# The Crack Monster/Crack Master Mystery **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 23, 2012, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581 "2012-09-23T07:52:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dycaite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@dycaite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dycaite)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/21 "2013-08-18T14:35:50Z")
> [@JKB](#): > > Obviously, not much proof there- as anyone can leave a comment. šŸ˜ƒ Yeah, I know, but unfortunately there are no others cited as the creator by any sources (rumour or otherwise). Iā€™m thinking of letting the petition grow a little bigger then sending a copy of it to Sesame Workshopā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/22 "2013-08-18T16:44:33Z")
Moved to Cafe Society. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![JKB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@JKB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKB)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/23 "2013-08-21T23:45:37Z")
Hereā€™s a link to an audio commentary Jon (someone who obtained a copy of the thing) made, circa 2009 [SesameStreetCracksCartoon](https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwevUUkkhih1TTJWcnp3ajdwcEU/edit?usp=sharing) His narration closely resembles the original. I suspect he recorded the former while listening to the latter. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/24 "2013-08-22T00:15:34Z")
[Another Wiki with some info.](http://lostmedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_%22Crack_Master%22_Short_from_Episode_979_%281977%29) ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/25 "2013-08-22T16:15:35Z")
The documentary the Wiki discusses may unleash some horrific repressed memories in the Gen-X cohort. Exciting! šŸ™‚ FREE THE CRACK MONSTER!!! ---
**Author:** ![JKB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@JKB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKB)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/26 "2013-08-22T16:56:46Z")
> [@fiddlesticks](#): > > FREE THE CRACK MONSTER!!! Someone should print up T-shirts.šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/27 "2013-08-23T13:03:29Z")
I DO remember this. I saw it at least once when I was five or six, and it was vivid enough that I remembered images from it. I donā€™t remember if I was scared or notā€“unsettled is probably the better word. I donā€™t get why the owner/creator/whoever is in possession of this is so adamant about not releasing it. ---
**Author:** ![JKB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@JKB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKB)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/28 "2013-12-26T01:44:17Z")
As some of you may already know, itā€™s been uploaded to You-Tube: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y0ffj\_\_R4g&feature=youtu.be](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y0ffj__R4g&feature=youtu.be) ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/29 "2014-01-24T17:02:30Z")
Wow, thank goodness for vanity searches. I just saw the short for the first time since, well, 1979. Just so everyone knows, you can download an uncompressed version as a 23 MB .mov file through a link at the bottom of [this Lost Media Wiki page](http://lostmedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sesame_Street_%22Crack_Master%22_Short_from_Episode_818_%281975%29). ---
**Author:** ![Shockaholics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Shockaholics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shockaholics)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/30 "2017-03-09T16:21:56Z")
> [@jkb](#): > > someone should print up t-shirts.:d yaaaaaasss ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/31 "2017-03-09T23:21:42Z")
Thanks for bumping this thread. That video must have made no impression at all on me because I havenā€™t thought about it since who the hell knows how long ago when I saw it airing. But I easily recognized it when I saw it, and it is interesting to see something that youā€™ve forgotten that youā€™ve forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-crack-monster-crack-master-mystery/635581/32 "2017-03-09T23:49:08Z")
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