Is nothing sacred? Cookie Monster is giving up cookies! As the new season of Sesame Street starts its 36th season next week, Cookie Monster will become a veggie monster by “broadening his eating habits” and recommending fruits and vegetables as snacks. mmmmmmmmmm… me wants to eat fruits… fruits are your friends…
New characters such as talking aubergines and carrots will be introduced, while guests stars such as singer Alicia Keys will talk about the importance of a healthy lifestyle.
Almost one in three children in the US is now overweight, as opposed to one in 25 in the UK, according to the BBC.
Cookie Monster needs a blog to explain his new lifestyle.
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Cookie Monster Becomes Veggie Monster
BL Ochman | April 13, 2005 | Permanent Link | Comments (11) | TrackBack (
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Alistair Cookie…
Interesting post, but as a father of four — I’m okay with this. (Seems like I eat most of the cookies we buy for our kids anyway …) One wonders: How will garlic play into all of this? I hope Cookie Monster’s not encroaching on Oscar the Grouch.
Harry
WHY IS IT COOKIES MONSTER’S FAULT FOR ALL THE OVERWEIGHT KIDS IN TODAYS WORLD??? IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THEM. IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR PARENTS. THEY RAISE THEIR KIDS AND FEED THEIR KIDS NOT COOKIE MONSTER!!! YOU ARE TOTALLY RUINING MY CHILDHOOD. PARENTS TEACH THEIR KIDS RIGHT FROM WRONG. COOKIES ARE GOOD FOR YOU HE DOESN’T TELL YOU TO EAT A WHOLE BAG NOW DOES HE???
i for one know the importance of a healthy lifestyle, being michael jordan and all. i could not have gotten these awesome calf muscles without my daily dose of fruits and veggies. i also need to thank my mom lovely chicken caserole. keep on eating those non-cookie related foods, children!!
Sincerely,
Michael Q. Jordan
Sesame Street’s always been uber-PC. I guess they get ratings because parents like that… but Cookie Monster’s such a beloved character. Couldn’t they just make another monster to be Veggie Monster, and then he can tell Cookie Monster to eat some vegetables with his cookies??
Does anyone else find the idea of having talking vegetables while encouraging children to eat them kind of sick?
You inconsiderate assholes, undoing all the wonderful memories everyone in my generation has of Cookie Monster. Never will our children hear “C is for Cookie, that’s good enough for me!”, a principal song in America’s culture. How can children go about life singing “V is for Vegetable, I’m a coporate sell-out!”
The damage has been done. Take the whole show off the air. If kids can’t have Cookie Monster, they shouldn’t be subjected to this. Do the honorable thing and get rid of the show..let everyone have their memories.
Stop!! pLEASE DON’T CHANGE HIM. i AM 13 YEARS OLD AND I LOVE HIM! we HAVE AT OUR SCHOOL 188 SIGNATURE NOT TO CHANGE HIM!!! FOR ONLY 6TH GRADE. EVERYONE HATES THE IDEA. YOUR POPULARTY RATE WILL GO DOWN. I WILL NOT LET MY KIDS WATCH IT IF COOKIE MONSTER NOT THERE. HE TAUGHT NOT TO BE AFRAID OF MONSTER HE WOULD MAKE ME LAUGH STUFFING COOKIES IN HIM! CHANGEING HIM TO VEGGIE MONSTER WILL NOT HELP! PLEASE DON’T CHANGE! LISTEN A LITTLE KID IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STOP LIKING SEASAME STREET SENCE YOU ARE CHNAGING HIM. I DON’T WATCH THE SHOW BUT A COUPLE TIME I FLIP THOUGH CHANNELS AND SEE HIM AND GET A GOOD LAUGH! WHEN I WAS LITTLE I DIDN’T EAT COOKIES. JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK IT MAY HELP AMERICAN WILL STILL BE JUST AS FAT. YOU DO THIS NOT JUST ME BUT EVERYONE ELSE WILL HATE YOU FOREVER! ANYWAYS HOW IS IT COOKIES MONSTER FAULT? IF ANYTHING IT IS BAD PARENTING! IT YOU PUT VEGGIE MONSTER WE WILL PROTEST EVERYWHERE. TAKE THE GODDAMN SHOW OFF BECAUSE WE WON’T WATCH YOU JERKS! I HATE YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE DOES!
They must of threatened to cut his balls off or something. He was pretty big on cookies. Is he gonna go to the gym and work out and stuff now too? Kids get fat by being in front of a television in the first place. Technology is what is making them fat. TV shows, Gamecubes, ps2, whatever, all in front of a television. Don’t take it out on cookie monster. Does captain vegetable not exist anmore?
Cookie Monster WAS a national icon, but now he’s a national nothing. Cookie Monster is NOT the reason these kids are becoming overweight. He’s not shovng the cookies down these kids throats, cookies are just what HE likes and if your kids are eating too many then it’s YOUR responsibility to stop it. If you don’t like the food content of this lovable monster who has been around on TV for over 30 years, then don’t let your children watch the show!!!! He’s not physically harming anyone’s health- the parents just let it happen. Furthermore, apparently this has not been an issue in the past so why is he being veggied now??? You cannot just change TV history due to a few careless people who can’t watch their diet. SO DON’T MAKE COOKIE MONSTER GO VEGGIE!!!!!!! AND AS FOR YOU HARRY WHAT DO YOU CARE ABOUT GARLIC? IT SHOULDN’T EVEN HAVE A PART IN ALL THIS!
This is so lame. I mean, I could understand if CookieMonster is coming to your house forcing your children to eat cookies. But this is a show that has been around for OVER 30 years, and you cannot just change this lovable Sesame Street character because of a handful of overweight children. I mean, you are blaming their weight issues to a BLUE PUPPET WHO DOESN’T EVEN SWALLOW THE COOKIES!!!! And it’s enough that you’re ruining THEIR childhood, but you’re also CRUSHING MINE. Cookie Monster is part of practically every persons’ childhood.
I am 22 years old and as a child, I grew up watching Sesame Street. I do not believe that a well-known television character such as CookieMonster should be changed to a VeggieMonster. I fathom the fact that our country is dealing with structual issues as of children becoming obese due to fast food restaurants. But a unobjectionable blue marionette who has been recognized as “CookieMonster” for over 35 years, cannot hold full account for the children of our free country. I understand that consuming healthful nutrition plays a vast role in a childs’ early-life. But this is proposturously obsurd. I cannot comprehend the reasons for this awful change in a television program that most-likely less than .5% of the overweight children even view. I am positively sure that these obese youngsters did not become overweight because of a television program. Lastly, allow myself to conclude that just changing the fact that CookieMonster is VeggieMonster, will most-likely not change the views of the child’s food choices. Their food choices have already been chosen and they are addicted to them. Therefore, a simple name-changing cannot stop a child from consuming large amounts of unhealthy food. Thankyou for your undivided time and attention.