31.03.05

Did Foster Brooks ever say "Now kids, booze is really only a sometime beverage"?

Think Sesame Street's Cookie Monster and think ... broccoli? In a fit of drastic behavior modification, the cookie-addicted bundle of fur is declaring that cookies are, in fact, only a "sometime food."

This pisses me off. He's Cookie Monster, folks! As kids we loved him for his unhealthy fixation for cookies without feeling we were supposed to emulate him. He represented and caricatured a tendency all kids, all people really, have toward unrestricted wish fulfillment. Now he calmly assures children that cookies are only a "sometime food"?
That's not a cookie monster. What you've got there is a cookie enthusiast.

Posted by monk at 31.03.05 09:20
Comments

I trace this whole SesSt, overly PC nonsense back to the Snuffleupagus flap. If you recall he was originally Big Bird's *imaginary* friend only Bird could see. Then a group of child psychologists decided Snuffy's invisibility was teaching children to keep quiet about unusual goings on (i.e. that "man" who hangs out at the playground)--because your parents won't believe you.

I suppose the 'elephant in the room' (or wolly mammoth as it may be) reference was lost on them.

Posted by: antigeist at 31.03.05 10:44

Y'all should really check out Cookie Mongoloid.

Posted by: Vidiot at 04.04.05 11:25

Gah! They're ruining my childhood one bit at a time. Someone make them stop!!

Also: Now I have the cookie monster song stuck in my head. Dammit. That'll be there for days.

Posted by: czeltic girl at 04.04.05 19:22

C is for Cookie, and cookie is for me. Sometimes.

Posted by: monk at 05.04.05 08:09