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Northern Songs' Sesame Street Lawsuit

Date range assessed by the fact that Michael acquired the catalog in October 1985, so it might have been around this time that Michael would have gotten rid of this lawsuit.

Christopher Serf, writer of “Letter B”, “Billboard” (September 29, 2016) (archived)

Caroll Spinney: There was a lawsuit because [the 1979 spoof] “Letter B” was too close to “Let It Be.”

One day I got a letter with a $5 million lawsuit by way of Northern Songs, The Beatles’ publisher. The Workshop was quite nervous about it — and understandably so. We also had [1982’s] “Hey Food,” a parody of “Hey Jude,” in which Cookie Monster sang. Eventually, Michael Jackson bought the catalog and settled the case for $50. Somewhere, I have that $50 canceled check with Michael’s endorsement.