Cooky Puss

Cooky Puss is the second EP by the Beastie Boys, and features their first hip hop recording. It was released in 1983 as a 12-inch single on Rat Cage Records. The title, title track, and lyrics are satirical references to the Cookie Puss ice cream treat. All 4 tracks, along with the entire Polly Wog Stew EP, appear on the compilation album Some Old Bullshit. The title track samples Steve Martin's "My Real Name", from his 1978 album A Wild and Crazy Guy. It also contains parts of various crank calls from the group to a local Carvel restaurant. The airline corporation British Airways used a portion of 'Beastie Revolution' (without the band's permission) in one of their television ads; the Beastie Boys contacted a lawyer and successfully...