theatre overture as we pan in on Cookie Monster seated in his chair wearing his lovely red smoking jacket.) Cookie Monster: Oh hello, this Alistair Cookie here for Monsterpiece Theatre. Tonight another episode in mystery. About a monster trying to guess a town's secret. A town called ... (dramatic da-dum) Twin Beaks. Oh, excuse me (he runs off stage). (The scene is now a diner, centre screen a booth with a piece of pie on the red-checkered table-cloth. enters and spies said pie. Twin Peaks music softly plays in background.) Cookie Monster: Oh ho! Pie ... oh ho ... (speaks into hand-held tape recorder) Diane, this Agent Cookie reporting. Me in town called Beaks. (sits down looks around) Darn fine town ... (devours pie) Darn fine pie! (devours plate) Darn fine plate too. Diane, there is one thing me no can find out. Why town called Twin Beaks? Me begin asking questions. Asking questions best way to find out something. (The waitress, a with orange feathers, appears with her back to us.) Waitress: Anything else I can get Cookie Monster: Oh ho, hello, yes! You can get me answers. Waitress: What was the Cookie Me want to know why town is called Twin Beaks. (Dramatic music as the waitress turns to face us. Instead of one beak she has ... two beaks! The effect is one of having split her beak the middle.) Waitress: Hey I don't bud into your business do I? Stay out of mine! (she walks away) Cookie Monster: That not darn fine answer! (he sighs, gets out of the booth and walks toward the next table) Me got to ask more people more questions. Oh, hey, hey, hey, hey (to the birds at the next with their backs to us) Me Special Agent Cookie. Bird: I'm Finch ... David Finch. Cookie Monster: David Finch, good, me like bird who his own name. Me have question. Why this town called Twin Beaks? (Dramatic as Cookie looks around for source.) (David Finch gets up from the still not facing us.) David Finch: I'll see you later ... (turns to us and we see his two beaks) Laura. (walks away) (Second Bird gets up from the table, would be Laura.) Laura: Oh well, fly. Cookie Monster: Wait, wait, wait ... you no can give me hint? Laura (into Cookie's ear)" It's Twin Beaks because ... of David Finch off-screen: Come on! Laura: go! Cookie Monster: oh please, please, please ... Ask the Log Bird. Cookie Monster: The Log David Finch: You or what? (turns to face camera): Yes. (she leaves) Cookie This town gets stranger and stranger. Okay! Me look for Log Bird. Hmmm ... (Cookie looks around, the camera pans to the as the music builds.) (The door opens and in walks a small yellowish bird a log.) Log Who's looking for me? Cookie Monster: Oh, me, me, me, me. (pointing at each as he says ...) Log ... Bird ... oh ho ... Log Bird! Me look for you. Log Bird: What's on mind? Cookie Monster: Me want to ask you one simple question. Why town called Twin Beaks? Log Let me ask. Cookie No, no, no, no. Me asking questions that's how me find out things. Log Bird: Let me ask my log. Do you know why this town is called Beaks? (The log is over and the log's face is uncovered.) Log: How should I I'm a log! Cookie Monster: Ho ha! A log! (The Log starts backing Cookie into the counter.) Log Bird: That's right a talking log! A log that doesn't like to be laughed at! (to log) on let's get out of here. Cookie Monster (as she leaves): Sorry! (Cookie stands next to an eavedropping counter-bird wiping up as he says into his tape recorder ...) Diane, me hurt a log's feelings today and me no closer to finding out why they call this place Twin Beaks. But! Me did notice one thing *very* about the birds in this town. They all have two beaks! (Counter-bird up in shock and quickly leaves.) Cookie Monster: But they no like to talk. Oh well. (spots pie on counter) Time for more of this great pie! (picks up pie and leaves) go, Diane. (Scene to the Monsterpiece Theatre set as Cookie rushes on and sits down.) Cookie Monster: And that concludes Twin Beaks. Darn fine story ... (cocks head and poses) fine actor and ... (picks up pie from out of sightline and devours it) darn fine pie. This Alistair Cookie for Monsterpiece Theatre.