"Monster in the Mirror" is a song performed by Grover, a Muppet character from the PBS television series Sesame Street.
A music video for the song premiered in 1991 in the television special Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake, featuring 25 celebrities including Ray Charles, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Julia Roberts, and the Simpson family.
Los Angeles Times reviewer David Zurawik called the celebrity music video "the happiest two minutes of film that I've ever seen".
[3] Directed by Laura Di Trapani and produced by Jim Blashfield,[4] a music video accompanying the song premiered at a skating rink at New York City's Central Park in March 1991 for the television special Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake.
[5] The music video featured 25 celebrities[6] including Robin Williams,[7] Candice Bergen,[7] Whoopi Goldberg,[7] Julia Roberts,[7] the Simpson family,[7] Ray Charles,[8] Chubby Checker,[1] Tyne Daly,[1] Bo Jackson,[1] Glenn Close,[9] Lou Diamond Phillips,[9] Malcolm-Jamal Warner,[9] Jeff Goldblum,[9] Geena Davis,[9] Tracey Ullman,[9] Tim Robbins,[9] Kadeem Hardison,[9] Jeff Smith,[9] Robert MacNeil,[9] and Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
"[16] Maria Bartholdi on Twin Cities PBS's Rewire website called "Monster in the Mirror" one of the "Top 10 Greatest Sesame Street Musical Moments" and said "It is impossible not to dance to this catchy number!"